too much of a good thing is wonderful.

tumblr!

2009-08-10T16:48:00.002-04:00

I'd really love for you girls to check out my flower-quote blog at:

http://rise-fall.tumblr.com/
thank you! ♥

2009-08-07T00:25:00.002-04:00

hey guys! :) since I last posted, I've done a lot of... soul searching, that's the best word for it... and I've discovered a few things.

This blog has helped me tremendously. All of you that leave me comments are such wonderful, caring people and I doubt I could have made so much progress without you. Thank ya'll so much. ♥
I love photography so much. If you've read my blog for a long time, you're probably aware of how much I love taking pictures of flowers. If I had to fill out a form asking about my hobbies, I'd definitely list "photographing flowers" first. I've decided to open up a flickr account so I can expose my pictures to a larger audience. I think I might even start a blog that features pictures of my flower and an inspirational quote in every post. :]
Blogging about my recovery is only a temporary solution. It helps me only as much as I post. If I don't post every day, I'm tempted to go back to ED tendencies. I can't keep posting forever, so I've decided to go out and find a new solution to ED. I'm going to stop blogging, perhaps not forever, but forever as in regards to recovery. ED does not have total control of my life and I think blogging about my struggles and conflicts gives him a lot more power over me than is healthy. I love sharing my food with you guys and it really does motivate me to eat healthier, but, like I said, I can't keep posting forever. "Too Much Of A Good Thing Is Wonderful" has reached the end of its run. I can't thank all ya'll readers enough.

So! With all that, this is it. :) I'd love to keep in touch with ya'll, so find me on facebook (it's new!) or send me an email (pullingstrings07@aol.com). I'll keep you posted on what other blog related things I do.

Thank you and goodnight. ♥

letting go is one way of saying I love you.

2009-07-16T14:44:00.001-04:00

Hey guys, sorry I haven’t been around lately. I’ve been doing a lot of thinking lately and I think that I’m going to take a little break from blogging, at least during the summer. I’ve hit a bit of a rough patch lately and I feel like I can probably handle it a little better without blogging. I really appreciate the support that all you girls provide and it’s helped me so much. =)

I hope ya’ll have a lovely summer.
I hope to be back soon.
mucho amor.
♥ Emily

gimme a break!

2009-06-17T20:02:00.003-04:00

gimme a break!
break me off a piece of that
kit
kat
bar!

tehe. That song is priceless. It makes you happy just hearing it.

But, on that subject, I'm going to be taking a little bit of a break. Here recently I've been pretty bombarded with things and I don't really have the strength to post everyday.

No need to worry, I'm fine.
I always love the support you girls give me. Thanks so much! ♥

Enjoy your summer.
I'll be back soon!

as fast as a speeding bullet.

2009-06-15T13:00:00.001-04:00

Quickie update!

Remember those grilled peaches I had a few weeks back? Well, this past weekend, they got published on TasteSpotting and Photograzing! :]

And a follow up to the fusion cuisine of the ‘shroom wontons-

mushroom cups with bean and cheese filling.

The ‘cups’ are actually baked wonton wrappers, an idea I got from this post. They are quite yummy! If I were to make them again though, I wouldn’t use black beans and cheese, but rather spinach and cheese. I feel like I eat too much of that combo though, so the beans were a welcome change. :D

And, return of the ice cream!

vanilla ice cream with honey and ginger.

Best. ice. cream. ever.

Even though it’s really hot outside, I want to make some double chocolate cookies. Ohh, and maybe some home made ice cream to go with it!

Problem is… I have no ice cream maker. :(
Anybody know of a good brand or have a recommendation? Pretty sure I’ll be heading to Walmart to pick one up for dirt cheap and see what I can do with it.

have a nice afternoon! enjoy the nice summer weather. ♥

there must be mushrooms in my head.

2009-06-12T18:03:00.001-04:00

After seeing Morgan’s yummy tortellini, I was inspired to create my own. Grabbing the past due wonton wrappers (June 8, oh no!), here’s my ode to the delicious mushroom….

‘Shroom Wontons
1 package of button mushrooms
1/3 cup of queso fresco (mexican food store, tasty!)
12 – 16 wonton wrappers
water

1) Steam mushrooms and drain. Cut them up into as small as you’d like pieces.
2) Mix mushrooms with crumbled queso fresco.
3) Spoon a bit of the mixture into the center of the wrapper and fold however you’d like. (mine are sorta, kinda like a wonton)
4) Steam or boil until wrappers are transparent.
5) Enjoy! :)

Lately, I’ve been a little behind in the land of food pictures, but don’t despair! I have plenty food porn for your viewing pleasure.

spinach & cheese quesadilla.

blueberry yogurt smoothie.

zucchini slop jar with greek seasoning.

buffalo burgers with onion rings and steamed spinach.

These past three days, I’ve been busy cleaning out the family kitchen. I started out with the spice cabinet and ended with the closet cabinet. Wow. It. was. fun. It really helped me space out and just chill.

However, I made a startling discovery.

we have much jello.
it’s taken over.

We have a total of 10 jello boxes. It’s scary. Who knew that one place could have so much jello, except a grocery store?!

Note to self: trash the jello.

♥

you’re like my favorite underwear.

2009-06-10T22:43:00.001-04:00

As much as I’d love to take credit for that title up there, I can’t. That wonderful phrase is courtesy of Liz Phair and her song “Favorite”.

The song is the inspiration for my post tonight, full of my favorite things! Following my post from the other day about my favorite summer fashion, I wanted to share some of my –other- favorite things, besides clothes and, of course, emgurt!

my favorite shoes (that I own): the hobbit shoes.

I felt the need to put “that I own” after that because if I could have any shoes in the world, it’d definitely be the sandals I wrote about in my last post. Buttt! On to the shoes I’ve got….
It’s true, when I where these, people call me tinker bell, but that’s no reason why I can’t love them. They’re so comfy! Best thing about them? I’m allowed to wear them during the school day, according to the school’s dress code! :) I really want to find some cheap black ones and put pyramid studs on them or get a pair of white ones and sharpie the bad boys!

my favorite drink:

IZZE! the best fruity flavor there is! (besides fruit, of course!)

ED never liked the idea of drinking calories- it was a “waste”- so soda and juices were out of the question. IZZE beats down that stupid ED idea and is really wonderful. I love their Blueberry and Pear flavors. Too bad they’re so hard to find around here.

my favorite band:family force 5

No matter what anybody says, I love these guys. Their music just makes me want to dance. Doesn’t hurt that they’re from Georgia either. ;)

my favorite flower:the daffodil

Ya’ll might have noticed, but I have a tiny, really small, minute love of flowers. Out of all that I’ve seen or heard of (or taken pictures of), the daffodil is, by far, my favorite.

my favorite clothing brand: free people, the headquarters of boho, free spirited style.

One day, after I’ve made billions from the mass marketing of emgurt creations, I will be able to afford the gorgeous dresses that Free People sells. Until then, I’ll be searching the racks of Plato’s Closet for one.

and of course (this is a food blog, after all!)
my favorite food!

yogurt!

What’s more delicious than plain ole yogurt? Greek yogurt.
What’s more delicious than Greek yogurt? Fro-yo! :D
All yogurt is delicious, the creamier and thicker, the better! Drizzle some honey on or top it off with some blackberries- the possibilities are endless. It doesn’t end with the toppings, there are so many different flavors of yogurt that to try them all in one lifetime is impossible. (Won’t stop me from trying!)

Alright, I’m off to watch The Clique, which, by the way, was filmed at my school! :)

I’ll get to commentin’ tomorrow morning.
Night girlies! ♥

ring ring ring, banana phone!

2009-06-05T11:49:00.000-04:00

I’m so glad that my summer style was so well liked! I hope to see some of your styles too. :)

Today, I was in a very creative mood, which translates into recipe experimenting. Combine that with my interest in Greek food and the result?

Dolmathes!

But with a really odd twist. I don’t have access to grape leaves (they’re $10 for a jar in the store!) so I turned to the only alternative I could think of.Muscadine leaves, fresh of the vine!

The leaves are much smaller than the grape ones but they worked just as well… that is, after I blanched them, froze them, speedily pickled them, steamed them, and then finally doused them in olive oil for thirty minutes. They were way too starchy and bitter, but the combined effort seemed to finally turn them into the delicious wrapping for my dolmathes. I’m sure that if you have more patience than I did, you’ll only need to use one of those methods. Here’s the muscadine-version, in case you too are short of grape leaves:

6 muscadine leaves (the biggest you can find; prepare by one of these ways)
1/2 cup of short-grain white rice
1 tablespoon of feta cheese
1/4 cup of chopped sautéed onions
olive oil
salt
makes 6 “dolmathes” (dolmas or whatever you call them!)
1) Once you prepared the muscadine leaves, lay them out on a flat surface.
2) Mix the rice, cheese, onions, a little salt, and a spoonful of olive oil together.
3) Place a small amount of the mixture on the middle of the leaf. Take the top and bottom part of the leaf and place them together. Then slowly roll the leaf until it forms the familiar dolmathe shape.
4) Skewer about three of your “dolmathes” on a toothpick and place in a cup or bowl. Pour enough olive oil into the container so it covers the dolmathes and sprinkle in some salt. Let them soak for about ten to fifteen minutes.
5) After soaking, remove them and dab off any excess olive oil. Enjoy! :)

Here’s the finished product with my signature sweet potato side. :)

Even though it took my a little while to get the right flavor and texture for the muscadine leaves so they were like grape leave, I really enjoyed them. I don’t know how much time you girls have, but if you’re bored one day, try this out. I hope muscadine leaves are easy for you to find!

Another thing I came up with today that you’ll probably more interested in?
The Perfect Banana Ice Cream Smoothie!

1 banana
4 scoops of vanilla ice cream
5 ice cubes
1/2 cup of milk
a dash of cinnamon
makes 2-3 servings
1) Blend it up! It’s delicious and filling so enjoy!

I really feel like I accomplished a lot today. I woke up a little earlier and made pancakes!

buttermilk pancakes with fruit and honey yogurt.

I’m not really a breakfast person. It’s not ED related or anything but I just never liked breakfast, unless grits count, but even then. This changed my mind. Pancakes are so yummy! :)

I spent a lot of time picking in the garden today. There were so many zucchini and beans, ready for pickin’! It was mad cloudy today so it wasn’t hot or anything, but, boy, that bending really tuckers a girl out! My eyelids are closing as we speak… or as I type and you read! :) I was so exhilarated while I was picking today though. I had this warm, happy feeling inside!

But, before I go to sleep, I want ya’ll to remember this:
Happiness depends more on the inward disposition of mind than on outward circumstances. - Benjamin Franklin

Happiness depends upon ourselves. – Aristotle

Keep being strong! Have a great night/day. :)

vamos a la playa…

2009-06-04T11:56:00.000-04:00

…a mi me gusta bailar!

That was such a popular song in the dorm last year, buuuut
I am so ready to hit the beach and soak up some sun with a tropical smoothie!

Although the idea of an itty bitty bikini does not appeal to me at the present moment…. actually, it kind of scares me. The bikini seems like it would destroy all the progress I’ve made. It sounds crazy, but donning that scanty little thing seems like it’s inviting ED to make a comment and I just won’t let that happen. I’ve spent a lot of time and effort trying to make ED go away. I know you girls have done the same and I really admire that. I think part of the reason I haven’t strayed as much from the recovery path is because all of you have been out there, posting really positive and successful things and giving me advice when I need it. Thanks so much! ♥

On the topic of fashion, I spent a little time planning my fantasy (read waaay too expensive for me to afford) summer wadrobe. There are a few things I would looove to have and I am definitely going to be visiting Plato’s Closet this weekend to see if maybe somebody got tired of them really early in the season. ;)

*movie trailer voice* I now challenge you to showcase your own fantasy wardrobe. Will you accept this mission?

Pictures or not, post or comment, create something summery and completely you!

It’s so much fun! Great to relieve any stress or unwanted thoughts. :)

Have a nice night/morning!

♥ mucho amor!

OH! Almost forgot, check out a lovely giveaway over at Krista’s Kravings! I’ve always wanted to try Full Bars- there are a lot of flavors that seem so delectable. Hurry up though because it ends on Sunday.

country cookin’

2009-06-03T22:03:00.001-04:00

I just adore being back in blogland!
And, what’s more, I love being back home in the South.

I missed all that good Southern cookin’. Really, how could I have left you, dear sweet Georgia? I mean, the fried chicken, fresh veggies, peach cobbler….

wait, hold up, Emily!
You don’t even like peaches!

Yep yep, it is a bit contradictory, me being from Georgia and all, but when I was little, I hated peaches. Those soft, fuzzy, too sweet, icky fruits were the bane of my existence. If given a peach, I would have thrown it as far away as possible and then pulled a Fiona from Burn Notice (my new addiction) and blown it up.

Today is the day I’ve overcome that dislike with these babies

Honey Thyme Grilled Peaches!!!
2 halved peaches
1/3 cup of honey
4 sprigs of thyme
1] Grill halved peaches, skin side up, for 3-5 minutes.
2] Mix honey and thyme leaves together, before glazing the grilled peaches.
3] Grill peaches for 5-10 minutes, skin side up.
4] Enjoy! :)

These peaches were gooood! I was watching Emeril today and he did a little something like this, but I toned it down and left out a few things. I was really skeptical of the honey-thyme mixture, but it really turned out great! I would definitely recommend this to anyone. If you want them to be the absolute best, be sure to use soft, juicy peaches, rather than the hard, first of the season ones.

And since the grill was fired up…

some zucchini to go along with the peaches.

Am I the only one that is obsessed with grilled veggies? They just seem tastier than if you sauté or boil them.

Oh, I bet everybody has heard about the new Larabar flavors coming out soon. Just so you know, the first German Chocolate Cake one to hit the shelves is mine!
Not only do I enjoy eating Larabars, turns out I also enjoy reading comics about them! After reading this, I about died laughing. The scary part though? I’ve exhibited a few of these signs! :o Check it out and see if you do too.

Going along with my Southern theme, dinner tonight was too yummy. I warn you though- don’t get grossed out! It’s perfectly normal to eat this in Georgia and pretty much anywhere in the Southeast.

grilled deer meat (venison, if you will) and parsley potatoes with sautéed Vidalia onions and squash plus some green beans.

I believe the Holy Spirit visited me in this meal.

Come to think of it, I really do miss mass. As much as I complain about having to go, ohhh, three, four times a week, it’s a great time to gather my thoughts and realize what’s important in my life. One Sunday morning mass made me decide to start recovery and leave behind ED. Every mass after that kept me from turning back. I’m not Catholic (I’m not very religious either, but I’m no aethiest, believe me!) yet that quiet hour in church helped keep me in line. I wish there was a Catholic church nearby, but there isn’t. Maybe just some quiet time every now and then will work?

I’m about to hit the sack, so good night. :) Hope everyone has a great day tomorrow!

blast from the past.

