Quinoa Paella Review

It smelled delicious.
It looked delicious.
The shrimp and the flavor was perfect.
The quinoa... Was still quinoa.
What is going on with that stuff and what exactly is it for real?
Why is it so good for you and why does the texture have to be so funky?
And where does one buy canned plum tomatoes?
I will definitely make this seafood paella again and I will definitely use rice.
Thank you My Food & Happiness for the inspiration!

When I went to see Wendy and her baby the other day I swung into Safeway on my way home.
I was in there for about fifteen minutes and when I came out my car battery was dead.
Great.
So I trolled the parking lot until I found a guy with a black box filled with miracles in the backseat of his car that started my car in less than sixty seconds, so when I got home I decided that I needed to fire up the Amazon Prime and get myself one of those boxes.
But then I started thinking... What if my battery needs to be replaced?
What if the battery is too far gone and the magic box will just be a repeated temporary fix?
So I decided to investigate.
My battery was seven years old.
Time for a new battery.
But my car was already an oversized driveway ornament and the farm truck that I would use to start the car has a dead battery too because I don't drive it enough and it's battery is probably a factory original from 1987 so I couldn't even get to town to buy a new one.
Super great.
I called Six.
Not because I wanted to, but because I had too and also because he OWES me.
Believe it or not he was here within an hour with a new battery and even took the old one out and put the new one in and the best part about it all was that he's really fat now.
Of course the part about my car running again was good too.
Did you know you're supposed to change your car batter every 3-4 years not every 7-8 years?
It's true. Otherwise they do stuff like quit working.
The other amazing fact about batteries is that when you have a good one things like your dash lights and head lights are brighter, so if you wanted to say, drive at night you totally could.
So I am now the knows a lot about septic systems and car batteries lady.
Completely self taught I might add.

I finished a rug I've started and ripped out at least thirtyfive-eleventeen times over the last year.
I finally decided on a rectangle in front of the sink or shower size when I usually do round in front of a chair or under a table size, but I really love how this one turned out.
I also REALLY love the sheets.
Absolute vintage seventies brown, orange, yellow and gold wide stripe pure cotton goodness.

And, It's dishcloth season!
I'll be hooking up a storm so get those dishes and counters ready, because everyone knows, springtime is new dishcloth time!

I'll have the Etsy store up and stocked by Monday, and just a little FYI, any fans of Wyatt's wire work will be happy to hear that he is stocked up and has some amazing rings and earrings to list too.

Ok, that's all.
Have a great weekend!

Peas.