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And the Camera Ran Away with the Hairbrush

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There was no day post today because my camera battery needed to charge.  Really I think suicide was a last-ditch effort on the battery’s part to avoid involvement in my train wreck.  It’s probably a good thing the earlier half of the day went without photographs.

I ate chips for breakfast – embarrassing.

I met Katie for lunch at Moe’s – repetitive.

And I did it all still in my clothing from the day before – why am I allowed to leave the house?

Thankfully the husband’s parents came into town for a belated birthday celebration and that got me to pull my act together.  I even took a shower.

Because if cake’s not worth clean hair, then what is?

First though, was dinner.  We needed quick wait, accessible parking, and good food – Jack Astor’s.  With lobster and crab dip to start.

I ate this plate x2.

And then I proceeded to terrorize the wait-staff.  Diet Roy Rodgers, please.

Once we got that figured out (diet soda, grenadine, cherry on top) I cobbled together a meal using pieces from three different menu items.

The end result was delicious.  A turkey burger with white cheddar, jalapeno zucchini relish, and fig jam.

I ate all of my turkey/toppings, half of my bun, and half of my fries.  Truth be told, I did not need the fries, but malt vinegar was available and I feel the end tummy ache was worth it.

After dinner we did a driving tour of Christmas lights. 

I couldn’t get pictures from the moving car, but the trees on Elmwood are just gorgeous!

Then we headed back to the hotel room for cake.  Actually, Chocolate Decadence to be exact.  “4 layers of chocolate sponge cake filled with whipped ganache, frosted in chocolate butter cream. Garnished with chocolate buttons and drizzled chocolate.”

I only ate a few bites of my piece (I wasn’t kidding about that tummy ache!) but it was pretty divine.

We spent a long time talking to my in-laws, hence the midnight post.  It’s been a fun day, and if I want tomorrow to be fun as well I’ve got to get to bed!

Almost Done!

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I’m done!  Well, almost done; I have a presentation tomorrow morning but it’s so easy I can basically say – “I’m done!”

This morning started off with a seasonal favorite,

nog overnight oats.

Last night I mixed together 1/4 cup oats and 1/2 cup Silk Soy Nog, and this morning I stirred in a Yoplait Fiber One Vanilla yogurt and a healthy shake of nutmeg.

Topped with Christmas sprinkles, of course.

I headed to campus early today, I was on foot and I wanted to make sure I had time to return my book rentals and gym it before my exam.  Book buy-back was a total failure, but the gym was a success.  I took my notecards to the treadmill for 45minutes of brisk walking on a slight incline.  2.6miles later, and I knew my stuff.

Sort of.  My exam was pretty polarized – I got a definite 100% on all the cumulative material but I’m pretty sure I failed all of the new material.  Which is extra embarrassing because the new material was on reproduction.  I failed an exam on the menstrual cycle?  Way to be a 25-year-old FEMALE, Emily. 

Also fun?  When you fumble on the treadmill and your “vagina” notecard goes flying back into the cute boy working out behind you and he has to get off of his elliptical to bring it to you.  “Oh god, I have an Anatomy exam today!  I’m not studying up for a sex change, I swear!”  Way to make it less awkward, Emily.

I had a short break between the my exam and meeting with my presentation group, so I dug into my lunch from home.

That baggie of carrots was consumed alongside Monday’s sandwich twin, Arnold’s Whole Grain White Sandwich Thin, 1 slice 2% Provolone, 3 slices Applegate Farm’s Turkey Bologna.

Good lunch, good meeting, quick walk home, and I’m done!

A question for the females (Adam knows more than me and it’s embarrassing, so no men allowed) – if you had to take an exam on your reproductive cycle, how do you think you’d do?

Holiday Dishes and Demons

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Do you have your holiday dishes out yet?  Other than the reindeer stuff (very nice, Kate Spade bowls and mugs) from my mom this little tree is my only piece.

It made lunch feel festive.

Although, lunch was pretty exciting (to me) all on its own.

Sandwich/salad, sandwich/soup, and soup/salad combos always feel like lunch at a restaurant to me.

My salad was a butter lettuce base with Newman’s Own Asian Sesame Dressing, Sahale Snacks Valdosta Pecans, and a bit of pulverized coconut.

I don’t eat salads at home that much – something about the lettuce skeeves me out – but this was a great combo.

My sandwich was a grilled cheese with tomato.

I spread two slices of Nature’s Pride Oatmeal bread with Miracle Whip, topped with tomato slices and two pieces of 2% provolone, then spread the outside with Smart Balance Light and pan-fried.

Yum!  The husband took a big bite (I made him a pretty gourmet mini-pizza for his lunch) and declared it delicious.

We watched TV while we ate.  Sidenote – has anyone seen the “Family Guy” or “American Dad” Chirstmas specials this year?  I think Seth McFarlane has some holiday demons, yikes!

Back to work!

Combatting Stress

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Today has been a big day – I had a nutrition final, a break, and then my Organic Chemistry final.  I knew 8am – 3pm was going to be a stressful, so I did my best to combat my lack of cheer.

Like wearing a nice pink shirt (new from Hanukkah).

