Vegas has taught me to kill spiders.
It’s not what you think.
Vegas and I are total opposites in some ways. She loves living things, I can’t stand them. She brought 2 dogs and 2 birds to this marriage. I brought a house plant.
She captures bugs in the house and releases them safely outside. I scream like a girl and beg her to smash them. Until now.
The uncharacteristic heat and humidity in San Diego has resulted in more spiders and silver fish in the house. I can’t deal with them being released right outside the door… what it they come back inside?!
Vegas taught me to kill spiders out of fear. If I want them dead, I have to do it myself. Die, spiders.
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Read on for my eats, then check out Jenn’s WIAW baby over at Arman’s this week!
Breakfast:
I had my usual morning cocktail and sludge (mixed with kombucha for a change).
I made Vegas toast and myself socca. Both were topped with smashed avocado mixed with a little curry powder (try it – SO good!). Served with with some #yolkporn.
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Lunch:
We celebrated Nation Sandwich Day with a green turkey sandwich. Asparagus on a sandwich is shockingly good.
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Dinner:
Speaking of opposites… Vegas and I love to hang out at the bar in our local Whole Foods for dinner and a beer (or 3), but we order very differently.
They have a small bar menu, but I usually prefer a garbage pail mix of stuff from the hot bar. Vegas dives into the wings and mac ‘n cheese. I refuse to eat anything that requires me to gnaw on a bone, and mac isn’t my favorite cheese vessel. Don’t judge – I will eat the hell out of a cheese plate!
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Tough Mudder recap to come… in the meantime check out the softball world series recap and giveaway for tea-based energy powder we’ve been fueling with.
Will you kill a bug? If you come kill ’em for me I’ll pay you in yolk porn and beer.
Do you like wings? Mac ‘n cheese?
I have to kill bugs too… I wish I could catch and release but a) what if they come back and b) what if they jump on me as I am trying to release them?
I saw (and killed) my first spider here yesterday – it wasn’t that big but I swear it had pincers :-S
That’s exactly my point!
I will eat anything – I don’t discriminate! I’m a complete wimp when it comes to bugs. Thank God I don’t live in Australia anymore and have to deal with the almost daily spiders and cockroaches. Blergh.
agreed! I’m in aus now! the black spiders are as big as my hand and the cockroaches are the size of mice! helpppppp 😉 (the beaches kiiiiind of make up for it;)
Oh god. I’d never sleep.
OMGOSH THE CINNAMON QUOTE IS THE FUNNIEST THING IVE READ IN AGES!!!!
Ive tried to cleaning fluid spray scorpions to death.
It doesnt work 🙂
You probably want the spiders to live because they eat all the other bugs! If you really want them to die, and you are really willing to cook for me, my flight arrives at 5:40pm. See you soon!!! :-))
I want everything to die. See you in a a bit? LOL!
I once woke up during the night to get water. When I got to the kitchen, I turned on the light. Something I never do. I saw a scorpion the size of my hand on the floor in front of me. You better believe I vacuumed that sucker up. Remind me to tell you about the tarantula in my bath tub sometime.
You told me!!!! That tarantula in Arizona nearly gave me a heart attack.
This is how I’ll get Jason to eat at WF with me – I’ll go to one with beer! Genius! (The John’s Creek one serves beer, as does the new Avalon one.)
Do they have entire bars? The Ponce one served beer, but only like 4 on tap. This one was 30 and a bar menu. God bless Whole Foods.
Kind of like, if you can’t beat em, join em. But more drag queen and fabbbbbulous
Don’t make me kill bugs! I’m not a fan of spiders in my apartment – and there are MANY daddy longlegs – but being a vegetarian I feel I can’t kill them. Not even through the hoover … I know, I know ..
Which also answers your second question: no wings for me. Even pre-vegetarian the idea of gnawing on bones didn’t appeal to me.
Have you ever had the fake meat wings? I’m always curious…
whole foods bar is the best! i love our wine bar at the downtown whole foods. obviously. I don’t love spiders though. you can kill them for me. EEK !
They serve it by the glass at the beer bar, but nothing like a wine-on-tap situation. That would be amazing.
I love that about Whole Foods- something for everyone! As for spiders… like you, I’ve learned to deal with them but I’d much rather squeal and scream if someone else is around to kill it!
That sandwich looks absolutely amazing! I need it in my life. I do NOT ill spiders because ew, but my husband does. The other day there was a huge cricket in my house while he was at work and i sat at the table with my feet up waiting for my dog and/or cat to kill it. They played with it for like, 20 minutes….
