Finally
Today (finally) for the first time in I can’t remember how long I took the time to make myself up something tasty for dinner.
After going through an absolutely horrendous move and experiencing 9 days of the absolute worst customer service experience of my life, I figured I could use a little red meat in my life. Am I right?
A Cooking Light recipe for Beef Tenderloin with Horseradish Chive sauce caught my eye recently, and I decided to play off of this idea and make a grilled steak and onion wrap with some of this intriguing sauce.
I grilled up some hunks of red onion and popped them onto of of a Tumaro’s low carb tortilla with 1/2 a slice of Sargento’s pepper jack cheese:
Next up: Horseradish-Chive Sauce!
I scaled back the sauce a bit and combined the following in a petri dish 
- 2 tbsp fat free sour cream
- 2 tsp horseradish
- 1 tsp of spicy brown mustard
- 1 tbsp chopped chives
- Sprinkle of lemon juice
- Salt to taste
Once the sauce was done, I grilled up some thinly sliced steak, sliced up about 3 ounces of it, and added that to my wrap.
I rolled the wrap up and popped it back on the grill to melt the cheese through, and dinner was served!
With a delicious side salad of course!
This sauce was deeee-licious!
The box unpacking is moving along slowwwwly, so I foresee my meals being on the quicker lighter side. My jeans will thank me 
Stats on the steak wrap with 1/3 of the horseradish-chive sauce: 272 calories, 17 Carbs, 15g fat, 23g protein, 7g fiber
A room with a view
I made it to Charlotte!
And guess what?
The moving truck is coming Thursday.
The moving truck is coming Friday at 8am.
The moving truck is coming Saturday at 9am.
The moving truck is coming LATE Saturday or early Sunday am…. Are you freaking kidding ME?!?!?!
The moving truck is coming LATE Sunday or Monday. 
Oh dear.
Let’s focus on SOMETHING positive. I now have a room with a view:
To pack, or not to pack?
While packing for my upcoming move, I’ve stumbled across a lot of RANDOM things I’ve been hoarding since I left the nest at age 18…
Three dorms, three apartments, and one house later, I find myself asking why the FREAK do I still have this?!?!?!?!?!?
And so I bring you the first installment of To pack, or not to pack?
Exhibit A: 13 inch long pencil.
This pencil is circa 1997. I was in eighth grade and used my allowance money to buy it. It was pimp. I used it joyously for a couple of days, then for fear of having to sharpen the pencil (i.e., shorten the pencil and lessen the pimpness) I stopped using it. It’s been in retirement for 14 years now.
Exhibit B: 14 rolls of tape in various sizes, translucency, and “magical” powers.
Who even uses tape anymore?!
Exhibit C: Rollerblades.
Seriously?
Exhibit D: The first bathing suit I have recollection of wearing:
Adorable.
Exhibit E: My stuffed billy goat.
Mom: “Mare, what’s your favorite animal”?”
Mary: “A goat!”
Mom: searches every store within driving distance for a stuffed goat… what child says their favorite animal is a goat? Puppies? Kitties? Monkeys? SNAKES perhaps? Not for my darling little Mary…..
I will NEVER part with this billy goat… stench and all.
Exhibit E: The original gameboy:
Complete with Tetris and Home Alone!
Exhibit F: Red soccer ball scrunchie:
Clearly, I was one of the popular kids in middle school.
So whataya think? Pack?
Some things just aren’t meant to be
You guys are not going to believe this.
After last week’s whirlwind weekend where I lost not one but TWO condos in the complex I was hoping to rent in, I was feeling a wee bit deflated. OK… A LOT BIT deflated.
With the clock tick tick ticking, I needed to nail down a rental. STAT. So, this weekend I drove to Charlotte for mission FIND A ROOF. I had a big list of condos to check out, including one newly surfaced condo in the same complex that I’d missed out on the other two condos the prior weekend. Fate, perhaps??
After a weekend of hunting, I narrowed it down to three options:
——> #1 Condo in the coveted complex that I’d already missed out on twice
——> #2 Uptown condo with LIMITED storage space (um hello, where am I gonna put my shoes?!)
——> #3 Condo just outside of the downtown area overlooking the highway (and by overlooking I mean that the balcony literally hung over the highway) with ugly green dorm-esque floors BUT within walking proximity to Trader Joe’s. It’s all about compromise people.
Monday morning I got an email that I was the top choice for the #1 CONDO!!!!!!!!!!! Finally! Third times a charm, right?
…
Monday night I got an email that the owners decided to push back the start date of their fabulous rental 2 weeks. AKA outside of my move in window. AKA how much more poo is gonna roll down this hill?
ARE YOU KIDDING ME???
I guess it’s true. Some things just are not meant to be. Ugh.
I was fairly certain the second condo would fall through as well, but now that I have a signed lease in front of me and the deposit has been made, I can officially say I found a home in Charlotte!
Also on the plus side, I got to see the World’s Largest Chest of Drawers on the way back to Ohio:
Me trying to grab the socks:
Haha… fail.
On to the next project—finding a rental management company for my house in Ohio. And packing of course. Lots and lots of packing.
