Once Again M.I.A.

Sorry guys! I have been feeling very very icky the past few days.. and I'm just down and out.. I have a cold and my stomach has been acting up BIG time! I did get a new computer though which I have been playing with to try and keep my mind off my belly issues! (not really working though) grrr

Here is my problem, I don't have insurance I lost it when I quit my job last summer and I have to wait until I am married to get Adam's. Needless to say it looks like I may be suffering for 8 more months unless this clears up!

Today I made myself eat a bowl of cereal just so I cold take some cold meds, me not hungry in the morning?!?!? unheard of!!! lol Lunch wasn't much at all.. I had a few bites of a pear and a spoonful of cottage cheese. Our girl scout cookies came in and I tried the new dulce de leche which I knew was a bad idea but did it anyway! I figured I'm miserable anyway.. might as well eat something tasty :-p On my way to the gym I was still not hungry but ate some more of my pear and cottage cheese just because I knew I didn't some calories in me to get through the gym! I keep hoping moving around will work out the pain and discomfort, but NO! I mean I always feel good after the gym it just didn't help the rocks in the belly feeling go away :( I did watch Oprah though and it had Ruby on.. She is such an amazing person and I totally look up to her! She is so upbeat and happy! I just love it :-D I came home after 2.5 miles on the treadmill and lifting... complained to Adam.. Ate a handful of grapes just because and showered. We ran out to the supermarket since the fridge went crazy and out veggies for salads FROZE!! UGH I picked up some things to make a garlic tomato soup recipe that I got from a coworker. I think that will be tomorrows project. Dinner was a piece of red pepper from Adam's salad.. a sunbutter and jelly sammy on ww, and a few leftover sweet potato fries from out dinner out on Saturday. (I ate a few before I took the pic)

After dinner I made some granola, it came out pretty good. Nothing amazing but it is tasty.. I'll have to find the recipe since I put it away after I finished cleaning up. I had a handful of it to make sure it was "safe" and then 2 bites of a brownie since I needed chocolate since it makes everything better.. hahaha oh well I'm off to just try to breath and relax (people think my belly issues are stress related) Who knows!!! Hope you all had a great Monday and see you tomorrow.

New Computer!

Hi Guys! I got a new computer since mine is on its last leg.. I'm setting it up now.. so I should hopefully be up and running tomorrow! Have a great night :-D

Stupid Car!

Ok so I was having such a good stretch with my car until this morning when it wouldn't start! I then tried to move Adam's car, which was stuck in our spot with an icy mess all around it :( Needless to say I called my aide who lives in the same complex, she saved me even though she was already at work! What a life saver because I didn't want to walk to work in the frigidness today! I woke up a minute before my alarm and started getting ready. I had a bowl of 1/2 Kashi Blueberry Oat Clusters and 1/2 Trader Joe's Raisin Bran with a banana and light vanilla soy milk. There was also a good handful or 2 of grapes eaten when trying to figure out breakfast this morning.. I WAS STARVING!!! MMM I also brought a big mug of coffee with me to school.

The morning totally dragged this morning and I was more than ready to tear into my lunch when it was finally time! I had a Dannon Light and Fit with an orange and some froot loops.. At snack I had a Kashi Pumpkin Pie bar to hold me over until I got home from the gym (hoping my car would work to get me there!) My mommy was nice enough to pick me up from work and drop me off.. I was finally able to tell the kids my mommy was getting me.. and they were all like HUH?!? My car did start and I made my way to the gym and did 2.5 miles on the treadmill and came home to shower and putz around a bit since Adam had another class tonight.

I then made the best dinner EVER! PB&J on a potato roll with the rest of my sweet potato fries. SO SO GOOD!!!! I have always loved potato rolls but don't eat them anymore since they are not whole grains.. But Adam wanted them for the sloppy joe, and I figured why not? I also had some yummy ice tea with it...It made my day much better.. hahah I'm such a dork! I did some ab work then made Adam a microwave cake for when he came home.. I had a bite (to make sure it was good ) and an apple with cinnamon for dessert. I'm now relaxing on the couch with my sweetie listening to American Idol (he's a big fan) lol Hope your day went better than mine! See ya tomorrow :-D

Ice Ice Baby!

OMG the roads were so bad this morning! Thank goodness for only having to go around the block! HAHA This morning I was up before the alarm as usual and started to get ready in hopes my car would start.. I made up a bowl of oats with an extremely ripe nanner... It was so creamy and tasty...mmmmm mmm good! I also brought a mug of coffee with me to warm me up since it was 11 degrees out.

There were only 6 kids in my class today which was extremely nice. Luckily the morning flew by and it was time for lunch and boy was I hungry, I had a Dannon Light and Fit with a pear and some froot loops.. so so good! It was one of the kids birthday so I also had a chocolate munchin for snack.. After work I went to the gym and did 2.25 miles on the treadmill while watching Oprah, and then did some weights.

I came home and did some things around here, and cut up some veggies for my salad.. talked on the phone with my friend Kelli, showered then ate. I had a salad with lots of veggies, hummus, croutons and the last of my Newman's Asian dressing. I also had some leftover sweet tater fries that I burnt in my toaster! UGH! It totally smelled like smoke, so I opened up the windows even though its freezing and lit some candles.. now it smells delish :-D

I was in the candy mood so I had some chocolate covered peanuts (pic x2) lol. Well I hope everyone had a great Tuesday.

