Heyyy, hey and welcome to Friday’s Friday… also known as Thursday 😉
1. First order of business — tickets for Blend 2014 go on sale this Sunday (February 16th) at 8 PM EST. Be there or be square. Kidding… sort of. Really, though? Please be there so that I can crush your ribs in a hug (note: my upper body strength is laughable and no rib crushing will actually occur).
2. Second order of business — WHY is there no Canadian flag in Emoji?!? I was talking about the Olympics with a friend via text the other night, and when I went to insert a little Canadian flag to celebrate one of our golds, it was nowhere to be found! What.in.the.eff?!? I’d feel insulted, but I’m Canadian and we’re too easy-going to get worked up about stuff like this…
3. Also… what.the.heck is this?!? 😯
I always buy those tubs of pre washed mixed baby greens to toss in my salads, and my last one contained that creepy spiny thing. Never a dull moment in the Spoons kitchen!
4. Speaking of the Spoons kitchen… look what I did! I baked a banana 
I’ve been a little too lax with my banana supply lately, and one of the dangers of doing this is that you sometimes find yourself in a position where the only available bananas are green 😯 Since I can’t go a day without one and I refuse to eat them when they’re all starchy and nasty, I decided to put the super-speedy-banana-ripening-method to the test. Verdict? It works! Maybe not quite as well as the natural way, but well enough in a pinch. The weirdest part? The skin was still yellow when I took it out of the oven, but slowly turned brown over the next few hours. Weird.
5. You know what’s embarrassing (besides still not being able to spell embarrassing)? I was putting on my makeup the other day, when the phone rang towards the end of my application. I went to answer it, chatted for a little bit, and in the process, forgot that I wasn’t done with my makeup. I was all ready to walk out the door when I took one final look in the mirror only to realize that I had only put mascara on one set of eyelashes 😯 This is why I don’t talk on the phone… and why I have a mirror hanging in the hallway by my front door.
6. Also embarrassing? I burned the inside of my nose by smelling soup… and by burned I mean burned — I was sitting there with cotton balls soaked in apple cider vinegar in my nose for a good 20 minutes. How’d I manage such an impressive feat? Because I’m Amanda, and these kind of things happen to me more often than I care to admit. But I just wanted to see if my soup smelled good! So I took the lid off, stuck my face over the pot, and all the steam came rushing out after about 1.4 seconds, scorching my nostrils in the process 😯 Thankfully I didn’t burn any of the skin on my face, but yeah… don’t do that.
7. On a happier note, how.freaking.cute are these Despicable Me playing cards that I picked up on my trip to Universal Studios? Ridiculous.
8. On a sadder note, I finished up the last of my almond butter and pretzel truffles 😥 😥 Buuuuuut I guess that’s just more reason to get back in the kitchen and bake up something new 😀
9. There is no spoon #9 (name that movie!)
10. Tomorrow is Valentine’s Day! I have no idea what my plans are (the joys of being in a long distance military relationship), so if you find yourself in need of a Valentine, don’t be shy and hit me up 😀
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Oh your poor widdle nose!!! For the record, that totally sounds like something that would happen to me! And embarrassing? <- Oh hell! How about I spelled that right on the first try for the first time in my ENTIRE LIFE! haha!
I never knew the trick about baking bananas to ripen them! I am BEYOND amused by this! Really…you should see the look on my face! Ha! Oh and totally random, but I have a snack/dessert for you to try: dried coconut (like the meaty pieces, not the chips) with dark chocolate…that's it, one of each…in the mouth…at the same time…OMG! 😯
I’ve been hearing good things about this fabled combo, but I have yet to find dried coconut meat around these parts! All I ever see is the shredded stuff, which just… no.
You baked a banana? I’ve never heard of such a thing, well unless you mean in bread, muffins or some type of baked good. I picked up the most giant bananas ever (no joke) at the grocery store today, and I thought of you. I also picked up some pretzels so I could make your delicious looking truffles. I have no sprinkles, but I think somehow I’ll manage with just the chocolate. 😉
First Heather announces she’s going to Blend and now you. Ah man, some of my favorite and fun ladies. You’ll have to get your share of Chipotle and Apple Butter when you’re stateside.
