Our new ugly couch

I'm sorry that it has been so long since I've posted anything, but I just feel like I've been overwhelmingly busy these last couple of weeks.  Plus, I only have two followers (and one of them is my husband), so posting on this blog is usually not my top priority.  

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Anyway, here's a little list of what's been going on in my busy life.

1.  I lost 7 lbs in last weeks weigh-in! 

2.  We found out we have termites in our house.  This seriously creeps me out.  Terminix has already been out to spray or whatever the heck it is that they do, but I'm pretty sure the termites don't just disappear right away.  The Terminix guy also asked me if they had started flying yet.  Yuck...  No, they haven't but I really did not need to know that this might happen in the near future.

3. I have been trying out all sorts of new recipes!  I made this amazing Fettucine with Creamy Red Pepper- Feta Sauce the other day.  You should definitely try it out!

Ingredients

• 2 tablespoons olive oil
• 1 small onion, chopped
• 2 to 3 garlic cloves, peeled and chopped
• 1 (16-ounce) jar roasted red peppers, drained and chopped
• 1/2 cup low-sodium chicken stock or vegetable stock

• 1 cup crumbled feta cheese or a 6-ounce block
• 1 pound whole-wheat fettuccine
• Salt
• Freshly ground black pepper
• 2 tablespoons chopped fresh parsley leaves

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DIRECTIONS

Heat the oil in a heavy skillet over medium-high heat. Saute onion and garlic until soft, about 10 minutes. Add roasted peppers and saute until heated through. Remove from heat and let cool slightly. Place mixture in the bowl of a food processor with stock and all but 2 tablespoons of the feta. Process until combined and smooth, about 30 seconds. Cook pasta according to package directions. Drain, reserving 1/2 cup pasta water. Toss pasta with sauce, adding pasta water by the tablespoon, if needed. Sauce should cling nicely to pasta. Season with salt and pepper, to taste. Divide among pasta bowls. Sprinkle with parsley and remaining feta cheese.

4.  We moved around everything in our basement.  We have a walk-out basement, and as soon as you walk down the stairs, there is a big open room with french doors that lead out to our back patio.  This room is our bedroom. There is also a little hallway off to the left.  Off of the hallway is our laundry room, closet and office.  

Anyway, we decided to turn our bedroom into a TV room.  Jesse's dad got us a flat screen TV for Christmas, and we hardly ever use it.  So, we made the office into our bedroom and put all of the office stuff in the other half of the TV room.

Now all we had to do was find us a couch for the TV room, and we knew that it was going to have to be something cheap, and probably horrible to look at.  


And it definitely is...  Here is our new couch!

Okay, so I was embarrassed just having this strapped in to the back of our truck.  We had to stop at Wal-Mart on the way home, but we were fairly certain that no one was going to steal this monstrosity away from us.  So, we bought a slip cover and a couple of new pillows and..... 

Wallah!  It's not so hideous anymore!