Long time no blog! I have had a crazy busy but exciting weekend – I am going to start with Friday and catch-up to today in a few blog posts. I hope you have been having a great weekend.
Friday, Matt and I headed into Boston to pick up our race bibs for Saturday – we were running the Susan Komen Race for the Cure. Last year, this 5k was my first race ever – I accomplished a lifelong goal of mine to run an entire 5k. While in Boston, Matt and I decided to have dinner. We were both starving and the Legal Seafood Test Kitchen was nearby so we walked over.
We had never been there, so had no idea what to expect. The restaurant is very different then the regular Legal Seafood. Then menu is very creative and features some interesting combinations.
We started with the Montauk Calamari
This was great calamari – I loved the garlic aioli – I wish there was more! I ate about 4 pieces.
For my entree, I ordered the Lobster and Linguini
There were HUGE lobster pieces in this dish – the sauce was a little odd – but not in a bad way. I loved this pasta – enough that I ate the entire plateful. The parmesan cheese shavings added a great saltiness that nicely complimented the lobster.
Matt ordered Tuna with a side of rosemary fries and fried pickles. He also got a skewer of scallops because I was debating between the scallops and Lobster and Linguini
Oh my gosh. I have never had fried pickles in my life and think they may be one of the best things ever. The saltiness of the pickles combined with crispy dough – perfect. The scallops too were out of this world – tender, moist and just subtly flavored.
The Legal Test Kitchen is a restaurant I HIGHLY recommend. Matt and I will probably go back there again in the future.
September 25, 2009: Buy new laundry detergent!
Ladies and gentlemen in the next few days I will be making a big change in my life. Ever since I started doing my own laundry (freshman year in high school) to today (many years later), I have been using
In a few days (this bottle is close to empty), I will be using
Interestingly enough, when checking out my Tide bottle, there were no ingredients listed. I even consulted the website and found no further information.
Mrs. Meyer’s has it right on the bottle.
I am going to assume that this is just slightly better then the unmentionable Tide ingredients.
I also owe you a change from last week so here it is!
September 20, 2009: Start using new Powerstrip!
A few months ago, I read about this powerstrip. It is great for TV entertainment centers because it controls which appliances are getting power – one appliance (in our case the TV), controls when the other appliances (DVD player, Wii, stereo) get electricity. Obviously, the other appliances do not need energy if the TV isn’t on – you can’t watch a DVD or play Wii without the TV. But first, because this is Simple Changes September, I wanted to see how much energy we were currently using.
Here is our current setup:
I learned having all of these plugged in and using “phantom” electricity (using electricity even when they aren’t on) was costing us:
- $0.25 a day
- $1.78 a week
- $7.63 a month
- $92.87 a year
A few days ago we plugged all gadgets in the smart strip and started calculating our energy usage:
- $0.16 a day
- $1.12 a week
- $4.82 a month
- $58.65 a year
The cost of the smart strip was $28.58. Looks like the cost of the powerstrip will pay for itself in a year – with $5.64 added to our pocket! That’s what I call a deal and a very simple change.
How many gadgets do you have in your TV Entertainment Center?
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I want some fried pickles right now after reading this post!! They are so delicious and I had no idea you could get them here “up North!”
I know – I could eat them every day!
We have that same entertainment console! IKEA, right?
Yep – its from Ikea!