Can't wait to cook it!
Sunday, September 23, 2012
Thursday, September 6, 2012
Little Tidbits
Been pretty busy trying to get my life in some semblance of order. So this is going to be a slightly random post.
First off: here are some of the delicious dinners I've had lately:
These are my bacon-onion-cheddar "sandwiches". YUM!
And surprisingly, not terrible for you, because I trim a lot of fat off the bacon, and cook a whole rasher with four large onions, so it's mostly onion, but delicious onion. And it's so filling!
Seriously, I trim a LOT of the fat.
Was on a breakfast-for-dinner kick and bought $5 of breakfast steak, resulting in meals such as this:
I got a lot of meals out of that $5 so I'm pretty proud -
I made a LOT of chicken soup the other week:
When I say a lot, I mean a LOT!
I also made some ribs the same day as the chicken soup, because they were on sale -
Last month I made a lot of Mexican food, and invented the "taco pita", which is strangely delicious and really easy to put together quickly:
Two months ago I had a LOVELY steak and I just want to share its awesomeness, in case I haven't already.
Okay, now that the picture part of the post is over. I really haven't been doing anything exciting lately. Still swimming, but not every day because it's hell on my hair. So I bought a bottle of strengthening conditioner ($1.19 at CVS) and I'm combing it into my hair AFTER I get out of the shower. I figure it's worth a shot, especially for just about a dollar. I'll keep you updated on its effectiveness.
Dr. Lipo has been sending me critiques that I can really use now, so I think I'm getting somewhere - especially with Brian's help. Nothing like friends that you can really, really count on! But I basically get up in the morning, eat something, check my email and get myself sorted for the day, and then get to work on what I'm doing with my life. Dr. Lipo just sent me another critique today, so I think I'll look at it again once I'm done with this post, let it stew in my brain while I clean, cook, and then watch Project Runway, and have a go at a rewrite once PR is done. Then I'll look at it again tomorrow morning.
Little interjection here - I hate vacuuming. HATE IT!!
Okay...yeah. I really do hate vacuuming though. I love my Swiffer - keeps my tiny kitchen in good order, although my linoleum always looks dirty, no matter how thoroughly I clean it. Maybe lye would make it squeaky clean, but I'm not that anal-retentive. And I have to clean my stove...ugh, maybe I can put that off. I had to buy Draino (or however you spell it) to clear the clogs in my shower. It's SUCH a relief to shower without having an inch or two of water around my ankles! Now I just have to wait a week or two and buy a couple Mr. Clean Erasers and scrub-a-dub-dub my kitchen and my bathroom into sparkling submission.
I'm glad football is back on, it's taking my mind off things and I feel a little less stressed about life in general even if I'm still broke, jobless, and in a really tough spot. If only I could sell Rebecca...getting a book published would be such a mental lift, even if the $$ isn't luxurious. Then again, I can't even afford beer, so even a $ would feel luxurious right about now!
Weight loss is pretty meh. I'm almost the same weight every time I weigh myself (I mean, I do swing 3 pounds this way and that, but that happens if you weigh yourself daily), and no matter how closely I keep my Livestrong account, and swimming and walking and strolling (and pacing my apartment for hours) doesn't seem to help all that much. I've been dieting more (and less) seriously for a year now and only lost ten-fifteen pounds tops. I don't want to take four years to lose the remaining forty!!
I guess I should go back to smoothies, but they're not great for winter food, and the weather is cooling already so it'll be chilly soon.
Okay it's 4 pm. I have to start cleaning so I can cook at 5 and eat at 6. Trying to get on a "normal" schedule for eating and sleeping, instead of having breakfast at 1 pm and dinner at 3 am.
First off: here are some of the delicious dinners I've had lately:
These are my bacon-onion-cheddar "sandwiches". YUM!
And surprisingly, not terrible for you, because I trim a lot of fat off the bacon, and cook a whole rasher with four large onions, so it's mostly onion, but delicious onion. And it's so filling!
Seriously, I trim a LOT of the fat.
Was on a breakfast-for-dinner kick and bought $5 of breakfast steak, resulting in meals such as this:
I got a lot of meals out of that $5 so I'm pretty proud -
I made a LOT of chicken soup the other week:
When I say a lot, I mean a LOT!
I also made some ribs the same day as the chicken soup, because they were on sale -
Last month I made a lot of Mexican food, and invented the "taco pita", which is strangely delicious and really easy to put together quickly:
Two months ago I had a LOVELY steak and I just want to share its awesomeness, in case I haven't already.
Okay, now that the picture part of the post is over. I really haven't been doing anything exciting lately. Still swimming, but not every day because it's hell on my hair. So I bought a bottle of strengthening conditioner ($1.19 at CVS) and I'm combing it into my hair AFTER I get out of the shower. I figure it's worth a shot, especially for just about a dollar. I'll keep you updated on its effectiveness.
Dr. Lipo has been sending me critiques that I can really use now, so I think I'm getting somewhere - especially with Brian's help. Nothing like friends that you can really, really count on! But I basically get up in the morning, eat something, check my email and get myself sorted for the day, and then get to work on what I'm doing with my life. Dr. Lipo just sent me another critique today, so I think I'll look at it again once I'm done with this post, let it stew in my brain while I clean, cook, and then watch Project Runway, and have a go at a rewrite once PR is done. Then I'll look at it again tomorrow morning.
Little interjection here - I hate vacuuming. HATE IT!!
Okay...yeah. I really do hate vacuuming though. I love my Swiffer - keeps my tiny kitchen in good order, although my linoleum always looks dirty, no matter how thoroughly I clean it. Maybe lye would make it squeaky clean, but I'm not that anal-retentive. And I have to clean my stove...ugh, maybe I can put that off. I had to buy Draino (or however you spell it) to clear the clogs in my shower. It's SUCH a relief to shower without having an inch or two of water around my ankles! Now I just have to wait a week or two and buy a couple Mr. Clean Erasers and scrub-a-dub-dub my kitchen and my bathroom into sparkling submission.
I'm glad football is back on, it's taking my mind off things and I feel a little less stressed about life in general even if I'm still broke, jobless, and in a really tough spot. If only I could sell Rebecca...getting a book published would be such a mental lift, even if the $$ isn't luxurious. Then again, I can't even afford beer, so even a $ would feel luxurious right about now!
Weight loss is pretty meh. I'm almost the same weight every time I weigh myself (I mean, I do swing 3 pounds this way and that, but that happens if you weigh yourself daily), and no matter how closely I keep my Livestrong account, and swimming and walking and strolling (and pacing my apartment for hours) doesn't seem to help all that much. I've been dieting more (and less) seriously for a year now and only lost ten-fifteen pounds tops. I don't want to take four years to lose the remaining forty!!
I guess I should go back to smoothies, but they're not great for winter food, and the weather is cooling already so it'll be chilly soon.
Okay it's 4 pm. I have to start cleaning so I can cook at 5 and eat at 6. Trying to get on a "normal" schedule for eating and sleeping, instead of having breakfast at 1 pm and dinner at 3 am.
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