Belated Birthday Post

It was my birthday this weekend! Actually it was yesterday, we celebrated on Saturday with all our friends. Have I mentioned lately how much I love my friends? Cause I do, I really, really do. 

The plan was to have everyone meet at our house and then we walked over to the nearest bar and kind of took it over, cause that's what we do. Apparently. 

Here are a couple of pictures from the night of shenanigans:

 

The biggest surprise of the night was this cake! My mom coordinated with C to get me and Josh a Care Bear birthday cake. It's delicious.

 

The mister and the girls, Amy, C and, me.

This picture cracks me up every time! You know the Dos Equis commercials with The Most Interesting Man in the World? C is doing her impression, and obviously Steph isn't buying it. 

 Me and J, this girl is amazing.

 The birthday kids!

So now I'm 28. And how do I feel about that?

Pretty damn good. 

This year is going to be a good one.

Black Bean Soup

This is what the mister and I had for dinner tonight:

 And yes, it was as delicious as it looks.

I found this soup the other day at "From Scratch" an awesome blog by a girl named Emma. You should check it out! I changed mine a little, hers is vegan mine is not. Either way would be good, I just happened to have some extra chicken so I got a little crazy and threw it in.

This soup is so simple and quick! It took about 15 minutes to make, I served it with a big hunk of crusty bread and avocado and called it good. 
And so I said, and so it was. 

Here's the recipe:

Black Bean Soup

serves 2-3

2 cans black beans, drained and rinsed

1/2  red onion

1 clove garlic

2 teaspoon chili powder

1 cup shredded chicken, cooked

2 cups chicken stock

1 Tbls olive oil

Salt and pepper to taste

In pot heat oil and saute onion until soft, 2-3 minutes. Add garlic, salt and pepper and, chili powder. Cook another minute or so. Turn the heat down and add stock and black beans. Let flavors get happy for 5-8 minutes. 

At this point you could either serve it as is, or you could do what I did and run my potato masher across the beans to loosen them up a bit. Don't squish them to hard, you don't want to make a dip. 

Serve with a dollop of sour cream and avocado slices. 

Rejoice in the simple things. 

Goodnight peeps!

It's eleven pm and I'm feeling crafty...

I finally have all of my homework done today. Well not really but all the stuff that is absolutely positively due tomorrow is done, and I've studied for my quiz too! I guess I should say that all my Biology is done today. There was a lot to do. 
I had to meet with part of my group to water and measure our research project, which is just a bunch of bean plants. We're the control group so it's not a lot of fun. Next time I'll take pictures I can bring home. Then I had a lab portfolio (with extra credit) to finish, some questions about the evolution of plants that are due tomorrow and a quiz over said article and homeostasis to study for. Yeah. That's right. I said homeostasis. You know what that means? That I know big science-y words and their meanings. 


I also registered for next term today! It's so exciting. If my calculations are correct, since I still haven't heard from the school, I will be graduating at the end of spring term. Eeeeeekkkk! I'm almost half way through! Now I really need to get on my application to the big kids school. I need to be one next year. 


So now that all that's done it's 11:00 p.m. and I want to do something crafty or bake something. Of course this sudden urge is probably a fueled by the ice cream I just had. Either way it's really annoying. I think I better just go to bed. 


Have a good night peeps!

Life lesson for the day...

Today I brushed off my last class and came home early. Don't judge, I had already gotten clearance from my teacher to do this...I just hope she remembers. 
The reason that I skipped class was so that I could get some stuff done today and then have tomorrow to work on school stuff. It seems like everything is due this week. In Biology I have a lab portfolio and a paper due Wednesday along with a quiz. In Research Writing I have 2 assignments due today, 2 due Wednesday including a paper. Oh and my internship...well that's not going so great. Why is it so hard to find a place that will let you work for free?


But I digress...what was I going to do today?


*Grocery shop
*Finish the laundry
*Go to the library
*Hit up the gym
*Go to the bank
*Pay some bills


What have I done so far?
Realized that I should have paid better attention to the classes I signed up for this year and, tried to figure out what classes I need to take so I can graduate to the big kids school all by myself because I am ALWAYS waiting on the school. You see when you apply for graduation they send you a letter telling you exactly what you need to complete your degree...I did this almost two months ago and tomorrow is advance registration for spring term.

Then I got frustrated.

Now I want to take a nap.
Wake me in an hour...

I have about 5 minutes to spare...

So let's make this quick! Yesterday was my friend Amy's birthday so we went to Rogue Brewery for Bingo night. Of course we were the rowdy table and I thought that our poor waiters head was going to explode before we even ordered dinner. I think I took pictures but I have had no time to look at them. That will have to wait until later. 

I've been doing good at working out this week. Here's what I've done so far:

Monday: 45 minutes of intervals on the elliptical.
Tuesday: Boot Camp class. C and I did this and I thought I was going to DIE! I can't wait until next week's class. New goal: Survive Boot Camp without my face looking like a tomato.
Wednesday: 45 minutes doing intervals on the elliptical.
Today: Pilates and Power Tools (it's actually Props but C and I say Power Tools because it makes us sound bad-ass). 


I feel sore and my legs are kind of killing me but it feels good to be getting back in shape. 


Today is a super busy day:
* I have a meeting at 1:00 with my internship adviser where I'm sure I will get a stern talking to about my lack of leads for an internship. 
* Must pick up the veggies by 4:00
* Have to grocery shop or we will be eating the dog for dinner.
* Biology lab at 2:00
* Pilates at 4:30
* Pick up library books 


It doesn't seem like a lot but it's a lot of running around town. Everything but the veggies is on the south side of town. Time to figure out some logistics. 


Eeek! I have 20 minutes before I have to leave and I haven't even gotten dressed yet. Let alone gotten out of bed, I've already submitted two homework assignments and fixed my resume for like the 28,356 time so I've been productive! 

Have a great day peeps!

Let's Get Physical and Refocus...

My first lesson in my Blog Love e-course is finding a theme for my blog and re-focusing your blog into what you want it to be. We also had to make a tag-line that would define your blog. 
Wanna hear mine?

Ready...

Having fun with healthy and homemade...

Yes?
No?
What do you think?

Living a healthy lifestyle has really become a passion of mine. I've been inspired by some of my favorite blogs and want to share what I'm doing to get back into shape. I'm no expert and I will never claim to be. I think it's important to share my journey of getting my body back and I'm hoping that it will keep me motivated. 
I've already taken my measurements and tomorrow I'll weigh myself and start sharing with all of you. Maybe there will be pictures. Maybe...

Picture from Self.com

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I think I need to get some leg warmers and headbands...

Sunday Dreaming...

Today I'm dreaming of blue bathrooms...



Bathroom pictures from Country Living.

Now I must tackle the homework monster. 

Enjoy your Sunday peeps!