Author Archives: Emily

Sunday Joes

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This afternoon Adam I decided that ice-cream was in order so we headed off in search.  We found a local spot on Elmwood that had Cioa Bella gelato, so you know I was all over that.

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I had a small cup of key lime pie, yums!  I said at least 4x whilst eating how good it was.  The store was super-cute, I’m glad we found it.

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On his way home, Adam dropped me off at The Spot to do some studying.  I ate lunch #2 while I was there.

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Iced Americano with skim milk (they call it “skinny moo” on the dispenser which makes me smile),

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and a whole wheat black bean and cheese quesadilla.

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I liked the ww tortillas and the insides included some sort of spicy tomato so it ended up being pretty great.  I ate all of the salad, none of the toppings, and half of the quesadilla.

I studied from 2:45 – 5:15, so I ended up also getting an iced tea.

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Cinnamon Plum, might be my new favorite!

Once I got home I continued my Chemistry organization. 

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I already created a GoogleCalendar, but now that I have this todoist  list of due dates I feel fully ready.  When I was in undergrad I wasn’t aware of these online organization applications, but now I am planning on taking full advantage of them.  Seeing everything in black and white in front of me is the only way for me to truly feel comfortable.

Work finished, we got started on dinner.  I did a Rachael Ray recipe, from “The Big Orange Book,” Hot Wing Sloppy Joes.

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Apparently 30minutes only applies if your stove isn’t half broken!!! 😦  It was still good though.

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On the side I got to cook my new original eggplants!

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These white ones seemed so odd to me, but they are the original item, and the reason why the veggie is called an eggplant.  I sliced, sprayed with evoo, sprinkled with nutmeg and chili powder, and roasted them for 30minutes at 450*.

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And since I ate a bun for brunch I ate my ‘joes with a serving of Scoops tortilla chips.

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Delish.

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We drove to Target to pick up a few supplies for Adam, and now we are finishing up a Bones episode.  My goal is bedtime before 11 because I am hope hope hoping I actually get up early to study.  I have volunteering in the middle of the day tomorrow and if I don’t study first I feel like I’ll run out of time.  G’night.

Do you like sloppy joes?  One time when I was a kid, before I stopped eating red meat, I tasted them and fell in love!  My mom makes them pretty well with turkey meat and Rachael Ray has several ‘joe adaptation recipes that I’m excited about.

Sunday Sandwich

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I’m a little late on my studying, but it’s been a good morning so far.  We woke up around 9 and managed to head the gym by 10.  My training schedule had me doing 2miles today but my legs were feeling very stiff so I knew to take it easy.  I decided to use the Galloway Method, 2minutes of running followed by 1minute of walking.  With warm up and cool down I did 2.5miles / 25minutes / 260calories.

Before we went I split a Cliff Mojo bar with the husband.

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And when we got home it was time for lunch.

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I made a sandwich out of 4 chicken nuggets, a hamburger bun, and 1T marinara sauce.

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Plus I had some pineapple Adam cut for me while I was in the shower.

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I’m still starving though, so I’m sure a snack is on the horizon.  Plus as soon as we finish our “My So-Called Life” episode (the last one ever, we are so sad!) I have to actually do some studying.  See you for dinner.

Do you ever do the Galloway Method?  I’m planning on mostly just running while I’m training for the half marathon, but it’s nice to give my joints a break.

When In Rome

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My fabulous day continued to be great!  We were kept busy with lots of (foodie) fun.  Our first stop was the Buffalo Wings Festival.

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I don’t actually love wings (I get a little skeeved out so I leave a ton of meat on the bones), but I adore Buffalo sauce so I end up eating them fairly often.  The festival today was set up for tasting, using food tickets you got 3wings for $2 from several different tents.  Adam and I tasted from 2 locations.

First was Hurricane Grill & Wing (West Palm Beach, FL), I tried Gold Rush, which was basically hot sauce.

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Yummy!  Adam had salt and vinegar wings there that he adored.

Then we split some Barefoot White Zinfindel.

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And finally we hit up Arooga’s Grille House & Sports Bar (Harrisburg, PA), where I got 1 Buffalo Blue wing and 2 Instant Death.

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Buffalo Blue was the best fricking thing ever, Adam got it too and we were in love.  I was a little worried about Instant Death, here’s my apprehensive face –

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And the wings?  Were deathly!  It wasn’t just spicy, it had a great flavor, but man was it spicy!  I only ate one of the two and then sweat was pouring down my face.  I made a run for the blue cheese table to cool down.

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Drinks were $3.50 so I toughed it out and waited until we got to Wegmans to get a diet coke.  We did our grocery shopping quickly because we had to hurry home to shower to make it to our next event in time.

A med. school friend was having a BBQ!  Several couples who I really enjoy were there and we had a great time.  We talked and played games and ate some good food.  I had a small plate – pasta salad, raw veggies, chips with bean dip, grilled chicken.

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And I had two Black Cherry Cruzan Rum and Cokes.

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Plus a small Oreo bite,

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and a jello shot!

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On the way home I ate two bites of Adam’s brownie (Mary-Kate sent him home with a baggie of them and she’s his new best friend) before I realized that I hate brownies and I was actually hungry.  I made Adam pull into Wendy’s so I could get a broccoli and cheese baked potato.

