I Walk In This World

Hi kids.

I’m off work today as part of my mini vaca, long weekend trip to Boston.  We’re back home, but I’m catching up on rest and being sober today. 

I welcome you to May’s Edition of First to Find (F2F). 

F2F is a silly little game (that I plan to take very seriously) in which the husband hides Yoda in a blog photo each day.  Yoda may show up in the morning, afternoon, or evening…it’s hard to say really!  F2F is easy, anyone can play.

The Rules.

1. Check this website daily to find Yoda in a photo
2. Post a comment identifying the creature and EXACT photo in which he occurs

Yeah, that’s pretty much it for you guys.   See…easy.

I’m going to record the FIRST poster each day that can find Yoda, and all other posters that can correctly find him too.  The First to Find poster gets extra points for being the F2F! 

At the end of each month, I will tally up the highest number of:

1. Total correct F2F identifications per commenter; AND
2. Total correct identifications for all other commenters. 

So remember, it benefits you to be F2F (extra points)!  But everyone can play! 

I will send out TWO PRIZES at the end of the month, a Bigger Prize to the F2F poster with the most F2F points, and a smaller prize to the poster with just the most points for correct identifications.

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Back to earth.

I am so excited b/c our new headboard arrived.  I’ve never had one and it makes me feel very Grown Up.  I plan to continue to Grow Up our bedroom and will post pictures once I’m finished in a few weeks.

I’ve got lots to do today…

• breks
• coffee
• pick up packages from the concierge
• blog
• mail prizes out to April’s F2F winners
• check grocery store circular for sales
• grocery shopping
• prep a nice dinner
• exercise
• stay sober (important given how I felt, much of yesterday after Saturday’s drinking spree)

Breks this morning was my normal bowl o cereal.

At the table…

• orange stripey bowl of Optimum Slim + Puffins + blueberries + coconut + 3 almonds + skim milk
• cantalope
• COFFEE

Y’all need to stay tuned this week for a new GIVEAWAY I’m hosting.  I’ll post details soon.  It’s a great one!

Cya after lunch.

Hi kids.

Quick post cuz I’m out the door and on my way to Boston in 20mins.  The hubz and I are doing a weekend trip up there to visit college friends.  I also get to see my friend Beth, for whom we hosted the Auction & Bake Sale.  Yay!

We just finished a kickass lunch made up entirely of odds and ends I wanted to empty out of the fridge.

At the table…

• Applegate Farms ham + American cheese + spinach + lettuce + dijon on Marathon whole grain bread
• Cut veggies with roasted red pepper hummus among us
• baked white cheddar Kettle chips

Yummy.

I’ve got 2 tupperware containers packed, 1 with cereal/trailmix/dried fruit & the other with assorted cookies for the drive up.

I spent all morning cleaning, computering, & packing.  And Now it’s time to Go!

Quickly…Breks…

On the pear plate…

• half a Bosc pear
• Nature’s Path red berry & flax waffle + dried blueberries + coconut
• 2 Applegate Farms chicken & apple sausage
• COFFEE

I am big puffy heart those sausages.  I could eat 4-5 of them easily.  Easily.  The waffle was a new one in this house.  It was good, but it kinda fell apart while I was eating it.  No biggie, just a little inconvenient.

Lastly, I want to announce the winner’s of April’s First to Find Game!

Allison (mathchic), my Weight Watchers friend wins the big prize for having the MOST F2Fs (8) in the month of April!  Alli, from Green Dog Wine wins the littler prize for having the MOST (13)total finds.

Click here to see the rules and hop on board for May’s edition of this game.

Congrats you 2!  Send me your mailing info so I can send you your little prizes!

Hi kids.

Well.  My work life is about to take over all reasonable, peaceful, and calm progress to each work day.

So I ask you…might you have an Xanax for me?  I really think a bowl of sedatives (like a candy bowl) set out at work is a good thing.

I fear my posts will become shorter, so I hope y’all stick with me.

As incentive, with May approaching, I remind you all to play F2F and win a prize!

Breks this morning was especially good b/c I used a little of that pesto cream cheese I made the other day.  It really takes my breks sandwhich up a degree or 2.

On the table…

• crooked top mini whole grain bagel
• veggie sausage patty
• teeny smidge of egg white fried with peppers
• schmeer of pesto cream cheese

This cream cheese is outstanding!  So simple.  1 pack of FF cream cheese mixed with 1-2T of jarred pesto mix.  Viola!

Oh.  And let me tell you about my little bowl of heaven last night. 

• 1/2 cup of PB Puffins
• sprinkle of chocolate & butterscotch chips
• spoonful of dark choco PB crack
• a dollop of OUTSTANDING white chocolate/rapsberry dip

I could have eaten 3 more bowls of this! 

Hey.  Look at that.  I loved it so much I used an exclamation point. 

But I limited myself to just 1 while watching FRINGE with the hubz.  Ugh.  FRINGE.  It’s hard to eat during this show.  It’s like watching mini Sci Fi-Horror films each week.  I ♥ it.

Morning kids and Happy Earth Day.

A few of my photos to remind us why we gotta save the planet.

Since I’m a professional treehugger, and focus my lifestyle on sustainable living as a day-to-day thing, I feel I’m all square with Mother Nature.  But, I still think it’s great to have an Earth Day.  Any attention paid to our green & blue home is worthwhile.

What do you do, day-to-day, to protect our earth?

A quick sumz of my eats since yesterday.  Gosh, sorry Yoda was missing yesterday.  I hope y’all are still playing.

Breks this morning was excellent and eaten while updating today’s latest bids for the Auction and Bake Sale.

Prepping the bowl and shaking in some coconut. 

Hillary hoping for dropped floor goodies.

In the bowl…

• Nature’s Path Maple Pecan Crunch
• PB Puffins
• Dried unsweetened blueberries
• Crumbled pecans
• Dried unsweetened coconut
• Skim milk

I forgot to photograph dinner last night, but I’m eating leftovers for lunch, so I’ll recap then.

Lunch and Breks yesterday…

On Mr. Stripey…

• Leftover TJs veggie burrito on baby spinach
• Carrot
• Strawberries
• Diet Coke (needed the caffeine)

I was swamped with REAL work and Auction work all yesterday morning.  It was fun, but wow, a LOT of work keeping everything organized.

At the breakfast table…

• Whole grain mini bagel
• Fried eggwhites with peppers & spinach
• 1 piece American cheese

Ok, I love cheese, and love good cheese.   But to be completely honest, American cheese is THE best melting cheese for breakfast sanwiches.  You can call me redneck or uncultured…but I stand by my claim.

Don’t forget, the Auction and Bake Sale is still open until 5pm EST today!  Scroll down 2 posts to bid.