tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20398645771124606982012-03-12T18:46:53.054-07:00An adventurous journey of exercise and nutrition undertaken by a couch-ridden junk-food-junkie in her Vibrams.Daphnenoreply@blogger.comBlogger5351100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2039864577112460698.post-26094791867256729252012-03-12T13:00:00.000-07:002012-03-12T18:46:53.275-07:00

On behalf of our family, Jake (now almost four months old!) here wants to thank everybody for your kind, thoughtful, and wonderful donations.  We have been seriously and deeply humbled by everyone's generosity and kindness, especially during these tough economic times.  There will never be enough words nor enough action on our parts to express our unending gratitude you have always given and

Daphnenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2039864577112460698.post-49747584818467016562012-03-12T11:22:00.000-07:002012-03-12T11:22:33.789-07:00

Hubs and I have mentioned it before to each other where we've always been thankful for weekends in which we have absolutely nothing planned, with nowhere to go in particular.  We were all feeling really lazy, especially after our hectic day yesterday, but we still had to go somewhere to walk Jax so after a quick breakfast of nuked garbage frittata from yesterday... ... we all headed off to

Daphnenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2039864577112460698.post-77571314474507108072012-03-11T10:59:00.000-07:002012-03-12T10:59:46.050-07:00

Today was going to be one super busy day so as soon as I got up, I quickly got down to business of making a good hearty breakfast for the whole fam.  We had a whole bunch of random leftovers in the fridge so the solution?  A garbage frittata! I ended up filling up this frittata with cubed hot links, leftover lemon pepper chicken, leftover roasted brussel sprouts, and leftover mushrooms.  For

Daphnenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2039864577112460698.post-22565765437266262912012-03-10T09:40:00.000-08:002012-03-12T09:40:47.909-07:00

Thank God it's Friday!  Wootwoot! Breakfast?  Same old same old.  Three hard-boiled eggs. I actually remembered to bring my lunch in today (yay!).  This is actually leftovers from about a month ago, from when I roasted some brussel sprouts and roasted some lemon pepper chicken.  I actually had enough leftovers to make three lunches which I had packed.  That week, I only had one container so

Daphnenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2039864577112460698.post-76973275625304812982012-03-09T09:06:00.000-08:002012-03-12T09:06:41.527-07:00

For a moment this morning, I could've sworn that today was Sunday (since I had yesterday off).  Then I remembered that it was back to the grind.  By the time I realized that I really did have to go in to work this morning, I was running late.  Awesome.  For breakfast on the go, I grabbed a Greek yogurt outta the fridge. But because I was still hungry by the time I got to work, I chowed down

Daphnenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2039864577112460698.post-90789896212779638642012-03-08T08:53:00.000-08:002012-03-12T08:53:40.499-07:00

I actually got the recipe for this dish from the Capay Valley Farm vendor at the Campbell Farmers Market (the one from whom I've been picking up my pastured eggs and other little vegetables like green garlic and white eggplant).  She gave me the recipe for this dish which I've modified (among other things, instead of dredging the shanks in flour and browning first, I just plopped the shanks

Daphnenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2039864577112460698.post-58896993651123626072012-03-08T08:30:00.000-08:002012-03-12T08:30:46.815-07:00

Just a quick blurb on how I and Kettlebell are doing: My current weight is now at 154lbs (so now I've gained 20lbs since my first prenatal visit in November).  Unfortunately, since I haven't made it to the gym to work out in the entire month of February due to illness and then to my busy work schedule, I can't say how the additional weight has impacted me.  Hopefully my schedule will lighten up

Daphnenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2039864577112460698.post-18926255479259913532012-03-08T08:09:00.000-08:002012-03-12T08:09:22.427-07:00

Helloooo sleeping in!  Nothing like turning off the alarm you accidentally set the night before and getting to snuggle with your loved ones for a wee bit longer. When Chubster and I finally did get out of bed and managed to get ourselves looking decent enough to head downstairs, we quickly busied ourselves in the kitchen.  One of the first things I needed to get done was to throw the Braised

Daphnenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2039864577112460698.post-51185360238980412482012-03-07T15:57:00.000-08:002012-03-08T15:57:57.764-08:00

Happy Tuesday, everybody! I just can't wait to get through this day because I'm taking tomorrow off.  Unfortunately, it's not to stay at home and play with the kiddo because I have a bunch of errands that I've been meaning to run since last month as well as trying to catch up on a million and one things.  But you know... whatevs.  It's a day I'm not sitting at my desk. That being said, I ate my

Daphnenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2039864577112460698.post-44180216717141068822012-03-06T10:07:00.000-08:002012-03-08T10:08:06.399-08:00

