That kind of night
We found our Halloween costumes!
The Pilot is a video game nerd and I am a sleepy blogger.
I’m saving Bella’s costume until absolutely necessary –to take blog pictures on Monday- because she’ll hate me the entire time it’s on…
She will not tolerate antennae for longer than 5 minutes.
I think we both knew deep down that we probably wouldn’t end up going to the squadron party tonight. We planned and talked about it like we were, but after the Pilot’s crazy work week and my long day of teaching, I asked the Pilot if we should figure out our costumes and what time he wanted to leave. He said “Want to just chill here tonight instead?” “um, YES.”
So we chilled,
and had chili 🙂
I made some sweet potato and black bean chili on my lunch break, so it would be waiting for us at dinnertime,
cornbread for the Pilot,
he spent the afternoon re-seeding the grass in the backyard –hooray for winter grass!- and after we decided to stay home tonight, I showered and side-planted on the couch with Bella for a couple of hours.
I’ve have a pain in my booty (literally– did something to my glute) for a while and today it flared up today, so it felt extra amazing to rest it and be off my feet.
Some recent eats:
Teriyaki tofu and brown rice bowl, made by my friend Amy, atop salad greens with tamari and red chili flakes
Popchips:
The texture takes a little getting used to –not greasy in the least, so they’re a little dry- but the flavors are pretty fantastic
Nothing like a midnight cleaning spree after a random nighttime nap.
See ya in the morning!
xoxo
Gina
Today’s tip: Sea salt is not *healthier* than table salt- they have the same nutritional value. However, sea salt is minimally processed (table salt is heavily processed and sometimes contains additives), and contains minerals and elements from its original water source. The bonus? It has a stronger taste, so you often need far less sea salt than table salt, which reduces the amount of overall sodium. Another bonus? Himalayan sea salt is pink 😉
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Bahaha, I don’t like how people get all dressed up and party on Halloween, I would rather nap!
we didn’t do anything halloween’y either. Tonight we went on a supper date, then came back and played some video games and hung out. Tomorrow we plan to carve pumpkins, but that is the extent of our halloween, but i am perfectly happy with it!
we’re carving pumpkins tomorrow, too 🙂
My Love and I are exactly the same way. We almost never get to our plans! I like your little snippet about salt, it is important for people to know that stuff!
Glad you two took advantage of some chill time together. And Bella not tolerating antennae for longer than 5 mins…lol. Can’t wait to see those pics, though.
Chilling, chili, and a few jalepeno chips, sounds like a great Sat night.
Happy Halloween to you guys 🙂
What a coincidence! Will dresses up like a video game nerd every day of his life! I guess I should remind him that Halloween isn’t until Monday 😉
Back and posterior pelvic pain is actually fairly common during pregnancy, due to the hormones relaxing your ligaments and generally making your joints less stable. Unless you can pinpoint doing something to your glutes, it might be this instead. I hope it feels better soon!
thank you!
Love your halloween costumes – you both are just so creative. 😉
We didn’t go out this weekend to any halloween parties either. I think Halloween will become fun again once we have kids, but for right now, neither one of us are really too into it.
Haha I love your “costumes”. I was equally as creative – I dressed up a student studying for midterms. 😛
I didn’t know that about sea salt! Thanks for the info!
Thanks for the info about the sea salt.
I like chill night….especially when they involve chili!!!
Haha I’m NOT seven months pregnant, and my boyfriend and I basically had the same kind of night last night. Leftover chili and cornbread, a movie, and me asleep on top of him by 10pm. We’re all sorts of crazy over here! (My excuse was that it was snowing. In October. I was in hibernation mode!)
Your night sounds pretty similar to mine! After crazy weeks and being out all day on Saturday, my husband and I ordered Indian food and promptly fell asleep in the couch. It was perfect. 🙂
that sounds wonderful
aren’t those the best nights?! i love snuggling in pi’s, eating cozy food, and relaxing. perfect saturday if you ask me 🙂
Thats my idea of a good Halloween night in!
We skipped our party too! Vino on the couch and watched The Machinist with my fiancé. Couldn’t have asked for a better night!
I love pink sea salt. 🙂
And is that a new flavor of Popchips? I want.
Why have I never been to your site before?! FB recommended I “like” you – so here I am. And I do.
so nice to *meet* you!
haha sometimes thinking up a costume is just the worst part of Halloween. I totally lack the creativity!
sea salt is also lacking Iodine, which is the most important component of table salt. I really don’t like to pick on things I read on your blog, because I really like it, but Iodine deficiency, which was eradicated in this country thanks to iodized salt, is on the rise again with the increasing popularity of sea salt. Iodine deficiency causes hypothyroidism because Iodine is a necessary component of all thyroid hormones, and hypothyroidism can really screw your body up.
Once again, I’m a regular reader and I don’t want to pick on you. I just don’t want any uniformed readers to read “sea salt” is better and end up with hypothyroidism.
i had no idea! thanks so much for pointing this out. i checked my container of sea salt and it said “.002” iodine or something like that- very little. i just did a quick google search to see how much iodine we can get in an everyday diet (since i only knew of sea vegetables being a good source) and was surprised by what came up: yogurt, cod, eggs, tuna, shrimp, even bananas have iodine. http://davidgrotto.wordpress.com/2011/03/16/natural-food-sources-of-iodine/ interesting stuff- thank you again for your comment!
Hain Pure Foods makes an iodized sea salt. That’s what I get, as I know my mom and grandma both had issues with iodine deficiency.:) I haven’t tried the Himalayan sea salt. I’ll have to check it out! 🙂
I laughed when you said “winter grass”. I’m Canadian and have never heard of such a thing!! My winter grass is three feet of snow! haha.
Interesting info about sea salt. I never knew!*
Hehe on the Halloween costumes! The chili looks and sounds wonderful, perfect for fall.
Hey, you changed the Pilot’s picture! I liked the one that was there before. What game was he playing? My husband is also a video game “nerd.” =)
he was playing call of duty! i took both and then realized i posted the wrong one 🙂
Chili and teriyaki tofu bowl both look so good! And healthy! 🙂
Ooo I never knew that about sea salt! Great info- thanks!
Mutual chill nights=THE BEST!!! We love those. 😉
That chili looks amazing! To think I used to be afraid of sweet potatoes before starting to read your blog…sweet potato fries and mash are like household staples now!!!
And Bella Boo has that look that Ace gets right before I put one of my hub’s T-shirts on him…suspicious, yet loving lol!!! I bet she is going to be unbelievably cute…!
yum! That looks So good! i want to make that chili tomorrow for halloween!
That chili looks so good! I will definitely try the recipe.
Jalepeno pop chips!!?? We don’t have these yet! Ahhh I’m so excited they exist! You made my day 🙂
they’re GOOD too 🙂