i definitely want to work with these fine people:

laying low.

happy saturday, pretty people!

oh sweet saturday, how i love thee. i'm currently blogging from bed. i adore spending saturdays in bed. i feel as though that rarely gets to happen. so when i have completely nothing to do, i take full advantage of it. can you blame me?

and just because it's saturday, and i have nothing else to do, i share this giggle worthy video with you. and yes, i may not be a ginger, but i can still love it. plus, my sister is a ginger-and i can vouch for her. . .she does have a soul!

what are your weekend plans?

long lost friends.

i'm one pitiful blogger. i've been in such a slump as of late that i feel as though i have nothing worthy to share with the blogging world. the rut that is my life has just been totally boring. same job, same friends {whom i love}, same house, same everything. {cue worlds tiniest violin}

seriously, when i say i haven't been up to anything, i truly mean it. i go to work, go to the gym, and watch a lot of tv. thank gosh for tv.

oh, and thank gosh for this adorable face. . .

horsham is currently being hammered with another snow storm. just when the remains of the last storm was finally melting away. yup, thanks, mother nature. you're a real peach. granted, i love the snow. i honeslty do. i love watching it snow. i'm just a little bit over huge storms. i think one snow storm a winter is plenty. the rest of the winter snow should come in small doses. some flurries here, a few flurries there. i can handle two, three, even five inches. but another eighteen inches? really? that's a whole other tune.

this morning i woke up and had a hankering for an eggy sandwich. so i made one. with some low fat mozz. cheese, asparagus and broccoli. out.of.this.world!

work was slightly ridiculous. obnoxious, even. and i'm completely and utterly over it. as i have been for some time now. the one lovely thing? it was one of my co-workers birthday. which meant, birthday cake!

my piece of the delicious carrot cake

the consistency was incredible. and the icing, wowza!

i've decided i need to be more consistent with blogging. and more consistent with food pictures. the reason i decided to start taking pictures of my food was to be aware of what i ate throughout the day. in order to help with operation 'gotta fit in my bridesmaids dress.' which, yeah, hasn't been going to awesome. but it's starting to go awesome. i'm on the road to awesomeness. and that's a committment!

oh. and on a fun note:

on tuesday i had the pleasure of hanging out with these humans. . .

i had tickets to the view, and the jersey shore cast were the guests. hysterical, eh? and believe me, they were hysterical. out of control, nonetheless, but hysterical. it was pretty rockin'. too bad it was a terribly rainy day. but well worth the trek to be in the presence of snooks. {and vinny, who i loveeee}

fist pump!

hi, my name is. . .

{enter eminem song}

oh how i love that devilish little rapper.

anyway, seriously. hi, my name is amanda and i'm a major slacker. yup. i've said it. it's true.

it is now wednesday and i have definitely NOT attended the gym once as of this week. i'm a disgrace. i also haven't laced up for a run. who do i think i am? bathing suit is quickly approaching. cough, bridesmaid dress, cough. i don't know why i can't get myself motivated and in gear. i'm in dire need of a hard, firm kick in the butt!



i'm ecstatic that it is hump day. and that tomorrow is thursday. and the day after that is friday. i am almost positive i say that every week. sigh. i'll one day find a killer job that i no longer have these same sentiments. righttttt??

um, so yesterday, peeps. . .

my lunch was terribly boring. not overly tasty by any means, and not nearly filling enough.

peanut butter sandwich on an arnold thin
bangin' apple pie yogurt mixed with some mixmygranola.coma not ripe enough banana {this ended up on the peanut butter sandwich}tuesday nights are my long days at work. the only good thing about tuesdays are the team tuesday crew i work with. they are awesome. metacarpal love to team tuesday, babyyyy!

when i got home i was pumped to see these two beauties hanging out in my roomsilly packages crushing my vera bradley that i have yet to unpack from the weekend. ooops.

free people finally pulled through and sent me my lovelies i ordered. lovin' it. lovin' it a lot.

anddddd...the BIG box??
smoooooooooches!

the AMAZING people over at holey donuts sent me THREE boxes of donuts to review. this made me feel like one of the luckies ladies alive. i honest to goodness love donuts. as in, can't get enough. i'm not a huge sweet eater, but donuts make me drooool.

i have been keeping my eye on their 100 calorie low fat cinnamon buns middles since they hit the site. so you better believe i was throwing my arms about when i saw they sent me a box. hey girl, hey. they also sent along their newest low fat sugar and spice donuts and an assortment of yummy donut goodness! i will be reviewing these as i go along eating through the boxes. nom nom nom.

after giddily {is that even a word?} opening up the delivery man's finest, i headed for the kitchen because my stomach was tossing and turning. i wanted something hot to trot. so i settled with progresso rotini soup. bumping and grinding in the pot

while i waited for this to sizzle, i munched on some {crumbs} veggie and flaxseed chips from trader joes with. . .this hummus is out of this world!

i'd be kidding if i said i didn't break into the cinnamon bun middles oh em gee. i loved this little guy like snookie loves a guido.

