Howdy friends!
Quick status update:
- AC: still broken
- Heat index: 100+
- Temperature inside the house: 83 degrees
- Getting a hold of an air conditioning repair company: impossible
Seriously? Where are they and why aren’t any of them answering my calls?! eeeeeeeek, I’m meeeelllting…
Anywhoo – I stopped by my parents house after work today because I needed to borrow an onion. While there, I raided the cupboards – natch – (doesn’t everyone raid their parents cupboards when they go home??) and snacked on some Cheetos that I found. Because let’s be real, they’re the cheeeesiest and everyone needs some Cheetos every once in awhile!
While I was crunching away, I opened up the freezer to see if there were any popsicles…and look what I found:
That’s cheese. Containers upon containers of frozen cheese…and look at the bottom shelf – that’s sliced cheese!!! It’s only my Mom and Dad in the house now – so why, I have to ask, do two people need so much cheese?? The answer is that my Mom has an addiction to buying food in bulk and then storing it away like this. It’s a sickness, really. Oh well, nachos will always be in abundance at their house – which isn’t such a raw deal, now is it?
I came home, onion in tow, and made some Whole Wheat Pasta with Tomato Vegetable Sauce for dinner!
This was so incredibly easy, guys! I put some water on the stove for my whole wheat pasta and while that was heating up I combined:
- 1 large can crushed tomatoes
- ~1 T olive oil
- 3 cloves chopped garlic
- 1 small onion, grated right into the sauce
- 1 small zucchini, grated right into the sauce
- S&P
in a small sauce pan. Seriously – if you have a husband, wife, kids, boyfriend, girlfriend, etc., that doesn’t like veggies – grate them into pasta sauces. You cannot taste them, but they totally bump up the girthyness (yeah) and texture of the sauce – it’s awesome!
So I let the sauce bubble away while I boiled my pasta and in 7 minutes, exactly, I was ready to plate!
See those little zucchini shreds in there? Mmmm!
I love whole wheat pasta too – the texture is so much more hearty than white pasta – don’t you think?
A little hot for the current temperature – but satisfying nonetheless 
I cooled off with – yep, you guessed it – more watermelon…muwahahahaha!
By the way, it’s so hot that Ben has resorted to wearing his wisdom teeth removal recovery “jaw bra" filled with ice to cool down…what are we going to do?!
Here he is cleaning the dishes like a good husband would I literally could not stop laughing…OH MY GOSH too funny!!!
Alrighty – I’m off to go sit and think about how I’m going to survive the weekend as it’s looking like an AC repair job is not in the cards before next week!
Take it easy friends!
Oh, ps! Central Iowa Channel 13 News watchers – I saw John Bachman today!! He was walking into Gateway Market and is SO thin! Who knew?
pps: A kid who works for a college painting crew just came to the door and asked if there were any adults home 
So sad – it’s true, I look like I’m 16…
Your posts always make me chuckle, in a good way, of course.
Holy heaven, no AC isn’t good. Do you feel limited with your cooking options, when the weather is hot out? I know I do, which limits me to a certain extent. There is NO way I turn the oven on in the hot weather…
Hope y’all find a way to keep cool!!!
Oh poor Ben!! OMG! That is too funny.
I can’t imagine being without AC. Here in Florida it is so humid.
Oh my gosh, I hope your AC gets fixed soon! That sounds awful.
Hahaha I don’t think I’ve ever seen that much cheese before, except in a grocery store!
Omg that jaw brace is too funny! Whatever works, right?
Ugh sorry about the AC, hope it gets fixed soon!
omgosh my brother totally came home with the jaw bra today, too! he got his wisdom teeth removed. so far, he’s eaten ice cream.
Hahahaha! LMAO!!!! I am wearing the exact same jaw bra as we speak!!!!!
Aww, thanks to your hubby for making me smile tonight. I definitely needed that.
Take care hun. Hope your AC gets fixed soon.
You crack me up!!!!! Good luck cooling off… i would DIE without my a/c
Haha you always make me laugh!! I am always getting asked what high school I go to! Ha! I’m 24!! Hope your AC gets fixed soon! Maybe you can find someone to come out tomorrow.
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I’m a new reader, but I adore your blog. That jawbraw is so funny, I’m sorry! :]
Sorry about the A/C. I can totally appreciate that. I would die without ours! We have had to go a night or two without it due to it breaking down – not good! In 2004 we got hit by Hurricane Ivan, we went 6 weeks without power, hence no A/C! Those were some HOT nights.
That was a lot of cheese in the freezer. But good idea. I never knew that you could freeze it.
“jaw bra” LOL!
Awww, sorry about the A/C. Hope it gets fixed soon.
I have exactly the same food containers!
Oh Geez…Im sorry about your A/C!! Hope it gets fixed soon. You guys must be dying!! You can come out here to NH…I can’t get my house over 65, its June…and I can’t remember when we were over 70!!!
Your pasta looks yummy. I wish I liked whole wheat pasta, but as a true Italian, I just can’t bring myself to like it. I’ve tried several times. What kind do you use?
I know how you feel. We live in an older house and have no ac. So I understand! haha
Awww!!! No AC is a crime in the summer! Your dinner looks so yummy! I was craving that last night but was too tired and hungry to cook anything.
PS- people are constantly questioning my age, too! It must be a blogger thing!
get a kiddie pool or a slip n slide, and cool off that way! i wish it were this hot here!! but we’ve had a seriously wet, wet 2 or 3 months…… in the DC area that is. But so far it’s sunny. and i’m off today, well I’m skipping out work. I worked overtime every day this week! so I’m gonna skip out and go play with my nieces and nephew in the pool. Whee!
I LOVE YOUR HUBBY!!! Those are great pics of Uncle Ben!!
I love it! I just started following your blog and you remind me so much of myself. Especially this post — I’m such a healthy eater (but I eat YUMMY healthy stuff like you) but I have to indulge in junky things once in a while — cheetohs are one of my weaknesses.
Anyway, I enjoy your posts. Keep it up!
That’s a lot of cheese!
Oh, Ben. That is too funny.
LOL! My mom has the same bulk-buying problem!! There are 6 of us kids in the family, all grown and out of the house, but I think she thinks we all still live there! Or maybe she thinks we may all show up to visit at the same time!?! Pretty unlikely since they are in Omaha and we are spread throughout the country in Kansas City, Chicago, San Francisco and Los Angeles!!!
I understand how you feel. I look like I’m 12, and I’m 25. Plus I’m only 4’11, so I’ve got height against me too. I get carded buying lottery tickets, and energy drinks that require an ID. Hah!
I live in Houston and our heat index it 100+!!! And it’ll only get hotter. Hope you get your AC fixed pronto. Love the blog. I read it everyday!
That jaw bra is too funny! LOL!
That pasta looks SO GOOD right now. We have not gotten into buying whole wheat pasta, but we should!
My husband’s grandma (now deceased) bought food in bulk like that. His parent’s fridge is always packed to the brim too. It kind of makes me crazy because you can’t get anything out or put anything away!
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Ooo that is a fabulous idea – slip n slide!! Have a great day at the pool!
Right?! They are sooo good!
Hi Amanda! This was Barilla whole wheat thin spaghetti!
Ok you win – 6 weeks with NO POWER! I’ll never complain again!!