I Walk In This World

OMGosh, these kids on HGTV’s Property Virgin show.  They are so stupid.  Does anyone watch this show?  Ok.  When first-time homeowners are looking for a house, here are some tips…

• paint colors don’t matter
• cupboard style doesn’t matter
• kitchen color doesn’t matter
• if the lawn is mowed doesn’t matter
• interior decor doesn’t matter

LOL.  No wonder this is a tv show.  And hey, where in this country can you buy a single family home for $152K???  Cuz I don’t believe it.

Just finished Din, which was Erin-solo-style cuz Hubz is politicking tonight.  Ginorm salad with chicken and oh so good and simple.

• spinach/green leaf salad + chicken + Organic Valley cheddar + cashews + snow peas + carrot + maters + cukes + Goddess dressing
• whole grain bread with Organic Valley sweet cream butter (from happy cows)
• vino
• 3 camera shy pieces of dark choco to round things out

I think this is the 1st time I feel stuffed from a salad!  So clearly it was a little too big.  But dang was it good.  The chicken was leftover from the bbq at Dad’s house Sunday.  Mmmm…

I did 2.5 miles at the gym today, and ew, look how flarking sweaty I am.  I guess I pushed hard!  Also did leg weights and crunches.

I napped (so not me) from 4-5pm, but it was kinda fun to zone in and out to Oprah and the ever-so-annoying Suze Orman.

Spent the arvo working on emails and blog stuff.  Lunch included a new product review…Musselman’s Red Raspberry & Acai Healthy Picks applesauce. 

It was very tasty with just the subtlest raspberry flava.  And the no sugar added made it taste very clean, just like applesauce should taste!  I think this would be great added in to oatmeal or oatmeal pancakes!  I do wish the raspberry would have been more powerful, so maybe Musselman’s can figure out a way to do that!  What’s cool is that Mussleman’s is a Grower owned co-op, around for the last 60 years.  And being a PA native, I totally support this co-op, as I grew up only 45 minutes from their apple orchards! 

The rest of lunch…

• whole grain bread with leftover coconut pork + spinach + tomato
• last remains of the fruit salad
• Musselmans Red Raspberry Acai applesauce

And now it’s time to ice my shins and continue being judgey and snarky about these dumb Property Virgin kids.

Nite!

Ah, I am in SUCH a rush.  This will be short on text.  We’re minutes from heading out the door for a weekend-of-family.  First stop…Pittsburgh for the in-laws then back home to Hanover, PA to visit Dad and his wife.  It’ll be hectic but fun cuz we (luckily) both really like our families and in-laws!

Lunch was great.  I ate it while watching tivo’d epis of Real Housewives of NJ.  Um.  I’m kinda hooked.  Total trash tv that is fun for summertime relaxing.

• ginorm salad ala Erin (this means it has goat cheese)
• last remnants of bbq chicken + white beans on whole grain bread

I’ve spent the day exploring ways to find an additional source of income.  I’m a gov’t employee, and today was my first of who-knows-how-many-are-to-come furlough days.  This is a day where I don’t go to work and DON’T get paid either.  It’s an “effort” to trim NJ’s state budget.  It’s beyond laughable.  We’re $2.3 billion in the hole and today’s furlough is saving the state $8mil.  It’s peanuts, yet us middle class workers suffer.

*steps off soapbox only due to lack of time to rant*

Breks was AMAZING!  We’re out of fruit b/c we’re going away for the weekend.  But I remembered I had frozen peaches.  Introducing waffles with buttery peaches!

• Nature’s Path red berry waffles + peaches sauteed in a little butter and honey
• coffee

Hey, this knocked my proverbial socks off.  Totally amazing and a keeper for my recipe book.  Since I slept 9 hours (wee!!) I didn’t need much coffee.

Last night we had turkey fajitas.  I ended up sauteeing portabellas, white beans, corn, peppers, onions, and turkey all together, and topping with avocado and spinach.  It was good but woulda been better sans turkey.  I’ve discovered I don’t like ground turkey!

But to make up for it, I got to sample some of Mallory’s AMAZING FANTASTIC nut butter cups.  I won these from the Auction/Bake Sale I hosted.  Srsly, girl.  Sell these IRL b/c they are so flipping good.

Sorry so short, but I promise to blog from the road.

Ciao!!

Er

It’s late, so this is gonna be short.

Din was great!  Dessert was fab-u-lusssss!!

• Cashew ginger carrot soup with turkey, navy beans, and mixed veggies (crockpot)
• Whole grain bread

I also added about 1 cup fresh spinach to my soup.  The hubs didn’t.  While I woulda liked to eat all that bread, I was a good girl and split it with the hubs.

• smidge square of Cooking Light’s butterscotch bar
• hefty spoonful of PB & Co. dark choco PB crack

Exercise tonight was 20 mins heavy hiking and 20 mins shoulder/bicep work.

The hubs and I were so happy that FRINGE is back on FOX.  We’ve been missing it for WEEKS! 

Watching telly with the dog…

The husband is in a huff b.c he can’t find some dumb paper.  I gotta go smooth his ruffled feathers.  Such the dramz.

Nite!

Catching up on blogs, reading the news, checking in with another message board I’m on, and eating lunch!

Today’s lunch was good and definitely a fun way to mix up my typical lunch routine of a sammy, fruit, and veg.

On Mr. Stripey…

• whole wheat wrap filled with a faux chicken patty, Sabra hummus, tomato, spinach, lettuce
• green grapes
• leftover hunk of Wegmans potato pancake (so good)

Adding the hummus to the wrap made all the difference.  I’m a big fan of flavor.  The more the better! 

I also had a row of sqaures of Green & Black’s Espresso Dark Chocolate bar.  It was way more than I needed, and I realized too late that I was mindlessly munching on it (no photos, hence the mindless part).  Let’s not do that again tomorrow Er.

Back to works.