Mediterranean Pork and Orzo

Mediterranean Pork and Orzo

I'm doing this weird thing lately where I eat vegetables.  I am a super picky eater and vegetables have never made the cut.  In an effort to be a real life grown-up, I decided to suck it up and eat the vegetables.  

I have been trying all kinds of vegetables.  Once I got over the fact that they don't taste like chocolate, things got better.   Brussel sprouts and kale are the worst things I've ever eaten in my entire life.  I have tried both a couple of times and cooked different ways.  They will not make the final cut.  Sick.

Spinach and tomatoes, however, have made it.  I am working on incorporating both of them into more of the meals that we eat.  One of favorites in the vegetable rotation is this pork and orzo recipe.

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The Best Thrifting Day Ever

The Best Thrifting Day Ever

We had a garage sale on Saturday.  It was a huge success.   We opened early because there were people in multiple cars in our driveway.  We were then swarmed by a massive group of people.  Like seriously 20-30 running through our garage grabbing things.  It was like the day after Thanksgiving at Walmart.  I hated to tell them that we truly didn't have anything but junk.  Just like Walmart.

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Maui Part Dos

Maui Part Dos

Happy Monday!  Hope the weekend was a good one.  We had an fantastic garage sale followed by some even better thrifting and then furniture building.  Excellent weekend!

An excellent weekend certainly does help adjusting back to non-vacation life a little easier.  Let's finish up our Maui photos so my mom doesn't yell at me for not sharing them.  I aim to please.  Or something.

We arrived in Maui on Wednesday afternoon.  By the time we got to our condo it was around 5:30 PM.  Also known as 10:30PM Iowa time.  We ate supper in the condo and both went to bed at 7:00PM.  We woke up bright-eyed and bushy-tailed at 3:00 AM ready to head to the Haleakala Crater.  We debated doing sunrise at the crater. I read that it was cold and windy and obviously an early start to the day.  We were looking to get away from cold and windy after the longest winter ever.  It was also supposed to be the most amazing sunrise of people's lives.  We decided to suck it up and do it.  

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