2009-06-02T23:56:00.005-04:00

Day one back at the cooking casa and I have a multitude of foods waiting to be cooked up. New fruits and veggies in season and ready to be eaten by me, all sorts recipes for me to try, even a grill all fired up… maybe not that far!

With all these choices, whatever could I choose?

Spanakopita! :D

When a food has served you so well in the past, you can’t just abandon it. Plus, it’s so delicious I had dreams about it the first time I made it. Which brought me to this startling conclusion:

Spinach = life.

And another amazing addiction? (ahaha, alliteration!) Fresh veggies from mi jardin! Yummy Italian slop jar with zucchini, tomatoes, and Vidalia onions. :D

Oh, and remember TangySweet I was talking about in yesterday’s post?

bam! pomegranate fro-yo with fresh blueberries. so friggin’ delicious that I’m craving some now.

And what would any vacation be without…

Alright, alright, I think my flower-photographing obsession is getting crazy. What on earth am I going to do about it? I should probably seek therapy but… never! I’m going to be a crazy flower portrait maker for my entire life!

Oh, and meet my new best friend: this is georgy jr, resident of the back field at mount vernon.
isn’t he just the cutest, with his wittle horns?

Oh, and do any of you lovely ladies (and gents, if you're out there) have any recipes you'd like to share? Tomorrow, I've got the whole house to myself so I'm getting ready for a cook-a-thon! Peaches, summer squash and mustard greens are piling up in the fridge, so maybe ones up that alley? Hit me with anything. :D

Have a nice night/morning! ♥

gardening 101.

2009-06-01T00:59:00.000-04:00

Yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay!
I’m home, I’m home, I’m home!
-excited jumps and squeals-

Oh, I think I might be a little excited to be back in the lands of Georgia. The ‘rents and I rolled in around 3 o’clock this afternoon from our cross-Atlantic coast road trip.

the little mommy monsta’ and me in dc!

If you’re ever in DC, hit up TangySweet, the best fro-yo place on the East Coast. The pomegranate is so delicious- ya’ll think you’re eating a real pomegranate. (Of course, I have pictures- expect them later!)

We were met with 95 degrees of humid, sunny weather.
Sweet Jesus! I was not ready for that.
Especially considering that Rhode Island’s been coasting along with a windy, dreary 50-60 degree climate these past few weeks.

But, hey, I’ve gotta suck it up ‘cause this was waiting for me:

time to getta pickin’

The tomatoes were hit with some sort of disease so they’re dying and the deer ate up the itty bitty cantaloupes and peppers my daddy had just put in the ground. :( He treated those peppers like they were his little children. Mean ole' deer!

These little critters are always welcome though:’cuse the messy pool- the ‘rents, I guess, forgot I was coming home and might want to go swimming.

Tomorrow, I’ll be posting more and finishing all the commenting I got behind on. I’m so happy to be back in the kitchen that I don’t even know what to make first.

Glad to be back:)
lots of love ♥

exam week.

2009-05-27T18:25:00.001-04:00

Hiya girlies,

Quick update from moi, letting you know that I’m all good. Expect daily posts come next Monday ‘cause

TOMORROW’S MY LAST DAY! :)

Just have to make it through my FINAL Espanol 2 exam tomorrow morning and I’ll be peacing out from la escuela.
Seems like it went by super quick, now that I think about it.

But, I’ll leave you with this: emgurt’s making a comeback.

love you all♥

your eggo’s preggo.

2009-05-11T21:32:00.001-04:00

Right now, I imagine all of you lovely readers glaring at me for my lack of posting (last time was April?!) and wondering what the excuse is this time…

Babies.
Yes, I’m pregnant.

Haha, no. Just kidding. But, I have been making my future children at Make Me Baby. Yeahhh, I know, it’s a lame, but really, I’ve discovered the David Beckham will never be my baby’s daddy. But between Fork Boy and Fritz, Fritz totally wins out. Makes me sad.

All of this stems from my friend’s SICK mind! She took a picture of Fork Boy and me and made our little “Edward”.
God, what an ugly child.
And I told her that, which she came back with, “Well, fine! If you don’t like that baby, make one with Cheesy French Fries.” (Read Fritz there.)

I accepted my challenge and bam!yes, she does have a turban on her head.
(& if you think hannah marie is not cute,
compare her to Fork Boy’s baby…. she wins.)

Which got me to thinking about ole dear Fritzy pants.
And how we always used laugh and to talk on the phone.
Now, we just text.
I miss him a lot, to be honest.

But we text each other almost every day… that’s not healthy. Really. Not. At. All. But he makes me happy.

Seriously, I can not stop laughing when we “talk”. I get that happy warm feeling inside, which is not good ‘cause I’ve gone down this road before. Look how that turned out.

And what about Fork Boy? I thought I liked him. But when ever Fritz is mentioned, Fork Boy… well, he can go kick rocks compared to Fritz.

Which got me to thinking some more… would I ever… I dunno, go out with Fritz again? We’re definitely hanging out this summer (me+him at the Warped Tour) but I don’t know what that’ll lead to. More of, what do I want it to lead to? Can we make it work again? Should we even try? I know when I talk to him I get the feeling that’s what he wants but I never know. Am I being too self-centered? Has he forgiven me after all that I did to him? Was I really to blame? Did I really end it all with that decision or was it him?

UGGG! I don’t even know anymore. I refuse to think about it until after school’s out.

Now, for some photos.

scallops with the madre.

nummy sausage shrimp.

the madre’s steak taco bowl.

my spinach-black bean burrito.

eggplant parmesan panini!

oh, and for your viewing pleasure:
FLOWERS :D

I think I’ve bored you guys enough with that.

Anyways, I had the greatest Saturday night of all time. Why?

Because of the CARNIVAL! Yes, I’m officially a carnie now, hahaha! It was so much fun. Picture a 6x6 inch piece of fried dough with a centimeter of powered sugar, next to a spinny, scrambler ride, a stuffed fish/ornament, and a frozen Red Bull concoction.

I know, it sounds like the bomb.
’Cause it waaaas!

I watched Juno this past weekend too, so I’m even happier.

And today was pretty bomb diggity too! Except for a few lame parts, including one where this guy in my Humanities class asked me if I was smashed at the Carnival ‘cause apparently there’s a rumor going around about my ‘activities’ at said carnie.
Yay! /sarcasm
Oh, and just in case you were wondering, I wasn’t. I have a low tolerance for sugar/caffeine, so yeah, when you give me a frozen energy drink and a cookie, I appear as if I hit the piss. (Tina, that’s for you! Fritz told me it was an Aussie term he used back when he was home in Perth, so if you aren’t familiar with it, blame him!)

At lunch, Fork Boy sat at my table.
I freaked, to be honest.
Even in light of my revelations about Fritzy, I was freaked.
I was scared shitless.

I probably wouldn’t have been half so scared if he and his little groupies weren’t listening to every single flippin’ word my lunch buddy and I were saying. I was trying to divulge the rumors going around (#1, see above) and all I could do was try and spell it out on the table with no words. All I got across was “B” and all I got back was “The…. lis..nin” which I assumed was “The butt holes over yonder on the other side of the table are listening”.
Gah!
Way to ruin our secret telling session.

Boys are butt faces.

Sorry for the lack of updating and commenting. I swear on the very soul of all that is sacred in my world (basically, emgurt) that I’ll get to commentin’. Expect deep, meaningful notes.

Mucho amor, mis chicas.
♥ Hooroo. :)

uh oh, somebody’s been a naughty little girl.

2009-04-28T16:33:00.001-04:00

I’ve been so horrible as to not update recently. I haven’t even been logging into Blogger to check up on your blogs either! I feel so horrible, but I’m living life in the fast line!

Well, not really. Today’s my first day of school this week due to this fabulous phenomenon called Spring Weekend!

That translates to “Emily gets Monday off”. Now, see here, the plan was to catch up my commenting and blog a bit.
Instead, Roomie y yo ventured off to our dear friend’s house for the day, walked around a bit downtown, and watched Taken.
We also finished watching the Notebook, which we attempted to watch over Easter break. We finally got through with it! I’d never seen it (yes, shocking, I know!) and I thought it was so cute. :)

Our walk was a bit… creepy. Apparently, the citizens of Rhode Island haven’t ever seen a trio of girls walk down the street…
Well, we were in mini skirts.
And they were totally checkin’ us out.

No, just kidding! All the drivers kept staring though. :o

OH!~ I’m really sorry that I didn’t let you girls know earlier, but I was part of an online interview! It’s called “Words with a Blogger Wednesday” and it’s done by the lovely Tess over at Six Feet Under. If you’d be so lovely as to take a stroll over and check it out, here’s the link: Emily's Super Amazing Blogger Interview that Will Amaze and Entertain You with the Witty Remarks and Clever Anecdotes!
Yes, Emgurt will be provided! :D

Anyways, moving on! The weather this past weekend was amazing. I was so happy- it reminded me of that wonderful ole homeland of mine! I spent plenty of time outside, lounging, tanning…
sunburning.
Yesss, I’m a victim too. Only on my shoulders though.

I’m not really a fan of tanning, considering I love my paleness, but does anyone know how much crap I get from being so white? Really, it’s a bit ridiculous! Everybody has a comment to make on how Emily’s really Casper the Friendly Ghost.

Rawr! I’m not one to pay much attention to people’s opinions anyways, buuut I already get enough attention about ED and his crazy antics that sacrificing my lovely white skin for a few months is okay, as long as the remarks stop.
Stupid, right? I feel like a totally lame, “I change myself so people will like me more” girl. Ugg.

Oh well, doesn’t matter. On to the pictures!

coconut sorbet in a real coconut shell. :o

one juicy pear with a side of trig prep.

say hello to yogurt parfait #2

greasy cheese sticks!!! :D so happy!

You didn’t think you’d get out of this post without some flower pictures, now did ya?

No new news to report on Fork Boy. He’s still there, staring/glaring away (depending on the day/time/weather/humidity/crazy male PMS cycle). I’m choosing to ignore it (well, not really) and try not to think that somehow I’ve insulted him in some way that makes me deserve these… looks. This tactic may not work, but you never know until you try, right? ;)

Now, I’m in the mood for a nice jog, so I’ll see you chicas later. Expect comments so long that they make War and Peace seem like a brochure! :)

Mucho amor! ♥ ♥

a new attitude!

2009-04-18T22:51:00.001-04:00

so, ladies, here’s the update (through pictures, since I’m a tad bit lazy):

yes, that’s fruit in the shape of a flower, down yonder.

Topic #1: New look!
It’s a lot more springier now, so I thought I’d ditch the old grey layout and bring in some cheer! Hope you guys like it. :)

Topic #2: Award!
Thaaaaaank you, Baylee. :] I always feel so much happier after getting award- helps me find the strength to keep trekkin’.
Problem is, most of you chicas have already gotten it, so this goes out to anyone who hasn’t gotten it yet.
Oh! And just realized that Debbie gave it to me too. :D Missed that earlier, but thank you all the same! *hug*

Topic #3: Eight things!
Back when I used to have a Myspace (deleted, long story), I loved posting bulletins like this!

8 Things I’m Looking Forward To:
1) July! I’ll be in Atlanta at a Youth Conference for Medicine and I can’t wait.
2) Springfest! My school has a big festival each Spring, with free Ben&Jerry’s, Del’s Frozen Lemonade, and BBQ.
3) Driving! I don’t really like to, but now that I am officially a driver (meaning I have my real license!), I’m eager to go on adventures.
4) 17 – 20 April! Mi madre va a mi escuela para visitar. :)
5) Monday! Advisory/midterm grades come out. I’m aiming for all A+’s this term. I almost had it last term, but I got an A in Spanish. D:
6) Tomorrow! My dorm trip to bowling is tomorrow afternoon and I’m stoked. We’re eating out at this swanky Japanese place.
7) May 23! It’s the last day of classes for me. Unfortunately, there’s a week of exams that follows.
8) May 29! First day back in Georgia since March. :o Can’t wait! It’s going to be horribly hot and humid, but oh so wonderful!

8 Things I Did Yesterday:
1) Skipped the gym, whoo!
2) Freaked out, ewww. Result of ED telling me Fork Boy thinks I’m fat. Gar!
3) Went to the Coffeehouse with my roomie and friend. I ordered a Chai Freeze (delicious!) and a parfait. Take a look at the pictures below- I bet you’ll be soo jealous.
4) Dressed down! The dress code at my school is formal, but yesterday was a special day where we could wear jeans. Much more comforting, but kinda scary in ED world. One word: thighs.
5) Watched the Dissipated 8 of Middlebury College perform. They were so wonderful! Look them up and give ‘em a listen!
6) Ate spinach-tomato-feta cheese bowtie pasta, the dining hall’s best food, imo.
7) Started Conrad’s Heart of Darkness.
8) Added a ton of new artists/songs to my music library, so I have new stuff to listen to during Study Hall.

8 Things I Wish I Could Do:
1) Tell ED to kick the bucket.
2) Work. All my friends at school have jobs during the summer, but I can’t work because it’s too far to drive to any decent place of business.
3) Spend more time outdoors. I always used to love going outside when I was little, but ED trampled all over that.
4) Be more social. Sounds lame, but I have the tendency to retreat into my shell like a little turtle and avoid any conversation outside my circle of friends.
5) Learn to stop keeping things bottled up. I let things pile up inside and then snap. It hurts and I don’t like it!
6) Run three miles in 25-30 minutes. I haven’t started running again so I know that I’m a bit behind and well… slow.
7) Sail. I’ve always wanted to try- Ted Turner’s fault- and at my school, it’s very popular. Plus, uhhh, Fork Boy sails. ;) He’s the best on the island, apparently.
8) Start ballet again. I stopped back in 6th grade, because, well, no reason. I just did. My mom was so mad that I stopped and wanted me to keep going, but I didn’t. I wish I had listened to her and kept up with it.

8 Shows I Watch:
1) House
2) The Closer
3) Saving Grace
4) Gilmore Girls
5) The Secret Life of the American Teenager (Lame, but addicting!)
6) I Love Money (Again, lame but addicting!)
7) In Plain Sight
8) The Office

Topic #4: Fork Boy
So, I have this friend that… well, hasn’t always been so trusty worthy. Last year, in the Spring, she wasn’t my friend and I really disliked her. Why? Because she was majorly flirting with the guy I was dating. He had asked her out so many times, but she always said no. As soon as I started going out with him, she wanted him and she wanted him bad. She was all over him when I wasn’t there and would flirt with him even when I was. I really didn’t like her then, but this year, we became much closer. We both faced some really horrible boy problems and we kind of bonded over that. We both have the same humanities class and lunch period so we spend a lot of time together. All of my other friends told me to be a little cautious with her, considering the past, but I decided that I wanted to give her a second chance.
So, I told her about Fork Boy.
I told her about how every one thinks we’ll be the perfect couple, how he glares/stares at me, how we used to be friends, how he always eats really slow at lunch so it just so happens that he leaves the same time I do… every day. (And I am one of the slowest eaters known to man, so come on! There’s something there, right?)

