Sunday, September 26, 2010

Birthday weekend!!

So this post is coming a little late, but here are some parts of my birthday weekend that I captured:

Crash Bandicoot Team Racing with my cousin and sister!



Bday lunch - Eggs Benedict (I think) with Risotto

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We all cut up mango for a snack!  This is my favorite fruit, and it's fun to slice up.



Me and my beautiful sister :)



My little cousin and my baby



The awesome monkey birthday cake that our grandmother made!  It was red velvet cake inside with yummy white icing.



This is actually quite out of my norm for stuff like this, but I had TWO pieces of this cake!  It was that good!!



Just for fun... My sister found a music note in the tree!  Can you find it?



We also played Bananagrams, haha.  I highly recommend this game for a group; it's pretty easy, but really fun!



That's it for now!!  I have been having quite the sweet tooth this weekend... so I wanna post later some of the healthy treats I've been consuming :)


Saturday, September 4, 2010

Hibachi!!

My night out with friends ended up consisting of just eating at Hayachi. We were all tired so the movie was skipped. But the food was OH so good! I got the Hibachi Shrimp with steamed rice until the fried rice it normally comes with. I prefer the steamed because I don't feel so gross and sleepy afterwards, and the texture is nice and soft and soaks up juices from the meat and vegetables!

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Today I'm back in my old home town visiting with family. My aunt and little cousin just had a birthday, mine is in 9 days, and my grandfather's is soon after; so we're having a multi-birthday get-together! Pictures later.

Thursday, September 2, 2010

Cookie for Breakfast!

Whew! This morning has been hectic. Had some trouble waking up and getting out the door on time. And you would understand why if you woke up to this cutie pie every morning.

My baby, Lilly!
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One of my favorite breakfast meals is cereal, but since I was short on time this morning, I had a cookie! A Erin Baker's delicious Vegan Chocolate Chip Breakfast Cookie. I love these things, and they are very healthy, filling, and energizing. This accompanied my necessary morning coffee dose and a banana (not pictured).

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As a note, I am not vegan. I think the whole vegan thing is pretty cool and trendy, but I just don't have enough of the commitment required to be vegan. And I like cheese and eggs! However, I do eat vegetarian a very large portion of the time - meaning, I usually don't eat meat. With that said, there are sometimes that something with meat is the most convenient entree available. Today was one of those times, as I had 2 chicken and cheese, mushroom, and spinach Lean Pockets. Also a Vitamin Water Zero, sweetened with all natural sweeteners! (I tend to be very picky about how the foods I eat are sweetened, but I will get more into that later.

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I had to skip normal lunch time today because of class stuff, so when I got out around 3:30, I was ready to grab the first thing at the store! These were only $2.00 combined, and it was the healthiest thing I found. Made with whole wheat crust, too! In between classes today, I also had an apple and a Lara Bar (so good!).

P.S. The working out that was planned to happen last night... Didn't happen. Apparently the gym at my apartment complex isn't 24-hours anymore. The door was locked. :( It had gotten really late too, so I decided it would be better to get a decent amount of sleep anyway. I'm about to do some cardio now, though, while I watch tv. Tonight I'm going out for one of my friend's birthdays, so I'm gonna want to shower and freshen up anyway; might as well do a little sweating!

Wednesday, September 1, 2010

Welcome to College... and Food.

First post.  Hello world!  This one will be rather short, as I have some reading to finish that I have been working on for... ohh, about four or five hours now.  I'm reading a chapter in my Linguistics book about animal versus human communication.  Very interesting!  Just very long.  Maybe later I will post a link, since it's online.  Isn't everything, these days?

Down to the subject of this blog... FOOD!!!  I plan to post pictures and comments about many of the things I eat throughout the day during my college life.  Tonight, I unfortunately scarfed everything down before I snapped any pics, but here's what I had for supper, and since supper:

Supper:
Amy's Vegetable Lasagne
Banana

Studying/after supper snack:
Grapes
Several Barbara's Bakery Raspberry Fig Bars (I LOVE these things, and there is nothing bad for you in them!)
Kashi TLC Dark Mocha Almond Granola Bar

I'm also feeling very couped up by now, so after I finally finish reading, I'm making a quick trip to the gym before a shower and bed time!  Lucky for me, I live in an apartment complex that has a 24-hour gym.  I prefer the on-campus gym at Tech, but the former one is closer.

Will post again tomorrow.  That's all for now!