down home dinner

Ughhh. Got up this morning with a scratchy throat! Must be why I was feeling so tired last night.

I made an all hot breakfast to soothe it.

green tea, french pressed coffee and oats.

My shadow looming above nana oats.

Soothing it was.

Comfort food for lunch.

sweet potato fries + a mushroom burger on a Nature’s Own sandwich thin.

The mushroom burger was from MorningStar Farms and it was my first time having this kind. LOVE. Get it.

Not having a facebook to check kind of sucks. The day creeped, but eventually I found myself eating this:

Leftover breakfast naner and peanut butter. I won’t lie, I ate more pb with a knife from the jar like the klassy woman I am.

Mama D called and asked me to come to dinner last night, but I had plans already, so I sadly had to decline. Because she loves me, and because she is my mother she extended the invite to tonight.

Faces I love:

there were other faces around I love as well, but they did not pose for me.

Dinner I love:

Taco salad. black beans, chips, lettuce, brown rice and cheese.

After dinner Cecily coaxed me into playing a few games on the Wii with her. She beat me at both tennis and bowling, so I decided to go home.

‘Play again?’ she asked.

‘I think I’m going home, honey’.

‘Aw. I wish you didn’t have a different home.’

I melt. But I have some pride. I didn’t stick around for a five year old to beat me at virtual bowling yet again.

Watching the girls on Idol!

Love Katelyn Epperly!

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the day my facebook died

Today has been a really strange day…first, I’m not quite settled in my new living situation, so that throws me off a little, but not so much that I can’t make oatmeal!

Red bowl of oats and a mug of french press!

Those would be stovetop banana oats, by the way. Topped off with a little PB&Co White Chocolate Wonderful, because that’s the way I do it.

Anyway, that was not the weird part of my day. Later I was on my facebook, stalking, posting cynical yet witty updates [cause that’s the way I do it, uh huh] and just you know facebooking. All of a sudden I started chatting people I did not intend to! It was weird, but I closed the window and logged off chat. Thinking nothing of it I pulled out my lunch.

Which was a fantastic tofu salad, in case you wondered.

Tossed some grapes and cranberries in there for good measure!

While I was at lunch I noticed it had started SNOWING!!! In March. In Charlotte, North Carolina. That is not right folks. Not right at all.

Finished with ‘What Not to Wear’ and my salad I logged back onto facebook. It was then I was informed that my account had been ‘suspended due to violation of facebook rules’!!! Apparently my account was hacked and now I can’t get back in and all my facebook info is LOST. Not just my facebook info lost, but I felt lost without facebook all day as well. Sad, isn’t it, my dependence on technology? Please don’t judge.

But if anyone has ever had this happen and managed to recover their facebook, I’d like to know how. Because being lost is not a feeling I enjoy.

It continued to pour snow all afternoon, but it was too warm for it to stick, so it just made a melty slushy mess, but I got to go home early!

Had this lovely bar during my commute:

and got home early enough that I scooted over to the apartment gym for a quick treadmill + bike workout before going to CharlotteOne! Love it, because my Tuesdays are so slammed that it’s hard to get in a good workout.

I unfortunate did not foresee how tired and hungry I was going to be probably due to said workout tonight. I was propping my eyes open with my fingernails [how is that for a disgusting visual, huh?] and fending off hunger pangs all night.

Once I got home [after creeeeeping down the interstate because the snow is starting to stick now, and Charlotteans do not drive well in the snow] I literally ripped open this Amy’s Mattar Paneer and tossed it in the microwave with nary a thought to the stench.

The apartment may stink, but my belly is satisfied and I have some Febreze I’m planning to spray before the roomie gets home. Curry may smell, but my tastebuds do love it. 

[Speaking of which, any Charlotte readers know of a good Indian restaurant? I am craving something other than these frozen meals and the only one I know of is not in the best area, if you get my drift.]

Watching the end of Idol and then to bed I go!

Who is your favorite Idol guy?

Love Casey James, but I kind of have a thing for Lee Dewyze as well. He sings my kind of jams. Poor Tim Whatever is just pitiful. Bless him. Tonight was a bit better, but still…

Seriously, can anyone help revive my Facebook?

