Saturday, November 2, 2013

November Currently

Ok, we admit it.  This school year has been a busy one.
We are have been researching, planning, assessing, and analyzing so much this year that it seems there is no time to share with all of you.
We hope you understand!

In spite of our busy work lives, we would never miss a chance to link up with Farley for her monthly Currently!

So check out our Currently and click on the cute turkey below to head over to Oh Boy Fourth Grade to check out others as well.
 November Currently at Oh Boy Fourth Grade


Emily's Currently is in brown.
Antoinette's Currently is in orange.


Ok.  I admit it.  I love that ABC Family shows movies.  Many of them remind me of my childhood.  

This week, I am loving the Kauffman Performing Arts Center in Kansas City.
As part of the symphony series they are hosting a couple of Screenland at the Symphony shows.
On Halloween it was 
They had a guest organist that played the massive pipe organ during the whole movie.  It was PHENOMENAL! 

Now I can't wait for 
That's right... the symphony live, playing during the film, with Judy Garland recorded vocals.  
It's not until next year, but hubby already bought the tickets for our (near) Valentine's Day date.

I am by nature not a monthly goal setter.  I am trying to change that.  My goal this month is to walk a mile each day for exercise.  This might not sound like much, but as a few of you might remember, I had an ankle surgery one year ago.  I did extensive physical therapy and now it's up to me to keep this ankle going.  Each day I will walk a continuous mile in my own shoes.  

Landscaping projects are very weather dependent in my neck of the woods.  Hubby and I need to build a flower bed and fill it with dirt.  We also have 3 tons of rock we got for FREE that need to be put on top of a couple flower beds.  
Hope for some rain free weekends!

This time of year, I LOVE soups and I LOVE using my crock pot, hence my yummy pin recommendation.
click on the pic for the recipe
Easy ingredients, Italian flavors, and topped with cheese.  All of this is a plus for me!

Now it's time to hear from my Indian food loving co-blogger Antoinette.
I do love Indian food and it provides Emily and I the opportunity to get together every once and awhile.  We had the Friday before last off and so we met up in my neck of the woods (south of the river) and went to my favorite Indian restaurant.
It had been so long since I had been there.
They've painted the place and the owner commented on not seeing me in awhile.
Yes I am usually a regular! :)



For a little over a year now, they have been building "something" across the street from me.
So every morning, at 7:15, I hear it...
Construction...
Beeping
Drilling
Yelling
Whistling
LOTS OF NOISE!!!
On weekdays it is no biggie because I am already up by that point.
But on the weekends....
UGH!!!!

So those of you who are use to my currently posts know that I always write in blue.
At least for quite some time now.
That's because I LOVE ME SOME KC ROYALS!!!
My boys and blue had a great season... for us at least.
We haven't been above .500 in over 10 years.
But this past season we were AND we actually had hope of getting into the playoffs.
LOVED IT!!!
Well... the season is over.
So happy the Red Sox won the series.
I digress... lol
I chose orange for my color because I LOVE FALL.
The colors of the leaves are absolutely amazing this year.
This is a pic from outside a building where I was in training this week!


I feel like looking at all the colors of the leaves on the trees is kind of like looking at Christmas lights in December.

Lots of OHH look at that one and those colors are gorgeous.

It's almost a driving hazard, lol.



My thinking, wanting, and needing are all really kind of linked.

THINKING weekends should be longer because I am NEEDING more time to clean my apartment amongst MANY, MANY other things.

So I am WANTING my apartment to clean itself.
Any chances???
Didn't think so!

For those of you who follow Emily and I, you probably know I have been on a weight loss journey.
Well the last month has been quite difficult for me.
At my lowest, I had lost 75lbs.
Unfortunately, I am up about 6 right now.
But... I went shopping last night...
And bought this little (literally) black dress.
I was so excited.
I picked up a medium and a large.
Tried the medium first...
And TAHDAH...

Please ignore the jeans at my ankles.
I was being lazy. lol

So... for my yummy pin...
I decided to go with a healthy recipe.
There are so many healthy recipes that are super yummy.
I make chili and stuffed peppers that are quite good.
I am playing around with a curry recipe using Greek yogurt.
It's still in the works but is getting there. lol
I found a healthy fall site and decided to go there.
It had beautiful fall trees in the photo so I had to. lol

 Healthy fall recipes from Pinterest

Then I found a sweet potato fries recipe.
Love me some sweet potatoes.
I have tried making these a few different ways.
I haven't made this exact recipe but I have tried cumin on them.
LOVE cumin.
If you don't, there are tons of recipes without them.
A good friend of mine gave me the idea of cooking them briefly in boiling water so they are light and fluffy on the inside.
That helped a lot, I think!

 Mexican style sweet potato fries from pinterest

We hope you enjoyed our Currently and got some yummy recipe ideas from us.

We also hope that our crazy lives will slow down and that we can re-enter the world of blogging.



Happy Fall!!!

Antoinette and EmilyK







2 comments:

  1. Loved reading Currently by each of you! I love the KC Royals also! Thankfully the sox won the series and here's hoping we have a great season again next year! I also loved Antoinette's tree picture and little black dress. Yay.

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  2. Emily - I can totally relate to your foot woes! I had an injury 19 months ago and I still can't do things that I use to do. Hang in there!

    Antoinette - Congrats on your weight loss - you look fabulous!

    JustAnother PBJ Day

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