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Which I ate about 4bites of before I promptly dropped it – sticky side down – on the rug.

Adam saved the day and cleaned it up, and even shared some of his fancy chicken nuggets with me.

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I ate 5, along with some homemade honey mustard.

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And now we are watching “My So-Called Life” and cuddling, peace!

What food is your town famous for?  I’m pretty thrilled to be in the birthplace of Buffalo wings.

Smooth Talker

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There were some dryer issues and we ended up waiting at the apartment a little longer than planned.  Not an issue though, and we enjoyed the best smoothies ever.  The secret was this Naysoya Smoothie Starter.

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How have I not bought this before?!  It gave the smoothies the perfect thickness, and had the best aftertaste.  The smoothies were more than ready for their close-up.

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For 2 portions I used –

  • 1C Naysoya Smoothie Starter, Vanilla
  • 2frozen bananas
  • 3/4C frozen strawberries
  • splash So Delicious Unsweetened Coconut Milk

I enjoyed mine in one of our lovely new Guinness cups.

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Now, fingers crossed, we should be off in the next 10minutes.  Can’t wait to see what the wings festival entails!

What do you use to thicken your smoothies?  Usually I’m all about just liquid/frozen fruit, but this was pretty fabulous.  I never ever use protein powders.

Time and a Half Tunes

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Hiya!  I hope everyone else is feeling good, I’m actually having a great day 🙂  We changed the sheets and towels, have laundry going, and we’re about to walk to the mail.  Plus we have lots of fun for this afternoon, including a grocery trip, a wings festival, and a bbq this evening.

We woke up this morning at 8 and got ready to gym it.  My training schedule had me doing 20minutes of cross-training today, but my i-pod playlist was so good I couldn’t stop!  In the end I was on the elliptical for 39minutes (450calories, at level 7).  As long as I run 2miles tomorrow, my goals for this week will be fulfilled.  I included my banging playlist below, as I highly recommend it.

This morning I ate a small slice of leftover pizza on the walk to the gym for fuel.

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And as soon as I hit publish I’m making the husband and I a smoothie.  I’m pretty hungry but I am planing on doing some wing noshing.  I’ll see you this afternoon.

Primo Playlist

  1. “Nothing Left to Lose” – Matt Kearny
  2. “A Pain That I’m Used To” – Depeche Mode
  3. “Pride” – Syntax
  4. “Keep on Trying” – Poco
  5. “Bring on the Wonder” – Susan Enan (featuring Sarah McLachlan)
  6. “A Light on the Hill” – Margot and the Nuclear So and So’s
  7. “Running Up that Hill” – Placebo
  8. “Set Free” – Katie Gray
  9. “Heartbeats” – Jose Gonzalez

Where do you learn about new music?  90% of my favorite songs come from tv shows (mostly Scrubs and Bones).

The Hut

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We ended up not going to work out “right then.”  Adam decided to practice anatomy on me – I’m not being cutesie, I’m being literal, he pointed out everything he’d learned on my back.  And then we had a serious serious discussion about what the hell I’m going to do with my life; details to come.

Around 9, we did actually go to the gym.  I did a 2mile run on the treadmill.  With warm up/cool down the totals were – 2.5miles / 250calories / 23minutes.

We are totally out of food, so we went to Pizza Hut from the gym.  Here’s dinner.

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I made a small side salad,

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and had 3 slices of thin crust veggie lovers.

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And we watched My So-Called Life while we ate 🙂  Although to be honest, I ended up having a 4th slice of pizza!  Tomorrow is a busy day, I’ll see you then.

What do you like on your pizza?  I was pretty disappointed with The Hut, I was expecting way more veggies.  I like any and all veggies, and pineapple! but my favorite thing by far is green olives.

Hello, Again

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What a week it’s been!  But today it was finally time to rejoin the world of the living.  I got in bed before 10 last night but I didn’t get much sleep because I slept so terribly.  Still, at 9am I pushed myself out of bed.  I put on my workout clothes but I was feeling a little light-headed and our water was empty (we have a Brita filter pitcher, when we refill it we have to give it time to drain through the filter) so I decided breakfast and computer work were in order first.

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This combination did not disappoint, again.

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Plain fat free Oikos, 1t Crofter’s Superfruit North America Spread, 1.5T TJ’s Sun Butter, Orange Cranberry Gnu Bar.

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Yums.

The husband texted that he would go to the gym with me so I messed around and did business e-mails waiting for him.  For lunch I ate a sliced apple with leftover cheese,

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and 2servings of tortilla chips.

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The chips are leftover from our get-together last weekend, we clearly need to go to the grocery store!

And now Adam is home and we are headed out to the gym.  See you this evening.

Have you tried the Greek yogurt and nut butter combo yet?  Don’t wait, do it now!

Only Half Dead

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I am the worst blogger on Earth!  I’ve pretty much been asleep since my last post though, so there wasn’t much to write about.  I think my crappy sleep since we moved here has finally caught up with me.

I’m drinking warm milk with honey tonight at 9pm and going straight to bed, so no matter how I feel expect a post tomorrow morning.

Hasta!

I need advice!  What do you do when you can’t sleep?