Help. Please.

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get moving

Hey guys! I’m so busy lately, what with getting everything ready to move. Like Holly says, life happens! And I’ve just been letting it happen. Can’t believe I am moving in just 5 days, this Saturday, to be exact.

Hurry, hurry my life has been and it shows.

Breakfast:

Oranges and blueberries thrown on a plate. Harried.

Lunch:

Brussels.

Burger.

 

Ketchup.

Also harried.

Snack:

A picture is worth a thousand words, but one will do in this case.

Apple.

Dinner was many things, and speedy was one of them. [due to the fact that Mama D cooked, I just partook.]

Spaghetti, sweet taters, apples and peas.

Scarfed that.

Have I mentioned I am moving in five days? Life is crazy.

[due to the aforementioned move, blogging will probably be sporadic at best this week, back soon with a full update and apartment tour! love you guys!!!]

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and then it was yesterday…

Hey loves! It’s still in the 20s here, what about you? Freezing yet?

OATMEAL will warm ya up!

[I stirred it after the picture, so it was not actually quite so runny.]

• banana
• pb
• 1/2 cup oats
• 1/2 cup milk
• 1/2 water

I’m trying to remember specifics of yesterday, but the fact that i don’t could be a good thing, as apparently nothing exceptionally bad happened.

I know that lunch happened. And it was exceptionally GOOD.

Brussels.

Roasted at 400* for 30 minutes = perfection. And I don’t usually like Brussels sprouts, so that is saying a lot.

Tofu.

Nasoya cubed extra firm, baked at 400* for 40 minutes, tossed in BBQ sauce. Tofu is tofu. Always good stuff. I love that this already cubed though, for a quick lunch.

Combined, this made quite the lunch. Crispy.

Caramel Oikos!

Perfect snack when I crumbled a little scone on the top.

TDF!!! [to die for, if you are over the age of 40…]

After work, the sisters and I hit up yet another bridal shop on the hunt for bridesmaid dresses. Don’t worry, we have to check out another at lunchtime today. Decisions, decisions!

Dinner was ready when we got home.

Roast w/ veggies [cabbage and carrots] and crackers on the side.

I ended the night on a sweet note.

Mint + Bunny Tracks. Peanut chips and mint chips? Why not?

I then proceeded to fall asleep during Private Practice, thus the reason you are being treated to this post at the hour 10:24am the next day.

Enjoy.

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Eh, Eh, Nothing Else I Can Say…

Ok, I had possibly the worst start to my day, like, EVER. But it ended up ok in the end. We will get to the end eventually though. Let’s start with the worst.

Woke up. 7:40. K, I am supposed to be, like, LEAVING for work. Nevahmind, I will hurry.

Ok, who cut off the heat? It is like minus 10 with wind chill in my bedroom. See brown sweater. Toss it on.

Run down the stairs, grabbing the PILE of stuff to take with me to work, breakfast, lunch, snack and a package I need to mail.

Run out the door, throw my stuff in the car, including breakfast, which should have been this:

banana, peanut butter and caramel Oikos.

Instead, my yogurt HITS the floor, splattering all over my car rug and up the side of my pants.

Great, I’m going to smell like yogurt all day.

Get to work, make it inside, set down my packages and run back out to get my car rug, so I can wash it before permanent damage is done. [I just realized that I left the rug at work after the washing. FAIL.] Also realize that the WARM BROWN SWEATER is also ITCHY BROWN SWEATER.

Feeling quite stressed, and with the day still new, I proceeded to set Pandora to play Lady Gaga Radio. Which is God’s gift to us on stressful days, I have decided. Seriously, it rocks.

With Gaga in the background I proceeded to calm down, with the help of a few well timed yoga breaths, and eventually get my work done.

LUNCH was worth the trouble it caused me to pack. [Ok, this was the easiest lunch to pack AND make, ever. I’m just being a drama queen.]

Half a head of boston lettuce, naturally fresh ranch, and a black bean burger. Scarfed it down. [And by scarfed, I mean that Stacy and Clinton did not even have time to show the prospective makeover candidate the visa card before I was done.]

