Right now, I'm at the halfway point of my Marine's deployment. To celebrate making it thus far without having an emotional meltdown, I decided earlier in the week that today would be a day of pure indulgences. I think that I enjoy life a good deal, but an entire day devoted to only doing things I absolutely love (well, within reason... I still picked up Harley's poop and obeyed traffic laws. Ok ok, most traffic laws.)? No work tasks, no errands, no cleaning, nothing that I do just because I feel like I have to? Yes please! Putting my plan into action, here is what my day looked like: After sleeping in a bit, I had a date with my friend Jackie to go to the Little Italy Mercato, aka our new Saturday morning ritual whenever we can. It just so happened to have been gorgeous outside today, ... [Read More]
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Zucchini ”Pasta” & Chocolate Peanut Butter Cups
[Blog Update: I've created a Foodie Meets Fitness Twitter account. There's now a "Follow me" button on the sidebar here! Also, I just updated my recipe page.] Earlier, I had a pretty good headache. It probably had something to do with my day's happenings: after a night of tossing and turning, my super early wake-up call from my bank notifying me of fraudulent activity on my account once again (thanks, asshole!), concentrating a little too hard at my laptop screen and confusing the heck out of myself working on a project, and getting my taxes done this afternoon (woohoo, check that off my to-do list!). The solution to get my head feeling better and to kick off my 3-day weekend right? Firstly, forgoing the gym to instead go for an hour hike with Harley at the park. The fresh air felt ... [Read More]
Peanut Butter Lovers Rejoice
Did you know that today is National Peanut Butter Lover's Day? I am a huge peanut butter fan. My favorite ways to eat it are with apple or banana, in a good ole PB&J sandwich...and possibly straight out of the jar on occasion. Don't even get me started on my love for peanut butter ice cream. I obviously had to celebrate the occasion by eating some PB today. My favorite new kind is from a local company called Pacific Beach Peanut Butter. The owner has a stand at the farmer's market and I don't pass him without trying a sample :) The jar I own at the moment is caramel flavored. To. die. for. He also makes cinnamon, white chocolate, and toffee flavored spreads, plus some other ones I can't recall (kind of happy I don't have his entire line memorized!). I ate some for lunch on whole ... [Read More]
Peanut Butter & Strawberry Quick Jam Burrito
Check out the cutie pies I got to play with last night at the San Diego Humane Society: If anyone out there lives in the San Diego area and is interested in rescuing a dog (or cat or bunny or even rat!), they have a special going on called My Furry Valentine. From now through Valentine's Day, the adoption fee for any animal is only $14! There were tons of people looking to adopt last night, and the two dogs above will most likely be gone very soon, but there are always a lot of dogs to look at and see if they're right for your home. And, in case you were wondering, the 9-month old Siberian Husky mix pictured above had to get her leg amputated after getting attacked by another dog. She is incredibly sweet and all she wanted to do was lick my face! Life is pretty entertaining when you ... [Read More]