Old habits die hard.

Some nights I just can't help it.  
TV dinner + grocery store sushi 
+ Carrie Bradshaw&Co. 
Bliss.

4 years ago.

I played this song on repeat over and over. Walking in the dirty snow to class each morning.  Feeling the wind break against my chubby cheeks with the harsh and early winter.  Buried inside my coat and layers, I felt this song.

Tonight I am feeling it hard.  It brings me warmth knowing somewhere in me, the same kid is buried deep in those layers.

Feeling the change a coming.

Princess Tiana

After a long talk with a buddy of mine tonight, for some reason the soundtrack of Disney's The Princess and The Frog came into my head.

I remember Daddy told me: Fairytales can come true

You gotta make 'em happen, it all depends on you"

So I work real hard each and every day

Now things for sure are going my way

Just doing what I do

Look out boys, I'm coming through

And I'm almost there, I'm almost there

(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pu9mktOGvY0&feature=related)

I feel like I am at the stage in the movie where I (the hardworking "princess") still believe entirely in the dream I want for my life.  And some very unexpected things will come into my life and off-course the dream just a bit. Yet our princess will meet the goal if not only bigger and better than she had conjured up in her nightly prayers.  

Right? I sure hope so.  And I hope the next time, I compare myself to a Disney character it is not another ethnic princess ... 

Minh-ing-ful Favorites for 09/05/2010

This will be a new thing, I will post my favorite moments of the day.  Just to remind myself of all the positive things that can and do happen.  So for the first list: 

1. Mom is in town and I get to play host/tour guide of Seattle.  And actually doing things on my checklist that I have been putting off for so long.

2. 5$ bouquets from Pike’s market.

3. Dinner with mentor from work, friend and family.  Integrating 3 different lives into 1.

4. Opening a suitcase my mom brought with her, filled with things I left in St. Louis.  Very crucial things like this pregnancy pillow.   

mmmmmm HMMMMM! 

Follow-up: Summer Squash.

If you are curious...

The squash, I baked with red bell peppers, plums, leeks, white wine, green onions, a bit of tumeric and curry powder. Topped with Viet style shredded pork and a stack of baby spinach.  Wasn't bad. ;P

A meal isn't a meal without meat to me. So I paired the summer squash with some roasted Cornish hens with mango chutney glazed and some mustard/molasses glazed (not in pic).

I had a fun time at dinner, thanks to the company/clean-up crew.