To be quite honest, Nate and I and Pumpkin had the Valentine's Day from hell. Worst Valentine's Day Ever.
We've never celebrated Valentine's, it's a little silly in my opinion. We woke up last thursday morning to a massive array of puppy diarrhea ALL over the apartment for the 3rd time that week. It was Nate's turn to clean up since I had to rush to my 7am class. When you start your day scrubbing diarrhea, things can only get worse.
I ended up taking lil P to the holistic vet down the street for the second time in two weeks and after a very quick visit and $202 later I was ready to make the special dinner I had planned. Nate came home from work, tired of a job he/we hate, and I told him about the vet bill which only lead to the regrettable conversation about money and how being a yoga teacher, I don't make enough of it. Way to make a girl feel appreciated, I know.
With zero motivation to cook the $30 Whole Foods steaks I bought, I locked myself in our room and watched Girls. The HBO show I have become obsessed with. Although my life is a tad bit more together than theirs, I relate so much to the over-arching themes of the show it's ridiculous.
I finally ended up cooking dinner. Pumpkin shat approximately 3 more times in the apartment that night. And we went to bed. We hate Valentine's day, but at least the food was good!
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| I made filet mignon with The Pioneer Woman's Hotel Butter which I totally forgot about until the steaks were half-way eaten. Go me! |
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| And molton chocolate cake with home-made whipped cream. If you look closely you can totally see me and my sexy apron in the spoon reflection. |
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| Pinterest, anyone? |
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The Valentine's Mantle
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| Lil P at the holistic vet |
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| Not happy |
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She was given some homeopathic pallets (along with anti-biotics and pro-biotics) But Nate calls them "Magic Crystals" and asks me every morning if Pumpkin has gotten her magic crystals yet.
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Luckily we had a way better weekend. Pumpkin almost instantly got better. We went to Malibu, our favorite place EVER and had a groupon dinner. And I cooked Clinton Street Bakery to die for Banana and Walnut pancakes. And all was right with the world.
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| Secret ingredient: butter and love. |
