day 3

yum yum. butternut squash stuffing (find it here) with chicken on top. then graham crackers with peanut butter and sprinkled chocolate chips (so cute) and cherry tomatoes

day 2

yay for second day! this is tuna pita pockets. the pita pockets were separated from the tuna and packed with cheese, spinach and green peppers. the tuna, tomatoes, and carrots added later. then cucumbers, green peppers, carrots with hummus. grapes and walnuts:)

lunch #1

This is my first lunch for my sister. The main is tuna stir fry w/ carrots, green peppers, onions and wild rice. fruit, tomatoes and walnuts for sides. really hard to figure out single serving size:) will have to work on that.

summer

hello hello!

finally home for the summer. trying out a new diet plan. i'm seeing how well that 5-6 small meals a day thing works. it's only going to last a couple weeks b/c once i start work we have specific times for eating meals, so that kills that. calculating the time and amount of food to eat during each small meal is kind of challenging. i think america lives for the 3 meals, and the biggest always being dinner. which is too heavy. but here are some of the meal options i've thought of so far:

• 2 eggs scrambled with an assortment of veggies
• plain yogurt with a fruit
• some sort of korean food that i'll try to calculate the calories for
• walnuts/almonds and cheese
• fruit & cheese
• banana and peanut butter
• tuna and salad
  

i'll add some more as i try this out. today is my official first day of trying out small meals. i think it would be impossible to do that with a real job b/c u r only technically given a lunch break. plus, it would take a lot of energy to plan all the meals for the day and carry them around.

trying a modified south beach diet.
plus, i'm working out everyday, bought a bike at walmart for $65. we'll see how long it lasts.

pride & prejudice

i've come to the conclusion that the clothing from the pride & prejudice movies should come back into fashion. imagine, empire waist (boost the chest) and a loose fitting skirt (hide the tummy). it's comfortable and attractive.

The one on the left and right are from Becoming Jane (2007) and the middle is Pride & Prejudice (2005). Something about blue just seemed to make both costume designers very happy.











I would also not be impartial to a return in the men's fashion. Check out James McAvoy in Becoming Jane. or mebbe they should just host more period themed dances




If you need more pictures to look at, just google search images, some pretty nice white dresses from the dances (there's a trend to these colors) o, and these images were found through google, can i get sued for this? well, just in case, i do not own these pictures and thank kindly the websites connected through google search that do own them:)

this so called training...

mapmyrun.com is an awesome website. u can track how much you ran or you can type in a city/zip code and they will give you runs and how far you went. according to the website, from umcp to cherry hill rd along the paint branch trail it is 5.83 miles, the run to lake artemisia (i couldn't find one that was exactly wat i run) is about 3.75 miles.

so in my quest to finally train for my may 4th marathon, i decided to run to ikea, then around the lake then back to ikea (fyi, i thought i was going to die) which came out to a nice 15 mile run...so i'm a little more than halfway there (minus the killer hills that frederick will apparently hand out) gag and die

i'm 21!

The beautiful decorations done by my 4th oldest sister. cool chain link construction paper!!!!












Dark chocolate cupcake with peanut butter icing. compliments of the 4th. yum yum.

















pretty pretty decorations!!!!