Rare Exports: A Christmas Tale

What does a good father give his child for Christmas?  A shot gun of course!  It might sound like a terrible idea to most people, except for the fact that it will allow the child to defend himself from Santa Claus.  This is not you ordinary Santa though. This Santa is supernatural, likes ginger bread and punishes naughty children when he's not biting people's faces off.  He's also creepy as hell!   I did't want to post the trailer to this awesome movie because it honestly didn't do it justice.  It's one of those movies that draws you in and you can't stop watching it because you need to see what will happen next.  It's crazy and creepy, off the wall but all in all a great dark comedy with an interesting take on Christmas.  Thank you Netflix for the amazing suggestion of Rare Exports: A Christmas Tale!

Stuff for Sale

Cleaning out my closet.  I have a bunch of stuff for sale on my ebay for anyone who's interested.  :)

http://www.ebay.com/sch/sizzler_sister/m.html?_nkw=&_armrs=1&_from=&_ipg=25&_trksid=p3686

New Hair

So I just landed a new job as an HR Generalist!  I'm so super excited about it!  ^_^
I start on Monday so I went out today and got a new haircut.  It looks similar to what I had but there are some differences.  Should be good  for the new chapter in my life.  :)

Shoot with Stan Freedman Photography

Yesterday I went to visit a friend of mine, Stan.  It had been over a year sine I had last been able to visit due to illness and other things.  We decided to do a shoot as well while I was visiting.  I had been wanting for a long time to do a series of photo shoots about mythology and fairy tales.  The first of this series was shot yesterday with Stan.  The first theme I decided to do was the Minotaur.  I was so excited with how this turned out!  As soon as I get pictures I will post them on here.

After the shoot we had a cook out on the back deck and had hot dogs and hamburgers.  It was so nice to catch up with him and his wife.  I had missed them terribly.

I spent the whole day there and I loved every minute of it.  As long as I'm able to I would like to keep up with my friends and family more.  I enjoy it and I think it is important to do so.

Here is a shot from the shoot:

Chicken and Basil Goat Cheese Pizza

Since I'm not allowed to have tomatoes I wanted to make a pizza without them.  It actually turned out to be really delicious!  I think I might have to make this my post workout meal.  :)


Ingredients:

• Chicken shredded (I used rotisserie chicken)
• Fresh Basil chopped
• Goat Cheese
• Garlic
• Garlic Powder
• Olive Oil
• Kraft shredded Mexican Cheese blend
• Parmesan cheese shredded
• Whole Grain Tortilla

Directions:

1. Pre-heat oven to 350 degrees
2. Place tortilla on baking sheet
3. Brush with olive oil an sprinkle with garlic powder
4. Chop about 1 or 2 cloves of garlic and spread evenly over tortilla
5. Layer goat cheese, shredded cheese, chicken and basil over the garlic
6. Sprinkle Parmesan on top
7. Bake for about 8 minutes or until cheese has melted 

Gryffindor and Pumpkin Juice

Look what came today!!!
 

Avocado Turkey Melt

I just made the best sandwich ever so I had to share the recipe!  :)

Ingredients:
Avocado
Basil leaves
Lettuce
Slice of American cheese
Turkey
Sesame Seed Bread of Ezekiel 4:9
Mayo

Directions:
Toast the bread until slightly brown.
Spread avocado on 1 slice and a small amount of mayo on the other.
Add cheese to the mayo slice so it melts.
To the other side add turkey and layer the basil and lettuce
Put together the slices and enjoy!

For those of you who can't find Bread of Ezekiel, you can find it at Trader Joe's, Whole Foods and Safeway.  Other stores may sell it as well.

I also think this would be amazing with some tomato slices.  I didn't put any on mine because I'm not supposed to have any with my Acid Reflux.  I highly encourage all of you to add it though.  I bet it would be even better!  :)

So random!  I had to share!  LOL!

Free Comic Book Day

Yesterday was so much fun!  I got up early and got ready.  This me after doing my makeup.  I wanted to be on of the first 100 customers so I could gt a free tote bag full of goodies from Chuck's.

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I got to Chuck's Comics around 8am and was 7th in line!  I read The Hunger Games while I waiting in line and talked to a few friends that worked there while they were setting up.  They handed out tickets with numbers on them for the free totes.  I actually ended up getting #6 because kids couldn't get the.  When we were allowed in the place was packed but luckily I knew exactly what I wanted.  I ended up getting 2 trades, ll New X-Men and The Uncanny Avengers.  I had to wait in line almost an hour but I got to fill out tickets for 2 chances to win a prize.  Then I headed over to get my free bag of stuff.  It was amazing!  There must have been about $80 to $100 worth of stuff: Avengers trade, Giant Marvel book, Spiderman and Batman Comics, a Chucks bobble head and a hero click.
I hung out with my friends who worked there for a bit, then got lunch at Arby's.  When I was finished eating my boyfriend said he was off of work so I swung by his place and then we both headed back to Chuck's to buy more stuff.  lol!  He got a box full of comics for $10 plus a bunch of back issues he was missing.  I gave him most of my free stuff but kept the hero click and a Batman issue.
After we were done shopping he took me to see Ironman 3 which was really good. I highly recommend it!  Then he trated me to dinner at Chick-Fil-A!
It was a great day and exceeded my expectations in every way.

