what’s you drug
Day 3 of the 30 day challenge wants to know my views on drugs and alcohol. So…which one to talk about first. Let’s go with the easier of the two and start with alcohol. I don’t drink much. Maybe a few drinks a year. I am not opposed to drinking I just don’t ever really crave it. Every so often I want a good beer (Blue Moon with orange slices…yes!!) but more often than not I don’t ever feel like I need it. I drank enough in college to last me a lifetime. I wasn’t a heavy drinker (I have always been a “light weight”) but I would drink to drink. You know because everyone else was. (ah…peer pressure) Now as an adult, if I really want a glass of wine, a beer, or a martini then I will order one but I make sure to order it because I want it rather than because I am at a dinner party and feel like I should.
Okay drugs. This is a different ball game. I debated about how honest I wanted to be but decided that I might as well be real and not be a phony blogger. I did some drugs in college. I had a wild summer before my junior year. I had dated the same guy from my junior year of high school up until that summer (on and off for about 4 years) and when we broke up the final time I was pretty devastated and I acted out. I fell in with, not necessarily the wrong crowd but with a wild crowd. I experimented that summer with marijuana, ecstasy and even cocaine one time. I was LUCKY LUCKY LUCKY that nothing ever bad happened to me and that I never was addicted to any of it. Like I said I was wild for one summer and then once school started again that August I was done. It was like flipping a light switch. School started and I was serious again and never did any drugs ever again. Part of me thinks that it was an experimental phase that didn’t hurt anything so that is probably why I never regretted it. But I am not so naive to think that could have easily gone another way.
I want to talk about marijuana by itself for a second though. I personally do not think that marijuana should be illegal. I have done some research (simply because it is such a hot modern topic) and I don’t think it is all that worse for us than alcohol. To me, the most dangerous part about it is the smoke inhalation rather the actual drug, THC. I personally think it should be legal because I think we spend too much money (state and federal) on the “war on drugs” which more often than not is all about weed. We spend too much money hunting it down, imprisoning the offenders and I think that money (and our tax dollars) could be spent on much more important crime and crime prevention. Rant over. 🙂
Do you care to share your thoughts or opinions on drugs and alcohol?
in tens years i’ll be 40
Day 2 of the 30 day challenge is where I’d like to be in 10 years. In 10 years I will be FORTY! Wow! That seems so long away but then again turning 30 seemed impossible when I was 20. In 10 years I would love to be a mom. I know that sounds overly simple but if I am being 100% honest here…that will be a big deal for us. We are currently going through some fertility issues. So getting pregnant and having a baby would make me a really happy mom in ten years.
I remember growing up and I have always always thought I wouldn’t be able to have children. I don’t know where that idea came from or why it was planted in my head but it was. It begs the question was that something I just knew about myself or was it an idea I latched onto and therefore it happened. I firmly believe that what you put out into the Universe is what you get back. That being said I am no longer going to say if I become but rather when I become a mom. It’s hard. Extremely hard. But I must have faith in what will happen will happen. Because I have BIG steps to fill. Say hi to my pretty mama:
comfort food
What do you do when you want a good homemade meal but lack the creative imagination to create something yourself? You copy someone else! Last weekend, I made Estela’s Easy Red Beans & Rice. This recipe was awesome! I used a jalapeno and green chili chicken sausage which gave it a nice kick and served it over brown rice. All-in-all it was a tasty addition to our weekend.
Estela’s Easy Red Beans & Rice
- 1 pound andouille sausage (sliced)
- 1 onion (chopped)
- 1 bell pepper (chopped)
- 2 cloves of garlic (finely chopped)
- olive oil
- 2 can’s kidney beans (drained & rinsed)
- 1 28 oz can diced tomatoes
- 1 tsp dried oregano
- 1 tsp paprika
- 1/2 tablespoon cajun seasoning (more depending on your taste)
- 1 cup dry white rice
- 2 cups water
In a large saucepan, drizzle about a tablespoon of olive oil and saute sliced sausage over medium heat until it starts to brown a little. To the sausage, add chopped onion, bell pepper, & garlic. Cook for about 7 minutes or until veggies are tender. Add kidney beans, tomatoes, and spices. Cover and simmer for 25 minutes.
While the beans are simmering, combine your water & rice in a medium sauce pan. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat, cover & cook for 20 minutes or until rice is tender.
For serving , you can either mix the rice and beans together or by layering the rice first, then topping it with beans.
[And because Estela takes infinitely better pictures than I could ever hope to imagine here is her picture of the delicious meal]
Life advice from Kelly. Make this. It will make you happy and who doesn’t want some extra happiness in their life?
30 day challenge
In keeping with my thirty theme this week I have decided that this is the perfect time for me to complete the 30 day challenge. I loved reading some other blogger’s answers to the questions and it I think it would be good for me to even learn more about myself since I entered a new decade and all.
So I guess I will just get started with Day 1: My current relationship status. Well I am married to Keith (our anniversary is this month on April 30th (Sheesh…30 is everywhere!) and we will have been married for 5 years. As it states on my about page Keith is 11 years older than me and I have known him my entire life. Our families have a long history and thankfully so!
One of my fondest memories of Keith growing up was when I was 15 and our families had all gotten together at a roller skating rink (haha…remember those?!) for a Bat Miztvah party for Keith’s niece. I was smitten and thought he was so H-O-T! I was 15 and going through all my awkardness…braces, skinny, frizzy hair…you get the idea. But Keith was one of those fun-loving types who played with all the kids. Twirling the girls around, racing the boys, just a good guy. At one point the skating rink DJ started throwing out those plastic beaded necklaces. Everyone was wearing one, adults and kids alike. Everyone but me. I hadn’t gotten one. So Keith took off the red necklace he had on and gave it to me. So would you believe that 15 years later I still have that red necklace. I told you I had a crush on him! Persistence is key people! haha!
So I developed a crush on him when I was 15, married him ten years later when I was 25, and we will be celebrating our five wedding anniversary at the end of the month. I feel so blessed. I truly believe that Keith and I were made for one another. We’ve been through a lot in our still relatively new marriage but we are one another’s best friends and we love one another so much and I could not ask for more.
What Kelly Said 