stupid tacos (see also: our first love-child)

You know how some people have the "Quest for Killer Burgers?" Well, we're the same, only with TACOS. Mainly because 1) I don't eat beef and 2) my boyfriend makes the killer veggie burger, so our  burger options are limited. There are a plethora of kick-ass taco joints in Dallas, but last week we finally decided to make our own... We didn't really go off a recipe, just a conglomeration of what we thought sounded awesome!

Do you like food-gasms? Do you like RELIGIOUS EXPERIENCES? How about watching Richard look super sexy while he makes dinner? If you answered yes to any of these questions, you'll enjoy STUPID TACOS™.

Stupid Tacos came out to be an explosion of spicy mahi-mahi, fried (!) avocado, pineapple/mango salsa, coleslaw, and queso on a corn tortilla. WHUTTT.

I had four. I never eat four of anything at dinner, and I had four.

We were proud of ourselves to say the least... there were alot of high-fives going around. Annnd, we'll definitely be making those again!

Afterwards we watched "Run, Fatboy, Run" (hilarious! and, apropos? ;P) and draaank and dipped into a blissful food coma. Our date nights just keep getting better and better and better. :)

happy list

Even though things are as hectic as ever, I've been feeling rather swell lately. :)

1. My beautiful white manicure that lasted forever.

2. My new favorite resort look.

3. Mandatory Torchy's date once my handsome man came back home.

4. Renting "Hot Fuzz" from YouTube (we thought we could watch it on our YouTube-compatiable DVD player, buuut no. This silly little set-up had to do!)

5. Him him him being home home home. :)

6. Dinner with the littles (finally!) & Sadie's Broccoli-Cooling Theatrics.

7. Patterned pants a la Emmy & Kylie ;)

8. My new Van Gogh-Gogh shorts.

9. Rose gelato before noon (on my day off).

10. Current lunch-time salad: spinach, avocado, strawberries, walnuts, and balsamic dressing

11. Actually curating a CD from a playlist! It's been so long!

kylie antoinette

It's been another few days without either one of my sweeties here at home (Meghan's gone camping, Richard is in Tennessee again), and while I miss them terribly and prefer to have them home with me, it's been kinda nice having some Kylie Time this go-around. Make no mistake, I've still be super emotional and cranky and weepy, but that's just kinda the new norm these days! (And watching the last season of "What Not To Wear" doesn't help either, thankyouverymuch.) But I also need some time to center and focus on the things that chill me out, which include a little shopping, actually using that jasmine body scrub I got for Valentine's Day, enjoying a new veggie juice, reading during my lunch break (not scrolling Instagram), and updating my Tumblr. All silly little things, but they make me feel fresh and relaxed (as relaxed as a manic person can be), and I've learned it's not-so-good when life happens to push those simple pleasures off the plate. Simple pleasures are what make the plate worth having in the first place!

Whenever I have any down time lately, I try to focus on doing enjoyable things for "us," whoever "us" is at that moment (me and R, me and the kittens, us and friends, etc.), but I came away from these past couple of days remembering how important it is to focus on doing enjoyable things for MOI. And only moi! If I want to listen to a podcast, paint my nails, or figure out what my next purchase at the mall is going to be, I shouldn't have to wait until I'm all by myself at the house in order to do it. It sucks because I feel like I'm rudely ignoring the people I love when I do choose to do those things, but those things are what make me a happy/fun Kylie to hang out with in the first place. Where's my Obvious Award for Balance?

So from  now on, I'm going to try to be Kylie Antoinette more often and just ignore my friends/family. KIDDING. But kinda! And I know it's terribly anachronistic and historically devastating to refer to my personal time as "Kylie Antoinette," buuut I don't care because it sounds cute. Now, Kylie Antoinette is going to watch "Dave" (yuuus), drink Pellegrino, and gear up to blow some cash tomorrow. I'm jealous of myself already.

remembering this weekend...

You know those weeks where you feel like you can't catch up? That's this week. Between the general burning of home fires, planning a move (we're not moving, but family is moving closer to us!), my graduate school interview, new work promotion groove, and trying really hard not to go insane (thanks for your help, alcohol!), I'm so exhausted.

Fortunately, Richard and I had such a nice weekend that slowed down the pace of all the chaos ever so slightly, and I've been relishing in the memories of our relaxation alot the past few days. We haven't had a nice, cozy, insufferable weekend alone in a couple of months and we sure made the most of it.

Highlights include...

- Red snapper and asparagus/sundried tomato risotto we made from scratch on Friday.

(The risotto tasted like pizza! It was so weird! There were zero left-overs...)

- Dnner for the first time at Seasons 52... so yummy, and they don't use butter! Amazing!

- THE DESSERTS AT SEASONS 52. SERIOUSLY. 

- Finally saw This Is The End, which was hilarious and stupid.

- I spilt white wine all over myself at the movie theatre and had to change R's huge, manly Dickies button-up mid-picture. #balance

- Staying in bed until 2pm on Sunday.

- Even doing productive things like laundry (me!) and washing our cars (R!).

Ugh, you sure were wonderful, Weekend, and we miss you already. You don't come around too often, which is a shame, but it makes us appreciate you all the more when you do!

a night at the circus!

A couple of weeks ago, one of our coolest friends, Debbie, told us she scored some sweet tickets to the circus in town (Barnum & Bailey Presents: Dragons) and she wanted us to go with her adorable family. We were sooo excited! Neither the kittens nor the Hafele kiddos had ever been before! So this past Tuesday, we all met up at the American Airlines Center (it's certainly not a tent, but it's air-conditioned!) and showed the kids what the circus was all about these days. Even Nick, Nancy and her Nery boys came, too!

Texas in August means waiting for our companions on this, which was blowing up nice, cool air that smelled like sugar! Nothing says, "Welcome to the circus!" more like the smell of funnel cakes and cotton candy. (Notice Sadie's wind-blown hair ;P)

My sweet Meggie-doll. :)

In addition to all the lions and tigers and elephants (there were no bears, unfortunately), there were also some sweet acrobats and motorcyclists! I forgot about the circus had that! I was too smitten with the beautiful animals to record anything (you know, that's what actual memory is for), but I got these hilarious videos of guys on motorcycles just doing their thing. I say "hilarious" due to Emily and Sadie's commentary (captioned below).

I love this picture: girls in the middle smiling so sweetly, boys on the periphery playing it cool. ;P

And then, top it all off with popcorn and cotton candy and super exhaustion (the After-Work Special, it seems), and we had an amaaazing evening. Thank you so much, sweet Debbie! You make us so much cooler. :)