January 2012

Rise and shine! An Udi’s bun with egg and cheddar.  Simple… and totally inspired by those Jimmy Dean commercials with the talking Sun guy who helps all the other weather systems wake up for the day.  Ha! Feelin’ sunny now. Something random to share….   My best friend in Charlotte is Nicole, who blogs at [...]

Pop!  Goes the belly.   Getting bigger every single day.  Most baby websites compare the size of the baby to a fruit, which can be fun but also a bit silly – baby is currently a sweet potato but sweet potatoes can be small or big!  So I like to look at this fetal weight [...]

Running very late today.  Happy Hump Day! I’ve been on an insane smoothie kick for the last month or so, but this morning, I finally felt burnt out on berries.  This smoothie’s base was actually pumpkin, hence the lovely orange hue.   In the blender:   1 container vanilla Greek yogurt 1/4 cup soy milk [...]

Oh yeah.  Look at me.  Doin’ another legit dinner. As mentioned, this week is Eat Real Dinners Week.  So far, I’m two for two.    This meal was a simple mix of brown rice, pineapple chunks, raw celery, raw carrots, baked tofu, beets, and a splash of pineapple juice to give it some moisture.  To [...]

My sister-in-law Sophie and I have the entire day off (we both take turning pulling weight at the clinic), so we’re just hanging out out and relaxing.  I find that one of the weirdest aspects of owning a small business is we only get random days off, not necessarily Saturdays and Sundays.  But a Tuesday [...]

Big, beautiful bowl of oats!  No better way to start the day…. especially when eaten while listening to the new Snow Patrol album.  Snow Patrol is our favorite band of all time – the Husband and I even danced to one of their songs (Chasing Cars) as our first dance song at our wedding.  The [...]

Look!  Vegetables.  On my dinner plate. Welcome to Eat Real Dinners Week.  I’ve fallen into a pregnancy-induced dinnertime laziness (or it may just be generalized laziness), during which I make a peanut butter sandwich and eat ice cream straight from the carton and call it a meal.    But tonight… I ate vegetables.  Yes, it [...]

Also check out  So You Wanna Do a Triathlon:  Swimming   You could say that cycling is in my blood.  DadHTP is an accomplished rider and passed the love of the sport onto me.  Not that I had any choice in the matter – I practically grew up on the back of a road bike! [...]

I woke up to the Husband cookin’ this insane creation.  Not sure what came over him, but this was good (and required a lot of effort for a sleepy Monday morning!). He sliced and grilled tempeh and added it to a ‘breakfast salad’ of scrambled egg, goat cheese, and green apple.    Hubba, hubba.  Nothing [...]

My beloved GymPact came in handy today (GymPact is this iPhone app that pays you to go to the gym – or you pay if you don’t).  The week rolls over on Sundays, and I needed to check-in at the pool once more this week or I’d be out $5.  Honestly, if it hadn’t been [...]

I am so bad at Scrabble. But I am good at making oatmeal. The secret to yummy oats?  Take the time to make it on the stovetop, and add in a sliced banana (per Kath’s method).  I actually hated oatmeal instead I tried that recipe.  It makes all the difference in the world.   Well, [...]

For the past two months, we’ve been on an intense hunt for the perfect office desk.  We’ve been to a dozen of antique and contemporary stores in Charlotte and scoured the Internet without any luck.  Part of the problem was that our dream desk was very specific.  It had to be about 40 inches wide [...]

So sorry that I’ve been slacking on dinner ideas and recipes!  By the time I get home home from work, all I want to do is sit on the couch and eat ice cream straight from the carton. … Then I eat a peanut butter sandwich.  Goal for the weekend:  prep some easy casseroles to [...]