Peanut Butter, Chinese, and Chocolate Chip Cookie Covered Brownies -- Flavours of V-Day

Mikey-moo surprised me today with peanut-butter flavoured chapstick for my Valentine's day present. Peanut Butter has been a small source of contention between us for years. I consider it a household staple -- I think peanut butter plays a part in every American child's childhood, and I think our children should enjoy PB&J. Mike loves the taste of peanut butter, but insists that it is a death-defeating act everytime it is eaten. I cannot mention peanut butter without a discussion of fat and calories being ensued. So, now he gets to enjoy the taste of peanut butter, without any of the guilt or worry that his heart will stop beating with the first bite. My V-Day card stated that the chapstick was to help prevent damage from 'excessive kissing,' and the directions 'apply as needed' were circled on the back of the package. Yum, yum.

We ordered an amazing chinese take-away from Home Wok. Yummy, yummy. I officially declare that I love their Beef Satoy with creamy coconut and peanut (yes, peanut!). Combined with our candle-lit ambience, it was smashing. http://homewok.co.uk/

To wrap it up, we had planned to have these amazing Brownie Stuffed Chocolate Chip Cookies. We were too stuffed from Chinese, but I think the brownies will make an appearance after dinner tonight. http://picky-palate.com/2011/02/07/brownie-stuffed-chocolate-chip-cookies/

Hopefully Not a Typical Day in the Life...

So...I almost ran over my laptop today. And I feel like I'm about to hyperventilate just thinking about it hours later! My arms were full (computer/work bag, lunch bag, extra diapers for daycare) and G wiggled out of my arms as I opened the garage door. Put my laptop bag on the ground (which I never do...for fear of my forgetting that it's there). Buckled G in. Put other bags in the car. Checked rear view mirror and backed out. THUD. Thankfully, my bag was only dragged under my car, and not run over. Glad that disaster was averted!

Hahahaha...and today, we were expecting to pick G up later than usual from daycare, so I packed some eggplant parmesan for him for dinner (one of his favorites), only to learn that they wouldn't be able to heat it up for him. Plan B: I'd make him a PB&J sandwich from the work cafe (and I ate the eggplant for my lunch. Score!). So I'm in the sandwich buffet line, slathering on the peanut butter and strawberry jam, cutting the sandwich into triangles, and the gentleman behind me asks, with a laugh: "With ALL of these options, you choose peanut butter? And are you going to cut the crusts off?" Too funny.

Love Carries All

Hi Katers, I'm super-excited about the Valentine's day present I'm getting Mike. It's a print from Etsy titled Love Carries All. Not only is it adorable, but it will be a little private joke between us. We were watching one of our favourite shows last week -- Outnumbered -- about a family with three kids, and the day-to-day chaos they cause. Anyways, the family has a large paper mache elephant in their kitchen. Finally, after three seasons, another character (a crazy aunt) says to the father "I don't get it. Why do you have this in here." And the father replies, "It's our elephant in the room. We never talk about it," and without hesitation moves onto a different subject.



Mike and I had a hearty laugh, and decided that we need an elephant in the room. I'm not so keen on having a giant paper mache one hanging above our dining room table -- I'll only go so far for a joke, and I'm not into the whole African decorating theme. But, I think this one from Etsy will fit in with our decor and provide a good chuckle for us. I'm having it printed on normal paper, since I think the dictionary page might friek Mike a bit -- he is a traditionalist.



Do you have any ideas for what you're doing with/for Dan?







PS, you can find the print at this etsy shop:
http://www.etsy.com/shop/RococcoCo?ga_search_query=love%2Bcarries%2Ball&ga_search_type=handmade&ga_shopname=RococcoCo

We interupt this typical Wednesday work day...

...with a little blogosphere distraction. Just a little nibble of a distraction (while I'm dining al desko). Which took me here. Don't these Cream Cheese Pecan Cookies look tempting?

{Via simplyrecipes.com}

And maybe a corner should be dipped in chocolate too (if you can say that a round cookie has a "corner"). I'll let you know how they turn out...when I get around to make them. (I won't be taking that long of a break from work. In fact, toggling back over to my inbox now...)