snapshots.

this weekend was perfection. it included all of the right moves. {except the point when my phone crashed and burned} but lets just disregard that little tid bit. because without that, the weekend was filled with nothing but pure awesomeness.

just take a look for yourself. . .

on saturday ashley and i headed to new york. with no intentions in mind. except to frolic about in bryant park.
{and see kara}

bryant park at its finest

ashley fully enjoying the beautiful weather in the beautiful park.

we also really dug central park. and all of the super cool bladers and their super sweet skills.

we tracked down our favorite celtic pub in times square. even though we pretty much hate times square. we truly do enjoy the playwright.
{even if we were at the wrong one}

i ate a lot of bread before this big chicken sandwich came out for me to dive into. . .

it was fantastic!

i had this yummy beverage to wash all the great food down with.

glorious saturday.

as for the blissful sunday. . .


and delightful monday. . .

i started with this
and a big piece of this chocolate cake with peanut butter icing-so delish!

and this little spud who wouldn't take her eyes off handy manny
we then went over to my house to splish splash in the pool
yay for a short week and 4th of july on saturday.

hollywood took a hit.

between farrah and michael, pop culture lovers are mourning. however, i guess it's fair to say that the big shocker is michael jackson. since farrah had been sick and all. {but still super sad}

i almost still don't believe that michael jackson, king of pop, is dead. like seriously? one second my dear friend jonny is all stoked about flying out to london in a few weeks to attend two of his concerts. he's on the phone with me telling me how he purchased 10th row tickets for $400. telling me how it's about time he gets to see michael live. except now, now he won't. one second michael jackson was just another weirdo in hollywood. someone that the media enjoyed tearing apart, mocking and destroying. now the media is taking a completely different role in how they are broadcasting michael jackson. as they should. it's the exact respect he deserves. and most likely deserved all these years. {i've always been a michael supporter} as a tribute, (if this were at all possible) i think the music for thriller should be released through the clouds-and everyone should have to stop whatever it is they are doing and break out in dance. wouldn't that be swell? i sure think so. . .

anywhoooo.

happy friday! i hope the sun shines bright on all of your lovely weekend plans. i am looking forward to a trip to new york on saturday. {to frolik about in bryant park}

while in new york,
i can't wait to. . .

-embrace bryant park
-indulge in pinkberry
-experience the shake shack
-take in the fresh (and unfresh) scents of the city
-wander aimlessly throughout the streets
-check out some vintage thrift shops
-hopefully see kara and kay
-hunt out some street fairs
-stalk out a celeb or two

what can you not wait to do this weekend?

today i gave kim kardashians workouts on the exercise channel a go. i was planning on doing the shred, but figured i'd change it up. first off, i couldn't help but giggle at kim's attire for the workout videos.

for real-that is what she wears. the videos are called "fit into your jeans by friday." which to me sounded very enticing. the workouts are definitely not over the top. but i did break a sweat with the hardcore abs and glute exercises. and i definitely feel it. but i just think it is really difficult to take exercising seriously when the instuctor has their lacy pink bra showing. oh kim kardashian.

today was food day at work. which means that someone brings in yummy treats for the office. i got a tad hungry before lunch, however. so i ate this

and then i filled up my plate with these delectable foods

i ate the whole slice of watermelon, (and took two slices home with me!) the whole blueberry muffin half and the whole half of the bagel. i decided to bring my chocolate chip cookie home for dessert.

dinner was this amazing healthy choice mexican soup

it was filled with beans, chicken, corn, peppers, some other stuff and a VERY tasty broth.

i got slightly chompy a little bit later-so i made myself a peanut butter sandwich on an arnold's thin

oh how i adore me a peanut butter sandwich!

and before i sign off....

i have been terribly frustrated. my face has taken a big liken to this one annoying pimple. it honestly doesn't seem to want to budge! i think maybe my face needs a change up in product. or something. please, let me in on your clear skin regime!


ughh...this post was SUPPOSED to go up at 7am this morning. but the scheduler must not have worked. slightly mad.

maybe one day i'll be an editor for a big magazine.

but until then, i'll keep on wearing my sexy pink ladies attire. because well, i don't really have any other choice. i so wish i did though. but enough with the complaining. i have a job, i know i know. just be happy, i know i know. so okay-i'm happy! sort of kind of maybe.

truth is, i feel like i've been a slug lately. perhaps it's because i haven't gone for a run in quite some time. perhaps it does has something to do with not loving my job. perhaps it's because i really am ready to move out. perhaps it's because i realize i have no money to move out. perhaps it's all of that. and so what if it is.