And having Adam stop at Starbucks on his way to dropping me off at school (grande non-fat eggnog latte).

My first exam went pretty well, 84% at very minimum.  Sidenote – when I take multiple choice tests I always keep a tally of questions I’m not certain of so that I can calculate my lowest possible score.  Does anyone else do this?  Anyway, my class grade before the final was a 100%, so I’m not too worried.

Then I crammed.  Not gonna lie; I did not study Organic this weekend.  I really have no explanation or excuse for my study habits this semester; all I can say is that I’m pretty disgusted with myself.  I quit my job to go back to school, next semester I plan on treating school like it’s my job (because it is!).

For my mid-cram lunch I packed a ‘new things sandwich.’

1 slice 2% Provolone cheese and 3 slices Applegate Farms Turkey Bologna on an Arnold’s Whole Grain White Sandwich Thin.

The star of the show sandwich was definitely the Applegate Farms Turkey Bologna.

I’ve never actually tasted bologna before, but this was delicious!  There was a fabulous smokiness to it.

Does anyone else see that sandwich smile?

I also packed a baggie of baby carrots on the side,

and a 60% Cacao Ghirardelli square.

I probably should have packed more chocolate, because then I headed to Organic 😉  It wasn’t good, but it wasn’t terrible either.  I asked the teacher to look over my test at the end and he said that I wasn’t ridiculous.  Supposedly we can get our grades tomorrow, so I’ll be waiting with pretty bated breath.

Then I headed to the gym to work off the rest of my stress.  I did an intervals session on the treadmill –

  • 1 minute walking / 2 minutes running
  • x 13 (39 minutes)
  • with cooldown = 45 minutes, 4.0 miles

I had to wait on campus for Adam to pick me up (it’s 10* out there!) but as soon as this is posted I’m getting into the shower and then into my baking clothes!

Sweet Tooth

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My goal for today is to get in bed before 10pm.  I have to shower, pack for tomorrow, look over some notecards, and write this blog post.  Go!

My meetings went well this afternoon and I went to my final class of the semester.  All I have tomorrow is labs, with exams and presentations, and then next week is finals.  This semester feels like it flew by, I can’t belive it’s almost Christmas!

In my break I read Organic in the cafe in our bookstore.  I ate a spicy chicken flatbread from the cafe.

These sandwiches are so good!  When I eat while studying I like to use bites to break up the pages, but with these I end up basically shoveling them in.  I go to set the sandwich down and I just can’t bear it!

Then I had a date with the treadmill –

  • 2mile run (19.08minutes), I had to take a few quick breaks but my time is getting faster!
  • 11minutes brisk walking on a slight incline with my notecards

Finally, I went to the quickest lab check-out ever; I was in and out in under 5minutes!  I did stick around long enough to learn that my lab grade ended up being a 100.25%!  Our lab grade gets averaged into our class grade and I definitely need those points 🙂

The husband picked me up from school because we had a date at Sweet Tooth to use up a Groupon.  I had my heart set on peppermint ice cream – I can’t find it anywhere! – but sadly that wasn’t available.  We ended up getting a fun array of goodies though.

Tonight’s selection –

I ate three big bites of this pistachio cheesecake, which was divine.

And three small bites of this cannoli, which was soggy and weird.

I’m excited to taste our other purchases tomorrow.

I realize that I ended up skipping either dinner or lunch (depending on how you look at it, but I only had two meals today) and I am actually a bit hungry, but I think my healthiest option for the evening is honoring my bedtime goal.  Good thing I’m excited about tomorrow’s breakfast!

Have you found peppermint (or eggnog!) ice cream in your area this year?

Nog Makes It Nice

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I love egg nog.  Like, a lot.  If I wasn’t so obsessed with keeping holidays within their “slots” I’d probably drink it year round.  But then there’s also that whole ‘fitting into my pants’ issue.  Which is what makes this product so amazing.

Silk Soy Nog.  95% as tasty as the original, and the nutritional stats are 95% better than the original.

It is so fabulously tasty, and healthfully low-fat that it even works well as a breakfast staple.  Overnight oats anyone?

Soy nog overnight oats are so good that I’ve basically stopped eating regular o.n.o. the rest of the year!

Yesterday evening I stirred together 1/3cup oatmeal and 2/3cup Silk Soy Nog and put them in the fridge overnight.  This morning I stirred in 1 Low Fat Vanilla Stonyfield and a dash of nutmeg.  Topped with holiday sprinkles, of course!

Packed into a go-cup for the car.

I ate in transit so I could cram for my test once I got to school.  I think I did pretty well, ~B, there were a few questions on there that we had not covered at all in class so that was frustrating.

My schedule today was class – break – meetings – break – evening class.  I used my first break to study for my upcoming Anatomy practical.  Fueled by Reese’s Pieces.

ET made me do it!  I ate about half of this bag, or approximately 1.5servings.

Just in case you aren’t sure that I’m a dork, I have to show you that I was taking my notes with a peppermint scented red and green striped pen –

‘Tis the season!

My meeting concerned the application process for the program I’m applying to (due the first week of the spring semester) and gave me major anxiety.  I have a lot to do over Christmas break.

