Week 8: More food & Soularium

If you know me at all, you know that I am pretty picky about food. Well, maybe not exactly picky but I like my food very plain, and I have an issue with soupy consistencies. I usually stay away from soups, gravies, anything too creamy. I also have a very small number of vegetables I like, but I am working on it.
So, this week I tried a few more food items. Margie, the amazing mom, of the 4 wonderful kids I get to take care of, often makes soups. They smell wonderful, so last week when she offered for me to try the soup she had just made I decided to try it. It was chicken, white bean, noodle soup. It had mushrooms, that I picked out. It was very good, but I did cheat, I drained out most of the liquid. I am not sure that I'll start eating soups but I may consider them when I can drain out most of the liquid.
My second experience was sweet potatoes fries at Top of the Hill. We went out to lunch with Chris, and he got sweet potato fries with his lunch. I tried one and it was ok, but I love my fries to be very salty so I think I'll be sticking to regular french fries.
We also tried out Rita's frozen custard and gelado. Rita's is originally from Philly. They have lots of choices and it was pretty good. I tried the passion fruit frozen ice, and it was way too sweet, so I ended up having the chocolate frozen custard. It was not as good as goodberry's but it's a lot closer to us.

Another thing I go to do this week was to practice the Soularium surveys. As I haven't used the solarium since last spring break I decided I should do it this past week. So, for the first time I actually used the Solarium with people I know personally, Justin and Chris. It was cool to see what people I actually know think, where they are in their journey etc.

Over all it was a really good week. Saturday Justin, Chris and I all finished our wii bowling game with turkeys on our last frame, that's the first time we have ever done that.

I'm trying to come up with a list of major things I want to do this year, if you have any ideas please let me know!




Thanks for reading!

Larissa :)

P.S. I forgot to mention it last week but I tried Justin's solution for hick-ups. I get them often and they will last hours. So, last week after about 2 hours Justin talked me into his idea: eating a spoon of peanut butter. I am not a big fan of peanut butter, unless it's in chocolate. So, I decided to try it mostly to just shut him up and prove that it didn't work. Much to my surprise it worked! So, I guess next time I have them I'll try peanut butter again and see if it really works or if it was just a coincidence.

Week 7: Mac and Cheese

Growing up in Brazil I was never introduced to American kid staples like grilled cheese, pb&j and Mac and Cheese. Now, I love grilled cheeses and can't stand pb& J (I don't really like peanut butter, and I don't jelly either, so it's no surprise I don't like them together).
But, up to last night I had never had mac and cheese. Justin had been wanting to go to the Noddle Company, which we had never been to. So, I figured what better place to try mac and cheese than a restaurant that is all about noodles. Food network had also mentioned that their mac and cheese was one of their most popular dishes.
I have stayed away from mac and cheese to this point because I was afraid it would be too creamy. I was told, by several people, that real, homemade mac and cheese is actually very good and not creamy.
Unfortunately, my fear was true. The mac and cheese was way too creamy. I ate some of it, it was nothing all at exciting and I don't plan on ever ordering mac and cheese from the Noodle company again. (Justin's noodles with chicken however were really good, and Chris really enjoyed his Asian inspired vegetarian noodles as well).
I am not letting this one experience with mac and cheese ruin mac and cheese for me. One of these days I'll attempt to make it baked mac and cheese at home and see how it turns out. But, for now I'll stick to my usual pasta preferences: Noodles with tuna and olives, or plain noodles with chicken or steak.
On a side note if you have never been to the Noodle company it's a really cool place. You order whatever type of pasta or salad you would like, and they will add whatever you want to it. They have several types of chicken, steak, and tofu. Then when it's ready they will bring it to your table.

Week 6: Read a Graphic Novel

There have been several movies I really enjoyed that have been basic on graphic novels. Those include Sin City, the 300 and one of my favorite movies of all times: V for Vendetta.
So, with the upcoming Watchmen movie coming out I decided to read the graphic novel.
I didn't know anything about it, other than people who enjoy graphic novels seem to really like this one. Growing up I never really read comic books so basically having a really big comic book to read was an interesting experience.
I don't want to give any thing away of the story line. But, I will say I did enjoy it. There was a lot going on, to fully grasp it I am sure I'll have to read it again. With the movie coming out in a few weeks I'll probably see the movie before I reread it.
It may not have been a very big new experience, but it was something new to try out.

thanks for reading!

P.S. if you have read it and would like to talk about please let me know