veggie lasagna- it's whats for dinner!

So yesterday I made a recipe I stumbled upon on google from http://vegetarian-hausfrau.blogspot.com/
Here's the recipe: black bean and spinach lasagna.

First of all I didn't get pictures of my finished product because we cut into it so quickly. The only changes I made were using a green pepper/mushroom pasta sauce and using less shredded cheese.

My review? Delicious! My vegetarian boyfriend went back for seconds and even requested it as something i make again. I was loving it because I can add another recipe that uses a bunch of cilantro to my list. I LOVE cilantro. Like, really, I've been teased about liking it so much. Also, pretty cost effective as we've both eaten leftovers from it a couple times and she provides directions for making 1/2 to freeze for later.

Now, back to Glee!

hello

RAIN
So I ended up taking a day off of work yesterday b/c of vertigo. I'm not sure why I'm having episodes again as I haven't had it since college. I know I've been really stressed out lately with headaches everyday (I think I've been grinding my teeth while sleeping again). I feel better today but the day is so lazy it's somewhat depressing. There was a glimmer of a chance to go boating today but it's not looking like it during this deluge. My friend thinks there is some meteorological conspiracy occurring. She's kidding but seriously, this is some INTENSELY long rainstorms.

CATS
My cat Addy darted out the door two nights ago. It was raining at the time and like 3am so I gave up pretty quickly trying to get her back in. I haven't seen her since. I'm not sure she knows where the apartment is. She usually comes back by now for food and whatnot. Maybe it's the rain that's got her in hiding but my money says she went exploring the trees in the other side of the big  pond and found some cats and isn't coming back anytime soon :( OH well, still have my dog Macy, my other  cat Benson and now Denis' senile cat Sonia for company.

CAMPING
I have been obsessed lately. I have the biggest hankering to jump in a packed up car and get lost in the woods for a couple of days. I'm going to GA in November to visit Denis' family. While I initially wanted to swing by Savannah on the way back I'm thinking of asking if we can pack up a few supplies and do a night or two of  camping instead. Unless it's too terribly freezing already- then I'll just settle for exploring ATL.

HAIR 

I recently ordered this Sedu hair straightener 
from Folica.com (where the pic is from). I've read and seen lots of
good  things about it. I'm hoping it does the trick. No I haven't become
a CURL hater! I am however thinking of cutting my hair and on the chance that the bangs/cut looks awful curly I will need a straighener. Plus
I've always been envious of straight hair some days- the long sideswept bangs and flippy layers- you just can't do that with curly hair. The purchase came with a free 2 yr warranty, heat proof pouch and a mini solia straightener that I can use for just my bangs if I want or sell it/ give it away as a gift since I may not need it at all.

I'm planning on getting my hair cut like AnnaLynne McCord as seen in this picture from CelebSalon blog

Just gotta find a good salon out here in New Tampa.

realization

After a couple of days in the gym followed by a couple days of varying degrees of L knee pain from excruciating to nagging but always constant, I am hanging up the jogging hat for now. I enjoyed the accomplishments I was making. I cannot deal with the constant pain especially with my line of work. I was using running for weight loss but perhaps I need to focus on weight loss before I try the running again. c'est la vie. Can't say I didn't try.


In other news, I have a couch. Hooray!

New Home

I've all but been dead to this site for awhile. I'm officially all moved in at my New Tampa apartment. I have some more unpacking to do and also some furniture shopping. The pets are all settled in and it's starting to feel like home. I'm still getting adjusted to the new commute (need to leave 10 mins earlier!!) and learning the layout of the lands (ie- where's worth eating).

I may have some new roommates soon... more on that later ;)

Loving it
Christine

so?

I've fallen off the bandwaggon. A new love, a hated knee and seriously rainy weather are to blame. And me.

However,
The sun is shining. My Ibuprofen and RICEing regimen are working. I am ready to balance life again.

I work evening shift tonight. Tomorrow I head for a beach overnighter for my boyfriend's birthday. He's returning from GA today and I miss him so.
Next week I work a ton of hours and I am dreading it but then I get to move to my new place! My schedule is somewhat acceptable for a move in and I have half a month (About.) to get out and clean my old place. Very excited.

Sexual Harassment

Two creepy instances of sexual harrassment this week. I am going to look into some gel mace because I seem to be a magnet for this behavior lately.

Via FB comes today's account-

server- (not releasing my plate) are you sure you don't want gravy?
me- oh, no thanks. I don't eat meat.
server- are you sure? I promise there's no meat in my gravy. (suggestive smile)
me- no. (skin crawling).

And from twitter we have Monday's account-

just so we're on the same page. whispering 'i know someone that loves you' into my ear and then slinking away is fucking creepy and gross.

That second one came after I recoiled from the guy (I've had trouble w/ him before) because I thought he was going to kiss me on the cheek. I was browsing the internet on my phone in an abandoned hallway at the time of the offense. 

I am seriously done with this kind of behavior. Is it too much to respect women in public? Ladies, can you please raise your sons with manners and decency? Please withhold breeding with jerks so this behavior can stop. Women now and especially in future generations would really appreciate it! It seems no compliment is ever given to a female without a suggestion attached to it. These suggestions are disgusting and need to stop.

life gets in the way?

So my entry just got deleted!
Basically I missed about 4 days on my c25k training plan due to being out of town for a wedding and having crappy weather following two 12 hr work days. I should have taken shoes w/ me on my trip as I had plenty of time to hit the streets. Maybe the future workout me will have the foresight to plan ahead but I am at least recognizing what I can do better!

On other fronts, things seem to be going well. I don't want to jinx mysef, so no details!

I have come to find what conditions I run best in. Just enough sleep and an extremely empty belly. I had a moderate meal last night, got good rest, awoke around 0830 and only had sips of water by the time I finally left the house at about 0930. I am also not at all hungry when I get back in from exercising. It wasn't until about 1230 that I was like, okay, let me prepare something. Ended up making a really 'meaty' sauce and had a small bowl of pasta. I am trying to cook everything in my pantry and fridge in anticipation of the BIG MOVE next month. I am so excited :)

I've been really into this song lately. I love how Ms. Ditto kills it at the end. It's such a good motivator song. It has pushed me to do something out of character that turned out well this week so it's no big surprise that I found this on youtube today.



Enjoy :)

p.s. I am doing a 100 miles in June (anyway you can) challege via dailyrace.com. So far I have shaved 3 miles off and will do a couple more this evening. I love challenges like this.