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Epic Fail?

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It took me so long to get going this morning (food blogs? guilty!) that I was actually hungry before I left.  I dealt with it by eating a hunk of sourdough flatbread.

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I don’t care what it was supposed to be like, this was good!  I’m going to try to do it right next week, but I will greatly enjoy eating this with the dip I’m planning on making tomorrow.

For actual lunch I ordered a sandwich from the coffee shop below my apartment where I went to study.

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It came with three bean salad, which I disliked and only took one bite of, but the sandwich I adored.

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Roasted eggplant with hot sauce and blue cheese on a whole wheat bun.  This is a combo I will be recreating!

I studied for about 1.5hours before I realized I was too distracted and should go home.  On the way out I bought a cupcake.  Homemade chocolate cupcake with real strawberry icing, who in their right mind would pass that by?  It was pretty delish, but I left a fair amount of base, because I don’t really like cake (which makes it even stranger that I keep ordering cupcakes!)

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It’s possible my attitude of whimsy seeped into the rest of my day and I watched Bones reruns instead of studying…..

Around 4 I got gussied and headed out to meet Adam and another med school event, at Steer, this one to celebrate the first full week of school.  I drank a Rolling Rock,

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and a had a small plate of veggies and pizza.

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We stayed ’till around 7:30 then ran home so Adam could get a sandwich before we went to our next meet-up.  I grabbed a PB Gnu bar to eat in the car.

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But was very underwhelmed and ended up giving half of it to Adam.

We got to Pearl Street Brewery around 8:30 where we had a very fun meet-up.

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Sarah is in town with one of her best friends because her friend is getting married and her sister who lives in Buffalo is making the wedding cake.  Confused?  Everyone was really nice and funny and it was great getting to catch up with Sarah.

I ordered an Oatmeal Irish Stout,

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but everyone else was drinking something called “The Widow Maker.”

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For eats I got an Fresh Apple and Pear Salad.

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Apples and pears sauteed in rum and brown sugar served over mixed greens and topped with toasted pecans and fresh goat cheese; with brown sugar rum vinaigrette.

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It was frickin fabulous!  I ate about 3/4 of it and only didn’t take the rest home because I knew it’d get soggy.  P.S. That brown rectangle is one of Sarah’s portabella mushrooms cooked in beer.

A med school friend came by and met us so after dinner we stayed for a game of pool, and ended up leaving around 11:30.  And now it is way too late and time for bed, toodles!

Life

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Soooo, I guess I’ve been gone for a little while.  Through a combination of slight sickness and extreme laziness I decided to take a short break from the real world.  I haven’t posted, pictured or studied, but I have eaten a ton of crap and spent an inordinate amount of time on fmylife and watching Bones reruns online.  I actually called in from volunteering today because my tummy was feeling off and I didn’t get much sleep the night before.  We live right above a street and I need to buy earplugs, stat!

At 4pm today I decided it was time to rejoin the living and tackle my to-dos.  This is what I accomplished from 4o’clock on, not bad.

  • post office
  • unload the dishwasher
  • do 2 loads of laundry
  • make dough starter for bread
  • make dinner for Tuesday (plus leftovers)
  • pack lunch for Adam
  • and finally make dinner for tonight

The last to-do was the most exciting, because I got to use the new clementine olive oil my mom sent,

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plus the bundle of multi-colored carrots I bought at the Farmer’s market.

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We started dinner with a salad.

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Chopped Chinese cabbage dressed with clementine oil, sliced plum tomato, and macademia nuts.  Very tasty.

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Then I made Sweet Cilantro Baked Tofu, you can find the recipe here.

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And maple carrots.

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After peeling and chopping the carrots I put them in a pan over medium-high heat with 2T of Smart Balance Light.  I covered and let them cook for 5minutes then pour 2T of maple syrup over the top.  Yums.

Here was my plate.

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We watched “My So-Called Life” while we ate, and now it’s time for bed!  I promise that regularly scheduled posting will continue tomorrow!

Get Excited…

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So this has to be another quick post because Adam is on his way home from his first day of medical school and he is picking me up to go to the post office.

