Matzo Ball Soup

Matzo Ball Soup with Potato & Mushrooms! :] This is what I made for dinner tonight... this morning I woke up with a bit of a sore throat. 1st thing I did was change the a/c filter, then decided I'd be making soup for myself tonight. Before it was time to make any dinner I was already feeling much better... sometimes it takes a while to get out of that morning drowsy-zombie-like state, right??

Even though I was feeling much better, I was pretty set on making and having some Matzo Ball Soup!
My brother used to call them bowling balls hahah....

SOUPS UP!

I didn't mind making this tonight because it's so easy!

I didn't have any carrots.. but I did get some mushrooms and potatoes yesterday 

They were the tiny potatoes :] very cute

(packet 1) waited in the fridge for about 15 minutes before forming the balls...

boiling time!

I think the mushrooms and potatoes were a nice idea since I'm not much of a soup person

It really takes a certain day for me to want to make & eat some soup! This was a nice dinner :]

I was thinking about the book Stone Soup and Seinfeld while making dinner tonight :]

Have a good weekend!

Wallflower

Fresh Florida Oranges & blueberry wine! 36th WW Weigh-In

Staying the same-ish.... 

It's crazy when your state is known for something, like oranges, then  you find some of the produce in the market isn't local... hahah what?

I miss having orange trees around

Before hurricanes ruined our trees, we had several fruit trees on our yards. I remember spending an evening with my family making fresh orange juice for the house! :]

Anyways, I found some local oranges this week! I also was on the search for a blue wine bottle for a project I had last week.  It took a while but I found a blue bottle, it just so happened the wine was also from Florida :}.  Took a while to actually have  taste since I've been busy with projects. I decided to finally give it a try last night, just a sip, since I was still working on projects. The blueberry wine was actually very good!

here's their site!
 http://www.keelandcurleywinery.com/wines/blueberry-sweet.php

also a link to a site showing a group visiting the winery :]
http://www.barefootinfloridawithjulie.com/field_trip_16.html

Good afternoon!

Wallflower

Afternoon update :]

Oranges,granola & turkey burgers.... ( can't be good eating the same thing everyday...)
That's been my diet for the past week. :/  It's not on purpose really, like a new thing to try. It's more like it was easy the first time..so lets do it again. I'm sick of it already :] I think we're going grocery shopping sometime soon.

GREEN MONSTER EXPERIENCE
I recently found several shake recipes "green monster"- the recipes call for spinach :] I made revisions to make it my own but it was actually very good!

It's surprising how fast a big bag of spinach goes!

I could see little green specks but I didn't taste anything  'spinachy'

I'll be trying this again sometime!
The small Hamilton beach blender I got... after a while of using it I realize it's probably not so great. I know * you get what you pay for -sometimes youa re lucky and find a real gem- * this wasn't what happened. The blender is fine for now.. I have 3 more month here, I'll probably give it to my parents. They already have a nice full-size mixer but I don't know who else I'd give this to when I'm done in school. I'll ofcourse tell them
Cons
1. it's small, you guys will probably never need it...
2. it smells like a "motor after pressing the button for less than 15 seconds..
Pros
1.It works fast though! so I have no trouble- even with frozen bananas and spinach leaves.
2. It's pink/ cute ? I guess that doesn't count for much :] haha

Owell! I'm usually more fortunate when buying things like this..
I'll go for the real blender next time. I'm sure it will be worth it. PLUS by then I'll be working  ( let's hope).

Good evening!

Time for homework! & the never-ending list of ''TO DO's''

:)

Wallflower

35th WW Weigh- In & Happy Groundhogs Day!

Happy Groundhogs day!

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-buzz/post/groundhog-day-2012-dc-needs-local-punxsutawney-phil/2012/02/01/gIQA2sVnhQ_blog.html

I almost lost track on how many weeks it was. Since my WW online doesn't show my full time I had to re-count since I haven't been posting the number of weeks recently.

Current weight: 274.6
Loss this week -1Total Loss: -45.4 
Starting weight: 320

I've been staying the same/ fluctuating between the same few pounds. I'm happy I haven't been gaining though! Today I weighed in at 274.6 - almost back to my lowest so far- the lowest was 274.2.

Still haven't hit the 50 mark, hopefully that will be soon!

On another totally different note... I'm having weird pains...almost like my monthly pains/ cramps do you also get cramps days before you get your period? I don't remember this happening before, but I suppose it's what's happening. Just wondering.


Good afternoon! 
-Wallflower

Happenings..

The Flip I rented for a few weeks! Seems pretty simple and easy to use- so far so good!

Today-
I just got back from  digital checkout (and class), where I rented a Flip Video ultra HD I think it's called. I took some small videos just to try it out on my way home. I had to walk home three times today.
The first time I went back was when I realizes "Hey I'm out of class early & digital check-out is open...what can I get?!.."
the second time I  discovered there was no charger for the camera ( i was still not home but one my way)... I went back & asked- turns out these cameras just hook up  to the computer and charge from there. I like it! No extra wires to worry about.
The third time I felt like I left something * DING DING DING!! * I did! My illustration board for my next project was still up at the 5th floor, cursing A LOT when I saw it wasn't in the first place I thought I had left it. I found it in the second place! Anyways.. I went back for the last time today.
I'm not an elevator fan...but that third time walking up to the 5th floor wasn't going to happen.

Yesterday!-
Elijah Wood came to our College to do a Q&A, I was lucky enough to get a confirmed ticket! It was really great, he seemed like a really down to earth, interesting guy. It was a nice experience, he talked about some of his ambitions, other than acting. This all reminding me I've got a lot to do also.  It's great to have a goal.

Good  Afternoon!

-Wallflower

It's been a while!

I'm always thinking, and feeling bad about not updating more often! This blog has been seeing less of my than it should be :[. I love posting & reading up on what everyone else is up to. I don't know how you guys do it, come home from work tired,gotta get up early in the morning... Kudos :]
I'm not even working, I just have classes and homework- this is the busiest semester I've ever gone through. It makes sense since I'll be graduating in a few months.

This is frustrating because this blog allowed me to keep track of myself. It feels as if everything is on hold.. EVEN me weight has been staying the same.

I feel bad taking time to blog when I also have so much work to be done. The blogging doesn't tae much time, the idea of doing something else has been keeping me away.


SALMON DINNER!
I've had this  dinner waiting to be posted for a while now

I found individually wrapped salmon filets in the frozen section! It's easy to prepare with some lemon juice and some seasoning. I used some steak seasoning we have...

to go with the salmon I made mashes potatoes with garlic, spinach and of course more lemon juice!
I'll be making this again sometime, for sure.

Blogging right now is almost a huge stress relief, maybe I need to keep posting as often as I was before. I can get what I need to done! There are people working, taking care of kids,working out and able to blog.

Hope everyone had a great weekend!

Wallflower

Happy New Year!

Happy 2012 Everyone!

I've been back home for a while now & was able to celebrate holidays/ New Years with family and friends! I got back today to meet one of my new roommates, the other roommate I haven't met yet is supposed to be coming in tomorrow.

I weighed in after a week of being away to -0.3 (not bad seeing as how while I was home I had no real time to workout).

I've been unpacking and getting re-organized before classes start on Monday!

I wish packing were this easy!

Goodnight!

Wallflower