Crickets kill me too! There is NO way Vegas will kill one and they’re too big for me to stomach killing. Thank god we’ve only had one of those so far. *knock on wood*
asparagus in a sandwich sound pretty freakin’ awesome, i don’t know why i’ve never tried that! and bugs, i hate them and kill them as soon as i see them!
Haha! John and I are the same way! He always wants to catch bugs and let them go outside. I’m always like, Kill it!!
Your breakfast looks amazing! That egg is like perfectly cooked and I want to try your socca toast!
I do not like to gnaw on bones either; something about it just grosses me out!
Thanks! I’d love to hear what you think if you try the socca thing. It’s a good savory breakfast.
I am a vegetarian but bugs gotta go! I laughed so hard with that quote 🙂
Hi Laura, I could definitely survive by eating all my meals at the Whole Foods bar. My wallet? Not so much. 🙂
That’s the one problem… LOL!
Sometimes I have to do it myself…and I just scream the entire time. I hate the squish when you kill it with a tissue or….what I’ve been doing lately is taking this mini bottle of Lysol I have and spraying whatever it is…till dead 😛
Ugh. I’m not allowed to have bug spray because of the birds. Vegas is KILLING ME. 😉
oh, and see, I thought I was coming here for a METHOD of spider killing. sorry, I do it too (well, Jason does). I have an unnatural fear of spiders, everything else can stay! growing up spending summers in Hawaii, I wouldn’t freak out about a BIG cockroach crawling across my bedroom floor… but a spider? nope nope nope.
I love the Cinnamon Stripper Spider. makes me laugh every time.
I can’t take any of it… but a spider is the only one I can kill. And only the small ones. Big bugs = guts. That I cannot deal with.
Can’t pay me enough to kill bugs. Owning a warehouse gym has led me to learn to kill Palmetto bugs, like the HUGE cockroaches and I am over it. I thought about getting a gym cat just to do the job for me.
I’ll never forget the Palmettos when I lived in FLA. I nearly had a heart attack when one flew at me.
The green turkey sandwich looks really good!
And I’m a little weird. I LOVE watching spiders, because I think they are such an amazing creature that God has made, but I do not like the idea of them in our bedroom, where they could crawl on me in bed. AAaah! They do get the death penalty in our house. 😀
Those sandwiches look good! I have asparagus in my omelet this morning which is surprisingly tasty too.
That’s delicious too! They’re so good with any egg-y dish.
I will kill bugs if they are small! Your sandwich looks amazing. I have never thought of adding asparagus either but I”m sure it adds a nice crunch!
Thanks! It does add a great crunch. I’ll julienne anything and put it on bread. 🙂
Yummy @ that sandwich. I love how thick it is!
Bugs don’t bother me at all. I never really understood the freak out. If it is a snake, however, please help.
OMG spiders are no joke. I can’t handle knowing they are in the house, scare the crap out of me. The cats kill them though 🙂 YAY for cats – and Dave has to kill them or release them outside. I can’t deal!! I’m like you mac and cheese – meh. Cheese plate – give me all the cheese!! Those green sandwiches, send me one 🙂
We need a cat… apparently we have a mouse now. Fabulous…
I want all of your food, especially the breakfast meal!!
Congrats on your softball finish too 🙂
I think it’s adorable that Vegas catches the bugs and releases them outside, haha! I’m able to think it’s cute, though, because I’m not living with you guys. If I was…. those spiders would me D-E-A-D. Dead! 😉
Love the eats, as per usual! The yolk porn aaaand that turkey sandwich! Mmmm!
NOT adorable… don’t encourage it. LOL!
I was really happy with my roasted brussels sprouts and mahi mahi until I saw your sandwich. Man, that looks tasty!
No, I try to avoid killing spiders and other insects by doing like your Vegas and setting free outside. Sometimes, though, the bug is just too threatening and then I’ll crush it, no questions asked.
Roasted brussels are so good too… I’d be happy with that. 🙂
I can’t do silverfish. Just can’t. Thankfully the Hubby handles those for me. It’s because you live close to the water or so I’ve been told. I will take ants out of the house and release them into the wilds of my back yard though. I guess I got a little Vegas in me, especially when you factor in my love all mac and cheese. 🙂
I can kill a silverfish like a champ… but I tend to leave them in the middle of the floor for Vegas to clean the guts. Classy.