Sigh... is it really Monday?  Ah well.  I really shouldn't/can't complain.  I've had an awesome weekend off and it was filled with really great times with my family.  Surely there must be a Rewind button somewhere so that I can relive this past weekend?  No?  Dammit... Anyhoo, breakfast was three hard-boiled eggs and a roasted sweet potato. MIL is super awesome.  She came back to our house

Daphnenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2039864577112460698.post-46044933089519253742012-03-05T08:48:00.000-08:002012-03-08T08:48:43.840-08:00

I just have to say that I'm totally LOVING this beautiful warm sunny weather we've been having, even more so since this is my free weekend off (though truth be told, my guilt at having my injured boss coming in to work is still there).  Hubs and I hauled both our boys into the car and off to the Campbell Farmers' Market where it was already packed by the time we showed up at 9.  I guess

Daphnenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2039864577112460698.post-91421144005927748712012-03-04T16:17:00.000-08:002012-03-07T16:18:06.008-08:00

Sleeping in on the weekends is AWESOME!  I'm super glad and thankful that I have the opportunity to do so right now before Kettlebell makes his debut.  Of course, sleeping in on the weekends isn't like how sleeping in used to be for both me and Hubs (pre-kids, it was a rarity for us to be up and at 'em before 9:30!) but the fact that I get to wake up at 7 or so instead of 5 is incredible!  Okay,

Daphnenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2039864577112460698.post-36496522109381428642012-03-03T15:50:00.000-08:002012-03-07T15:50:41.947-08:00

Holy sh!t... is it almost the weekend?  You know... THE weekend?  THE weekend where I don't have anything scheduled for the lab?  Why yes, yes it is!  Wahoo!  Now if I can just make it through this day... Breakfast, as usual, was the hard-boiled eggs.  There was one leftover nuked purple sweet potato but I ended up tossing that in the garbage.  I think it broke my garbage pail.  :( When I

Daphnenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2039864577112460698.post-39020234140497675592012-03-02T15:31:00.000-08:002012-03-07T15:31:26.847-08:00

Today was an über busy day at work (let's not remind myself that I got in to work around 6:30 and didn't leave until close to 12 hours later, k?) so this post is going to be just as über short and sweet. Breakfast:  hard-boiled eggs and leftover nuked purple sweet potato. Remind me to not nuke batches of the purple sweet potatoes.  They're pretty dry to begin with and become solid rocks if

Daphnenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2039864577112460698.post-54574820175187442722012-03-01T08:22:00.000-08:002012-03-06T08:25:04.527-08:00

I love the fact that this was incredibly easy to throw together and that the crockpot makes it unbelievably easy to have a wonderful dinner to come home to at the end of the day.  The meat is incredibly tender and juicy and tasty and the resulting sauce works really well as additional gravy for your sides (though I'll admit, I wish I had made "mashed potatoes").  Hope you all get to enjoy this

Daphnenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2039864577112460698.post-58476879020252729152012-03-01T08:11:00.000-08:002012-03-07T15:22:43.334-08:00

Is today Wednesday?  Today's Wednesday, right?  Crap... this sh!zn!t of working every frickin' day of the week is starting to get to me.  The last time I lost track of what day it was?  I was laid off and became a couch potato. Anyway, despite having woken up in that weird fit on not knowing what day of the week it was, I got ready to go to work anyway (because I'd have to go in eventually,

Daphnenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2039864577112460698.post-52821469441706554782012-02-29T07:46:00.000-08:002012-03-06T07:47:44.170-08:00

Talk about a super quick and easy stir-fry that you can whip up in less than 15 minutes!  The green garlic provides a nice mellow garlic flavor to the dish while still making you know that yes, this dish contains garlic.  Being able to throw this dish together late in the evening as a quick meal before crashing for the night, however, was by far and away the most awesome thing ever!  So when you

Daphnenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2039864577112460698.post-78353743260903731472012-02-29T07:33:00.000-08:002012-03-06T07:48:06.085-08:00

Whew!  SO glad today's finally over!  Today wasn't so much busy but long.  However, it was still filled with a bunch of really kickass eats so I think I'm doing good! I started the day off with some hard-boiled eggs... ... and one of the (not burnt!) purple sweet potatoes I nuked yesterday. Lunch was the carved up crossrib roast I made on Sunday... ... which I cut up into smaller

Daphnenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2039864577112460698.post-69516880832015592752012-02-28T07:23:00.000-08:002012-03-06T07:23:43.640-08:00

