Why does my life revolve around food?

Alex and I have a favorite sandwich shop, but the sad part is that there are none located in Utah...or at least none were located in Utah. Oh, I should probably tell you what place it is yeah? Well I'll let you in on the secret that is Port of Subs. So good.

Previously the only time that we would be able to get sandwiches from Port of Subs was when we would go to visit family. In Vegas there is a shop just down the road from Steve and Anna's, and we always make it a point to stop by and grab a sandwich before we come back up to Utah.

Oregon is a little more tricky since the Port of Subs is actually in Idaho. Yes, we typically call the sandwich shop there when we are on road trips to make sure that they are open when we are passing through.

The question on everyone's mind is 'What makes Port of subs better than (insert generic sub shop)?' Simple answer: the bread. They don't need to church up the bread by adding herbs and cheeses . Also they slice the meats fresh kind of like getting them straight from the deli.

Yes, we love our Port of Subs

Anyways, the best part of this whole story is that there is now a Port of Subs within reasonable driving distance of where we live. Alex spoiled me a few weeks back by going all the way up just to grab us subs and brought them down so we could enjoy them together. Just another reason why I am so in love with my wife. 

My Friend the Fish

This past Friday we made our way up to the Cheesecake Factory which I would have to say was a great move on our part. Now everyone reading this is probably saying to themselves right now something along the lines of "oh I'm totally jealous." or "Hunny, we should go to Cheesecake Factory this weekend and get some cheesecake."

I will let you in on a little secret though. You see when I go to Cheesecake Factory my mouth is not watering over the kagillion different types of cheesecake they offer, but instead I am focused on one thing, and one thing only:

That my friends is the Mahi Mahi Mediterranean. Best. Dish. Ever.

Don't worry though, we did get cheesecake as well (Red Velvet and regular with strawberries). All around solid weekend that's for sure.

We make grocery shopping fun

This is our favorite smoothie mix. Mainly because it makes us laugh. We've never actually bought it so we can't say for sure if its even good. We're just constantly speculating about what could actually be in that bag.

You see according to almost every basic strawberry smoothie recipe the only thing that can be in this bag is either lemon zest, sugar, ice cream, or yogurt. It's clearly not ice cream or yogurt so some smart person is basically selling sugar for $2 a bag? We don't get it. If you're going to add strawberries, milk AND ice, why don't you just make the whole smoothie.

b-b-b-bowling

I come from a family of bowlers. Everyone loves bowling. I, however, am missing that gene. Which has always been ok. I tag along, sometimes I play, sometimes I don't. Never an issue.

Then, I married a bowler. He never made me go bowling with him, but he owns his own bowling shoes, so that qualifies him as a bowler right?

Well I bit the bullet last weekend. I am proud to announce that I, Alex Non-bowler Treanor, went bowling. Not only that,  but I scored over 100. Thank you. Thank you.

And now to brag a bit...

Check out bowler husband's form

I'm sure the lady on the right would love to know this picture is now in the Internet. Sorry lady on the right. 

Some notes on Pizza

Wednesday night is Pizza night in the Treanor household. We used to Papa Murphy's it up every week but since we're trying to be healthier, I've started making homemade pizza. This week I decided to take things to an even higher level...healthy homemade pizza.

First of all, healthy pizza is a dumb idea.

I found a whole wheat pizza dough recipe...which didn't turn out like something you want to eat while enjoying the craziness of Phillip on Survivor.

Yes, I did take this picture this morning after the dough sat out all night. However, the photograph makes it especially unappetizing yeah?

We tried rolling it out but Troy Boy smased his finger under the rolling pin (not a fun thing, I'm sure) and then the thing wouldn't get bigger than 6 inches without ripping so we gave up.

Luckily, we had some left over whole wheat pitas from an earlier meal (which is wonderful and you should get the recipe from me because it will change your life). So we put on some ingredients and made ourselves some "healthy" pita pizzas. Now I'm not really sure where we went wrong from here. 