I also told her about my dream.
This dream happened a few nights ago and it was one of those dreams in reverse… like the last part happens first, the first part happens last. Really weird, but it scared me.
It started out with my great aunt and I riding in a carriage through Poland. Then it flashed to Fork Boy and he grabbed my arm, screaming at me to listen to him, that it wasn’t like that, that he really only did it to make me jealous. Then I’m in front of Frosty Freeze (ice cream shop), but I’m not ordering anything. Next, my friend is crying and repeating, “I’m so sorry. I didn’t mean too. We only did it to make you guys jealous. It wasn’t supposed to be like this!” Then, I’m at Frosty Freeze again and the woman at the counter is asking me why I’m crying. Finally, it ends with me, buying a plane ticket to Poland, and sobbing over a text message from this really bitchy girl in my chem class, saying “*My friend* made out with *Fork Boy* in front of the whole sailing team, haha.”
And I told her all of this. She said she’d never ever even try to steal a boy from me… but she has before. I started to get really freaked out. ED set in and all I could think of was how much prettier/skinnier/smarter she was. She has things in common with him- they both sail, they both live nearby, they have the same old friends from before this school. I just psyched myself out and I felt like crap all morning long. I went to the gym early this morning, hoping I could just block it out. It worked until I came out of the gym and he walked by. Totally blew all the progress I had made in those gym hours.

I talked to one of my friends about it and she just looked at me, silent. I hate when people look at me for extended periods of time (thank you, ED), so of course, I got all weirded out.

You know what she said?
”Wow, Em, you have fallen so hard.”

And she’s so horribly right.
I used to have this huge crush on him last year and we were friends. I had almost every class with him and we were both kind of the dumb kids… not saying we were actually stupid, but we were in Geo H, when we’d never taken Algebra I, and in Physics, which required at least AG2 math skills. We would always see who got the lowest scores and laugh about it. (Rumor has it, he got a 235/240 on the PSATs, so yeah, not stupid.)

But, haven’t I learned my lesson?
With Fritz, I fell so hard, so fast. It was great- I was happy and so was he. Everyone thought we were the couple that would last past college. He was even going to apply to Emory (where I want to go), so he could have that as his 2nd choice. We had plans, even though it sounds ridiculous. (I mean, I’m 16, seriously!) But we did. We fell apart though. I was devastated.

Do I really want to do this again?
Especially when I know that my friend *might* just go after him.
And what if she does and she gets him?
How would I feel about that?

Raaaaaaaaaaawr!
High school = suckage.
Avoid at all costs.

Don’t you wish you could just sleep through those years?

Ending on a positive note though! :)

chai freeze. :D

honey bun.

yogurt parfait with a big ole blackberry.

Squeeee! Isn’t he cute? :)

Wow, if you guys made it this far, you are something else. Mucho amor, mis chicas. I feel like I’m being such a complaining little squirt lately, but I can’t stop myself. I have, as my dad calls it, “diarrhea of the mouth” and I can’t stop talking… typing.
Thanks for reading though. :) Makes me happy.

I’ll comment on your blogs, asap.
Enjoy your Saturday/Sunday.

♥ ♥ ♥

update!

2009-04-16T17:32:00.003-04:00

So so sorry, I haven't been posting lately, girlies. I've been following all of your posts, just not commenting. (I know, lazy me!)

Thanks to Baylee for giving me that award and to Debbie for tagging me for the eight things (definitely going to do it).

Oh, and welcome back, Morgy! Sorry I didn't comment you yet! (Feel free to steal my yogurt as an apology!)

Also, hope everything's going well for, Kiki. Keep strong!

Thanks for reading my blog. I really appreciate it! ♥
I promise to post sometime this weekend/early next week.

forty-four.

2009-04-06T21:43:00.002-04:00

Heya chicas. Hope your Mondays weren’t too evil!

Buuut, does anyone else get the feeling that this week in going to be the bomb-diggity? Even though it’s Holy Week and I have FOUR days of masses/spiritual activities in a row, I think it’s going to be great.

I have that feeling, deep down in my bones.

Anyways, it started out pretty wonderful- yesterday was so beautiful. It rained all last week but Sunday was clear and bright. Perfect day for a trip downtown!

My friend and I traveled downtown for some prime bonding time. We talked a lot and (I think) really got to know each other better. It was so much fun too. :)

We decided to eat at this restaurant called the “Brick Alley Pub” and being low on cash, we decided to split an appetizer with a side salad each.

spinach and artichoke with bacon and tomato toppings. SO SO GOOD.

a caesar salad for moi

and a garden salad for mi amiga look at that action shot ;)

and some piccies of us and our dock trespassing adventures.

some cherry garcia. ♥

pretty great time, if I must say so myself. :)

And a funny yet awkward story to tell you guys! Today at lunch, I was chatting with this freshman boy who is hilarious and he mentioned the above pictures (my friend put them on her facebook yesterday). I was like, "Oh yeah, I'm sucha baaabe." The boy kinda looked at me funny and said, "Mhmm, well, no, not really." Umm… that’s hard to recover from but I noticed that he kept looking behind me for some reason, so I turned around and BAM! Fork boy was right there, staring at us. He turned around and stalked off, leaving the two of us a little weirded out. The freshman was like, "Um, that was interesting. Why on Earth does he stare at you all the time? Weeeirdo." He told me later that he didn’t want to say anything about the pictures because fork boy was back there, glaring as usual.

Tehe.
It was funny to me.

‘Cause ya’ll know why he stares at me.
’Cause I’m a total baaabe. ;)

Just kidding!

I’m off to take a shower, so enjoy your night, lovelies. ♥

forty-three.

2009-04-04T19:46:00.001-04:00

‘Ello girlies. Can’t promise this will be an inspirational post or anything. I don’t even think it’ll be positive, but I’m determined to pull through! By the end of this post, I will be happy!

What’s with the negative attitude already, you wonder?
I got all pretty for a fork boy today and I didn’t even see him.

Yeah, laaaaaame. Maybe this is a sign from God… if so, I’m determined to ignore it!

My hair was so pretty too. My beloved roomie straightened it and as she said, “You look like an international pop star. He’s gonna die when he sees this.”
Except he didn’t ‘cause he never did.

Oh, and, in case you couldn’t guess it, Emily has moved from ‘I’m curious about you’ to ‘I’m seriously crushing on you’. Gah.

There’s a Mardi Gras dance tonight (little late, huh?) and I’m not going. I’m not a big dancing girl or anything, I just really really don’t want to go tonight. Reasons?
1) It’s windy and cold as hell outside.
2) As much as I hate to admit it, fork boy won’t be there, so I have no reason

Instead, I’m curling up in front of the comp to watch Gilmore Girls and bemoan Rory’s loss of Logan in the final season with my handy dandy fro-yo. Oh yes, big evening for meee.

A good thing though- fork boy has totally stopped the glaring. Now, it’s just awkward staring. Let me set the scene:

Fork boy: *stare*
Me: *catches him staring; expects him to look away*
Fork boy: *stare*
Me: *panic*
Fork boy: … *stare*
Me: *runs away*

Fork boy: *staaaare*

I feel like I have something weird on my face that he keeps staring at but no, no luck there.
I do not understand boys nor do I ever wish too.
I’ll stick with trying to get through Spanish 2H without having to talk at all.

I’m a lame-o (see mention above) ‘cause I have been so self-conscious lately and haven’t been taking my phone to lunch… well, I have, I just don’t take pictures ‘cause I feel like some one’s staring me down.

Oh wait, they are.

Anyways, I do have some bar pictures. [I' am still eating brekkie, lunch & dinner, don’t fear!)

To be completely honest, I really do not like this flavor.
It’s too dry and maybe me feel too jittery.

Like everyone else, I’ve heard the rumors about clif/luna’s eviiil
chemical taste but I haven’t actually experienced it.
until now.

Another bar that I really didn’t like. It sounded so tasty but
really, it’s just blegh.

And presenting the missing element of the Emily diet:

yooooogurt. :D
Not my favorite flavor, but it’ll do.

Oh, and some evil demonic soul stole some of my yogurt. My special, I-got-on-public-transport-for-an-hour-and-a-half Chobani. They stole my –peach- flavor too. Sure, I don’t like peach flavor all too much (ironic huh, me being from Georgia and all) but I just knew Chobani would renew my faith in the fleshy fruits.

Guess I’ll never know.
I seriously hate communal fridges. D:

Sharing time:

more roomie hair skills.
”i’m zee masta of zee flatz iron-a.”
yeah, she fails at a german accent. ;)

Have a nice Saturday night. Some one go live it up for me, while I wallow in self-pity like a lame-o, tehe.

loveyouall♥
your support is always so wonderful. *hugzz*

forty-two.

2009-03-31T22:55:00.001-04:00

Let’s have some cake before I dish out some stories from the life of Em.

look at me, I’m delicious fattening frosting. :)

Okay, so remember el chico that I was talking about in my last post?

Uhh, he hates me… a lot.

Before you go, “What!? No, you are crazy!”, lemme explain. Today, at lunch, two of my best lunch buddies and I were sitting down at the ‘peanut-free’ table… not sure why that needed to be included but anways! Our cafeteria has these weird round tables and –sometimes- the chairs between tables make it hard to walk through. Usually, nice people are like, “Excuse me, could you scoot in a little? Thanks so much!” It’s a really simple process and, really, how hard can it be to say excuse me?

Apparently too hard, ‘cause el chico just slams into the back on my chair WITHOUT saying anything. Needless to say, I was pissed. Normally, I wouldn’t really care, but it just so happens that there was an innocent looking little fork on the table that my hand just so happened to smash into when he pushed my chair.

It hurt quite a bit and it bled.
Just a little, but still.

I was bleeding.
And angry.
And hurt.
And a lot of other things.
But mostly, pissed.

One of my friends just looked at me and was like, “Uh oh… what are you going to do?” I didn’t even answer- I was so mad. I was bleeding for God’s sake and he doesn’t even say “Excuse me” or “Sorry”!

Short break between stories:

chai tea latte with a carrot cake clif bar.
my favorite snack combo, besides emgurt.

So, later today, as I was coming out of the Chemistry building, I saw him again, walking towards his dorm. To get to my dorm, I had to cross his path. Equipped with my newly bandaged hand, I was just going to play it cool and be normal.

That was until he glared at me, when he walked by.
Not just “glare”, but I mean glaaaare.
Like death-glare.

He literally walked by me, glaring, and then turned around to look at me, still glaring. Glare. glare. glare.
And no, I wasn’t mistaken. An upperclassman that was walking behind me was like, “Oh, that’s awkward... he must be really angry with her.”

I’m not really one of those people that gets freaked out by this. But on top of the fork-chair thing? I was in the “You have got to be kidding me” / “You are walking on thin ice” mood.
I mean glaring… come on! I don’t even talk to him. He was no reason to glare at me, let alone be angry with me.

Last year, I did talk to him, but this year, I just don’t because 1) we don’t have many classes together, and 2) I’m lazy and shy... mostly shy.

I honestly have no clue what I did to him… I mean, was I the one that gave someone a fork injury ‘cause I can’t manage to say excuse me when I try to get by? That’s a negative!

Anyways, here’s some trail mix for the road:

imagine you’re eating this as you enjoy your blog reading.:)

I’ll be commenting tomorrow, girlies, I promise. I’m a tad busy lately (see those lame food pictures?) with school right now, so I’ll do the best I can. I love you guys bunches. ♥ You all leave such wonderful comments that I'm always overjoyed to read! I hope I can do you all justice and leave comments of the same quality. :)

Thanks for always listening to my ranting. (I seem to be doing that a lot lately!) If I had some Emgurt, I’d totally share but I’ve been lacking in that department lately. :( Oh well, imaginary Emgurt for everyone.

forty-one.

2009-03-28T22:01:00.001-04:00

Hiya chicas! :D Hope everyone is having a LOVELY weekend.

I just want to say thank you to each and every one of you that left me such wonderful comments! I really appreciate it. I thought I was alone in the whole leg dealio but it’s good to know I’m not crazy. Plus, I think I can finally tell me Mom… the next time I see her, which will be in a long time… like May? Gar! :( I hope I don’t chicken out by then.

Not very many eats to show and those that I do have are pretty icky looking. Since I got my camera back, I really hate taking pictures with my phone. (I use my phone for lunch/dinner pictures because I eat in the dining hall and my camera for snacks/breakfast which I usually eat in my room.)

I do have quite a few bar pictures though.

not really my favorite. it was okay, but too sweet for me.

one of my favorite bars. i love the mango-y flavor. mmm.

wow! this is such a wonderful flavor. really, it’s almost as
delicious as the mango macadamia kind bar or the cherry
pie larabar, but not quite. it really does wake you up!

close-up. lots of almond slivers and the vanilla-yogurt stuff on the
top and bottom was pretty tasty.

mmmmm!!! I loved how lemony it was. really really good.

a lunch and dinner from friday.chicken soup + Fritos x2
I haven’t had Fritos since 7th grade. I forgot how much I love them!

a piece of FRIED cod (can you see him back there?),
steamed green beans + tomatoes, and some weird chip thing.

I’ve been trying really hard to eat chips lately. I’ve never been a junk food kind of person but there are some fatty foods that I really like (fritos and kettle cooked potato chips.) that I’ve “given up”.

I’ve also been trying to lay off the yogurt, especially the low fat kind. In my mind, low fat = low calorie, low calorie = restricting, etc. etc. Low fat just seems to trigger me now. However, the roomie and I are going to stop’n’shop tomorrow because I have these:

Yes! The lovely people at Stonyfield sent me some free yogurt coupons. :O

I can’t wait! I’ve only tried Fage (once) and Chobani (my love), in the Greek yogurt department, so I’m excited to expand my horizons. I’ve heard mixed reviews about Oikos so I think I’ll do my own review tomorrow, once I taste. :) [Don’t worry, Mr. Chobani will come home with me too! The honey flavor, especially!)

I feel kinda weird today, not sure why. I just… I dunno, I’ve started to… ekk! I’m kinda embarrassed to admit it, but I’ve kinda started noticing this guy in my grade. Like, not just notice, but, you know, notice. I haven’t had this feeling since back in July of last year, right when I started going out with Fritz that, honestly as stupid/immature/childish/silly as it sounds, I really did love. He was the first and only person I ever told about ED and , when I told him, it just kinda slipped out- I didn’t mean to tell him. He was understanding about ED and helped me with it a lot. Unfortunately, it ended pretty badly in December and we stopped talking. I was really broken up about it because it was my fault. I cried all the time about it… ugg! That sounds really icky, you know? Makes me feel like one of those silly teenage girls that obsess over guys, when I’m really not. I don’t pay much attention to them at all, ‘cause they have the same maturity level that they did when they were five. But Fritz was different. (That sounds even worse to me. Gaaah!) And, I dunno, this boy just seems different too… deep down, my gut says, “No, Em, he. is. not.” but my heart says different. Whenever I see him, I basically run. Bolt is more like it. I’m afraid that he might be able to see through all the fake crap I put up when I’m with other people. I really hate feeling jumbled up like this, especially when compounded with ED.