My first day of volunteering went well, just for today I did clerical work a couple of places.  I have to have patient contact for the rest of my time but I really enjoyed today, did you know that when I was a little kid I dreamed of growing up to be a secretary?!  I used to help my mom in her library and I thought that stamping, and filing, etc was just so much fun!

I got a break for lunch around 12:30 today.  We get a free voucher for food but I was a little confused and worried about going over the limit so I ended up with a teeny salad.

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Spring mix with peas, 1/2 a hard-boiled egg, an artichoke heart, green olives, cucumber, balsamic vinegar and evoo.  It ended up being way too salty so small as it was I only ate half.  I’m going to try to get a snack a little later.

I’ve got to run, but I have super super super exciting news coming in the next post.  I won’t be posting until late because I’m going to an event with the husband tonight but see if you can guess my news…

  1. I’ll be going to FL
  2. I am not at all ready
  3. 3:30:00

P.S. Giveaways –

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Too Hot

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Woo-who, it is a scorcher today!  You’d think I’d be used to it from growing up on an island but I hate hot weather!  I just feel so puffy and sticky and gross!  I was too hot this morning for breakfast, Adam and I did some move strategizing but mostly I laid around and acted snippy (these days leading up to the move have not exactly been my shining moments).

Lunch, however, was very exciting.  In fact, it was my final check on my ‘to do before the move’ list.  I had to go to the city for a doctors appointment so I had lunch from the Whole Foods Buffet.  There isn’t a Whole Foods (or a Trader Joes, tear!) in Buffalo so this was a must.  On the train ride up I tried to combat the heat by splitting a Bolthouse Farms Mango Lemonade with Adam.

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Please excuse the crappy pictures, I forgot my camera and had to use the husband’s cell phone.  For lunch I chose vegetarian.

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Steamed veggies, okra marsala, lemon baked tofu, and Caesar salad.  I had this okra marsala once before and fell in love – it is chewy and spicy and delicious.  To drink I had a hibiscus and lime Ooba.

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Check!

The doctors office went ok, I currently have 4 plantar warts on my left foot, ugh!  My protein light lunch left me pretty hungry and when I was still complaining after my appointment so Adam bought me some corn chips.

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I have been randomly craving Fritos (I haven’t had them in years and years) the last week or so and these perfectly hit the spot.  Plus, kudos to Utz, this bag had only 150calories, the reason I hadn’t just bought Fritos is because the “small” bags were all 300calories+.  Another fun fact about Utz – I got to tour their chip factory as a teenager and it rocked my socks.

Before you think “God she eats a lot of crap,” go ahead and picture a slice of provolone cheese with two slices of bread, because that’s what I ate when I got home.  I was too lazy to take a picture but the whole thing was 210 calories if that helps you to visualize.

I have fun plans for dinner too: a mini blogger meet up at a new restaurant.  See you then.

Do you prefer hot or cold weather?  I can handle cold, but hot makes me crazy.  The main thing is that my body really reacts to temperature so when it’s hot my jewelry is all too tight and my clothing feels super uncomfortable.

Saturday Evening – Monday Afternoon

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Hello, hello, hello!  Merry Monday to everyone who is working.  I’m loving vacation but I actually am looking forward to having a “work” schedule again; not that I know where/if I’ll be working next year.

As predicted, Saturday night’s dinner was awesome.  The view from my seat was this –

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Even better, they sent out a complimentary amuse bouche.
This was a crostada with chutney and chicken if I remember correctly.

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Similarly, Adam ordered mushroom brushetta, which I ate a slice of, for his appetizer.

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I didn’t do an appetizer because I knew my dinner was going to be pretty rich.  I ordered the Blackened Mahi sauteed spinach, garlic mashed potatoes, chipotle red pepper lobster cream sauce, avocado crab salad.

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This was so good.  I gave the husband the avocado crab salad because he loves that sort of thing but I devoured the rest.

For dessert we split a plate of homemade truffles.

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Doing some knife gymnastics we got each candy cut into four pieces so we all could try everything.

