Author: Tova

SNAPSHOT OF MY LIFE

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This is a shirt I save for days I know I’m gonna need an extra boost of positivity. I gave been feeling stressed about work. I don’t know if it’s the work, or me, or some of the stuff that goes with working a high stress job, but in the six years I’ve worked there I’ve never felt this on-edge. And I gotta make it stop. All weekend I was feeling tense with the anxiety of monday morning so when I was digging through my closet and saw this top I thought “that’s it- it couldn’t hurt!”
I dressed and went to wake up Molly. She rolled over, looked at me and said “mommy, I love your happy face.” I replied, “I love yours too.”

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TOVA’S MUCHNESS PIC OF THE DAY

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I’ve never shared a recipe on here before but here goes. The easiest yummiest healthiest recipe for greens you’ll ever see. Wait. Greens? Like, lettuce? No. Like collards or kale- that stuff you look at in the grocery and think “yuck” and “who eats that?” and “ew- must be buggy”….
Anyhow. Here goes:
1- chop
2- wash
3- sauté in a little water. Remove from heat.
4- while greens sauted make a mixture of these three things. Whatever proportions you want so it’s pasty.
5- pour on hot greens and mix
6- eat
7- thank me for showing you how to bring healthy greens in your diet without covering it in mayo and butterfat like Paula Dean would.

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Here’s a pic of the finished product. Complete with tempeh, portobella mushroom and onion pizza on a cornmeal crust.

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TOVA’S MUCHNESS PIC OF THE DAY

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This morning on the way to work I passed a guy I know. I haven’t seen him in a few years. He’s hot. He’s very cool. Hip. Young. If I was single and a cougar he’d be great arm candy.

The last time I saw him I remember being mortified by my appearance. I was wearing dirty sneakers, jeans that were too long and THAT sweatshirt. Ya know the one. The one with the ratty cuffs and worn down elbows and a dinginess that never goes away. The cozy one that should never be seen in the light of day by another human being besides the person who perhaps holds the dustpan while you sweep the kitchen on a Saturday morning cleaning frenzy. That one. Yes. I was wearing it to a restaurant on a Saturday evening.

So today, I passed by this guy and thought “oh- I’m pretty sure that’s him”… And then I thought- “I should keep walking. He looks good and I’m intimida—- WAIT!!! No I’m not intimidated!!! I’m wearing a teal satin jacket and gold leggings and purple shoelaces! No one intimidates me when I’ve got my Muchness!” and I said hi.
And ya know what? He didn’t recognize me! Until he did. And then he said I’d looked familiar as I passed him but the clothes threw him for a loop. And I agreed. Yup. I got a lot going on in this outfit. My Muchness is showing.

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TOO MUCH. NOT A QUESTION

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Speaking of much or too much- TOO MUCH!!!
American idol chic turned around and I’m like “whoa- humungo earrings!! Bracelets!!! Chains!!! Blond hair!!! Brown hair!!! Big hair!!! Halter neck!!! Shiny lipstick!!! Pounds of eye shadow!!! Handkerchief hem!!! Contrast trims!!! Giant flower ring!!!”
Okay!!!! I get it!!! TOO MUCH!!!
(that Lauren Alaina girl can sing though…)

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TOVA’S MUCHNESS PIC OF THE DAY

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Todays Muchness caught me off guard!

Inspired by Dennels comment yesterday, that I will know if the shoes are Much or Too Much if I cant stop smiling when I put them on. I decided to wear this dress that I bought for just that reason. I could not stop smiling when I put it on, so I bought it. I wore it with on a date last week with my hubby. At night I didn’t wear the legging or tank-top underneath and it was sooo revealing, I didn’t wanna post it on the site. But then, today, I decided to get my moneys worth out of the dress and wear it to work.

So, I went to take the pic with my new iphone and here it is!

Wait- whats that you ask? Oh- it’s just the infinity photo screen on the iphone! when the camera is used that way, its me in my dress holding me in my dress holding me in my dress…

It’s blurry here… but I think it’s a beautiful thing. Reminds me of a lunchbox I had as a kid. It had a pic of Bert and Ernie holding a lunchbox with a pic of Bert and Ernie holding a lunchbox with a pic of Bert and Ernie…

BTM vs. ATM- Rainy Day Rain Boots

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So, this isn’t a True BTM vs. ATM because both pictures were taken today, but it is demonstrative of the BTM vs. ATM idea.
(For those of you not in the know BTM= Before The Muchness, vs. ATM=After The Muchness. …work with me people)

I thought when I bought these rainboots that the cheerful turquoise color would perk up rainy days. But, I was wrong.

BTM... I'll bet you thought this was the ATM, right?

 

But, they are very flat and I feel like I klunk around really goofily when I wear them.

So today, on this dreary rainy tuesday, I dug deeeeep into my sock drawer and found a pair of brand new, unopened socks that have been hanging out at the bottom of the drawer since sometime in 2005. They were waiting for me. Waiting until I found my Muchness…

ATM! ...and waiting until flourescent pink came back in style yet again.

A Matter of Perspective

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I saw an aquaintance this weekend and we had the following conversaton:

HIM: I saw you and Elie one day this week.
ME: Really? Where?
HIM: You were on so-&-so street. You were fighting with each other.
ME: ummm, no. That musta been someone else.
HIM: No- I’m certain it was you guys. You were arguing pretty intense… You were flailing your arms and everything.
ME: I have no idea what you’re talking about.
HIM: Yes. It was in the morning. Elie was in the car and you were standing outside the car at the window all mad…
ME:  Wait. Every morning Elie drops me off at the bus stop on his way to drop the kids at daycare. After I get out of the car the girls and I blow a million and one air kisses to each other until Elie pulls away. Is that what you saw?
HIM: Oh. I guess that’s what I saw.

LORD, PLEASE GRANT ME A LIFETIME OF NEVER CONFUSING KISSES WITH FIGHTING.

This pic has nothing to do with the story, but the blurriness of her princess dress looked like kisses in the wind...