Today is one of those days that I don’t really want to get started. Because it starts at the doctor. It’s not like I have a problem with the doctors or anything, but who looks forward to getting their annual check up? It is by far my least favorite day of the year. Because it’s truly the most unnatural thing. How do they not have some sort of scanner that does the check up for you at this point? Another human is looking inside of you? If that’s not f*cked up, I don’t know what is. Reason #236 why I don’t want to get pregnant: multiple people are looking up there during your 9 months of pregnancy. Ugh, I just hate today. Especially since I have a new doctor. Maybe I’ll buy myself an ice cream cone after the appointment.
Does not wanting a male doctor for my gyno appointment make me a sexist? Someone recently told me I’ve said some anti-feminist things…am I an anti-feminist AND a sexist?! So many questions, so few answers!!!
Wanna see some Shania Twain karaoke? You got it!
You guys, I wish I had much to say about ‘The Women Tell All’ for The Bachelor the other night, but it just wasn’t that interesting. Except for the chick with the chicken. What was that about? I have no recollection of a chicken on the show and all the women seemed to. But I also had no recollection of that woman holding the bird. Was she even on the show? One thing I did feel bad about was Olivia. Listening to that girl be all sad about people saying mean things about her made me totally sad. Because I get that every freaking day. On social media, in emails. I’m constantly criticized so I understand how bad it sucks the first few times it happens. Sure it gets better, but it still gets under your skin. So yeah, I felt bad how the alcohol and producers made her seem on national television. I did like her hair, though. She was rocking that bob. I can’t wait for next week. And to see who is going to be the next Bachelorette. I hope it’s JoJo. I would love more fashion inspiration from her!
So it’s official. I’ve taken over the guest bedroom as my “sh*t I need to pack for Jamaica” room. It’s colorful and bright and there are swimsuit straps everywhere! We are one month away people, time to get cranking on outfits! Dressing up on vacation is one of my favorite things because you can go over the top or wear sweats and you fit in no matter what. Kind of like going out in Colorado. But I will probably go over the top the entire time. Must be one of my anti-feminist qualities. Man, I’m sassy today. Don’t f*ck with me, BRO!…must be the doctors appointment looming over my head. I’ll be back to normal soon…maybe.
Lemon Curd Berry Tarts
- Yield: 14 tarts 1x
Ingredients
- 1 batch of vanilla bean lemon curd
For the tartlet crusts
- 1 cup pecans
- 1½ cups almond flour/meal
- ¼ cup ghee, melted
- 1 egg
- 1 tablespoon honey
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- ½ teaspoon baking powder
- ⅛ teaspoon cinnamon
- pinch of salt
- fresh berries, to garnish
Instructions
- Make lemon curd then set in the fridge to cool.
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- Place pecans in a food processor and pulse until they have broken down into a flour consistency.
- Add almond flour, ghee, egg, honey, vanilla extract, baking powder, cinnamon and salt and puree until is combines completely together (it will form a ball in the food processor).
- Using a mini muffin tin, use a cookie scoop to scoop out a ball of the crust mixture and place into 14 muffin tin holes. Use your fingers (or the bottom of a spice jar) to press the dough into each muffin tin hole, into a cup formation. Use a fork to poke a few holes in the bottom of each to keep from rising as it bakes. Bake for 20 minutes.
- Let cool completely then fill each cup with 1-2 teaspoons of lemon curd and place a berry on top. If you want an even prettier look, garnish with some organic powdered sugar!
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Man that looks amazing! And because they are small you can have like 5, right?! You’re posts always make me laugh and smile. Thanks so much! Good luck with the doctor. I feel the same way about going to the doctor, and the dentist, and to get my oil changed…so don’t look forward to those things.
I confess to being extremely weirded out by male gyno’s. Does that make me sexist? Don’t know, don’t care. When I was pregnant I didn’t care as much, I think you’ll find after 9 months of pregnancy you’re ready to let just about anybody access to your vagina if they promise they’ll get the baby out of you. But for regular appointments I’m all about a woman doc. Sorry not sorry.
The tarts look great, so pretty!
HATE the doctor. They take my blood pressure and get all surprised when it’s through the roof. Well no shit. I don’t want to be here and have my lady bits violated.
Totally making these cute little tarts for Easter!
we call that ‘white coat hypertension’ 🙂 the struggle is real!
Love your blog and the personality that comes through on it! You are the first thing I check every morning (aside from email) when I get into the office, esp after the bachelor has been on! I never understood why people who don’t agree with your vision and life style even come back to your blog AND find it necessary to post negative comments. Sucks to be such a grumpy person. Keep doing you and I’ll keep looking forward to your posts everyday!
Cheers!
I see wanting a female gynocologist as understandable sexism.
Disqualifying someone based on gender is sexism in action. But, when it comes to choosing a service provider in this area, along with others, gender can be a big plus or minus.
If it was a guy calling you sexist for wanting a female gynocologist, that guy likely is projecting on you feelings he has about himself and trying to somehow justify decisions he makes.
Just don’t call out a guy if he says he wants a male doctor, nurse, therapist, or something similar.
These little tarts are super cute and the perfect easter dessert! I love berries and lemon together!
I used to be on the no male doctor wagon, but then I discovered the one male doc at the practice I go to is way easier to get appointments with! No more having to schedule 5 months ahead of time, or wait three weeks to get a question answered.
That, and I started running into the female doc all over the state at horse shows and riding clinics – it weirds me out more to encounter the person who had been looking up there out in my private world of ponies and rainbows.
it’s definitely not sexist to want a male doc… you just have to find the right one, be that male or female. I had my baby with midwives, then had a gynecological emergency, and a male doc was the one that ended up doing surgery, and if I ended up wanting an obstetrician vs. my midwives, I’d totally pick him. that, and he delivers breech babies, which is saying something about his patience and skill! but that’s my doula brain talking, and neither here nor there 🙂
If wanting someone who has a uterus to look at your uterus makes you sexist, I’m a big fat sexist and don’t care. Not that there aren’t good male drs out there but it’s not my first choice. Probably b/c when I was younger I had a male dr who clearly didn’t even *try* to understand the problems I was having and totally talked down to me.
Dressing up or dressing “girly” does not make you anti-feminist! If you think *all* women need to dress up or dress in a certain way, that’s sexist. You doing what you like is not, at all.
Meh, my doctor is a girl. I don’t think I’d be any less uncomfortable if it was a guy asking me to cough while they cupped the moneymaker. On the plus side, she’s a really cute girl. On the downside, I don’t like girls. I still feel SUPER uncomfortable when I have to drop my pants and cough. I channel my inner Chandler Bing and start making really awkward comments. I remember the first time I went to this doctor, and she brought her assistant-aide-whatchamacallit-person into the room and asked me to drop my pants the only thing I could think of was “TADAA!” (Like when magicians perform a trick). Unfortunately, I didn’t JUST think it, I also said it.
#awkward