Intense torrential downpour canceled all of our bar plans, but we did manage to have another great evening playing games.  I had another iced coffee with skim milk,

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and a big bowl of air-popped corn that I didn’t snap a picture of.

Sunday – no sun day

The rain continued but we didn’t let it get us down!  My mom made beer bread so I ate both end pieces for breakfast with a slice of swiss cheese.

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Beer bread is so tasty, I think it might be time for me to get the frickin’ recipe from her!

Next Adam and I accompanied my parents on a trip to the grocery store.  We were pretty impressed by the variety of produce at The Fruit Bowl.  When I grew up here as a kid there were not a whole lot of choices.  To this day when I go to gas stations in the states I stand in front of the drink fridge and just stare at all the choices.

For lunch my mom semi-homade’d some super tasty pizza.  She sauteed onion, spinach, green olives and red pepper and then put them on top of frozen cheese pizza before she baked it.

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This was so yummy I ended up going back for a 2nd, unphotographed, slice.  I also had some juicy watermelon.

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And more iced coffee.

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I enjoyed my coffee but I immensely enjoyed tucking into a stack of Archies in the middle of the day.  Mid-afternoon we headed out to the movies to see “I Love You, Beth Cooper.”  Terrible.  It was too teenagey for us, which is fine, clearly we were not the intended age group, but I was disgusted by the fact that they made it “cool” to drive like a maniac.  I’ve known way too many people who’ve gotten killed or seriously injured in a car accident so I don’t think it’s ever funny to be a bad driver.  In fact, my new favorite PSA is the one where a game show host pops into the back seat and reminds a kid to tell his friend to slow down.  My movie snack did not suck at least, I only ever eat Jordan Almonds from the movie theatre in St. Thomas.

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After more relaxation it was time for dinner.  My mom cooked Adam and my dad chicken and dumplings, which I hate, so I rustled up dinner on my own.

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I think I ended up with a pretty good spread!  Beer bread,

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ants on a log,

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and a salad – iceberg, Parmesan, cashews, red pepper, cucumber.

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I semi-homemade’d myself some dressing by shaking together these two things:

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The evening fun was, you guessed it, more games.  And I’m not going to say I didn’t eat 1 or 2 unphotographed chocolate chip cookies.

Monday

I woke up this morning in a total funk.  I was hot, hungry, and just plain aggravated.  I think a lot of it is that I’m getting nervous about our upcoming move and going (or especially Not going) back to school.  My cold shower helped and so did stopping at Subway on the way to my mom’s library.

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6″ tuna subs are good but I was especially cheered up by the two cookies.

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I played BattleShipwith the husband for a bit and after I am done with this post we are going to do some online consumer report comparing for my birthday gift.  He surprised me the other day by insisting that I get a heart rate moniter for my b-day; I’ve wanted one forever but haven’t been able to justify spending the money on myself.  We agreed to look for cheapish one and my parents offered to pay 1/2 as my birthday gift from them so I’m pretty excited.

P.S. don’t forget to enter this sweet Soap & Chocolate giveaway.

Wednesday Morning – Friday Morning

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Hello, vacation-style!  I hope everyone is having a good week, the vacay has been nice and relaxing so far.  I’m in a bit of a time crunch today so I’ll try to keep this recap pretty brief.  Just fyi – I only have internet when I go to work with my mommy so I’ll be doing a recap every few days until I get back home.

Wednesday – travel day

Our flight was at 8:15am so we had to get up nice and early.  We had to leave our car in long-term parking so we actually drove to the airport.  Thankfully, Mapquestgot us there in time to get breakfast, of sorts.  There were not many restaurants and those that were there didn’t have full menus.  I ended up with a Wendy’s Maple Baked Frescuit with egg and cheese.

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It actually tasted pretty good; I love the sweet-savory combo so cheese with maple syrup was nice.  And when I looked up the nutritional information online this morning I learned that it only had 390calories.

Being at airports always makes me think about having kids (not that it isn’t on my mind anyways!).  Adam and I have always discussed how important it is to make exercise fun for kids – the more you make movement into a game the better.  Even now, when we come to a moving walkway one of us will ride and the other will walk alongside and we will race!