Because, to be honest, ED is being an ass lately. I had a really bad day eating today and I went to the gym for a loooong time. And the worst part? I’ve been planning since about Wednesday night / Thursday morning when I could go to the gym and work out a lot. I’ve been piling a lot of food on my plate for lunch and only eating a little. I got really freaked out when one of my friends asked, “Why do you always get so much food and then never eat it? You don’t eat anything!” ED’s being a sneaky little thing and getting back at me since I’m at school. And I’m feeling really icky about my legs. They just seem extra fat this week… and it’s only the first week back. No, I’m going to beat this. I’m going to win. ED’s not going to have control over the rest of my life.

Ahhh! I’m probably boring you girls by now with all my babbling! I’ll be commenting later night ‘cause I’ve got lots of time. ;) Have a nice Saturday night!

forty.

2009-03-25T22:54:00.002-04:00

Sorry I didn’t post sooner! I was building up the suspense…

err, not really.

I was just getting ready for the boring school house. I’m back now (yuck!) and my internet’s working so expect comments tonight/tomorrow morning.

So…. *evil snicker* shall we start with some food pictures?

***seasonal flavor***
when I opened the wrapper, I was surrounded by the smell
of apples. yummy, fresh apples. mmm. :)

I just had to have this with some Emgurt!

some homemade pizza by the madre.
she mades the dough herself :D

BAKING #2
date, granola, walnut muffins. :)
mmmm, deliciousness.

the last night home: veal with steamed spinach and sautéed mushrooms.
mmmmmmmm! num num num.

last emgurt a la casa.
honey chobani with dates and extra honey!

cherry > apple
♥

Storytime!

Well, not that special story time. ;)

Last Sunday, mis padres y yo went to Savannah. :D It was mostly for me to take pictures but we did eat at our favorite restaurant up there: Tubby’s! Best. seafood. ever. I had cheese grits and fried oysters, with a bit of calamari on the side. Num num.

cows.

Okay, okay, I’ve tortured you long enough. Here’s the fortieth post special story. There’s two actually but one’s really quick and happy, while the other… isn’t so much.

Let’s start happy, ‘kay? I GOT MY PERIOD. WHOOOOOOOOOT. :D *dance dance dance*

*dance*

I’m happy but not. I’m glad that I have it but it hurts like hell! Before, when I had it, it hurt pretty badly (once, it landed me in the infirmary at 2 am) but never like this. I was up all last night and I was so tied this morning. I was falling asleep everywhere I sat down.

Story Number Dos! Perhaps it might be a bit triggering… no reading unless you’re okay with me mentioning my personal ED... a lot.

This is a little bit about my “journey”, if you will. I never talked about it, never even told my parents/closest friends. (actually I did tell one person, but that’s another story for another time.) I wanted to share it with you guys first, since I think you’d understand better than they would. It’s my way of getting my courage up to tell *at least* my mom, if not both the padres. I’ve got to admit, I’m afraid to talk about it, even a bit ashamed…? I just know I need to, because if I keep it to myself, I’m afraid I’ll start to think it’s okay. If no one but me knows, then no one can tell me it’s wrong, but if I tell somebody, anybody, they can reassure me that it’s wrong to want to be bony and sickly. I’ve been putting this off for a while now but there’s no time like the present.

I think ED started when I was in 7th grade, the transition period between just being a kid and kinda growing up a little. I started noticing things about my body, specifically my legs. I dunno why but ED has always targeted my legs. “They’re too fat! They touch at the top and wobble everywhere. Look at your huge thighs! You. are. gross.” Even now, I worry about my legs. I hate wearing shorts, because they hug your legs and always make me feel really bulky. Skirts were a middie for me, because they were flowy but showed off part of my leg. Jeans are okay sometimes but I always feel disgusting if I sit down in them because my legs squish out and look bigger. I was also starting a new school back then, so I was scared no one would like me because of how “fat” I was. (At my old school, everyone had known each other since kindergarten so I was never pressured.) I noticed how other girls were taller and skinnier. The silly thing was, I was one of them- I was one of the tallest, skinniest girls in the school, but I just couldn’t see that. I don’t know for sure whether or not I was at a low BMI then, because I never thought to weigh myself, but I did know that there was something differing about how I ate, dressed, looked, etc. I was paler and bonier- my ribcage was totally visible.
In 8th grade, I got my own personal camera. It really jumpstarted the obsession. I would take pictures of my legs in the mirror at the beginning of every month and compare them over time to see if they looked better. They never looked good enough. I always felt sick after I ate and I refused to eat lunch. Everyone just assumed it was because the food was bad. I started skipping breakfast and only ate dinner and a tiny snack. My parents were going through some rough times- my mom was in recovery from cancer and my dad had just been replaced at work. He was always busy and she was always tired. So no one noticed what I was doing and I loved it. I loved being able to follow my “dream”, or so I called it.
In 9th grade, I went off to boarding school and was bombarded by girls who only cared about their weight and how they looked. Honestly, no girl that year was satisfied with how she looked. That plunged me deeper into ED and my legs were, for the first time, small enough for him. I hardly ate at all. I skipped every meal, claiming it was too far to walk to the dining hall. ED told me it was okay that people thought I was antisocial and never spoke to me- I had my “pretty, thin legs”. (They looked like tiny grayish twigs.) When I went home for the summer, I was sad, sad that now, with my parents never letting my leave their sight, I couldn’t do the same, sick cycle. I gained all of the weight I lost back and started Calorie Count to get it off". I got down a few pounds and I was relatively happy. ED still told me I had fat thighs but, with my parents around me, I never gave in to him. As soon as they were away or I went somewhere with a friend, ED would win.
At the beginning of this year (10th), I got to my absolute worst. I went to the gym every morning, never at breakfast, skipped lunch, practiced field hockey for two tough hours , ate a tiny salad with skim milk and went back to my room to study. Calorie Count estimated that my calories (monthly average) were 593. I weighed 103, my “favorite “weight". I was so pale and bony that people started asking questions. I always told them I was sick and made up excuses. They always bought them.
Sometime around late October/early November, I got angry. Angry with ED. Angry with me. Angry with my parents. Angry with my friends. Angry with everyone. I was just angry. I made a blog and started posting a little bit, pretending like ED wasn’t a part of me. I told myself that I wasn’t going to be just another girl with an eating disorder. Deep down, I knew I was.
Then I fought with my best friends pretty badly in November, only a few days before my birthday. I told her I hated her and blamed her for terrible things. Part of me believed it. After I stopped speaking to her, ED started speaking less and less to me. I started to eat and gain weight. I committed to my food blog, earning the laughs of a few classmates as I snapped pictures. I still do. :)

That’s my story. Sorry it’s so long!! Hopefully, you guys don’t mind me sharing. It lifted a big weight off my shoulders and gives me the feeling that I can tell my mom- she’s going to understand, I think.

I’ll get to commenting tomorrow, ‘cause for now, I’m off to beddie bye. ♥

thirty-nine.

2009-03-22T01:46:00.005-04:00

Hola chicas! Having a super fantastic amazing day? To begin with, it’s the weekend so that makes it great. And the fact that I’m a tad hyper and very excited also makes today pretty special. You’ll never guess why I’m so happy!

I won’t give you a chance to guess anyways.,. Drum roll, please! *imagines one*

I have a great big secret that

will be revealed in my

FORTIETH* post!

*title wise, not actual post count (‘cause I don’t count my “bio” post as a reeeal post)

Well, it’s kinda a secret, but not really… hmm, that’s a bit confusing, so here’s a clue: It’s a story. That’s the only clue you get too. (It’s a surprise secret story, a’course!) And if you can guess BEFORE I tell the story, you can have some vitrual Emgurt, which I what I’m calling my yogurt creations from now on… or until I can come up a more creative name.

Now, onto today! Not many eatsies to share, but flowers and lots of them. So many, in fact, that if you’re using an older model computer, you should exit this window immediately ‘cause it might explode. Yeah, there’s that many.

the backyard series:

omg, pollen covered toes. allergies beware!

the downtown series:

^ my favorite. (I really like the lighting.)

Alright, it’s safe to open your eyes. The floweriness is over.

Gotcha! I had to throw in one more. You guys were simply too gullible. But, hey, put it this way! You got to see a cute little booger ‘s butt. ;)

Anyways, “the downtown series” (fancy name, huh?) was only part of today’s trip. The madre and I went shopping! It’s my last weekend home so we got anything left on my list… and some things that weren’t.

Tsk, tsk, all that will come later so hold your horses.

Now, back to the story (no, not the secret surprise story!). Well, the madre wanted to go look at fabrics ‘cause she likes to quilt and sew (hello, clue #12,854 that the padres are hippies!). As she was perusing the fabrics, I took a walk down the street and came across a wee little Presbyterian church that had monster-sized gardens that were in full bloom.

Cue the camera.

After he (aka Mr. Camera) died, I had nothing to do but hit up one of my favorite clothing stores: Plato’s Closet. Excited for the finds? Well, have at it:

american eagle patchwork spaghetti strap dress - $6

free people sundress - $15

inc denim skirt - $8

In case ya’ll haven’t noticed, I love me some Free People. If only it wasn’t so expensive! The dresses I see in the catalog are usually $100+ so there’s no way I could ever have any of their clothes without Plato's Closet. I think this calls for an ode:

Plato’s Closet, how magnificent art thou!
With the clothes that are stuffed in your drawer, (<- say like “draaowww… or something.)
I am content to be thought of as such a pow!

Mmm, needs a little work, I think. No matter! Words could never sum up my love for PC.
Yes, I’ve given the store a nickname.

But, believe it or not, there’s something I actually found today (at Goodwill no less!) that trumps any find I have or will ever make:

flat ankle booties from the 30’s - $9

This adorable little old lady dropped them off right as I walked in and, when I picked them up, she tapped me on the shoulder and insisted on telling me their story. She wore them only once in 1938, on the way to the grocery store. She told me to take very good care of them, just like she had. *swoon* I love cute, little things. :)

Okay, okay! Here’s the food. Geeez.

pollo con las papas y… umm… Brussels sprout-os!

I did say that I had *very little* food to share today. Breakfast was bacon (:O!) and scrambled eggs. Lunch was a cheese burrito with Mexican rice+salsa (Senor Camara was resting in peace at this time).

Wait, you say, where’s that Emgurt?
Maybe you didn’t say that, but I’ll just pretend you did.

Tada!

Per Morgy’s suggestion, pineapples + fro-yo. I topped it off with some “Save the Forest” granola and honey. And I’ll be sharing tonight, so eat up:

Tehe.

I'm going on a little day trip tomorrow so I'll comment on your blogs tomorrow night.
Special comments to complement the special post. :D

I’m falling out of my happy day/caffeine-induced hyperactivity so I’m heading to mi cama.

Wow! 1:40 in the morning?! :o

Oh, sorry, must stay focused. Sooo…... night! ♥

thirty-eight.

2009-03-19T22:01:00.003-04:00

Hola, chicas. :D Hope everyone’s having a wonderful day! Today’s weather was bright and sunny, so the padre and I went on a little trip. You can count on some pictures later on!

breakfast:

homemade yogurt with pecan granola, honey, and dates.
…wow, it was too good to be true.

I really love my morning yogurt. It’s one of the things I love most about being home- I can go to the grocery store, pick up any flavor on the shelf and spice it up with all sorts of delicious goodies. I’ve come to love my morning routine- wake up, stumble into the kitchen, fumble for the daily yogurt and spoon it into a bowl.

Since school starts back on Wednesday, I’m starting to panic. I’ve just gotten into a nice pattern that isn’t destructive. I may eat the same basic thing, but I change up some of the components so it’s different, but the same. (Okay, I’m crazy, I’ll admit that.) Once I get back, how am I going to keep it the same? I hardly ever eat breakfast when I’m there so ahhh!

Getting to the point here- does anyone know of a online supplier that sends yogurt in the mail? Specifically, I’m looking for Chobani shippers. If anyone has any ideas, please send them my way! I'd so appreciate it. ♥

lunch:

roasted asparagus, chopped up bok choy and toasted nori

healthy dessert? broiled pineapple x3.
made with only a sprinkle of sugar and a tiny pat of butter.

I ate half of the pineapple this way and it was so delicious. I’d never used the broiler before so I got scared half to death! The pan I used got warped too. (And it was my sweet potato fry pan to top it off!) Call me a chicken, but I don’t think I’ll try this again, even though it was the most delicious way I know to eat las pinas!

Algunas flores para todos ustedes:

the first azaleas!
I was sad that I might not get to see any before I traveled
back to school, but I got lucky. :)

Now, for the mysterious trip! As mentioned above, it was really nice outside which, in my family, calls for a (mini) road trip! Papa and I drove down to the breathtaking shoals. These pictures really don’t do them justice. Seriously, if any of you happen to be lost in the back roads of Georgia sometime in the future, hope that you run across this.

it kinda made me want to go swimming!
…even though I don’t like swimming.

And the madre welcomed us home with some homemade spaghetti sauce and piccolini farfalle. Mmm, so delicious. I wish my mom would share the top secret recipe.

I had another serving after this. The sauce was so yummy that I would eat it as a soup.

Did anyone catch Jay Leno last night with Reese Witherspoon? If you didn’t, YouTube it! I’m such a fan of hers. How many other confident, sophisticated, and talented women are there in Hollywood? She made me cry from laughter- it was that funny.

Alrightie, I’m turning in. Hope everyone has a nice night. :)

thirty-seven.

2009-03-18T12:55:00.007-04:00

Long time no seee! Sorry I’ve been MIA for the past few days. (Five days, good God!)

Unfortunately, I really have no reason.
I’m just lazy. :o

Before ya’ll come at me, I have cookies to share! Uhh, well, I really only have pictures… but lots of pictures!

Alright, let’s rewind to last Saturday…
SAT DAY.

Early mornings and I don’t mix. I haven’t woken up before 7:30 since August, so 5:30 ISN’T FUN. D: But my lovely breakfast was:

more homemade chobani-style yogurt with
a white chocolate macadamia luna bar, a
bosque pear and honey.

The SAT was okay, I guess. To be honest, it was kinda boring. We didn’t get started until 8:30, because people were late and there were a few stand-bys that needed to register. Once we got started, the proctor gave us breaks after every section. After the essay? Break. Right after the next section? Break. All the sections, even the very last ten-minute section, had breaks. It was so long. Long. Long. Long.
At least I had a Cocoa Mole Larabar to keep me company. :)

They let us out at 1:45. Yes, ONE FORTY-FIVE! Can you believe it? Gaaah, I wanted to strangle myself.
Too bad I couldn’t, since mi madre decided it was time to take el viaje a la casa de los abuelos.

