thankful thursday # 2.

i am so super thankful for the snow this week!

on sunday evening while waiting for my beloved to get home from work, i got to snuggle up in my reading chair & finish my book.  it was so lovely & had been far too long.  what book was i reading, you ask?  ahhh, yes.  embarassing answer.  a nora roberts book - the 4th in the bridal quartet.  i became a little obsessed with the series while planning our wedding.  so the last one finally came out & i can be finished.  time to pass onto my soon-to-be sister-in-law!

 

what better meal for a cold & snowy day than tomato soup & grilled cheese?!

{blakey is a natural flipping the grilled cheese!}

but i can do one better - creamy tomato basil soup & grilled cheese with american & goat cheese.  oh urban, thank you for teaching me some of the finer things in life.

 

monday morning blakey learned he got the day off!  a day off in obgyn residency?!  craziness.  wonderful wonderful craziness.  so we each had a little workout on the stationary bike {thank you lisa & dave!}.  i even got to sit & drink coffee in the morning, my favorite past time.  {which is exactly what i'm doing right now too :)}

{ps this picture is before christmas.

i have taken down our christmas decorations.

promise.}

we both were quite productive - me with housework & blakey with schoolwork.  it is so nice to get caught up, especially with my husband by my side.

tanky got a little bit of cabin fever, so we all went on a walk to the railroad park!  i wish i had remembered my camera because he was adorable running around in the snow.  he thinks the whole world is his water bowl when it snows.

for dinner, we tried a new & healthy recipe - spicy thai tofu with red peppers & brown rice!  sounds a little out there, i know.  but it was actually really good!  next time i will cook the tofu before adding it to the dish.  i'm a huge texture person with my food & it was way too soft.  but all in all, quite a tasty low-cal dish!

oh, then we baked chocolate chip cookies & butterscotch cookies.  they're healthy too, right?

& then the national championship game!  i wasn't sure who i was cheering for until mr scam newton threw his first interception & i about jumped off the couch with joy.  apparently oregon.  or, more accurately, cheering for the sec to lose :)  blakey & i both fell asleep before the game ended, so we'll just act like we don't know who won.  {as if that were possible in the state of alabama.}

so so very thankful.  hope you think of something for which you are thankful today :)

love love,
kjp.