Month: November 2015

Kaleo at the Bluebird

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First, I should tell you that I have a serious eye twitch this week.  This happens from time to time and the answer is usually sleep but ever since the time change, I’ve been waking up at FIVE A.M.?!  So my body is either prematurely preparing for old age or I’m just a little too excited about life right now and feel like sleep is a waste of time.  Luckily, I’ve been able to fall back asleep but this eye twitch wants to keep on keepin on, I guess.

In other news, my sister, Jenn, Joey and I saw Kaleo at the Bluebird last night and I’m still riding that concert high so hard right now!

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Joey and I have been obsessing over this band since we saw them at Film on the Rocks this summer and even though they were only the opening band, we couldn’t not go to this concert and miss a chance at seeing them again live.  We’ve been talking them up for months but their actual performance was better than I ever could’ve imagined.  At the risk of writing about a million words on how good they were (and are) and letting my crazy show, I’m just going to say I am SO blown away by the lead singer’s voice and their musical style and the fact that they are from Iceland, because that is the coolest.  I totally fangirled and made JJ take a picture with us afterwards and I’m not sure who was more excited about it, me or Joey.

P.S. I made them pronounce their names and Icelandic sounds went in one ear and out the other.

P.P.S. I’ve never been to a concert where people seemed more excited about the opening band than the headliner.  Family of the Year?  Who?

P.P.P.S. All Kaleo infatuation aside, getting girl time with Jenn and my sister makes my heart feel so full.  They make me so happy and I love them, and Joey, for always being so cool about hanging with three girls 🙂

HAPPY FRIDAY!

Tuesday Night Mini Chocolate Donuts

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Last night, I went to the gym and made mini chocolate donuts.  Those might seem directly correlated, but I promise they were totally unrelated Tuesday night activities.  Because I was actually already planning on going to the gym — let indoor winter workout season commence! — then decided mid-afternoon that it was a good Donut Day.  But I’m going to pretend I planned for those two things to occur on the same day and then I’m going to pretend that they cancel each other out.  It’s all about balance, right?

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We used this recipe and they came out tasting like brownies!  But like a brownie made of all crispy corner outsides and soft cakey insides.  In other words, a win for us brownie edge lovers.  Also, I can see a real improvement in our donut-making skills!  As in, I actually measured the ingredients correctly, dough rolling thickness was on point and we straight up timed the frying process to hit that perfect 40-second mark.  Getting real donut official up in our kitchen. 

Then we ate them plain, because who can be bothered to make a glaze at 9 PM on a Tuesday night?