We cooked them on our pizza stone. But I'm thinking it was just the type of cheese we used. You see, the healthy recipe wanted healthy cheese. But, healthy cheese does not a pizza make. It was the weirdest thing I have ever seen. Lets just say I felt like a dog eating peanut butter when I ate this pizza.  I took a picture with my phone but I'm not sure it accurately portrays the oddness of this cheese. 

In the end, I ended up just peeling off the cheese and eatting a pita with sauce...that should tell you how crazy this cheese was because I am not one to deny the cheese. 

Needless to say, there was a quick In n Out run last night. 

So lesson learned: Don't even bother with healthy pizza. Just splurge one night a week and go for the real thing. 

Mother Nature: 2342452345 Alex: 1

Here is a lesson I have learned quite well over the past year.

Any time you plan on doing laundry (which in our lovely apartment, requires walking down 3 flights of stairs and across the complex to the laundry room) it WILL rain or snow. Guaranteed. 

However, this week I knew it was supposed to rain so I hurried and got the laundry in first thing in the morning. While I was bring down the first load, I saw a couple of snow flakes. I groaned audibly because I foresaw me writing this blog post about having to carry 3 loads of laundry through the rain/snow. It appears someone was on my side this time though and things miraculously held off.

Fast forward two hours....I'm safely sitting on my [lumpy] bed, folding completely dry laundry when I notice this lovely view.

So in your face Mother Nature! You may have gotten me every other time I've done laundry. But today was my success!

The Tale of the Lumpy Mattress

So let's go back in time together. Close your eyes for a second because this is going to be an epic field trip...

For the first few weeks of our marriage we slept on a queen sized air mattress. Now it was actually a pretty good mattress for us. We purchased a memory foam topper figuring we we throw that on top of the real mattress that we would eventually get.

In the meantime we were shopping. We went just about everywhere looking for a good mattress that would suit us perfectly, but also in the

hopes that it would not break the bank.

We finally found one that we liked at Macy's and got all set up to purchase it and have it delivered. The only down side to it was that it was a little pricey.

The following day at work I was talking with some co-workers about the purchase we had made the previous day. One guy mentioned that he had recently purchased a mattress for about half of the price that we had found ours for. So we cancelled the order. Looking back, I would say BIG MISTAKE.

It was almost as if the signs were warning us against switching our minds from the get go.

First of the name of the place to get the cheaper mattress is Furnish It. Yes, you got that right, Furnish It. It's really a place, here's the link to prove it.

Anyways did you get it yet?! Just think about the name a few times if you feel like you are missing out on something, I have faith that you'll catch on.

Anyways, we showed up to this place at mid day and walked in. it's a huge warehouse in the location of an old snuggle bag factory or something. We were walking around the place and realized there was nobody there. We could have walked out with thousands of dollars worth of furniture (well, as least thousands according to the prices marked...I'm not sure anything is actually worth what they have it marked down as there. I'll remind you that the name is FurniSh it).

We tried out all the mattresses that they had, and still nobody showed up. We even yelled at the top of our lungs for people, and didn't

get an answer. Finally after about 15-20 minutes this guy came from some back room that I swear I had checked. We ended up getting the mattress and it was delivered that same day.

Now let's flash forward to today.

Now we used the ironing board to illustrate how lumpy the bed has become. You can see the two distinct areas where we sleep and the high area in the middle. Yes, I know that I am overweight, but I also know that my wife is itty-bitty, so there is no way that you can blame her side on weight. This mattress is just crappy. Try snuggling on something like that. It's pretty hard having to get over the hump in the middle.

Anyways, I am about ready to get rid of it because even though it doesn't look like much of a dent in the picture, let me remind you that there is no body there to weigh it down further, because it goes down a lot further than that.

Moral of the story, just buy from a legit place. You can still find bargains at big name chains.