until all my dreams start falling into place, i'll just keep living for the right now. which i'm okay with i suppose. sometimes i wish i could look into a crystal ball and see my future. what is waiting for me. and will i like it. {please let me like it, crystal ball} i've always been a huge believer that i was meant to do big things. but i am sure that most feel that way about their lives, huh? but i always think if i believe it hard enough-it will come true. dreams are meant to come true, aren't they?

viaaaaa

this morning i had peanut butter on a toasted arnold's thin with some grapes. this filled me over big time for some weird reason. normally-i'm starving by 10o'clock.

however, when lunch rolled around-i didn't have any appetite. therefore, i pulled out the hardboiled egg i packed and just ate that.

because i knew if i didn't eat SOMETHING, i'd start to get a headache later on.

regardless of my lack in appetite, you can bet your bottom that when i was told the doctors were having an ice cream truck delivered to the cafe for the afternoon i got excited. and i'm not even a huge ice cream fan. but i have a thing for ice cream trucks and little ice cream stands. so when this sweet little place showed up-i was giddy and ran over to have them dish me out a yummy treat.

i went with the strawberry shortcake and rainbow sprinkles. i stuck it right in the freezer to bring home with me. as soon as i walked in the door of my house, i took a few nibbles. DIVINE! i can't wait to eat the rest after dinner.

i think i am going to go push myself to take a light run around the block. nothing intense. but just something to get my legs moving. what, what.

is it the weekend yet?

it's about time my phillies won a game. they have been on a very depressing losing streak. so yay to that!

i had every intention on coming home from work this afternoon and laying out by the pool to soak up whatever ray of sunshine we had going on. instead, i came home and played with this little girl. . .

because when those chunky cheeks are around-how can you not want to play?

oh! um, can i just tell you about a very exciting recent purchase i made? i have been wanting a pair of these hunter wellies for like, eh, forever. however, after my last rainboot pitfall-i haven't had the courage to shell out $115. well, i ended up scoring these gems for just $55. yes-i found an incredible hunter sale that i simply couldn't refuse. they are in olive green-and i can't wait until they come in.

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i had a yummy breakfast of peanut butter on a toasted english muffin

i got way hungry around 11o'clock-so i ended up snacking on this

and lunch was this wickedly awesome southwest salad from mcdonalds

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and a big mug of coffee-because it's just what this rawkstar needed

and maybe i nibbled on a few bites {or the whole thing} of this


my sister is currently getting ready to go see the midnight showing of transformers 2. oh how jealous i am of her.

yowza. even as a burnt victim-he looks yum-licious!

can't wait to see what sam and mikaela have in store this time around.

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i don't feel like going to work.

how bad is it when you've only been working for a week and you already don't feel like going in?

maybe if i had a fun guy across the street to play this game with, it'd be more enticing. sigh.

anywho, watch this video. i ADORE it. and maybe watched it a whole bunch of times, and i maybe find something different i love each time i watch it.

happy monday blogging goddesses!

i've never been a real big fan of mondays. simply because they mean the weekend is over. and well, who wants that? i sure don't. however, i have off on mondays. (don't throw anything at me) but still, i'm not a fan of the dreaded monday. the day is cursed as far as i'm concerned. hmpf.

i woke up this morning and had a yummy bowl of honey nut cheerios

lunch consisted of a turkey and muenster cheese on an arnold's thin melted on the george foreman

i had some baked doriots on the side.

this sandwich was just okay. it didn't hit the spot, that's for sure. it actually kind of made me gag, but i ate it anyway. because i'm a real fool.

i had a bag of these grasshoppers afterwards. i basically adore them.

i plan on taking full advantage of the no rain situation today and go for a run in a little bit. we'll see if it actually happens. but i'm hoping i can find the motivation to lace up the sneaks and hit the pavement.

a few things currently on my mind:

{when will i ever have enough money to move out}
{why does it seem impossible to find a job i love}
{weddings, engagements, falling in love}
{traveling}

what's been on your mind?

and because i pinkie promised. here is the big winner for the custom t shirt giveaway:
[drum roll. . . . . ]

congrats, miss lilu! shoot me an email and i'll give you the deets.

tid bits and such.

i am fairly certain that vodka cranberries may be my anti-christ. i knew i shouldn't have had one last night. i knew i should have stuck to beer and beer only. (and maybe a few shots of something girly) but i definitely knew better than to order that vodka cranberry. a for sure sign that when ordering said drink, i already vommed a little in my mouth. mmm. but it didn't stop me from guzzling down two. which was two too many. i then quickly went back to beer and jager shots. which of course led to some puking and more puking. and me waking up still fully clothed with my heels on. and not remembering how i made it to where i ended up. george post, thanks for hosting another lovely birthday celebration. and thankfully, i didn't chip my tooth this time!

i made it through my first week of the new job. so far so good. or as good as it can be for a job i don't really want to do and an outfit that makes me feel like a piece of bubble gum.

happy fathers day to the best dad, evaaaa.

