Thursday Thoughts - He’s the king of them all, y’all

1. Happy 14th birthday to the king of them all. I never thought this dog was making it to today but he does what he wants as he has since the day we got him in October 2005.

2. I always see the best skies in Target parking lots.

3. Nothing else was the best though. I felt like I was wandering around aimlessly last night because they're remodeling and I couldn't find anything. Cute new book section though.

4. Let this be known as the week I ran out of everything. $$$ I had to replace my eye cream (using Banana Bright by Ole Henriksen), dry shampoo (Living Proof is the GOAT), and deodorant (trying Native). I also bought Gus a new bed for the shore and took Lola Jean a book last night when I stopped by to see her and Baby Stephen and have pizza with them.

 5. I had no lunch for today or dinner for tonight so yesterday I whipped up one of Missy's favorite go to meals - I saw her comment on Lindsay's blog post on a healthy and easy weeknight meal and it sounded good so it was off to the races. I didn't have everything, so I browned ground beef with some Penzey's shallots, drained it, topped it with a bag of frozen riced cauliflower and a jar of salsa, added salt and Forward by Penzey's, chopped up half a jar of banana peppers and threw them in, and let it ride for a while. Then I topped with pepperjack cheese and broiled it.

6. I worked from home yesterday and I'm working from home tomorrow. Bruce is pleased. He likes to look over my shoulder or sit at my feet while I work.

7. I love when the Comcast building looks like part of the sky.

8. I've got no commentary on the state of the world in this post. I'm on vacation next week, leaving for the shore tonight with nothing packed, we have a lot of things going on personally and at work, and I barely got this together. I left my house this morning with no face moisturizer, eye cream,  or mascara...that’s three out of five things in my morning leave the house routine. Toner and under eye concealer made the cut. Not like I didn’t have time either, I did. My brain needs a break. Fuckitville, population: me.

9. Reminder:

10. Ecards.

What appears after the hyphen in Thursday Thoughts is a song lyric to whatever I'm listening to when I start to write the post. This week is Sweet Soul Music by Arthur Conley

Weeknight red sauce

Yeah yeah, I said sauce. In the sauce vs. gravy war, I am staunchly sauce. To me, gravy is brown.

Like a lot of people, I like to linger over a pot of sauce all day, stirring here and there, tasting, adding, etc. But sometimes you need a quick red sauce and this is a winner without using jarred, I'm telling you.

Ingredients
28 oz crushed tomatoes
8 oz tomato sauce
4 tbs butter
1 medium yellow onion, peeled and halved
Salt & pepper to taste
1/4 teaspoon garlic powder
1/4 teaspoon Italian seasoning

Directions

Put the tomatoes, sauce, onion and butter in a heavy saucepan over medium heat. Bring the sauce to a simmer. Add seasonings and stir well. Lower the heat to keep the sauce at a slow, steady simmer for 15-20 minutes. Stir occasionally.

Remove from heat, discard the onion, and mix with your prepared pasta or spaghetti squash or wherever you're using it.

Inquiring minds want to know: sauce or gravy?