Do you have anything exciting going on this week?

I have a work meeting tomorrow and then my brother's fashion show for the Academy of Finance that he is in.. It should be fun!

See ya'll tomorrow!

SNOW DAY!!!!!!!!

I originally took today off from work but ended up having a snow day anyway! We found out last night around 9ish.. I can't believe we got a foot of snow at the Jersey Shore!!! Its exciting but a pain all at the same time. I got up around 8:15 and was so happy to have slept the whole night :)

I made some coffee and a nice bowl of oats. Then I got to making that yummy Irish Soda bread, I kept some for us and gave one to my parents and one to Adam's mom. We then went out and cleaned off the 3 cars which took almost an hour to do! YUCK! Thank goodness the wind wasn't too bad at that moment.. Around 1 I started to get hungry so I had a Yoplait Cinnamon Roll yogurt (not my favorite too sweet!!) and a pear. I also tried a piece of the bread to make sure no one gets sick :-P I cleaned a bit then we took Adam's work truck out to the store from some eggs and bread, and stopped by my parents to drop off the soda bread. I got some stuff done for work then showered and got dinner together. We had some leftover sloppy joes with sweet and regular fries that we made.. MMMM so good! I also had a pickle on the side. Dessert was a chocolate covered peanut and an almond Hershey's kiss... YUM YUM! I am off to relax and watch tv with Adam.. Have a great night guys :-D

Vegan Irish Soda Bread

Since we are out of eggs and its a blizzard out there I decided to improvise and make some Irish Soda bread with out eggs/milk. I used my Aunts recipe and tweeked it a bit.
Here it is !

Irish Soda Bread
3 cups self rising flour
4 tsp baking powder
1/4 tsp salt
1 cup raisins
3/4 cup sugar
2 eggless eggs (or real eggs)
1 cup milk of choice
caraway seeds

Method
soak raisins in hot water. Mix flour, baking powder, salt and raisins. Add caraway seeds, sugar, eggs and milk. grease loaf pan and bake at 375 for 45-50 minutes or tooth pick comes out clean.
Rub top with butter/margarine.
ENJOY!

and here is the egg replacer recipe I used its from http://www.amazon.com/Veggie-Works-Vegan-Cookbook-Rasmussen/dp/0970996616. This was my first vegan cookbook I got when I worked at my local health food store years ago :)

1 tbsp cornstarch
1/2 tsp baking powder
1/4 tsp baking soda
1 tsp xanthum gum
3 tbsps water
** This = one egg so you have to double the recipe :)

Ill be back later with pictures of my breakfast and the bread since its in the oven ;)

Wild Nights...

Well Atlantic City was interesting to say the least last night.. I didn't really get any pictures though.. I was just people watching all night long.. at it was well worth it! haha It was a fun night out with the girls.. I kept my drinking in check since beers were 6 bux a piece at the casinos! That is just NUTS! And I really don't need to drink to enjoy myself...

When we got to Harrah's we got a beer at http://www.harrahsresort.com/casinos/harrahs-atlantic-city/casino-misc/indoor-pool-detail.html we went into the hot tub for about an hour and it was AMAZING! Just the way to start a girls night out :) we then went back up to our room and started the getting ready process.. which when there are 5 women=FOREVER!!!!!!! We didn't get to our fav restaurant http://www.theirishpub.com/html.htm until after 9pm, which is crazy for me since I eat by 6 the latest. By the time we ate my stomach hurt from being so hungry, I seriously inhaled it so quick I barely tasted it.. I got their grilled chicken sandwich with honey mustard and fries, and had another Miller Light. We then took a cab over to The Taj Mahal to see Daddypop :) I had 2 more beers there and just watched all the "interesting" sites there.. hahah Needless to say by 3:30 am this morning after being awake since 6am Sat, I was more then ready to PASS OUT! We went back up to the room and got ready for some nite nite time. I think I conked out around 4ish and woke up around 9.. NOT ENOUGH SLEEP! Everyone else was up and ready by 11 so we left and stopped to get bagels before we got the car from valet. Well we waited in line for our bagels for about 25 minutes and then over and hour for the car! Apparently they never put up my friends keys for her car.. so we just waited and waited! IT WAS NUTS! Needless to say by 12:30ish we were on the road and I was again inhaling more food.. I have been craving a bagel with butter for a few weeks now and decided this morning was the perfect time for it ;)

When I got home I found Adam in bed with a headache so I unpacked ate some fruit almonds and got a few things done.. We ran out to the super market=NIGHTMARE! because of the snow.. We had to park in no mans land .. But atleast we got our food..

Dinner was 1/2 cup egg beaters with a piece of cheese and a morning star farms veggie sausage.. SO GOOD! I also snacked on a ton of grapes that we bought today and had some cherry jello with cool whip for dessert. YUMO! Sorry for lack of pics. its just been one of those weekends.. I know ya'll understand :-D If you on the East Coast wear your PJ's inside out!! lets hope for a snow day tomorrow!!!!!!!! Hope you all had a wonderful weekend.. See ya tomorrow!

Oh and I'll leave ya with the only 2 good pictures I got this weekend...