After a quick trip to the post office, and a large dent made in my wallet, I finished my work and snacked on an apple and pb.

Still working on that container of Whole Foods pb from Nashville. That’s like a record or something.

Also a record may be the fact that I did in fact manage to get all my work done today. I was in quite a state in the beginning, so it was quite the miracle.

Home, and then dinner, in that order.

brown rice, chicken leg, broccoli + carrots.

After which I had a dessert of GRAPES

and ICE CREAM.

Green.

Instead of vegging out, as I was feeling should be the case, I pulled up Biggest Loser on Hulu [since my Tuesday schedule is wacked up I always miss my favorites, AI and BL. 😦 ] and proceeded to do an interval workout while being inspired by people changing their lives. LOVE MIGGY.

I worked out for an hour, doing a combination of weights, cardio and yoga. Twas lovely and I felt like a new person once done. No better way to end a stressful day than with a good workout, eh? [What do I think I am, Canadian, eh?]

What’s your favorite de-stress move?

Seriously, Lady Gaga on Pandora does it for me.

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c-c-c-colllld

Old Man Winter, I am so over you right now. I swear I don’t think it got above 30 today. FAH-REEZING!

Cold cereal did not help my temperature much.

 

But my tastebuds? They were a-singin’! All Bran + Raisins + Milk + a bowl. That’s all I need in the morning.

I haven’t mentioned this yet, but all last week and yesterday we [my coworkers and I] were busy rearranging and painting my office. It’s such a sunny yellow now and I can enjoy the benefits of all three windows now! Really helps the mood, ya’ll. Now if spring will just hurry along and get here.

Lunchalicious.

 

Pita wrapped around turkey + cheese + spinach!!!! Delicious does not get this party started. It was purely lunchalicious.

Apples, I have often mentioned do not make a full snack for me. Yet I keep bringing them. Easy, I guess.

Peanuts were had soon after.

Then, Meredith [my new gym partner and middle lady in the photo above!] and I hit the gym. She did a power class, but I am not one to follow the pack, so I did my own weight workout and 20 minutes on the bike. [My calf was catching when I tried the incline on the treadmill. What up wit dat?]

I coerced Mere into dropping me off at the grocery store, and 15 minutes later I was fully restocked. Caramel Oikos, you are mine!

The family was watching ‘American Idol’ when we got home, so as not to miss anything I heated up an Amy’s meal from my impromptu grocery trip.

Yum, yet stanky. The smell of curry permeated the air, and complaints were heard from the peanut gallery.

May not look appetizing, but my tastebuds say otherwise. I ate in front of the tv, so I did not bother to replate for beauty’s sake. Therefore your eyeballs shall be treated to the same sight as mine.

Do you eat in front of the tv or have any other ‘bad’ habits of that nature?

Normally I make a point to eat at the table, but due to CharlotteOne being on Tuesdays I often miss American Idol. I figured I could make an exception this once, especially since I was already eating a frozen meal. I mean, if you are going to be cliché why not go all the way, right?

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Going Green

Tips for going green.

Number 1:

Add spinach to your smoothie.

Number 2:

Reheat leftover pizza for lunch. Using the microwave may not be the best thing for the planet, but hey, at least you are recycling, right?

Number 3:

Instead of eating a bar that would then cause trash from a wrapper you would have to discard; eat and apple off a biodegradable paper towel.

Number 4:

Instead of eating dinner finish off a pack of crackers someone else opened, while carpooling [super green!] to a concert.

Number 5:

When leaving said concert, lose your car key, therefore causing you to panic that you might have to walk home [18 miles]. No sweat. You ran a marathon, right?

Number 6:

Fortunately for you, some good Samaritan may find your key and give it to someone to make sure it gets to it’s rightful owner. Makes you glad you were at a Christian concert, unlike the one the year before where you lost your keys and $360 getting replacements made. Nothing like saving the earth from all that plastic used to make the car keys, right? Not to mention your wallet. And lets not mention the pesky fact that car fumes are not green. You carpooled, right?

