Got the Bejesus Scared Outta Me

This afternoon, I had the bejesus scared outta me!!

Typically, Jay and I keep the door to our bedroom closed, in an attempt to keep any extra Cody fur out of the room. It helps a lot with my whole allergies & asthma situation.

Occasionally, however, we’ll open the door for a bit to let the fresh air circulate; and since today was a beautiful day, I had the windows opened and decided I’d let the airflow do its thing.

Well, as I was walking back into our bedroom with a hamper full of laundry, I happened to look down, only to see a sneaky set of eyes fixated on me…

I don’t know why it scared me so bad, but my goodness he is sneaky!

What a little CREEPER!

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Tonight’s dinner was somewhat of a random assortment. I was really craving a nice, baked sweet potato, so I started with that and just went from there.

To get some greens, I actually heated up a box of frozen green beans & almonds. Sometimes, frozen, steam-fresh veggies are great! I had about 3/4 of the package.

Then I wanted some extra source of protein, so I decided to toast up another slice of my Nature’s Pride Hearty Wheat with Flax bread and topped it with some peanut butter.

And, of course, the star of tonight’s show! I can’t even tell you when the last time was that I had a baked sweet potato. 95% of the time, sweet potatoes are consumed as fries and that’s how I want ‘em.

But tonight’s sweet ‘tater totally hit the spot. I sprayed the outside with some butter spray, sprinkled some S&P, poked it with a fork a few times, and baked it in the oven at 350 degrees for one hour. It was so nice and soft that I didn’t even need a knife to cut through it!

Of course, the toppings didn’t hurt either. I generous dollop of nonfat Greek yogurt, a sprinkle of brown sugar and cinnamon, and a drizzle of maple syrup made this a potato to remember.

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The Blogiversary Giveaway Winner Announcement!

Thank you all SO MUCH for entering my blogiversary giveaway. Some of you had some seriously creative comments and I wish I had the money to be able to give everyone a giveaway prize! Alas, I’ve yet to find my inner-millionaire, so the one lucky winner IS…

Gabriela!!

Congratulations, girl! Send me an email with your shipping info to sweettoothcourtney@gmail.com and I’ll get that package out to ya ASAP!

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Jay and I are off to go visit some my dad, brother, and a couple friends back up at the bowling alley again tonight for their last night of bowling!

See ya’ll in the morning!

Question for the Evening:

What’s your favorite way to eat a sweet potato?

Tagged as: allergies, baked sweet potato, blogiversary giveaway winner, Cody, Nature's Pride