Lucky for me, that meant Greek food in downtown Charleston on a Saturday night! Sorry I can’t offer any pictures, but imagine: gyro meats, spanakopita, roasted lamb, feta cheese, mmm! I got a sampler plate with all of the above. Definitely the greatest food known to man!

That is except for yogurt. Now, dear children, don’t get overexcited. :D

homemade chobani-style yogurt with walnuts,
strawberries, chopped dates and honey.

~~~~~~~~~~~~

more homemade yogurt with a chocolate pecan pie
luna bar (warmed up!) and walnuts.

~~~~~~~~~~~~

homemade yogurt with dates and honey.

I can’t believe I haven’t put dates in yogurt before! Literally, too good for words. I think it’s my new favorite topping, besides… well, all the rest.

On Monday night, in honor of my Greek adventure in Charleston, I pulled out the phyllo dough and made some spanakopita and those Barefoot Contessa Brussels sprouts. I (kinda) used this recipe for the spinach pie and it was beyond amazing. I had four pieces. Yeah, four. The phyllo dough was buttery and crispy, the cheese- warm but not too melty, and the spinach parsley and onion mixture- perfect. You’ll definitely see this in the future.

And, ironically, the best thing about the past few days was the rain! I really dislike rain- it’s all soggy and, well, kinda wet. D: But it means flowers!

raindrops! :)

Oh, and here’s today’s lunch:

spinach + mozerella quesdilla (made with two
tortillas!) with a side of those nummy sweet potato fries.

And I have some very belated thank-you’s to give out for these two awards!

gracias a Morgan (above) y McRae (below) para los premios. :)

I never really thought my blog would ever receive one award, let alone the three I’ve gotten so far! Thanks so much- it means pretty much the world to me! ♥ You girls are so great.

So, here’s the distributing:

First off, the award by McRae has some rules.
Here are the rules: 1) Add the logo of the award to your blog 2) Add a link to the person who awarded it to you 3) Nominate at least 7 other blogs 4) Add links to those blogs on your blog 5) Leave a message for your nominees on their blogs.

My seven are as follows:
Sophia, Tina, Morgy, Stacey, Kiki, Squill & Debbie!
You girls can expect a comment in your latest blog posts, ASAP!

For the award given by Morgan, I'm going to limit it to two (mostly because the majority of ya'll have gotten it already!). And, keeping in spirit of the others who have given the award, I'll pick based on the bloggers that make me smile, excluding the ones that were given the award already. (okay, Emily, get on with it!) Squill & Tina.

Phew. That’s a lot of award-giving! I really appreciate the awards and I hope everyone else does too. :)
(Maybe I should make a super cool award and give it out too!)

Well, girlies, this has been a super long postie and I have an orthodonist appointment to go to, so I’ll catch ya on the flipside. Hang ten & keep it real.

Yeah, I’m a super cool surfer.

P.S. Little bit of a delay on commenting, but I' will most definitely get to it. ♥

thirty-six.

2009-03-12T23:21:00.007-04:00

Thursday has no become SUCCESSDAY! :D
It kinda started out bad. I woke up around 8:30 and, since I was alone, I didn't eat until 12:30.
Pooh.
I got a little nervous for the SAT's on Saturday, thinking that I would fail horribly and I wouldn't be able to go to college, etc. So, instead of eating (that would have fueled me up for some studying), I opened my SAT book and stared for a full hour at the first page of the math review.
I couldn't focus.
Finally, I woke up from that silly stupor, took a shower, and organized my closet.
The sanity fairy tapped me on the shoulder, gently reminding me that my tummy was rumbling.

the "pretend it was" breakfast:

the ~new~ batch of homemade yogurt,
this time made with CHOBANI cultures. *gasp*
SO good. really, no lie.

with honey, vanilla + strawberries.

But, mi padre saved the day and took me to eat Mexican.

*eerie silence*
:O

And I did it. *imagines snaps/claps from every reader* ;)
Behold...

super duper lunch:

spinach enchiladas with melty cheese + salsa
and mexican rice with tomatoes.

hello. allow me to introduce myself- I am
greasy, oily spinach wrapped in cheese-covered
flour tortilla. pretend that I sound appetizing, please,
because I was! I was yummy or so the rumor goes.

I want to scream.
Or cry.
Or giggle... that'll do.

I'm ecstatic. :) If I did venture into the world of Mexican food, I would always order a hard, cheese and tomato taco with pico de gallo on the side and never tried to, you know, eat something that tasted good, not like a cardboard box.

And then, spring came, while I was munching away on tortilla chips.

Dinner was another new recipe creation: lemon cream shrimp over white rice. (shocker!)
You might be wondering, how on Earth can lemon and cream be together... won't it curdle up and be nasty? One would think, but somehow these ingredients become the most delicious sauce known to man.

dinna' for a winna':

said shrimp con arroz blanco y
snap peas! yum, yum. ♥

All that "get a good rest" jazz is pretty true and I'm ignoring like a silly willy. (Steve used to say that on Blue's Clues all. the. time.)
I'll get to commenting tomorrow morning, girlies. :)

nighty night! ♥

thirty-five.

2009-03-11T20:01:00.009-04:00

Happy Wednesday, everyone! :) [Half way through the week, whoot whoot!]

I took a practice SAT today and scored a 19oo. I haven't studied over the math review yet, so my math score was a bit lower than I expected, but I'm still very happy. I'm only a sophomore and I still have more time to prepare before the -real- ones junior/senior year.
I know it's kind of dorky, but I really want to break 2ooo. It'll probably be impossible by Saturday, but I can dream, right?

Yeah... definitely dorky.

So, my fuel for test taking:

breakfast in bed:

dearest papa made me :
a "scrambled omelette" with cheese and
celery, onion, green pepper + sprout medley.

and strawberries for all the strawberry lovers.
(uhhh, aka everyone! :D)

Besides the practice test, I did pretty much nothing. I replaced all the album covers that showed up blank on my iPod with the really pretty colorful versions. :)

Oh, and this is probably the bazillionth request posted, but does anyone have any ideas for snacks? There's a short break during the SAT and they encourage you to bring a snack to refuel. Of course, they expect kiddies to bring in some standard cereal bar, but not me! I want something zingy, zesty, zany.

super snack:

rachel's yogurt virginity broken. :o
and it's about time too.
it has SO many different flavors that
are too good to be true!!

I wish I could take this as my snack, but I can't refrigerate it. :( I can't wait to try other flavors. The cottage cheese flavors sound delicious too.

Maybe I should just save up to buy the entire yogurt aisle... who needs money for college/house/clothes anyways? I can spend it all of yogurt. *happy thought*

A new veggie has beaten the lovely sweet potato out of holding the top spot as my favorite vegetable. How is this possible you ask? What could this superior veggie be?

Brussels Sprouts

Yes, you are probably laughing and thinking, "She is crazy, without a doubt, CRAZY."
I would resent the fact that my sanity is being disputed, if not for my faith in the deliciousness of these Brussels sprouts.

(Oh and, I was wondering: everyone says Brussel sprouts, but it's really Brussels Sprouts... but why?)

Yesterday, I watched an episode of Alton Brown's TV show "Good Eats" where he made roasted artichokes that looked so delicious that I wanted to lick the television... :o
Unfortunately, no artichokes currently reside in the house.
But brussels sprouts do.

Following the genuis of the Barefoot Contessa, I popped a few lovelies in the oven and browned them up. Result:

a lil' bit of green yumminess
with a cheddar cheeseburger.

While at home, my goal is to try a new recipe everyday. So far, it's turned out wonderful! The squash, sweet potato, scones and (now) the brussels sprouts have been the best ever. :)

Oh, and don't forget to check out this giveaway over at Lucky Taste Buds! I'm seriously stoked for it, considering granola is a key ingredient in the best-tasting yogurt combinations. :)

Okie dokie, girlies, I'm going to watch Criminal Minds (cue the creepy music) before I turn in for the night! Have a great night/day. ♥

thirty-four.

2009-03-10T21:25:00.009-04:00

'Ello, lovelies! :) Hope everyone's having a lovely Tuesday. Get ready for a mondo-long post today 'cause I've got a bunch of tastiness to share!

Yesterday's Lunch:

hummus sammie with tomato, spinach, and sprouts
plusss ORGANIC SWEET POTATO FRIES
(in honor of Squill, fellow sweet potato lover ;D)

I used this recipe and, wow, I was so surprised! I expected them to be a little soggy and too peppery but, boy, was I wrong! They were so delicious that I had more for dinner (let's save that for later, okie dokie?)

Took a little stroll yesterday with the lovely blue sky. It's getting so warm and sunny that I can't stay inside. I found a second violet today:

I did a bit of SAT studying and discovered that there's no way in the world I'll use all these different words in my everyday life. I mean, come on- "chagul". I don't think I'll ever use it, unless I'm off in a foreign land and I desperately need a bag of goatskin.
"Excuse me, could I bother you for a chagul to carry my water in?"
Uh, no, don't think so. I think I'll just be dehydrated!

But I can't go hungry! So:

lil bit of dinner

more sweet potato fries and
a strawberry-feta-spinach salad.

plus, some honey chobani with pecan
granola, cinnamon, and honey.

+ the extra honey made this the absolute
best yogurt I have ever tasted!

Funny story for you guys. This morning at about five-thirty, while I was dead asleep, my dad couldn't find his keys. Instead of, you know, looking for them himself, he decide to drag me out of bed and send me on search for them. Not really a great idea, considering (A) no contacts/glasses on, (B) it's a taaad too early, and (C) they were in his BACK POCKET! :O
But when did we find out where they were?

An hour later.

Yes, thank you, Mr. Meanie World. Needless to say, I went back to sleep... until 11. :)

Snack:

OH MY GOSH.
best flavor everrr!

all of you, go to your nearest health food store and
buy one right now. it will make you so happy
that you'll forget you ran out in your bunny
slippers with your avocado face mask still on.

oh, and an izze. mmm, like drinking a fruit.
except with fizzy bubbles.

Lunch:

hummus sampler plate that I modeled after
a picture in a magazine I saw at Earth Fare:
cucumbers, peppers, sprouts, toasted bread
honeydew, kiwi and hummus.

Cracked open the books today to again discover words that I'll never use. Try panlogism! Does anyone see themselves in a conversation about the belief that the universe is acts of logos? Honestly, I didn't even know that there was such a thing before the Kaplan Review booklet told me so.

Such studying deserves equivalent foodage.

Dinner:

momma hippie's triple cheese mac'n'cheese. (x2 servings :o)
recipe from a 60's vegetarian cookbook.

if this isn't food porn, I honestly don't know what is!

Feeling really full right now. Not only did I have a giant dinner, I had a lot of snacks: yogurt, beet chips, a clif bar, etc.
I love being home! I eat so much better and I'm not tempted to do otherwise. I'm afraid to go back to school though. Sure, I have two weeks until then , but what's going to happen then? D: I want to keep doing well, but I don't know if I will. I keep thinking (relatively) positive so I think I'll be fine! :)

Time for nightie night. Have a great night/morning. ♥

thirty-three.

2009-03-09T09:20:00.008-04:00

Hola, chicas! :) Hope you're all experiencing the same wonderful weather I am!
Seriously, it was HOT yesterday. After months of horrible cold snowy days, I'm in love with this Georgia weather. ♥
And another thing I absolutely love:

Breakfast:

vanilla yogurt + pecan granola and honey.
yum, yum. granola = love.

It may only be nine in the morning, but I've gained some insight into the complicated mind of meeee. When I'm at home, I have absolutely no desire at all to restrict. None. Zip. Zero.
I think you guys got the point, so continuing...
It's at school that I have a problem. When I'm by myself and no one makes me do the right thing (aka eat). At home, I eat pretty much whatever I want and then afterward worry about it, but that's all I do- worry. I don't force myself to stop eating or anything and it's like normal Emily eating away again. I still see myself negatively but I don't do anything about it, just worry. I don't know if that's a step in the right direction, but I think it is...

Positive thoughts floating around today, even though it is Monday. ;) I took another long walk in search of the last precious daffodils.

And a violet, the first I've seen!

Lunch/Snack:

~new favorite lunch alert~
sammie with homemade hummus, prosciutto,
spinach, brie cheese and radish sprouts.

snack:
homemade garlic and red pepper hummus
with spinach and more bread.

nutella, plus yogurt and milk.
(it's really thin and more like milk, than a 'shake.

I've been really lazy and I keep putting off studying for the SAT. I need motivation. Pooh.

Anyways, yesterday's dinner.

Dinner:

piccolini "bow ties" with parmesan and spinach.

Pasta. Pasta. Pasta. Big step!
I haven't had any at all since October. I swore that I'd never eat it again. :o
Silly me! Pasta is the definition of delicious. I can't believe I let myself not eat it.

Oh, and as promised, I've started baking again! :D

Baking Attempt Numero Uno:

ducky-shaped pecan scone-biscuits!
recipe here

I altered it a bit by halving the recipe and adding in more pecans. I also had to bake it for thirty-five minutes rather than only twenty. Overall, they were pretty tasty, but more like a biscuit than a scone (they didn't rise very much).
Best part? They were ducky-shaped! One was a moose and another a heart but mostly, duckies. :)

Have a great rest of the day, girlies. ♥

thirty-two.

2009-03-07T23:04:00.014-05:00

I give in rather easily.

Under the certain circumstances, it's normally not a big deal, but when I get stressed, I just give in. And by "give in" I think you know what I mean. D: Rawr.

Thank God that I'm home now. And, as my welcome home gift, my dad made YOGURT. :D

Yesterday's breakfast:

plain greek-style yogurt with kashi
black currant cereal, honey and mashed banana.

hello deliciousness.
and my first cup back home:
pomegranate green tea in my "georgia" tea cup.

And, my camera's all fixed up so the pictures are much clearer. That means I finally get to return to flowery picture collection:

the very last of the pear blossoms & daffodils.

Brunch today was my dad's own special creation: carrot-split pea soup. It's delicious! The carrots taste almost like sweet potatoes (my neeew obsession) and the peas have no pea-y taste.

Brunch:

and homemade bread with brie spread on.

I believe my parents are really hippies. My mom's gone to making bread (never buys any from the store!) and listens to Celtic tunes along with the Beatles. My dad's growing sprouts and making homemade yogurt. *looks up hippie in the dictionary and sees their picture* I should have known.

Meet another member of our family:

El Tigreee
He's the last surviving kitty of the household. :(

All the others have gone on into the great
kitty scratching post in the sky.

he's a bit of a loner though.
likes to kick it by himself.

The momma and I had a fun girl's day out and went shopping. What better shopping is there than the grocery kind? :) I found Snap Pea Chips. Weirdest idea ever but they are SO yummy. And another tasty junk food:

Suppa':

the madre and I hit up the chinese buffet.

one of two plates of chinese-y goodness.
so many types of delicious sushi and seafood.