That, ladies and gentlemen, is at least how I go green.

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A Situation

I did not have time for oatmeal this morning. It was quite the situation. I had to make do with a bowl of Uncle Sam whole grain cereal, raisins and rice milk.

It actually worked out quite well in the end. I have a new appreciation for waking up early enough to prepare oatmeal.

When I spied pocket less pitas in the cupboard, I thought to myself: Oh no, we got a situation in da house! Indeed we did. Personal pizzas galore!

Mine today contained spinach, mushrooms and onions. Who knows what tomorrow will hold.

It held me over well until I found myself in quite the situation around 4. I was in need of a quick fix for a snack.

Slice a naner and put pb in between? Can’t get a whole lot quicker than that!

I have to be truthful here and tell you that I did not have much of a dinner tonight. I indeed snacked on such things as chips, a few handfuls of cheerios and a diet pepsi. Oh the horror! I wonder if my kidneys will ever forgive me.

To put the situation in perspective, Meredith and I were running to a PiYo class at my gym and did not have much time for dinner. I grabbed what I could.

The PiYo class itself, was a different situation altogether. Apparently our instructor got her yoga teacher’s license on the internet. While the internet is good for many things, I think yoga teacher certification should be hands on. I swear she knew three actual yoga moves, which she repeated over. and over. and over. At least now I know not to waste another hour of my life in that class.

PS: Did I mention that Mike ‘The Situation’ Sorrentino was in Charlotte tonight?

I do believe he is just as big a cheeseball as he comes across on ‘Jersey Shore’. And please do not ask how I came to that conclusion.

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hi my name is whit

And I am addicted to oatmeal.

banana oatmeal with pb&j toppings.

Also I don’t mind soup on occasion.

mexican style soup with chicken.

And I never, ever turn down a tortilla chip salad.

spinach salad topped with chips + corn salsa.

Also, I may be out of corn chile salsa now.

But there are plenty of oranges left.

But probably not for long.

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Ladies who Brunch

YA’LL!!! I have missed ya’ll SO much this weekend. My internet was down, and despite my good intentions I never made it to Starbizzles Sunday. Something about a football game?

Anyway, I want to share the awesomeness that was Kath’s oatmeal brunch on Saturday, and we’ll go from there.

TOPPINGS!

LADIES!!

Kate, Stacey, Jessie, Emily + Michelle! Diana and Kath [obviously] were also in attendance.

OATMEAL!!!

I don’t even recall what all was in there, but trust me when I say it was exceptional.

GROG!!!!

Kath shared her famous Grog with us coffee drinkers. It’s just as good as she says.

Also Kath shared TREASURES with us [well I think she called it junk] so I came home with:

• candles
• a dish
• scale
• pumpkin spice tea!

Actually, I came home with MUCH more than that, because I went SHOPPING so I got APARTMENT stuff. I can’t believe I am moving in three weeks! Whatever will my family do without me?

So skipping the rest of Saturday, and Sunday for that matter. [Except for HOW ABOUT THOSE SAINTS?!?!?! Actually, I was pulling for the Colts, but those Saints played an AWESOME game, so I am not disappointed.]

TODAY [Monday] I tried to recreate Kath’s oatmeal.

Mine was just meh. [But the spoonful of pear butter was fantastic!]

I also tried to create work, but I was done by two.

Even with taking time to prepare this gourmet meal:

Veggie + VEGGIES.

Who am I?

I mean, I even had CARROTS for a snack.

[Oh, and they were good too. So good.]

Ok, so all those vegetables were SO NOT ME, that I proceeded to have 15 crackers when I got home. Satisfying.

And then DINNER!

MORE sweet potato. Also, some casserole, oranges and green beans.

Full.

So exciting things!!! I went with my dad to a meeting at a local ministry where he is on the board, and it was AWESOME. The ministry is called C.U.P [Christians United for People] Ministry, and it provides clothing + food to homeless and needy families. Dad’s been working with them for several years now, and he actually just got me involved. I’m so excited to see what God has in store for this ministry. I think it could be huge!

And on that note, I think I will go to bed. I’m wiped!

See ya’ll later!

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