for reals. this bun tasted like the real thing. it had the same taste as something totally fattening and bad for you. but i ate it feeling no guilt. the best part. i stuck it in the microwave for 20 seconds, and i was in pure heaven. holey donuts are gods!

today i felt {and still do} sluggish. i like working the early shift because i like being finished work by 3. however, having to be to work at 6:30 is a real pain. and extremely draining. but i fired through and survived. and also scored pizza out of the deal.

we had a meeting, therefore, we get treated to food. i had a piece of plain and a piece of veggie. this pizza was just rockin'.
i held myself back from grabbing a third

i was lame and didn't make myself anything for dinner. i nibbled on some snackies. and i wrapped two pickles in turkey lunch meat. bon appetit! it was actually really quite deelish.

the rest of the night i will be catching up on my tv shows. one tree hill/idol/biggest loser/life unexpected/greys. sheesh. addicted, much?

what are your favorite shows to watch during the week?

hoping for a quick day!

hi there, morning glories!

it's tuesday, so that means it's almost friday, no?

i figure we can start tuesday off with a little no. everyone likes fun, correct? how about everyone liking donuts? i have drooled on here before over holey donuts. they are a lovely little company that allows us to eat donuts without feeling ever so guilty after doing so. healthy donuts that taste like the real deal? now that's what i'm talking about!

over the next few weeks, holey donuts will be running a contest. who doesn't love a good contest? they want to give one lucky reader out there in blog world four boxes of their donuts, low fat treats and $250 store credit good for one year. um, sounds pretty fabulous, huh? i think so, too! and it's super easy to get yourself included in the running.

just go here and enter your name and email and icouldbeordinary in the subject line, and you're ready and set to go! easy peasy. also, get an extra entry by being their facebook fan. it takes five seconds and it's totally worth each of those seconds. so make like nike and just do it.

i planned on waking up early to go for a run or hitting the gym. yeah, i didn't do either. shame on me. but i WILL make it to the gym tonight if it's the last thing i do. no more making excuses. gotta get'er done.

i just ate a somewhat satisfying bowl of chex cereal:

cereal sometimes just doesn't cut it for me in the morning.

tid bits on tuesday:

i am dreading going into work today. it's really rather mind blowing how much i can't stand what i've been doing these last few months.

it's currently snowing outside, AGAIN! just simple flurries, but even still. we have enough snow out there to last us until next winter. i'm so not even kidding you.

i met the most awesome guy in my dreams last night. i woke up and felt incredibly sad for myself that he wasn't real and it was just a dream. le sigh.

i've been waiting for a package to arrive on my doorstep for two weeks now and i'm starting to think free people is holding it hostage.

that is all for now. i'm off to get dressed and trudge through this hideous work day.

much love

monday nights make me cringe.

i hope everyone had a darling valentines day. whether you had a special someone to share it with or not, i hope you were able to find love in something you did yesterday. and if not, it's now over and done with.

for all of you out there who get to take advantage of presidents day, happy day off! be lazy and enjoy a day of non-working. they are the best kind of days. amen!

my weekend was lovely. i escaped to the shore friday night for some serious r&r. it was exactly what i needed and it couldn't have come with better timing. i do however wish i could escape to the shore every weekend. ho hum.

anyway, lets go back to friday. {i wish the weekend was just beginning and not coming to an end}

i ran out of the office friday afternoon to get home and pack real quick. i was meeting my friend at her house to be on our way for an exciting few days. much to my dismay, the 40 minute drive took me three and a half hours. how disgusting is that? the traffic was completely and utterly horrific. there was some sort of terrible, no good, very bad accident right off the exit i was trying to get to. i was trying very hard to stay positive and not lose my mind. i was trying to remember how lucky i was that i was just sitting in traffic and not in the accident. i was mad at myself because i was being such a brat about the whole situation. alas, i arrived at my destination. we loaded up and we were on our way. perfection.

once we got to the house, put our stuff away, we decided we needed drinks, food and the olympics.

enter miller lite and trader joes enchiladas:

while eating, we enjoyed the opening ceremony. we also felt a little like we were tripping on something. it was quite wild. but we totally loved it, eh. {didn't you know i speak canadian?} we stayed up for hours upon hours doing a whole lot of nothing and meeting new friends. say hello to baby batman!

we woke up jonesing for coffee. we headed to the boardwalk and i ended purchasing a mug:how cute is that?

we lounged around all afternoon before making our way to polar plunge. which is basically a bunch of crazies running into the ocean. mind you, it's frickin' freezing cold! we did just have a major snow storm.

i am seriously cold just thinking about it all over again.

afterwards we hit the bar to do some fist pumping. ya'know, beat the beat up and all that jazz.
when we got back to the house, i was in dire need of warming my feeties up.

and eating pizza {x2}

saturday night we hit atlantic city up. and i'd be lying if i said i didn't win. because i totally did! 150 dolla dolla bills, yo. i was down 40 and ended up winning it all back and then some. i love you, 5 cent slot machines!