Okay think I am just going to go ahead and buy my blend ticket and figure out the rest later! I am pretty sure I need those despicable me cards in my life ASAP. Oh and if you can’t figure out what else to make besides truffles, you can always make another batch or five…;-)
Pick me! Pick me! I’ll be your Valentine! 😀 We can bake and eat tons of truffles and good things, then finish off the day with a nice bowl of oatmeal/movie!
I must say, I have burned so many parts of my body trying to make a meal or something. From coffee to soup to grabbing a train from the oven without a mit (yeah, this happened)… I have SO many kitchen scars. At least it makes me look badass 😉
Amanda, I’ve heard other bloggers talking about Thinking Out Loud but I’ve never checked it out. I think I’ll be joining next week. Such fun! Have a great day and Happy Valentine’s Day!
I really hope you do, Fran! I always love reading them!
HOW did you burn your nose?? Did you put it directly in the soup and then inhale? That is hilarious, but I imagine very painful, so I hope it feels better.
😆 No… the steam burned my nose. I just opened the lid on the pot and it all came rushing out at once after a few seconds . Totally wasn’t expecting it.
Eeeeeek! Ummm I’m surprised that there’s such a thing as getting nose burn through smelling, lol! I think I just jinxed myself so let’s hope I don’t burn myself now. 😛
And man, Blend retreat sounds like sooo much fun! After seeing how you made so many beautiful friendships last year I want to attend even more….but not sure IF or HOW that would work with an (almost) 8 month old babe. Hope you have a beautiful Valentine’s Day too, Amanda!
Ps: Oh wow, talk about thinking alike! your heart decorations and mine are almost identical! Granted, it IS for V-day but still–pretty cool stuff. 🙂
I dont get why they don’t have the Canadian flag in Emoji either and it makes me so mad! I could put that to good use. They don’t have any thing related to hockey in the sports emojis either. They must totally be against Canada!
Aw! Your poor nose. I don’t think I ever knew it was possible to do such a thing by just smelling win. You never seize to amaze me.. in a good way of course 🙂
Linked up for the first time today! Oh, and I’ll be spending Valentine’s Day working… because I am the only manager who is single I am closing the store. It’s all good, I intend on pampering myself once my stay-cation starts next Thursday anyway.
I love those Despicable Me playing cards. TOO adorable. 😀
I have burned my nose by smelling soup before.. Stings so bad! I hope your nose is feeling better. 🙂
I’ve never tried baking bananas before. That sounds interesting. I’ll have to test it out sometime.
I hope you have an amazing Valentines day! <3
Sigh…why must the Blend retreat be so far away? I want to go.
And that banana trick just blew my mind. I need a banana every day…every. day. I’m addicted. And last week I had to eat a (slightly) green one which I hated every minute of. I’ll take all of my bananas dark yellow and covered in brown speckles, thank you very much.
xoxo
Those cards are too cute. Can you believe I still haven’t seen Despicable Me 2 yet? I’m a failure!
Also don’t be embarrassed about not being able to spell embarrassed – neither am I!
Lady! You need to get on that! Minionsssssss 😀
So I commented but apparently it didn’t go through? Anyway, if you get two comments from me its not my fault!
You poor thing. If it makes you feel any better, I ran into the wall while brushing my teeth last night. And no I wasn’t distracted really, I was just walking into the bathroom to talk to Ninja and apparently I misjudged how close I was to the wall. BAM! My right shoulder just slammed in to it. What a ‘tard.
But those cards!! I need them!
Ah I wish I could afford the blend retreat. I’m DYING to meet everyone!
OK those cards are adorable! Had you not said that was a banana, I’m not sure I would have ever figured it out since it was SO black! I didn’t even know you could do that. And holy moly there’s a blogger’s retreat?!?! That sounds like so much fun! Too bad it’s about a billion miles away from my home in Alabama.
Oh my!!! Those Despicable Me playing cards are the best !!! I would love them! So cute; they would make me want to get them out and play cards constantly ahah!
Banana trick = mind blown, thanks for that!
Yay for blend! Can’t wait to meet you
The feeling is mutual 😀
You baked a banana in the skin. That, Amanda, is pretty awesome. Haha, I cannot believe you burned your nose like that! And found that twiggy thingy in your greens. Your kitchen sounds exciting to say the least! Oh, and those playing are the best. I just watched that movie a couple weeks ago. Minions, gotta love them!