Food wasn't the only goodie found today. Introducing my new cupcake bowl:

more homemade yogurt with a warm
white chocolate macadamia clif bar.

oh my goodness, best flavor ever.
I almost died.

Right now, I'm having a little late night TV time: 102 Dalmatians. Los perritos son muy monos.

Oh, and I thought I'd share a few of my other purchases of the day:

a $3.50 blue linen dress.

a $6 hot pink luella skirt.

a $15 purple free people dress.
(the color is much different- more purple-y)

Anyone ever heard of Plato's Closet? It has the best deals! I'm a huge Free People (and Juicy Couture) fan so I'm in a fantastic mood! (much better than last week's icky slump.)

Hope everyone has a wonderful Saturday night. ♥

thirty-one.

2009-03-03T18:03:00.007-05:00

Yes, this is what it looks like from the inside of prison... I mean, my dorm room. I woke up to the evil snow Monday morning and still took my Spanish exam, pero no es dificul.
I had my Algebra II exam today. Whooo. Not.

But I got a nice little breakfast yesterday:

Yesterday's breakfast:

yoplus+ vanilla yogurt with a crumbled
up "nutz over chocolate" luna bar.

and some fruit:

No other foodie pics. Sorry. ;(

I don't know what's up with my eating this week but it's been bad. And, when I say bad, I mean like it's been massively high calorie/fat. Yesterday, I ate tons of popcorn chicken (which, I actually don't like, at all) and three servings of sweet potato fries for dinner. I just munch on soy nuts all day then dig into some other less healthy foods. Example:

ham and cheese stromboli (yuck! yet, I ate it all)
with a side of balsamic veggies (which I didn't eat).

and for a snack on the way back?

hamburger.
ewww.

I attribute part of lunch's eating to an awkward situation. Here's a little back story, before I begin. My roomie has this idea that my soul mate is this guy in our form who is really smart and kinda cute but has little to no personality. She's been telling all of our friends about it and they all agree.
So, today at lunch, roomie, plus me and another of our buddies sat down at a table where my ex (urg, sounds so weird and stupid saying that) was sitting. It was kinda awkward since we don't talk (another story for another time) but it became even worse when one of my friends said, "Hey, Emily, how's your new boyfriend, huh?" Everyone at the table was suddenly staring at me and pestering me about it. I got really nervous (being the center of attention like that scare me half to death!) and tried explain that it wasn't true, that I have no significant other (don't intend to for awhile either) and this kid really means nothing to me. Wow, that sounded mean... but no one believed me anyways. I'm horribly afraid that a rumor will stem from this and fly around the school at ninety miles an hour. I'm so worked up about this and, to be honest, it really isn't that big of a deal. I just over-analyze things a lot and it gets to me. I keep thinking that it'll be all over school by tomorrow and I'll be so embarrassed. Gah! I hate social stuff. I want to be a hermit. D:

For tonight, it was "breakfast for dinner" day. I ate tons of spinach crepes and salmon. Then, I grabbed a hash brown and bathed him in cream cheese! Although dinner was good, I ate too much and I feel bloated now.

The weird thing is I don't even like meat, besides the occasional fried chicken leg and a little bit of seafood- red meat makes me queasy! Usually, I don't eat it at all and stick with eggs/yogurt/bodybuilder bars for my protein. I just keep eating stuff. I was so messed up over the whole deal at lunch and I'm stressed about exams. It all compounds and makes me feel horrible. I'm so ready for this week to be over.

Sorry for being in a poopy mood today. I'll be better tomorrow. Thanks for putting up with me. It means a lot. :) I love knowing that there are people that read my entries and leave such lovely comments.

But, on a lighter note, Stanford got a hold of my PSAT scores from last October/November and I was invited to apply to an academic summer camp there! :O I have to retake the SAT next week though- yuck. I feel really happy about it though and it kinda cancels out this icky week. (and it's only Tuesday!)

Two more exams to go- qimica y humanidades.

Nightie night, chickadees. ♥ ♥ ♥

thirty.

2009-03-01T19:15:00.008-05:00

Good night, Starshines! The Earth says hellllooo.
I watched Charlie and the Chocolate Factory today... while studying.

At 2:30 tomorrow afternoon, I have my first exam- Spanish, the horror! I'm pretty confident grammar wise, but there's going to be a short answer section on los poemas y las cuentas that we've read in class. It's like an English exam, focusing on themes and stuff, but, well, in Spanish. :o

I think I can do it though.

Breakfast:

"Soy un platano. Nací en Guatemala."
(He told me a little about himself and helped me with
my studies... before I ate him.)

A cup of Cheerios accompanied Senor Guatemala.

I was really stupid today and skipped lunch. Instead, I ate huge amounts of soy nuts. I wish I could have eaten something more balanced, but I guess I'll have to deal.

Guess what else I have to deal with? SNOW.
Yes, it snowed. all. darn. day. The ground is covered in the stupid stuff. D:
So much for that earlier spring.

Oh, and tomorrow starts my tribute to the refrigerator! All the food I have stocked up has to be used up by Thursday (so none of it spoils over break). I know that I have grapes, a piece of fried chicken and four containers of Yoplait down there, but I'm sure I have some stuffed stocked in the freezer. It'll be a suprise to see what's inside! :)

Dinner:

sauteed garlic spinach and baked acorn squash.
my new FAVORITE dinner.
the squash were so tasty, I could have died.

One last thing before I go:

Roomie's Christmas Present para mi! :)

It finally came today and I was so excited. She knew I have a (tiny) obsession with Juicy Couture and got a great deal ($20!!!) on one of the charm bracelets. I hyperventalated for ten minutes straight after I opened it. Squeeee! Anyone else have any jewelry they treasure? If you do, post it!

Have a great rest of the night, chicas!

twenty-nine.

2009-02-28T12:24:00.011-05:00

Hello Saturday! :D Classes are officially over until after March vacation! Only exams are left! :)

Today was such a great day to end on too. I had my Spanish oral and it went well! :)
Then, I had a quiz in Humanities that I made a perfect score on! (It was the last grade of the term, not counting the exam.)
And to top it all off, the dining hall has the infamous YOGURT BAR today. :D Happy Emily!

But before we get onto that, let's take a peek at yesterday's eats. (:o that rhymed!)

Yesterday's Breakfast:

cheese omelette with blueberry yogurt!
(yes, yes, yes, yogurt! it has returned ♥)

no waffles though. :(
silly cafeteria people didn't have the
waffle bar, as they promise!

Yesterday's Lunch:

seaweed-wrapped rice and acorn squash
with chickpeas and fresh rosemary tomatoes

aaaand, a piece of whole wheat margherita pizza:
spinach, tomatoes, and cheese. :)

the return of my long awaited lunch-ly yoggie :)
vanilla with honey, dried
cranberries, and bran flakes.

And since today's feature was the lovely yogurt bar, guess what lunch was?

Lunch:

one giant (think james and the...)
bowl of vanilla yogurt with blueberries, honey and granola.

and as Morgan would say,
MOUTHGASM. ;)

And one is never enough. :)
I also snagged this cute little bowl-
it has fruits bordering the top.

I've discovered that I am not in the mood to study for exams, at all. Not saying that anyone is ever in the mood to study, but I'm seriously put out by it. Instead of trying to study, I went over to the art center and made a friend of mine a birthday card. Her's is tomorrow and we can't really do anything special. I spent two hours on it, so it was distracting as well as fun. I gained this little bit of advice too: pastels are a girl's best friend. After finishing hers, I grabbed a blank sheet of paper and got to scribbling:

I was in an "Espanol" sort of mood.
(thankfully, her card is in tact and
completely unharmed by this craziness. :P)

And in the midst of eating tonight's dinner, I was attacked with a surprise hug from said friend, squealing about how happy she was. :) Kind of made me feel better about skipping out on exam studying. I still have all of tomorrow and Monday morning to study for my first exam anyways.

Dinner:

tomato-y lasagna with chickpeas

Snack:

vanilla cupcake and a banana. :)

I'm going to the gym for a little while before I really buckle down and start studying.
Have a great rest of the night, ladies!

***Edittt! Totally forgot about this earlier (silly me!) but bam! My first ever Bloggie Award. :)

Thanks Morgan and Kiki!
I'm not sure who to tag (since it seems like everyone's been tagged at least once!),
so I'm going to pick the girlies I haven't seen mentioned in a post:

Stacey over at Tea and Trifle
Squill over at Seeds and Honey
Lyssy over at Improving Myself In A New Way

Sorry if you've already been tagged!

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And don't forget to check this out:
barney butter giveaway!

I had some on a sandwich once. Love at first bite. ;)

twenty-eight.

2009-02-26T21:41:00.012-05:00

Hola chicas! After skipping another day of blogging, I have this to confess:

I have not eaten yogurt in three days. :o

Yeah, the dining hall is being purely evil and not serving any yogurt, at all! :( I have some Yoplait and Activia stowed in the fridge, but I want to save that for exams next week.

If there's no yogurt tomorrow, some one is going to be in trouble.

Yesterday's Breakfast:

Rice Krispies + Skim Milk
*snap* *crackle* *pop*

Mr. Currant Scone + Cream Cheese Frosting
(weird combination, but a delicious breakfast treat!)

Yesterday's Snack:

Heated him up for a bit in the microwave.
yum, yum, yum. the walnuts are so big and tasty! :)

Other than those foodies, I have no pictures from yesterday. I lost my phone half way through the day and that resulted in a lack of food pictures to share. Sorry. :(

But on to today! :D I got my AGII test back and I didn't fail- only an A-! I'm really excited about it since I thought I had gotten at least half of the questions wrong! :D My average went down to an A, but I'm okay with that. So relieved too- I thought I was going to have to majorly cram for the exam.

Today was a weird pig-out sort of day for me- a bunch of oily, greasy, sugary foods that everyone knooows they love.

Snack:

Lunch:

veggie quesdilla with a side of veggies. x2
(Me gustan las verduras. :D)

Hello, cheesy, oily, veggie deliciousness.
(well, maybe not the oily part :o)

Dinner:

two slices of steaming hot cheese pizza.
♥ I was ready for a challenge today!

Snack #2:

two lindt dark chocolate truffles, leftover
from mi madre's v-day package.

Nothing else important to report. The weather was nice today, windy as usual but bright.

Spring's coming. :)
Have a great rest of the night, girlies! ♥

twenty-seven.

2009-02-24T17:56:00.012-05:00

Happy Mardi Gras, girlies! :)

Don't go too crazy, tehe.

Oh, and I'm ready to strangle the word verification thingie. D: Will there ever be a solution?

Snack:

Chocolate Raspberry Luna Bar
:( Silly thing was past its expiration date.

I don't know why, but I really like this. :)

Lunch:

Sweet potato fries + ketchup, with corn.
Sorry, they're a little blurry.

Dinner:

Mardi Gras themed, of course!

Okra + Tomatoes, with sunflower seeds.

Louisiana-style Flank Steak with A1 Sauce! :D
I love A1. ♥ ♥
(It's possible the greatest thing since sliced bread.)

Dessert:

pumpkin ice cream on top of
a mashed&microwaved banana

Weather: :o

It was so pretty today: nice and blue... but something was amiss in the world.
There was NO yogurt in the diet of Emily today. :O

Uggg, the steak's starting to turn on me. Tummie and meat just don't get along very well. I'm going to take a quick nap to (hopefully) make it better.

And happy pre-Ash Wednesday.
I've got an all school retreat tomorrow and a nice *cough* not *cough* hour long mass to celebrate it.

Enjoy the rest of your night, girlies! :D

twenty-six.

2009-02-23T21:34:00.010-05:00

Rawr.
Monday's suck. :(

After actually beasting my chem test today, I pretty much failed my AG2 test. I forgot how to graph logs right before my teacher passed the test out and it just so happens that the first question was, you guessed it!, graphing the darn things. Exams are next week so I can't even make this stupid thing up in time.

Logs = mean
I'm going have to study pretty hard for the exams. D:

On top of that, the stupid word verifications aren't working right. :( I can't even comment on half your blogs! Sorry, girlies! ♥

Oh well, the day got better when I was awarded this title:

the "Manny Ramirez" of
Vocabulary Baseball :o

Ignore the fact that I had no idea who he was before today. I felt pretty special.

But on to the eatsss:

Snack:

Before he took a spell in the microwave:

Luuuunch:
Wheat Toast and Spinach Salad with
Feta Cheese, Corn, Tomatoes & Glazed Tofu

And, of course, some yogurt:
vanilla yogurt plus rice krispies,
honey, and chocolate chips.

No dinner pics tonight. Instead of bringing my phone along to sports today, I forgot it and roomie+me went to dinner directly after. :(
But dinner was a bowl of Manhattan Clam Chowder with brussel sprouts on the side.

Don't worry, I do have dessert pictures:

a mashed and microwaved banana (nice and warm!)
with haagan daaz honey vanilla fro-yo

one delicious beastie ♥

Have a lovely night, chicas. :)

twenty-five.

2009-02-22T15:37:00.010-05:00

Forgot to add this little picture yesterday:

Luna's + Clif's = Yumminess.
No Larabars, unfortunately.

As I promised myself yesterday, today has not been a lazy Sunday. I've finished up my lab report and mi tarea para espanol, but I still need to write my "paper" for Humanities and read Paradise Lost.

The paper will be pretty easy- it's not the typical five paragraph sort of essay. We have to write a play, basically, where John Locke and Thomas More meet in the afterlife. I actually think it's going to be fun. :D

Anyways, on to the eats. As I do every Sunday, I ate a big brunch:

Kashi Waffle + Honey Chobani Yogurt

(waffle + dollop of yogurt on top)
Mmmm, so yummy.
(waffle + smeared dollop of yogurt)

*chomp chomp chomp*

Banana. :D

Add a bag of grapes to that and you've got brunch for me. :)

Snack time: grits + cheese

I've always loved grits, but the school never has them for breakfast, so I'm forced to buy instant stuff from the store. Still yummy and it reminds me of home, which by the way, I'll be returning to in eleven days! I'm so excited- I can finally bake again, whoot! I've decided what I want to make first: heart-shaped scones. It may be a little past v-day, but what the heck? I can picture it clearly in my mind but describing it- that's a different story! I had a dream about them awhile back- cranberry scones with a heart cut into the middle of each. The heart shape will only be deep enough so that it puffs up a little while the scones bake. And I'm making baklava and fudge balls. Squeeee, I'm so excited.

I only have to get so exams first... :o

Dinner tonight's supposed to be Southern Fried Chicken. It's going to be a challenge, but I think I can handle it. I'll post up piccies later.

twenty-four.

2009-02-21T23:04:00.005-05:00

I'm in a great mood today! Yes, after that horrifying Thursday, I've come back with a bang!

