Archives for June 10, 2009

denied…

and my financial aid was denied.  I was extremely upset last night (EXTREMELY), but for some reason this morning I woke up feeling positive about it.  I don’t know what orfice I’m going to pull all of that money out of, but I’m going to get it somehow.  This is the point where I would usually just give up and just go look for another crappy job that I’m going to hate and is going to make me miserable. (which I’ve done twice before when I couldn’t get the money to go back to school)  BUT this time the change IS happening, and there is going to be lots of praying in the next few weeks/months but it will all work out somehow.  Now I must move on to another subject because I feel the tears coming on again.

Breakfast today was a repeat of yesterday.  I really wanted a smoothie, but we didn’t have all of the ingredients. 🙁  I’ll have to run to the store at some point today cause if I don’t get a smoothie soon I think I might die.

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Mini banana close up. Cute isn’t it?

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I was still a little hungry after the cereal, so I had half of a small grapefruit with a little agave drizzled on it.

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Then I just laid around on the couch and sulked read.  I’m working on the Twilight series again.  I think this is the 5th time I’ve read through the series (or maybe it’s the 4th- I can’t remember).

Then lunchtime.  I used my last spelt tortilla to make some crack my favorite wrap.

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Black beans, cheese.  melt in micro.  add toppings… lettuce, tomato, avocado, salsa, and a dollop of greek yogurt.

It was to big to wrap, so it was more of a taco.

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And cherries for dessert.

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After lunch I worked on my little music project a bit more and now I’m getting ready to head to the gym!

See ya for dinner!

biking along…

I went for a 15 mile ride on my bikey this morning.  It was AWESOME!!  I can’t wait for saturday!  I wasn’t even that exhausted at the end of the 15 miles- I could have gone more if my butt didn’t hurt so much (I guess I’m still getting used to riding for extended periods of time).  I had a gorgeous ride by the Trinity River.  The trails are beautiful and not too crowded in the morning- mostly the old folks out for a stroll.  I tried not to run over too many of them with my bike (just kidding!). I felt so good after I got my bike packed back onto my car (fun fact- my bike might just be bigger than my car!  I’ll post a pic next time I put the bike rack on and you can be the judge).

Before I went to ride my bike I had some cereals…

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A combo of cherrios and nature’s path heritage squares(I think that’s what they’re called) with a baby banana and a splash of skim milk.  I don’t usually eat cherrios (no reason, they just don’t usually fill me up well), but I have been craving them like no other lately.  I finally had to break down and get a box!  The combo of the cherrios and the higher fiber cereal worked really well though- great fuel for my bike ride!
After my bike ride I went and had a salad and sat out on the patio at Central Market.  The diet root beer in the pic did not get consumed- it was gross.  I shoulda known better!

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Ahhh, Southern living!  One of my favs!

There was also some Gelato, but it was melting too fast- I wasn’t able to snag a picture.  I love gelato!  It’s alot like ice cream and it’s got less fat and calories.  I think it’s richer than ice cream.  I must research this and get back to you!

Then it was onward toward the casa.  I fired up the grill for dinner!

On the menu tonight was

  • Grilled andouille chicken sausages
  • grilled potatoes

Wow, was this a fabulous meal!!  The potatoes were amazing grilled, kinda like french fries but with that “grilled” flavor.  And the chicken sausage was to die for!  Pardon all the mustard- I’m kinda a mustard-aholic! (blame my dad, who is the mustard king.  I get it from him)

It doesn’t really seem like a whole lot but it was very filling!  In hind sight, I think we could have used another veggie.

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potato closeup!

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(for the potatoes I just sprayed them with a little EVOO from my Misto and sprinkled with S&P then threw on the grill)

I also had a small handful of cherries.  I couldn’t resist when I saw them at CM this afternoon!  They were wonderful!