If nothing else, Friday should be fun right?! Well, here is a Fun Friday Food Fact for you According to Wikipedia (and several other sources) ice cream was first made in China… Ancient civilizations have served ice for cold foods for thousands of years. The BBC reports that a frozen mixture of milk and rice was invented in China around…
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Cinnamon and Cereal
I have been adding cinnamon to our coffee grounds to make a yummy cinnamon flavored brew without buying a specialty coffee. I used to add it to the cup directly, but this works well too 🙂 This morning I was hungry and wanted to eat “a little something” while getting ready/before going to the gym to take a walk. I…
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Can I Buy You a Drank?
I have a drinking problem. It’s that I drink too much. Of everything. All the time. I do need T-Pain to buy my a drank. A lot of dranks actually… In addition to my daily water habit, here are some of my drinks today: A lot of seltzer… a lot of diet soda 🙁 Iced coffee (pic from yesterday, but…
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Walk, Don’t Run
Last week I decided to take a week off of running to let my knee relax and heal. I planned on running again today, but between the snowpocalypse and a late start to my day, I ended up taking an hour walk on the treadmill after breakfast. I have a new friend at the gym (Hi Stephen!) and we chat…
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In Too Deep
Ben’s car got stuck in our very snow covered parking lot and he needed help this morning. He was completely covered in snow by the time I got outside to help him and I felt really bad 🙁 This picture is very pretty, but living in this is very unpleasant. Since he was trying to get the wheels unstuck I…
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Making Healthy Food Appealing
We recently received a coupon flier from McDonald’s. I guess Ben thought it was weird that I kept it so he flipped through it. Then he saw this ad and said, “I know what you want from McDonald’s, this…” Yes, have you heard? McDonald’s has oatmeal. Now, I haven’t tried it yet, but this is what I’ve heard… It’s maple…
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White Out and Warm Up
It is a complete White Out here! I still haven’t made it to the gym 🙁 because I’m afraid to even step outside for one minute. If I decide to go, I’m going to have to put on all my snow clothes and boots and then strip down and change shoes once I get there. Boo. The snow is still…
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Snow Day
It is a snowpocalypse here! Really, really unbelievable. All the schools around here are closed, Ben has a snow day from work and it’s still coming down. On the plus side, I see every little snowflake as a another reason why I’m moving to a warmer climate in a few months 😉 I want to hit up the gym, but…
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Food Photos and V Day
I have to apologize for today’s food photos. I wasn’t very patient with the camera and my food wasn’t very nice to look at. But, I am documenting all the same 🙂 After a casual stroll on the treadmill I had an afternoon snack of a Vita Muffin (part of my hunker down stash). And some cereal. This could have…
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