I was feeling a bit creative today, so I tried making a new layout. It's all spring-y outside and the sun's shining so I wanted something to fit the season. It still has a few kinks that I need to work out, but overall, I love it! :)

And, it made me feel naughty, tehe. I should have written a paper for Humanities today and finished up my lab report, but I didn't. Usually, I never put off school work (chronic perfectionist student hybrid), but today, today was today! :) I'm in such an odd mood that I can't explain. Sunday can deal with that homework, not today!

Even though I had class today (yuck!) and it kinda bummed me out, I was so excited for Clement's! Roomie plus another buddy walked with me there- a mile and a half, or so MapQuest said. I'm convinced it was lying, 'cause it took forever.

I discovered a wonderful thing upon our arrival.:

Clement's = Earthfare

Not sure if any of you are familiar with it- just like a Trader Joe's or Whole Foods, but its indigenous to the Southeast. (NC, SC + Georgia, mostly, I think)

And I love Earthfare. I was positive that I never needed to find love in the world, because I'd already found it in a grocery store. Earthfare and I, walking to the alter, him promising to be well stocked of delicious fruits for eternity...

Anyways! It was fun, until despair came- in the form of my freshman English teacher... and the mother of a boy I used to date. :o Oh boy, can you feel the love? In a situation like this, awkward as all get up, what's a girl to do?

Well, in this case, get a ride back with the woman! Don't get the wrong idea, this. was. NOT. my. idea. I'm a firm believer in self-preservation, thank you very much, and riding in the car with your ex's mother does not fall into that category. But, nooo, in they hopped and I followed- hyperventalating. Yes, she inspires fear in all.

I remember last year, pre-breakup, I loved her and vice-versa. Not anymore- it's World War 3 all over again and I'm unfortunately the losing side. Fail for me. :)

It wasn't all too bad, not counting the sneaky remarks she made about my performance last year in her class. D: The highest grade you can get in her class is an A- and I got it, but noooo, impossible for her to let me triumph!

Even now, I really do wish she liked me still. I didn't do anything to her son- he did all the hurting! (Can you say "voicemail breakup"?) I'm one of those school dorks and I like for teachers to like me. I hate when teachers either don't like me at all or have no opinion. :( I hate it even more when their opinion changes, for the worse.

Stopping the self-pity spiel and moving onto the pictures:

On the walk over. Cute little old people lived there. (;

And, of course, I can't take a trip anywhere without some flower pictures.

I was a tad excited. :D
It's a giant waving potato, what do you expect?

Sushi. :o
So many yummy kinds!

Scorpus and Yellow. (:

twenty-three.

2009-02-20T22:10:00.014-05:00

Hola, chicas. :) Hope you're all having a great day!

I'm feeling a lot better today... silly me from yesterday. I don't like feeling like that. I guess you have to feel a little down every once and awhile so that you can feel better. :D

Since today's Friday (whoot! well, kinda... I have class tomorrow), it was fish day in the cafeteria:

Lunchables:

whole wheat tuna fish sammie, with
olives, tomatoes, and swiss cheese.

I'd forgotten how much I actually like tuna fish! It was yummy. :)

Today was the school play! Right before roomie and I made our way over to watch, I got a little chow:

tuna fish and cheese sandwich with
green beanies and a banana.

The bananas look really great today- really big-
so I stashed some in my coat. :o

And ate one on the road:

The play was My Fair Lady and I was so surprised- it was great! I watched the movie once on TCM and didn't really like it, but I loved it on stage! I was a little distracted by the clothes (a few of their vests+jackets I was willingly to "borrow") but the acting and singing was pretty good. The girl who played "Eliza Doolittle" actually learned a bit of a British accent. I was pretty impressed.

Overall, it was a pretty good day. And tomorrow will be even better- I'm going to Clement's. Its a local grocery store and I've never been before. Very excited. I love grocery stores. :)

Hope everyone's was as good too! Have a wonderful rest of the night.

twenty-two.

2009-02-19T22:12:00.005-05:00

If there's one thing that can be said about random days off, its this-

Caution: Emily should not be left alone with
Almond-Pecan Popcorn under any circumstances.

I woke up later than I wanted to today- nine thirty. :( I missed breakfast so I made a cup of Orange Spice tea and cracked open the tin of popcorn from yesterday's package. Oh sweet Jesus, that ended badly, with about a fifth of the popcorn left. D:

For some reason, I just could not stop eating. I wanted to stop but I couldn't. It felt so gross... And my popcorn binge started again tonight, during Study Hall. I was listening to one of my roomie's stories during our break and I just had a craving for it. Up came the lid and in I went, devouring that stuff. :(

I'm usually not the binge-type, unless I'm on vacation and it's almost time to go back (then the homesickness starts in, even before I'm back). I've been feeling a bit down lately, so maybe that's what triggered it? I don't know... Well, only two more weeks until I get a break so that's a relief.

On a lighter note: there goes the sun.

And here's the dinner:

Veggie Polenta with Marinated Red Potatoes.

And, of course, yogurt:
vanilla with honey, cinnamon, and pineapple

And as if today's eating couldn't get worse:

I cracked open this little guy and feasted.

Ugg, today's just been awful- eating wise, that is. I actually got a lot of my work done AND I got to read, whoot whoot! I never have time anymore so I was rather excited.

Anyways, sorry about being a bit depressing today. Tomorrow will be better. :)

twenty-one.

2009-02-18T17:47:00.011-05:00

Having a fabulous day, ladies? It's half way through the week... well, not for me, but oh well. It's something to be happy about!

Oh, and I was right! Headmaster's Day is tomorrow. A full day of nothing to do... except sports' practices. :( Why cancel school and not sports? Icky! I think a few of us are going to IHOP though so that'll be fun. :D

Today was the best day I've had in awhile! Why, you ask? Because of lunch:

Garlic zucchini and a little meatball.
I usually don't eat meat (makes my stomach hurt)
but he was quite delicious! Crispy and warm.

More balsamic veggies on top of lettuce+chickpeas.

And today's special feature? The Yogurt Bar! ♥

Every Wednesday and Saturday, the dining hall has a special "exhibition bar", with neat little treats. Sometimes, it's just a baked potato or hot dog thing (yuck!) but today, oh boy! Yogurt: strawberry and vanilla! And all the toppings to go with it: fresh fruit, granola, etc. Yum, yum.

Granola, blueberries, and honey, oh my!

My first + second bowl!
The blueberries were fresh. (: Yum.

Look there, it's a plastic bowl! :o
Apparently the ceramic has been disappearing,
so the dining hall staff decided to give us a little treat.
(Maybe the bowl bandits had something to do with it.)

And my aunt sent me a package:

She was sending some to my cousin in college
and she remembered me too. :)

Chomp, chomp!
I'm usually not a kettle corn fan, but this was
just too good. The pecan+almond clusters
were sweet and salty.

Have a happy rest of Wednesday, chicas. :)

twenty.

2009-02-17T13:26:00.018-05:00

Yes, I'm guilty of skipping another day blogging! (That's two within just a couple day!) I have legitimate reason though- Spanish. Bleh. Our class had a major PowerPoint project due today and I was putting the final touches on last night. I was on of the first people to present today. :(

That ended badly.
Half way through my presentation (on Costa Rica, in case you were wondering!), the bell rung!
I don't have class tomorrow, so I have to wait until Thursday to finish! Eeep.
But, wait, there's supposedly Headmaster's Holiday on Thursday. Translation: No class- which means I'll finish up on Friday. Lucky me.

But on to the eats- yesterday's lunch:

Garlic Broccoli with Veggie Soup.

Plate of Yogurt:
vanilla + honey

Bowl of Vanilla Yogurt:
honey, chocolate chips +maraschino cherries

I had a revelation today: I'm a yogurt addict! I suppose the first step to overcoming my addiction is to admit it, but yogurt is too yummy. I'll be a proud addict, thank you very much. ;)

On to today's eats:

Power up!
Spanish presentations are just the excuse for a Chai Tea Luna Bar.
And a grapefruit too.

And here's some lunch:

My favorite balsamic veggies, with chickpeas and regular peas! :)

I bet you aren't surprised!
Vanilla yogurt, granola + frosted flakes.

I haven't stopped "borrowing" dishware from the dining hall either- I'm not a criminal! Those innocent little ceramic mugs beg me to take them out of the dark, scary cafeteria!

Yogurt on the run:
Honey, cinnamon + frosted flakes.

I've liberated one and his little buddy: the spoon!
"Oh, thank you, Emily! We're so happy to be freeee!"

Can't catch us- we're shadows! *sneak sneak*

I think the groundhogs lied to us! Spring is coming and very soon. Today's a bit windy but incredibly sunny. And coats are still a must so you won't freeze half to death.

So, where's my proof for this early spring?

Ha! The ladybugs have arrived. ♥

He was lounging in the sun outside our dorm. :) He's so cute.

Oh, and stay tuned for a special post later tonight! Why, you ask?

Because today's International Food Night!

(Another) Translation: The dining hall staff's preparing, along with a few international students, food from all around the world. Korean, German, Spanish, French, any and every cuisine. I'm very excited.

Have a great rest of the day, lovelies. :)

**************************************************
Update:
International Food Night~

I am so stuffed- I think I ate a whole giant beluga whale... well, at least half. The food was sooo good. ♥

Plate One: Ham+Tuna Sushi, Turkish Figs, Korean Omelette (not sure the correct name here)
Greek Spanakopita, Translucent Korean Noodles, & Korean Beef

Dessert? Baklava, my very favorite!

Close up of the food trough. :)
I got to be a reeeal pig tonight.

Sushi! :D So yummy.

All that yellow stuff is mine. (Korean Omelette)
Thank God for loving roomies that bring you food. :)

The Korean Omelette was the best and, of course, the baklava! If only every day was this delicious.

Tienen una gran noche, chicas!

nineteen.

2009-02-15T21:44:00.012-05:00

Hiya girlies. (: Hope everyone had a great weekend. Today's been pretty bland, nothing really happening.

Well, that is except for my breakfast:

Oh yes, two slices of French toast smothered in vanilla yogurt with maple syrup, honey and nuts. Can you saw deliciousness? ♥

I decided to "front load" since I had mondo amounts of work to do today and I always forget to eat when I'm studying. ): I did remember to eat lots of snacks along the way:

Toasted Nuts N' Cranberry Luna Bar... with the dreaded Spanish-English Dictionary.

Add to that oodles of soy nuts, a Clif bar, two grapefruits, with a microwaved waffle and you pretty much have my day. I wish I wasn't so lazy on Sundays! I have no pictures to really share with you guys. Ack. :(

Oh, wait, yes I do! Some left-over Valentine's Day celebrations.

Is that another red velvet cupcake?
:o It couldn't be!

Tehe. Such a pretty card. (:

Hope everyone has a great night. ♥

eighteen.

2009-02-14T17:08:00.020-05:00

Hey guys! Hope you're all having a great Valentine's Day. Sorry about not posting yesterday, but I swear, today will make up for it! :D Here's some brekkie:

I was in a crazy fruit mood today! :) Does anyone else think that starfruit are absolutely the most adorable fruit ever? I wish I had a starfruit tree... if they grow on trees, that is!

Oh, and before I forget, I got bag-tagged by Morgan over at Dancing to Recovery! :D

Not sure if it counts, but it was the last 'bag' I carried (plus I love it to death! ♥) "It" is my Juicy Couture clutch, along side the newest Free People catalog! (I really want the romper on the left.) I bought it online at Rue La La for $30! Probably one of the highlights of my life.

I think everyone's pretty much been tagged for this, buuuut, if you're reading this and haven't, here goes:

The rules are as follows:
1) Post a picture of whatever bag you are carrying as of late. No, you cannot go up to your closet and pull out that cute little purse you used back before you had kids. I want to know what you carried today or the last time you left the house. No cheating!
2) I want to know how much it cost:) And this is not to judge. This is for entertainment purposes only. So spill it. And if there is a story to go along with how you obtained it, I’d love to hear it.
3) Tag some chicks. And link back to this post so people know why the heck you’re showing everyone your bag.

Today was very sunny and windy! But what was the absolute best part of today? The coffee house expedition my friends and I took. :D There's a coffee house twenty minutes (that is, walking) from our school and we dashed over, through this lovely neighborhood:

These people are so lucky to live close to the ocean... well, bay!

Very interesting lamp posts they have! :)

Once we got to the coffee house, we were met by huge group of people and a lovely group of musicians! They were pretty decent! It was really crowded, so we had to settle with two tables pushed together and a giant wall separating us from the band. There was a great selection of muchies to choose from:

And I didn't have to settle when it comes to this bad boy:

A Hummus+Veggie Wrap!! Delicious!

It kinda looks like a heart... if you squint and stand on your head. :)

We were really there to hear the poet laureate of Rhode Island read some of her poetry, but we didn't get to hear anything before we left. Instead we heard an odd bunch of poems... involving dreadlocks and footprints in the sand.

One of the poets reading- she was really great.
No dreadlocks in her readings.

I "Love" this cake.

It is February, sillies!

I've always wanted to try some of their gelato but never have. I always forget... they have some delicious flavors: pomegranate chocolate chip and even honey graham.

Eat a heart-shaped cinnamon twist, that's what! It was yummy. (:

We're cool, haha. (l-r: meee, buddy, buddy #2... maybe I should have better names?)

Hope everyone has a wonderful rest of the weekend! :)
Enjoy what's left of your V-DAY! ♥

seventeen.

2009-02-12T15:10:00.012-05:00

Its Thursday- almost the weekend, if you don't count classes tomorrow and Saturday. But really, that isn't the point. Hope everyone's having a great day. :)

Breakfast: two Kashi waffles, strawberries and a starfruit! Yum!

There's my thumbnail.

Today was a bit of a lazy day, considering school work and all. I had a few quizzes and I have a few tomorrow, but I'm okay with that because of my fabulous lunch today: bowtie pasta with spinach, tomatoes, and feta cheese. Also, following my trend of the week: a medley of squash and zucchini to top it off. :)

Oh, and did I mention the red velvet cupcakes? :O Yes, the dining hall is being oh-so-kind and making Valentine-themed goodies.

Yes, there are more of these little lovelies!

The heart-shaped sprinkles were absolutely adorable. I was tempted to steal a whole tray of them, but maybe that'd be a little obvious, no?

And what else could make today great?

A PACKAGE! :)

It's my Valentine's package from home, filled with candies, luna bars, and a grapefruit. (My mommy also included my Spanish research from last year to help with this year's project, tehe.)

A Reese's Peanut Butter Heart...
and Lindt Liquor truffles. (The golden one is the best!)
I have to admit that I've eaten at least six! :)

Overall, today's been a great day... I hope dinner will follow suit! I'm going to a buddy's poetry recictaton so dinner will have to be super quick. (no pics, probably!)

Hope everyone has a wonderful rest of the day!

sixteen.