We had a straight flight, which meant we were at my house before 2pm!  My mom always has a gift waiting for me on the bed.

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I wanted to get right into reading but Adam needed to go to his old doctor to do some forms for medical school so off we went.  I ate a baggie of baby carrots during the ride.

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The husband took forever so my father and I ended up taking a long walk on the boat docks.  I drank a Ting.

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My parents cooked us a great dinner.

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WW pasta with parmesan cheese,

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spinach and tomatoes cooked in toasted sesame oil,

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and broiled salmon.

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I also ate a slice of dry sourdough toast.

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They did a great job, everything was delicious.  Also good was my snack.

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Huge cup of coffee with skim milk,

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and homemade chocolate chip cookies.

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We played Pictionary and cards and by the time we were done I had actually eaten 4 cookies!  My cookie control was down a bit because of booze 🙂

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My favorite drink on earth is oj with cinnamon Stoli.  They actually stopped making this Stoli, my mom and I have 2 of the last bottles available, but it is equally good with Goldschlager. We each had one, yum.

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Thursday – “it’s so hot!”

In spite of not staying up all that late playing games (my dad is pretty intense about bedtime, he is my sleep role model) we could not get going Thursday morning.  I was supposed to get up and work out but that did not happen.  I woke up 3hours later than planned, ate breakfast, and went back to sleep for the rest of the day.  The husband and I think it’s because it was so hot.  At least I did have a great breakfast.

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A small chopped nectarine, half a banana, and ground flax seed.

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Plus a Low Fat Pineapple Chiobani.

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This was the first time I ever saw this flavor and it was awesome, I hope this comes to NY!

After my intense napping session I managed to drag myself to the shower and get gussied.  We ended up eating at the restaurant right near where we got married so Adam and I had to take some pictures!  This spot is exactly where we said our wedding vows –

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We had a fun time, it is hard to believe it’s been so long since December 28th, 2007.  1.5years, we are not even newlyweds anymore!

After some rememberings we headed to dinner, I slept through lunch so I was pretty starving.  I started with a beyond fabulous passionfruit colada,

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and my dad and I split a sandwich and salad for dinner.

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Fire roasted chicken paninni sliced chicken breast, roasted red peppers, sun dried tomatoes, goat cheese, and a garlic and basil ailoi.

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Key Lime Caesar Salad.

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I ate half of everything.  The sandwich was good but a little greasy and I loved the salad, the lime cut through the usual creaminess wonderfully.

After dinner we went home for more board games and cards – Monopoly and Gin Rummy – we are serious nerds about game night!  I drank an iced coffee with skim milk, along with some desserts.

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First, two homemade chocolate chip cookies,

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and even better – Greek Gods Honey Greek Yogurt,

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frozen,

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oh yeah, this was so good!  Freezing Greek Yogurt (I’ve only tried it with flavored but I imagine that plain would be a lot like Pinkberry) turns it into slushy, granita-like goodness, I highly recommend it.

Friday– wake up!

Today, I managed to get my butt out of bed!  I went with my mom to an 8am spin class so we had to get up by 7.  We left extra early because we dropped Adam off at the beach, with a bucket of beer!  I ate this Luna Bar in the car for breakfast.

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The class was 60minutes of spin and floor work.  I don’t know if it was the sugary breakfast, that I was feeling sick yesterday, or that I’m out of shape, but my butt was kicked!  I felt so sick I actually had to sick down and skip the lunges.  I chugged some water and I’ve been sitting so I’m feeling a little better but it sucked at the time.

Now I’m hanging out at my mom’s library, hopefully headed towards some studying.  The husband and I are getting lunch soon so we’ll see what happens.  I will most likely be doing another post on Sunday, hope everyone has a great weekend!

For now, I will leave you with a list of the songs I played while I typed, found on my mom’s i-pod!!!

  • Viva la Vida – Coldplay
  • Single Ladies – Beyonce
  • Boom Boom Pow – Black Eyed Peas
  • Low – Flo Rida
  • Blame It – Jamie Foxx
  • That’s Not My Name – The Ting Tings