Today was my first day off of school! It was nice to sleep in til 7am and have a nice breakfast with coffee. My breakfast was not the most presentable, but ohhhh I am telling you, it is oh, so, truly, tastfully remarkable! I mix together Organic Oats, wheat germ, ground flax, bran, and lots of cinnamon and nutmeg. I top the oats with apple slices, blue berries, plain yogurt, and oh yes, the nutrient rich pumpkin containing 300% of your daily Vitamin A recommendation per 1/2 cup! I also pair the pumpkin with a dab of apple butter. This truly is my favorite breakfast! I licked the bowl clean ;) My coffee was great too! I filled my cup with Guatemalan Coffee and topped it with a vanilla milk mixture that I heat in the microwave. It contains 1/3c skim milk, vanilla extract, and 1 tsp raw sugar. Let the bubbles rise to the top of the dish and slowly pour the milk to embrace the coffee with delight. Perfectly Simple :)

Morning buzz

Ahh, I love my morning buzz of great coffee paired with my course work of study :) Brings my morning w/ a great start (other than my workout and bible time). Hope you guys have a great blessed day today! "Blessed are those who are meek in spirit, for they will see the Lord"

Kayley bug

Meet my little Westie, Kayley! She insisted on sitting in a box in the trunk of my sisters lil yellow car. Meet my sis, Laurie, well her hand at least :0)

Popcorn delight

My Friday routine usually consist of a great bowl of popcorn and a movie. It's a great treat to come home to after a long week of work and school. Pairing popcorn w/ grapes is a great satisfying, healthy combo :) If I was in Colorado w/ my brother and sister in law, I would pair my popcorn w/ a protein shake or, umm a Spreta? Well, some fizzy no cal soda. I forget the name??? Oh yeah, check out my new popcorn maker! It pops every kernal! My mom finally broke down and bought me a new one :) She probably felt sorry for me for using my old popcorn maker that had Duck Tape on it to stay together! I also tried it w/ my new Organic Multi-Colored Popcorn w/ butter sprinkles :) Really good.

Feeling better

Sunday I had a great 5.3mile run! First run in almost a week!!! So, to make up for it, yesterday I ran about 3miles, pushups, and abs. That night, after my second to last exam at 7PM, I cycled 36min for 12 miles (had to quit early, the girl beside me drove me crazy talking of her boy trouble :) ) and lifted weights at the college. I don't feel quite as fat today :) However, I still ate a salad @ 9pM for dinner! THen 2servings of plain yogurt and blueberries, good grief! Well, now that late night studying is on a hault for 26days, I can get my eating habbits on a, oh so much better, schedule! During school, I always seem to eat dinner really late, b/c I am eating after night school or late library study. So not great for the waste line or the mind game I play!

I finished!

I did it! Another semester away and put under my belt :0) I am a student at Appalachian State concentrating in Nutrition Management. This semester has been horrible (no joke), it would be the right thing to say that my classes were the hardest part, but what an understatement to a lie. It seemed that every time I had a quiz and barely made it to Boone from WIlkes (where I commute from), my parking lot was overly crowded full, traffic backed up for miles, snow, ice storms, fogg, construction workers blocking traffic, and oh my gosh anything and everything to destroy my hope to succeed was always in my way. But I made it. I have a bad feeling my GPA has been lowered, which honestly could bring me to tears, but we won't go there. Anyhoo, I finished, not sure how strong, but I'm done. Thanks for listening, who ever you are.

Almost over

Oh what a week this has been. Again I am up late studying for an exam. Luckily this will be my last one for the semester! I start summer school on May 25th, I got a lil break before then. Ok bloggers, I better go for now!