Buying a house is fun.

I recommend doing it sight unseen in a global pandemic.

Just adds an element of ~surprise~ to the process.

Before we move, we were hoping to get some work done on the house. Ya girl just wants some fresh paint on the walls. Really, I just want all the walls painted a deep gray to match my soul and the energy I’m bringing with me into the house. We got our first quote from a company yesterday. These fools want me to pay $5,000 for them to paint a few walls! Y’all best believe I’m about to get some overalls and a set of paint brushes and I’ll go to town myself. Baby can breathe in paint fumes, right??

I already miss our rental homes and not caring about scuffs and imperfections and weird smells.

Time: 30 minutes (prep + cooking) | Serves: 3-4

Ingredients:

• 2 cups of cooked orzo
• 1/2 an English cucumber, quartered
• 1 pint of cherry tomatoes, halved
• 1/2 a red onion, diced
• 1 red bell pepper, diced
• 1/2 cup of kalamata olives, halved
• 1/4 cup of cilantro
• 1/4 cup of olive oil
• Juice of 1 lemon
• S+P, to taste

How to:

• In a bowl, combine orzo + cucumber + tomatoes + red onion + bell pepper + olives + cilantro + some S+P
• In a little bowl, combine olive oil + lemon juice + some S+P
• Drizzle dressing on orzo, stir to combine
• Serve room temp or chilled
• This holiday weekend, just sit in front of the tube with your pants unbuttoned + stuff your face with some colorful orzo goodness