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that's my handsome pop in silver.

the rain has been NON-STOP here in horsham. it's been terribly sluggish. my mom took advantage of the downfall, however. we have been having a slight problem with bird poop around our pool deck. so she decided to run outside with a brush and clean it off.

you can't quite see, but it is raining HARD!

i've been a slacker in the exercise department. oops. but this week i'm totally jumping back on the saddle.

here are some of my yummy eats. take a peek. . .


i've been hanging out a lot with this cuddly tot.

and well, that is able all. winner for the contest will be announced tomorrow! pinkie promise.

this...

...is lovely.

hollla

i have been in such a funk lately. and i don't like it. not one.single.little.bit.

i started a new job yesterday. i don't hate it, but i certainly don't love it. it's not what i want to be doing. which always makes it difficult. i have to wear a uniform. and by uniform, i mean a pink shirt with a pink sweater. white shoes and khaki pants. umm...i feel like i'm a 70 year old woman. it's not flattering and i look like a complete boob. but it's a job, and it's five minutes away, and therefore, i can't complain. (but it's okay if i do a little bit, right?)

anyways, just wanted to check in. i have a winner for the giveaway! oh la la. winner will be announced realllll soon.

for now, i am off to work, where i shall bring out the inner 70 in me.
oh sweet baby jesus.

mouth watering.

excitedly, two fridays ago, i called up holley johnson from myrecipes.com to chat. i had two topics in mind that i wanted to talk to her about, to hear her thoughts and advice on. i couldn't wait to hear what this adorable southern registered dietitian and food editor was going to throw at me. of course, before calling her up, i googled her!

holley has in incredibly rad job. and before she was the food editor for my myrecipes.com, she was writing the healthy food column, healthy living special and other stories as an associate editor at southern living. i know i'm totally envious. on the myrecipes.com site, holly is the host of dinner tonight. this is where she whips up some yummy meal in 45 minutes or less in a gorgeous looking kitchen!

from the second our conversation began, i just knew the next twenty minutes was going to be awesome. i was so right. we started off by talking about our love for taste testing and how lovely working in a foodie atmosphere is. i also swooned for five seconds over her southified accent. (i've always wanted one)

after a few minutes of gabbing, we got down to business.

i explained to her that i have always had a problem with switching up meals at lunch. i know this is a problem among many. eating the same old turkey sandwich, or peanut butter and jelly, or in my case-eggs.

holley gave me some GREAT (and delicious) suggestions that i can't wait to try out. holley is a big fan of salads-so am i-so i really enjoyed her ideas for mixing it up in the leafy green department.

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she said she likes to buy whole chickens, shrimp and pasta to switch it up in her salad. i love this idea. pasta, chicken and shrimp are all key essentials to any salad. also, she will chop up lots of fresh veggies to throw in.

holley is a big fan of soups as well. even in the summertime. (and she's a deep southern gal, remember!) she stated that most offices are always so chilly because of the air conditioning, the soup is a nice warm-up. amen, holley!

as far as soup goes, she will make individual portioned sizes and freeze them. she'll take it out to bring for lunch, leave it out, and by the time lunch finally rolls around for the day-the soup is ready to be microwaved and ready to go! a suggestion: bring half a sandwich to accompany your soup.

most of holley's soups consist of grains, veggies and beans. and her favorite soup, (which is a coloboration of ingredients) has chicken, onions, garlic and tomoates and white beans. tasty!

oh, and i truly adore! a lunch club. gather a few of your work buddies and each day a different person makes something to bring in for lunch for the whole group to eat. i think this idea is rockin'. and seriously, how cute. a fabulous and fun way to swap recipes and taste your friends cooking. it also lessens the stress of planning a meal for every single day of the week.

lunch clubbin'.

the next matter of business was how to shop healthily. i explained how much i struggle with buying health food because i feel as though i seriously empty my wallet. gasppp.

however, i was informed that healthy foods doesn't mean it has to be a diet brand. she said, it's important to buy natural food that hasn't been processed. because the consumer is paying for the labor and convienence. shame on me for not thinking of this before!

tips:

-stick with items that haven't been chopped-buy in whole. (broccoili, asparagus, corn, peppers, beans, etc.)
-stock up on zip lock bags from the dollar store.
-buy a regualr sized bag of cookies or chips and make 100 calorie packs yourself. (it might take a few extra minutes-but you'll save in the long run)
-buy pita bread and make your own pita chips. sprinkle cinnamon, garlic, whatever you like on to them, spray some cooking spray, cut up and throw in the oven.

here is a great site for you to all check out. to keep your eats cheap.

a h.u.g.e thanks to holley for taking the time to hang out with me via telephone.

and if you haven't already, go to myrecipes.com to indulge in all things scrumptious!


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