Woke up to this..

It's christmastime in the city!

one question

can I come home yet?

My throat hurts, and I just want to lay on my sleeping couch and watch Oprah.

I want to drink hot chocolate. But I can't this week, seeing as there are traces of HFCS in it.

Boo!

But, on the bright side, I come home in 14 days, and I made zucchini bread tonight.

Sometimes that is all you need.

Wisdom Wednesday

a little quick entry, I've got to get to sleep!

WW39- No High Fructose Corn Syrup

yeah i know, you have no idea what I am talking about.. let me explain

I'm in this class called Current Social Problems, and right now we're talking about obesity. Because corn subsidies are so ginormous, a lot of it is produced, and the cheap, fattening, awful for you corn syrup derived from it shows up in just about every processed food out there. It's great living in America, isn't it? You can get fat without even really trying!

Anyways, our teacher challenged us this week to eat no HFCS. And if we do, we get extra credit.

Bring it on.

So, I've successfully completed 2 days. What have I been eating? Granola, fruit, and lentils.

Haha- really, it isn't as bad as it sounds.

... I am turning into my mother

look what I stumbled upon

this is brilliant

Wisdom Wednesday

Honey, I'm HOOOOOOOOME.

That's right, and it feels pretty dang good. ... the only things disconcerting me are the fact that the light switches in my apartment are higher up on the wall than those at my actual house, so I have to concentrate when turning on a light, and the fact that there is a disease infested furry impostor at my dwelling. I hate you, cat.

ANYWAYS, I digress. I am so glad to be home. Did I mention that I love being home? Ahh it's nice.

However, there is one little issue, a little mental note for myself for the next time I travel.

WW38- Don't forget Antonio.

You see, when I decided to come home, my phone decided to stay in Provo. He just really likes it there, I guess. I'm just fine with being disconnected for a few days, but the only problem it poses is the fact that I have a handful of friends here I am dying to see.... and currently, I have no way to get in touch with those individuals. Yes, this is when telekinesis would come in handy.

Bottled Euphoria

i could give Jamba Juice a run for their money with the obscenely delicious concoction I made out of yogurt, way too ripe bananas, raspberries, and my roommates strawberries. (that will be our little secret)

what makes it even better? I discovered "Peaceful Holidays" channel on Pandora. I've been raised on the "bah-on-Christmas-before-Tgiving-humbug" so I was a little apprehensive to pull out the Christmas music quite yet... but "Peaceful Holidays" doesn't have Christmas in the title. And it's instrumental.

have I ever told you how good it feels to be completely done with everything I need to do for the weekend, plus have that weekend last 5 days? Really, really good.

and now I've got 17 hours to kill before I can go home for 48 hours. sigh. I guess it's better than 47?

and hold the pumpkin pie, Mom. Through my blogging travails, I've stumbled upon this morsel. It's begging to be baked on Thanksgiving. So excited.

Because my roommates left my pepper alone this time...

(last time I bought a pepper it went MIA. Freak, roommates! Those things are not cheap!)

I whipped up some stuffed pepper/ took a picture for all the world to see.

rice, onion, sunflower seeds, spices, egg, and cheese.

I love food setting.