2 posts from September 2009

my sister and i went to panera yesterday because we're hungry and we both order a 1/2 Turkey Artichoke Hot Panini with soup and salad.

sis: i heard one of panera's sandwiches is on a "worst foods to eat" list  i wonder if this is it.

me: i don't want to know.

sis: (looks at the nutritional pamphlet)  OMG, this 1/2 sandwich has 1170 calories in it!!

both of us immediately deconstruct our sandwiches and frantically scrape off all the spread

me: lemme see the menu...
...
...??!!!!!!!!
damnit!!  that's the sodium content!  this sandwich only has like 350 calories.

very very sad that my dinner was ruined.

why do all restaurants have to list the calorie count now?  i'd much rather not know and just enjoy going out to eat. 

alison's 14 month birthday has come and gone and so much has happened.  she's a full time walker now.  her hands still have a slight gay hand cock going on with them but the hands are slowly migrating down.  she's learning a few words and hand signals: apple, up, moo, arf (dog sound), night night, and signing all done.  i think she knows how to say "cheese" too, but not 100% sure.  she tries to imitate everything we do and every sound we make.  when someone farts (NOT ME), she blows a raspberry, when someone yawns, she'll pretend to yawn too.  she plays itsy bitsy spider with her fingers, dances to music, and she also tries to get us to do everything for her.  yesterday husband fed her a few tastes of ice cream then after that, she would take the spoon, dig it into the ice cream, grab husband's hands and place it on the spoon.  i've changed her sleep schedule so that she sleeps in later and goes to bed later... so nice to sleep in and to go out to eat dinner without a meltdown.  her 2nd nap has gotten so long that i have to wake her up.

it's been really too hot in LA so we're getting a bit of cabin fever from trying to stay in air conditioning all the time.  we bought her a splash pool to play with that keeps her entertained for a while and out of the Tupperware and utensil drawers.

we tried going to the LA County Fair and i totally regretted it the second we got there.  it was so much hotter in pomona than in LA and with 2 pregnant women and a baby to deal with, it was really hot.  we were all so lethargic and sweaty plus we couldn't enjoy all the fried foods the fair had to offer.  but this one thing made the whole trip worth it:
this past weekend, we took a train trip up to san luis obispo.  much cooler up there.  alison hasn't worn anything long-sleeved in like half her life and she kept trying to pull her sleeves off of every outfit.  the trip was mostly for the experience of riding the 40 mph train.  it was actually nicer than i thought it would be.  our cabin was a family cabin that sleeps 5 and spans the width of the train.  we had a personal attendant and reservations for meals, which were included.  the meal car was on the 2nd floor and had panoramic views of the coast line and the vineyards.  and the food was surprisingly good... husband even took away alison's food claiming she was finished, but he ate it for himself.  one day, i want to take the train all the way up to seattle... it takes 2 days.  i think i have something about trains.