My plan for the second break was to get a veggie sub and study for Orgo.  Unfortunately, I didn’t realize that “a little bbq sauce, please” was code for “please dip my entire sandwich in sauce, thereby making it impossible to eat and work at the same time.”

That messy monster contained green pepper, red onion, lettuce, tomato, pickles, pepperjack, and bbq sauce.

Sidenote on the sandwich – what I really wanted was an enchilada burrito from Taco Bell.  I hate most fast food but, not gonna lie, I sort of love Taco Bell.  But I recently realized that just because Taco Bell isn’t McDonalds (eww), doesn’t mean that their chickens are any tortured.  If I only buy “humane” meat to cook at home then I shouldn’t eat “evil” meat just because I’m not at home.  Obviously there are road trips and restaurants and other people’s houses, but I should probably be done with Taco Bell 😦

My night class went quickly, and then I came home to a quick but random dinner.

Actually, we were both starving, so while we cooked the husband and I split a quicksadilla (that’s a tortilla with sharp cheddar microwaved in it).

When I was at my grandparent’s house for Turkey Day, they served the tastiest brussels sprout dish.  I wrote down the recipe – by Cat Cora for a magazine – to make again when we got home.

3 lbs brussels sprouts
1 Tbsp plus 1 tsp kosher salt
1/4 cup unsalted butter
2 Tbsp lemon juice
4 Tbsp capers

Prepare brussels sprouts by peeling off the outside leaves and cutting off the steam.  Using a paring knife, mark the core where the stem was with an X.  Cut the sprouts in half.
In a 4-qt saucepan, bring 2 quarts of water to a boil.  Season with 1 Tbsp salt.  Blanch sprouts for 10minutes or until fork-tender.
In a 10-inch saute pan, brown the butter and add sprouts.  Cook over medium-high heat until caramelized, 10minutes.
Remove from the heat and add the capers and lemon juice.  Season with remaining salt.
Serves 8.  Per serving: 130calories, 5g protein…

I have to warn you about my entrée – it tasted better than it looked.

There was a serving each left of kugel and hoppin’ john…

…so I put them together!

The sweet and spicy mix was actually very tasty.

I’m almost definitely going to have a repeat of last night’s dessert (vanilla ice-cream with strawberries and homemade caramel sauce) but I have a few assignments to tackle so I’m going to say “goodbye” to blogland now and switch into work-mode.  See you in the am!

***Via random integer generator, the winner of my OhNuts! giveaway is #8 –

Yvonne, please e-mail me (emilyhwaxATgmail.com) so I can get you your prize!

Five Little Words

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Huge Anatomy test tomorrow, hurry!

Five(ish) words per line, go!

Southwest chicken flatbread sandwich, mmmn.

Corn, black beans, melty cheddar.

Baked goods food lab today.

1/3 eaten, cookies = dough balls!

Wegman’s to study, and dinner.

Lots of veggies, a little fun.

1chip per 4slides = study bribe.

Class, study, class, study, bedtime.

Switcharoo

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If the shoe fits, wear it – today I am a flip-flopper.  (Omg, can we talk about how rife with puns that introduction was?! Love it!)

I flipped my breakfast and lunch, I flipped my schedule, and I can predict that I’ll flip out at the husband if he hasn’t put the freaking toilet paper roll up by the time I get home from class.  (Sidenote – I’m fairly sure Adam thinks there is some sort of mystical toilet paper fairy, as he seems completely unaware that regular old humans can get a new roll on the dispenser.)

My bedtime goal was a flop last night; I didn’t get in bed until after 12:00 and I tossed and turned most of the night.  The good news is that I’m extra motivated to try again today.  The bad news is that I was too much of a zombie to make breakfast this morning.  And wouldn’t you know it, I woke up extra hungry today!  Thankfully I packed my lunch yesterday.  Cucumber slices for breakfast, why not?

I also had some Garden of Eatin’ Blue Chips,

and a cheese and jam sandwich (Crofter’s Strawberry and Cabot’s 50% Reduced White Cheddar on Arnold’s WW Sandwich Thin).

Normally the fact that I devoured my lunch before noon would be an issue, but all of my afternoon engagements ended early so I was able to flip my schedule and come home before my night class.

A coconut mini macaroon with cinnamon cream cheese filling made its way into my mouth the minute I got in the apartment.

Followed closely by a coconut oat no-bake.

But then I did make some grown up food for lunch.

This was the best tuna salad I’ve ever made, true story!  I threw some onion in and it took this over the top.

1 can tuna (flaked with a fork) + 1/6 Sweet Mayan Onion (diced) + 3 Tbsp pickle relish + 2 Tbsp Miracle Whip + sprinkle paprika = taste sensation + kicking breath

On the side I had a sliced apple and some Club crackers I stole from the husband.

I’ve got to hurry back to campus for my night class, we have class plus a quiz and I hope both end quickly so I can get home and make dinner and my bedtime goals.  By the way – I got back my last two Nutrition tests; 100% (yay) and 85% (boo).

In other (good) news…. I sent Adam to school with two big containers of cookies and everyone loved them!

What do you put in your tuna salad?