2009-02-11T18:43:00.012-05:00

Hello! I hope you're all having a great day. It was another pretty day, for me at least, so I hope you spent it well.

Today, luckily, I had a sleep-in! :) And there was a special breakfast in the cafeteria with:

OMELETTES MADE TO ORDER!
(or omelets, depending on how you spell it.)

Cheesy, onion-y, and sausage-y (broke my usual veggie style for today). So tasty and such a treat, since they only have them once every couple of months! It was the best way to start my day, which, along with the weather, was wonderful!

Lunch was a quick salad, piled high with squash, eggplant, and chickpeas, and a whole wheat sandwich with cream cheese and jelly. The sammie sounds a little iffy, but trust me, it is so good! My friend introduced me to the combo today, delicious! :)

And snapped a picture of my little snack with Algebra II homework- soy nuts. :) Mmmm. They got me fueled up for the expedition I went on today. :D My roommate, another friend of mine and I went on a walk down to the bay since today was absolutely gorgeous!

Yes, it was quite muddy. :)

But so pretty and bright! If only every February day was this beautiful.

My friend, Gaby, and I climbed up on top of the boathouse, whew! Very scary.
I swore that I was going to fall off any second, but I didn't.

The sun was blinding, haha. (l-r: roomie, meee, and buddy)
Only one of our many, many, many, pictures. :D

And after our little bay time, we went to a few squash matches and met this little guy:

He, aka Sammy, got left outside the Squash+Fitness Center. :( At least my roomie and I kept him company, while everybody watched inside. We give our players bad luck, so it seems. Eeep! Squash isn't really our thing, on top of that... I think its the funny name that makes it so weird. Squash are for eating!

And speaking of eating: dinnnner! :)

Yesss, those are the real deal.

Dinner was so yummy tonight: warm, spicy green beans and a medley of onions, squash and zucchini with balsamic vinegar and chickpeas! And those are some parmesan and pepper chips over there.

Dessert: vanilla yogurt with added cinnamon, honey and a new dining hall specialty... some caramel, whipped cream truffle parfait thing mixed in. Best dessert ever, no lie. I convinced my roomie to try it and she loved it. We ate it in less than five seconds. ;)

Oh, and I'd like to thank everybody for reading! :D This blog really inspires me to make my food delicious and nutritious. Before I started the blog, the food I ate was... yeah, you wouldn't want to see a picture of it, let alone eat it.

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2009-02-10T18:05:00.009-05:00

Hello. :) Hope everyone is having a wonderful day! Today was a lazy sort of day- cloudy and rainy. I had three bright Forelle pears for breakfast, along with a Kashi waffle, to brighten it up. Forelle pears are delicious, the absolute best... and I'll go to the mat on that one!

Golden Delicious Apple! :D

Lunch today was ratatouille with a huuuge side of sweet potato fries! Oh boy, those fries were so good- crispy, warm and moist, all at the same time. I didn't snap a picture though. :(

But I did get one of dinner, right before I finished: roasted potatoes, a side of corn and tomatoes, with chickpeas and steamed broccoli. :) So yummy. The dining hall makes really good veggies surprisingly!

Oh, and has anyone ever tried a banana with cinnamon? Its so good! I just decided to do it, no reason really, and BAM! New favorite snack.

Heeere's dessert! Vanilla yogurt with cinnamon, peanut butter and honey. Such a yummy combo.

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2009-02-09T21:50:00.011-05:00

Today was a nice day too, surprisingly. The cafeteria even had ice cream, which is always a sign that people are happy. :)

I finished up the last of my poetry paper this morning with a Maple Nut Clif Bar. I have to admit that I had a few negative thoughts about it but, lo and behold, the Clif Company came through again with another delicious flavor!
+ Thanks for all the comments encouraging me on the paper. :D

Lunch today was a salad with every type of veggie possible... that is different peppers, onions, peas, tomatoes, even eggplant. It was so huge that people stepped out of the way when I walked by. Haha, just kidding. :) I also had some fried rice and a bowl of tomato-spinach soup.

And since there was ice cream, there were also maraschino cherries! I used to really dislike them when I was little, but I've grown really fond of them now. They were so yummy alongside mini chocolate chips in my vanilla yogurt.

I'm so addicted now that I am forced to steal ceramic bowls from the dining hall to carry out my yogurt. Unfortunately today, the headmaster caught me. :o He was so cute and let me go after I explained to him how delicious it was! It was too and well worth the risk!

Dinner was pretty boring, salad again because there was only chicken as an entree. I ate three apples to make up for it though and stole part of brownie from a friend.

I'm off to bed now- hitting the hay a bit early tonight. :) Night.

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2009-02-08T16:40:00.008-05:00

It's grocery shopping day! :D There was a little scare this morning as to whether or not the bus would come to take my roommate and me, but all worked out well.

"Winter Gardens" at school, while waiting for the bus.

Today was such a warm day for winter, over fifty degrees! I wish I could have worn shorts, but I wasn't expecting for spring to come so early... but, come to think of it, didn't Punxsutawney Phil see his shadow this year?

But, more on topic, I found all the fruits and yummies I wanted at Stop'n'Shop. The produce section was huuuuge! The bakery too was gigantic. I found this delicious carrot cake muffin! I ate it five minutes after we left.

Also, instead of Luna Bars, I got two Clif Bars: Carrot Cake♥ and Maple Nut. The Luna Bar selection was very icky: lemon zest and chocolate peppermint stick. (my least favorite!)

Just finished my poetry essay for the Scriptorium. Its about Rudyard Kipling's meditation on the lyric moment, focusing on lamentation. I still have another poetry paper to write to turn in for an actual grade, not just extra work. This new paper has to deal with John Donne's early poetry, exploring his meditation on lost love. Bleh. :/ I liked Rudyard Kipling's journeys through India much more.

I still have to read all of Book III of Paradise Lost too. Aaaand, I have a chem lab first period tomorrow. I want the weekend back again! <3

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2009-02-07T19:02:00.012-05:00

EMPTY!

Although I'm back at school and I don't have access to a stove/oven (only a microwave), I still like to keep a few supplies: apples, grapefruits, luna/lara bars, cereal, etc. But I've run out- no more Multigrain Cheerios (I need them for my daily iron!), or citrusy fruits.

Empty box of Luna Bars.
Empty bowl of Cheerios. D:

That means its time for a trip to Stop'n'Shop! :D My roommate and I are heading out right after church for these lovely foodies:

Multigrain Cheerios
Plain Soy Milk
S'mores, Chai Tea, Toasted Nuts 'n Cranberry + Chocolate Pecan Pie Luna Bars
Grapefruits, Oranges, Apples + Grapes
Various flavors of Yogurt!
Bag of Mixed Greens + Salad Dressing
Mango + Raspberry Sorbet
Loaf of Ezekiel bread + Peanut Butter

I'm so excited- I love grocery stores. (:

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2009-01-31T21:58:00.009-05:00

It's Winter Weekend so I'm home until Friday and I finally got time to update. (:

Following my trend of burrito ordering at the Boston Airport, I tried Currito's+Smoothie Shop outside the terminal. I got a Mediterranean one and a Nutella Smoothie. Delicious!

Nutella's become my new favorite addition to yogurt, milkshakes, pancakes, etc.

And since its almost February, the daffodils have started to bloom! I usually miss them while I'm at school.

Food creations to come later tomorrow.

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2009-01-14T11:51:00.011-05:00

Finally got around to uploading these pictures from my mountain trip. I made Soba noodles with avocado and black beans. (They tasted a lot better than they looked!)

And this is just an alleyway in Asheville, NC. I though it was really pretty. (:

And here are some photos of the swamp near our house:

(My favorite ^^^)

The sun was really bright on that day, so the cypress trees reflected in the water.

I'm back at school now, so probably won't have as many updates as when I'm on break.

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2008-12-29T00:16:00.011-05:00

More avocados please!

A yummy avocado, feta cheese, asparagus quesadilla with a side of spicy salsa was just the thing for my craving. And a clementine Izze worked as an excellent compliment to the dish. (:

Tomorrow, I'm going to the mountains, yaaay. I'm making muffins with crystallized ginger, dried apricots, and chocolate chips for the trip. Plus,

I'm tackling my first bread project while we're up there- bagels! Might be a little challenging but I think I can handle it. I don't have a bread machine so I'll have to knead it myself... little scared there!

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2008-12-28T15:37:00.006-05:00

Yesterday, I went shopping at Earthfare for the first time in months! I got really excited- I've got three new types of trail mix to try and I replenished my Luna bar supply. I also picked up a Larabar to try. Can't wait. (:

Today's "lunch project" was Gimme Lean sausage dumplings. Its the only "healthy" food my entire family likes. :D My parents were stoked that I made them, so stoked that I ended up using half the package of Gimme Lean and twenty or so wonton wrappers. Well worth the work! Using a vegetable steamer worked a lot better than boiling.

Perfect with the cherries I bought yesterday from Publix, on sale. Whooo! [:

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2008-12-26T00:32:00.007-05:00

Boy am I stuffed! My mom used the last of her homemade pizza dough today so I could create this lovely pizza (...maybe not the typical Christmas dinner)! It has spinach, tomatoes and mozzarella cheese. The last pizza dough made thin crisp crust but all the toppings would fall off and burn eager fingers (uhh... mine.) This crust turned out even better this time- no toppings came tumbling. It was the perfect companion for a night marathon of House.

My grandparents' turned out to be a bust- I ended up eating four twice-baked potatoes (that my mom had made)!! Everything else was pretty icky. The fudge balls I made weren't a hit either. One of my aunts really liked them but that was it... more for me, at least! I never thought that Jiff Peanut Butter and Ghirardelli Chocolate Chips melted together wouldn't be well received. :(

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2008-12-25T01:30:00.014-05:00

Late night bake craze! At a little after midnight, I decided to make Simple Muffins I saw on vegweb. Just whole wheat muffins that you can easily customize. I read through a lot of the comments and altered a few things (pre-heat at 450 and bake it 400 worked really well!). The muffins were completely done through out after seventeen minutes.

Concerning to actual ingredients, I used half brown sugar, half agave nectar, instead of a cup and half of brown sugar. I also added chocolate chips, dried cranberries, and chopped pecans. They're so yummy! And the texture is just perfect. I'm planning on having them for breakfast along with some black raspberries.

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2008-12-24T22:51:00.011-05:00

Long time no see, huh? Since I'm home, I can finally make delicious things. :)

I have a serious avocado fetish and I hadn't had one since Thanksgiving break so first up was an avocado-feta cheese tortilla wrap! <3

Next was this delicious smoothie! I squeezed fresh pomegranate juice and blended it together with a cup of spinach, twelve frozen blackberries and a handful of black seedless grapes. So good that my dad actually liked it and he absolutely despises "healthy" food.

In the spirit of Christmas, I had to make a dessert today! Buuut, I, along with my parents, are spending it with my grandparents, aunts, uncles, etc. from my mom's side... let's just say they're extremely picky. If it isn't a Snickers beside their hot dog and cheesy mac then they just won't have it! After two hours of relentless searching, I finally decided on these Fudge Balls, only substituting the maple syrup for agave nectar and leaving out the nuts. The decorative nuts/berries are a product of overbearing parents, haha.

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2008-12-03T08:41:00.009-05:00

Thanksgiving Break's over. :(
My camera broke on my birthday too, which sucks.

I attempted to make some Chai Tea Breakfast Marathon Muffins from vegweb last Wednesday. They took forever to bake and they were still a little moist but really really good!

Only good picture I ended up getting. :(

For my birthday, I got to stay on the top floor of Atlanta's Marriot Marquis. It was amazing.

The view was incredible.

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2008-11-24T14:48:00.008-05:00

Thank God, its Thanksgiving Break! (:
And I'm 16, whoo! As of yesterday, actually. I'm so happy.
And the past few days have been pretty great.

Saturday, I flew back to Atlanta, through the dreaded Boston-Logan Airport.
Its horrible to get through, security checkpoints are hell, and your flight is never on time or actually in the gate its supposed to be. I've never once flown in or out of Boston on time. Its so stressful!
Luckily, there's this really good restaurant called Fresh City that has amazing burritos and smoothies. I ordered a Grande Burrito or something like that (I forgot XD) with added avocado.

At least Boston is pretty. (:

Sunday, my parents and I went to Harry's and the Dekalb Farmer's Market. I saw the first Chai Tea Luna Bar ever- well, at least for me. Plus, there were so many delicious fresh fruits. (:
I got to celebrate my birthday too. I have some pictures on my phone that I haven't uploaded yet, so I'll update later.

And today has been pretty nice. It was the first time I've gotten to cook since September. I went easy though, a little bit of a warm up, and made an omelet.

Its an egg white omelet with spinach, slices of tofurkey, onions, parmesan cheese, and celery. And those are sprouts on top. yummy. :D

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2008-11-19T09:07:00.006-05:00

Yesterday's dinner was disgusting- all they had was chicken, meat ravioli, and beef patties. I had to stick with a wilted salad that was gross, no matter how you looked at it. They did had cider and popcorn though. (:

Gooood morning breakfast!

I missed the cafeteria's breakfast hours so I had a Luna Bar, along with my morning studying.
Boo for exams. D:

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2008-11-18T16:07:00.006-05:00

starting over! (: yep, that's right- a brand new blog full of pictures of my 'attempts' at creating yummy meat-free foods while away at school. its been pretty hard lately... well, forever, actually.

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2008-11-18T16:00:00.006-05:00

My name's Emily and I'm currently fifteen years old. (Sixteen on November 23rd :D)

I was born and raised in Georgia, living with my two parents in the middle of nowhere. In eighth grade, I got a letter in the mail, inviting me to apply for a scholarship to a boarding school in New England.

Fast forward two years and here I am: a sophomore, already ready for college. This year, I've decided that I'd like to be a vegetarian (with the exception of the occasional serving of fish). I still plan to eat milk and egg products too. (Even though I would love to be vegan or, maybe someday, raw!)

I love to read, especially the classics, like Anna Karenina and The Count of Monte Cristo. I also love manga and cookbooks. :) I do keep a book of poetry to read too. I collect clothes, haha. Mostly vintage finds that I steal from my mom's 60's-70's closet, cutesy things I find at the mall, and random odds and ends from thrift stores/discount warehouses. I also love to grocery shop, especially at Earthfare and Whole Foods. <3>

too much of a good thing is wonderful.

tumblr!

letting go is one way of saying I love you.

gimme a break!

as fast as a speeding bullet.

there must be mushrooms in my head.

you’re like my favorite underwear.

ring ring ring, banana phone!

vamos a la playa…

country cookin’

blast from the past.

gardening 101.

exam week.

your eggo’s preggo.

uh oh, somebody’s been a naughty little girl.

a new attitude!

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Plato’s Closet, how magnificent art thou!
With the clothes that are stuffed in your drawer, (<- say like “draaowww… or something.)
I am content to be thought of as such a pow!