on sunday we woke up and got our butts out the door to wawa. i need coffee and a breakfast sandwich pronto!

definitely not the healthiest, but it was oh so good.

i also dyed my hair on sunday. however, it isn't very drastic, and sadly, no one can even tell. i was trying to go for a dark auburn/red.

for valentines night we went to dinner at iron hill back home. luckily, we weren't surrounded by couples galore like we were expecting. i had a deeeelicious mediterranean veggie wrap. i gobbled it up so quickly there was no time for a picture. i also maybe had one or two or three light lagers.

i am sad it is now monday night and everything has come to a close. so is life. after my somewhat unhealthy eating habits over the last few days, i must hit the gym up tomorrow! it's so on like donkey kong.

what did you all do this weekend?

it looks like a ghost town.

my company was closed today because it started snowing last night and it hasn't quite
stopped.

they have shut down roads. supermarkets closed at noon. the 24-hour dunkin' donuts isn't even opened!

maybe because it looks something like this out there. . .

{yes, my dad built a fire outside on our deck and lit a tree in the center of the backyard}

i've been inside by the fire watching live coverage all.day.long.
it's grand!

it's almost friday, right?

i had every intention of going to the gym last night. workout clothes on, check. ipod ready to rock and roll, check. water, check. motivation, negative. i sat by the fire waiting for my sister to get home from work so we could head on out. however, the more and more i waited, the less and less i wanted to attend. long story short, i totally changed out of the work clothes and crawled into bed instead. and i didn't even feel ashamed.

back tracking a month, a few days ago and yesterday. . .

last month:

my cousins little boy turned one. it was a day of celebrations. it was the cutest thing ever. my cousin had a milkshake station

and the cutest cupcakes i have ever seen!

like seriously, so friggin' awesome. and they were delicious!

a few days ago:

over the weekend, my michael jackson loving friend came over to show his prized possession-the opus. he's crazy. that thing is ridiculously heavy!

my family crowded around the book. my mom is wearing the white glove the book comes with.

yesterday:

i hung out with this rawkstar

and i had a huge craving some clam chowder. but as soon as i sat down to eat it, the craving had passed and i just wasn't in the mood. sad face.
this ended up being lunch and dinner. i had half for each. with a few chips on the side. i'm so boring.

this morning:

i woke up bright and early. awaiting miss delaney once again. my dad has the pleasure of babysitting her today. i ate a yumtastic honey wheat bagel with peanut butter smothered on top.

note delaney's mushy animal cracker sitting on my plate. she likes to share her half eaten food with me. she's a doll.

it's now just about time for me to head off to work, and it makes me want to cringe. i want no part of it. but mama needs to make the cash money.

we're supposed to be getting plummeted with another big snowstorm tonight. therefore, i'm hoping for a grown-up snow day tomorrow. wouldn't that just be lovely?
crossing fingers!

oh, hello. . .

*via

my sweet lovin' piece of technology is back. which means one thing, i'm back. and that means i'm happy.

i want to catch you all up on what has been going on with me the passed couple of weeks, but what's the point? i'm all for living in the future, not the past. so lets just assume everything has been somewhat busy. and it's all been somewhat good and we'll move on from there. and pick up from today. capeesh?

i have spent pretty much most of this weekend snuggled up in bed under the most wonderful heating blanket. and cuddling in front of the fire with the family playing board games, being silly and eating bad foods for me.

i have also spent a good portion of this weekend looking around my room trying to get inspired and find a solution to declutter, redesign and organize, organize, organize. i am still clueless...but not completely hopeless.

and now, just because i'm in an utterly flighty spirit, here are some darling love notes:

dear crazy blizzard that came friday into saturday,
thank you for coming to play. you looked magical falling from the sky and covering the ground and trees. everything looks prettier with a coat of freshly fallen 12 inches of snow on top of it. that i am sure of. according to the weather, i'll be seeing more of you tuesday night. looking forward to it. until then. . .

dear room,
please come to life and rearrange yourself.

dear dunkin donuts,
your cinnamon coffee is da bomb. you have gotten me through some pretty tough days. and for that, i am entirely grateful.

dear bangs,
cooperate for crying out loud!

dear ugly betty,
i can't believe i have to say goodbye to you. it makes me terribly sad. but i do hope you go out with a bang.

dear future husband,
can we just meet already? i'm sort of sick of waiting.

dear delaney,
you are the most precious niece anyone could ask for. you make my world brighter with every single giggle.

dear diet,
i hate you. but i am sorry for not sticking to you. i have been feeling like a real sloth with all the extra crap i've been indulging in.

dear bridesmaid dress,
i will fit into you. that is a promise. and it'll be stunning.

dear superbowl,
i could honestly careless about you. you don't even have a good halftime show. what's up with that?

dear back to the future,
you are an incredible movie. yet you confuse the heck out of me. time travel really blows my mind.

if you could time travel, where would you go back to? would you change history? turn left instead of right? say yes instead of no? warn everyone on that september 11th day to get out of the buildings, not get on the plane? evacuate new orleans and haiti?

if only. . .