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Needin’ some greens!

Tonight was the first Iowa State University football game.

Micah and I were a little nervous to get out of the house for fear of traffic, so we stayed in.  I didn’t mind.  I have laundry and packing still to do, and he has homework.

Throughout the week I’ve been working on a few house apartment projects. Still haven’t gotten used to that….will I ever? Anyway, since viewing posts by Kath and my good friend Erin, I decided I needed to revamp my pantry as well. The one nice thing about our apartment is that we do have a decent amount of storage. This is my start:

Another great thing is that our local co-op has a bulk food section! I can even bring my jars in and have them weighed before I buy so I don’t have to waste those plastic baggies – double plus! This was a great idea, and a cheap one too! A box of 12 jars was less than $10. I bought 2 boxes and have some extra jars. So far I’m storing: bulgar, quinoa, millet, barley, oats, wheat berries, brown basmati, orzo, couscous, green lentils, black beans, garbanzo beans, adzuki beans, raw sugar, unsweetened shredded coconut, sliced almonds, and sunflower seeds. I also am storing unbleached white and whole wheat flours in gallon jars.

Did you know today is 90210 day?  ;)

Did you ever watch the show?  To be honest, I didn’t.  It wasn’t allowed.  I do remember watching a few shows at a friend’s house once…..but nothing about the show!

I’ve been sippin’ on this today. That lovely sinus infection seems to have turned into a major cough/chest congestion. It’s rather ugly. Micah’s in hiding.

Tomorrow I’m subbing for the same first grade class from last week. 99% sure you will see this in my breakfast:

I need my greens!!!  This sicko is headed to bed!

Nothing Compares

Can your believe that is is already Thursday?!?!  At the beginning of the week, I felt the week was dragging sloooowly!  Not so much anymore!  I still have to do laundry and pack for our weekend trip.

This morning, I took care of some very important errands.  Tomorrow I’ll be substitute teaching, so I need to get lots of things done today.  Yikes – it’s past 3:00 already!!!

Lunch:

Look at that crunch almond butter! ….Yes, I was so hungry I forgot to take a picture until after I hate half of this!

Did you eat smooth or crunchy nut butters as a child? I loved crunchy peanut butter – that’s the kind my dad always bought for us….and I still LOVE the crunchy stuff!

The best part of my lunch? The tomatoes. In my opinion, NOTHING compares to fresh tomatoes in the summer. I remember picking cherry tomatoes from our garden and eating them right there! These come from just south of us in Norwalk, Iowa.

Holy yum!  I’ve got a great tomato recipe coming up soon.  If you have your own cherry tomato plants, you’ll want to stay tuned!

More exciting news!

What better way to start the day than to skype with my niece and nephew?  We were skyping for at least an hour this morning!  Aniyah was a bit out of it…

But Izayah couldn’t stay away from the screen!  When my sister put him down, he started crying!  He was hilarious!

Remember about the blog exchange I did last week (read Spabettie’s killer post here!!!)?

Well, Spabettie and I decided that we are now BFF’s. Now, I’m planning a trip to Portland to see her.  We decided this last night, and I even started planning (although she probably doesn’t really believe that part!).

This morning….she showed me this site.  Verdict:  I’m going to see her in Portland next summer!!!  2 vegans going to  a vegan blogger conference in Portland?  Making plans now.  Heck yes.  I can’t wait – I have a few other friends that live around the Portland area, and I’m very excited to go on this trip!  But first, I’ll be going to San Francisco in 2 months!!!

For lunch, I had my final wrap:

Along with some chips and salsa:

This was smokin’! Literally – it contains natural smoke flavor. You should try it!  I

More exciting news (besides the vegan festival – as if things couldn’t get any better!)….

My local co-op sent out a fb post about their newly designed newsletter today. They mentioned anyone wanting to contribute articles should let them know. So, I replied. About 15 minutes later, I was in touch with their marketing manager. And, I am submitting my first article by the end of the week! I’m very excited to write more about veganism. I’ll be sure to link you all to the newsletter so you can read more!  I may be writing once a month.  We’ll see!

I’m off to bed soon!  Big day tomorrow – have to hand in a design project.  Hopefully you will all hear more about this later……  ;)  G’nite!