Free Comic Book Day is Tomorrow

YES!!!  I'm so excited for tomorrow!  It's free comic book day and I'm getting up early to go start my day of comic book shopping!  :)
After that my boyfriend is taking me to see Ironman 3!
I can't wait!
Tomorrow is going to be a good day.  :)

Doctor Who

I'm tired of the rain!  I miss the sunshine!  I didn't get to outside today because of it.  Too chilly for my taste.
I also didn't get my new Acid Reflux medicine.  When I went to he pharmacy they were super busy so I will have to pick it up tomorrow.
I decided in the meantime to watch some Doctor Who.  I've been re-watching it starting with the first season staring Christopher Eccleston from 2005 and have worked my way up to Season 5.  I think David Tennant is still my favorite Doctor.  I haven't seen a lot of the Matt Smith episodes though so he may grow on me.
My belly is calling me.  Time to scrounge up something to eat!  :)

The Answer To All my Health Issues.....Hopefully.

For a long time now, ever since I was little, I've been battling constant illness.  I would usually get Bronchitis but in more recent years I've been getting Strep Throat, Tonsillitis and Pneumonia. NOT good stuff.  I've been to many doctors to try to figure out what was wrong with me.  At first they thought it was Allergies and I was to take allergy medication every day.  I would still get sick though, just not as often.  So I went to an allergist.  They tested me for all of the normal stuff and it turns out I wasn't allergic to anything.  My Allergist said it was probably some kind of allergic Asthma but he wasn't sure.  Still he wanted to treat me for to see if I'd improve.  I was put on nasal sprays and inhalers.  I still got sick.

Today I went to see new doctor, an ear, nose and throat specialist.  He was surprised I was not allergic to anything and said that's normally what causes that type of thing.  I had to inhale some misty stuff that numbed my nose and throat and then the doctor put a tiny camera attached to a wire up my nose, checking my sinuses and then down my throat.  What he found was that my esophagus was red and irritated including the bottom of my voice box.  Apparently I have Acid Reflux disease but didn't know it.  He said this is 2nd most common thing that can cause constant illness like I've been experiencing.  I'm being put on medication for it so hopefully I will be healthier soon.

This means that I will have to cut out carbonated beverages, caffeine, chocolate,  citrus and tomatoes which is going to be HARD.  Not so much the tomato/citrus part.  It's the caffeine and carbonated beverage part.  I usually have a soda a day.  I've cut down to 2 sugary sodas a week but I still have a Zevia on my off days which is carbonated.
I'll keep updating this blog on my progress but now it's time to play some Dragon Age.  :)

Veggie Egg Bake Recipie

I'm still not feeling well today and have mostly stayed in bed.  I did have enough energy to make some food though.  I ended up making an egg bake with lots of veggies.  It was really good.  So good in fact that I ate 2 servings of it!  Since I have not had an appetite this was really great and WAY better than pigging out on junk food like I did the other day.

Here is the recipe:

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

You will need:
12 eggs
veggies ( I used a bag of frozen spinach, a green pepper, onion and tomato.)
goat cheese
salt
pepper

I cracked 12 eggs and mixed them up in a bowel and added to it, 1 bag of frozen spinach, 1 tomato chopped, 1 onion chopped, and 1 green pepper chopped.
Add seasonings to taste.  I used salt and pepper but you can use whatever you want.
Top it off with goat cheese and bake for about 30 minutes.

Serve and enjoy!  I did.

The best part about this dish is that it makes a lot so you will have breakfast for the week.  :)

Sick

There's so much I wanted to do today but of course I get Tonsillitis.  :(  I am not a happy camper right now.  I've been eating a LOT of junk food today too which I realize is not the smartest or healthiest thing in the world and yet I keep shoveling it down anyway.  I did manage to make it to the store this week though so I do have health food makings available.  Maybe tomorrow I will make something healthy to eat.  I've been on meds now for almost 2 weeks and I only have 4 doses left.  Hopefully I will be feeling better soon so I can start back on my workout schedule. 

Hello

Hi!  I'm Little Phoenix.  I do all sorts of fun things: model, write music, do makeup, etc.  I decided to start this blog today.  My intention was to originally talk about events in the area, photo shoots and fashion shows, and club events but now I'm thinking I want to make it  more than that.  I want to talk about makeup, video games, recipes, health and all other things I love.  So here we go.  :)