Happy birthday to my dear and wonderful husband!  I love and adore you! While I'm at it, a very happy birthday to my brother-in-law too!  Hope you had a great time in Vegas! And for all you readers, if you're wondering, it's true:  my husband and his brother were both born on the same day, just three years apart.  Which makes us wonder if Kettlebell is going to follow in their footsteps and

Daphnenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2039864577112460698.post-53005785220864890772012-02-27T07:12:00.000-08:002012-03-06T07:12:46.722-08:00

Even though I had to work today, I  have to admit I was really looking forward to today.  Mainly because we were having a small barbecue dinner gathering to celebrate Hubs' birthday (which is actually tomorrow).  So after a quick breakfast of some hard-boiled eggs, I quickly scuttled off to work.  Fortunately, my workload this weekend hasn't been too bad so I was able to get out of work in less

Daphnenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2039864577112460698.post-28214236413733484592012-02-26T09:49:00.000-08:002012-03-05T09:49:59.957-08:00

Sadness is having to go to work on a Saturday morning while the Hubs and kid are still in bed watching "Tom and Jerry" AND realizing someone has drunk the rest of the fab bone broth. Poopy-doopy. Breakfast before the grind was a quickly pan-fried andouille sausage and some random bits of roasted sweet potatoes (in this case, a super tiny purple sweet potato and half a Japanese sweet potato).

Daphnenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2039864577112460698.post-60083360551454401362012-02-25T09:13:00.000-08:002012-03-05T09:13:53.676-08:00

You know... even though this week started off pretty crappy for me (after all, I had to work all through the weekend and I've been having to stay later at work during the weekdays just trying to get my work done and play catch-up), I have to say that this week is totally ending on an awesome note.  After having dropped his iPhone for the zillionth time (that poor 3GS has already had its face

Daphnenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2039864577112460698.post-33945349579830909962012-02-24T08:44:00.000-08:002012-03-05T08:45:38.675-08:00

Maybe it's just me but I actually couldn't wait to get up this morning to get a nice hot bowl of bone broth in mah tummy.  MIL had turned the crockpot off for me yesterday evening but I was so tired when I got home last night that I didn't even bother to strain the broth and skim off the fat.  So I quickly strained it this morning and skimmed off the fat... ... and set the whole thing in a

Daphnenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2039864577112460698.post-32943868900874214382012-02-23T08:35:00.000-08:002012-03-05T08:36:02.928-08:00

I know it's only been a few days but once you start having bone broth as part of your breakfast, it's hard to break away.  Have I found a new substitute for coffee?  Unfortunately no.  But this sh!t's pretty damn close (especially on these uber cold mornings)! I threw some bones into my crockpot this morning as I was getting ready for work.  I really loved Nom Nom Paleo's recipe but in the end,

Daphnenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2039864577112460698.post-72007675750895934562012-02-22T08:22:00.000-08:002012-03-05T08:22:10.014-08:00

Good Tuesday morning! Hope everyone had a pretty awesome three-day weekend and that y'all were able to enjoy some much needed time off to just do whatever, even if that was just sleeping in. To get my day going, I hard-boiled three eggs... ... and stuck 'em in a container with some roasted chestnuts to eat on the way to work. I was totally stoked when my shipment of Seasnax came in

Daphnenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2039864577112460698.post-63903858244480472742012-02-21T08:03:00.000-08:002012-03-05T08:04:07.442-08:00

Oh President's Day Monday!  While most of my family and friends were enjoying their day off, I got to go to work.  Yay for me. All griping aside, I realize I gripe about going in to work on the weekends and on my days off a lot but really, I'm very thankful to have a job in my field (in case you're new to here, I work in biotech) where I get to work with some really great people and have health

Daphnenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2039864577112460698.post-42060786825466604202012-02-20T15:11:00.000-08:002012-02-23T10:00:20.593-08:00

Top o' der Sunday mornin' to ya! Chubster and I woke up and lazed about for as long as possible until someone (not me) started to get kinda hungry.  On the breakfast menu, we have some of the leftover Chinese poached chicken, stir-fried purple kale, and some salmon! For sure, it was yummy in this tummy!  As usual, Chubster ate all my salmon.  I suppose he needs the good ol' wild Omega-3's

Daphnenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2039864577112460698.post-67278607086594324632012-02-19T13:07:00.000-08:002012-02-21T13:08:08.876-08:00

Hubs had to work this morning (in Manteca!) so I found myself getting out of bed at the usual crack o' dawn to get my butt into work and out by the time he was ready to hit the road.  Usually, I wouldn't think to get out of bed on a weekend before Chubster woke up but MIL needed to get back to Novato by a certain time to catch a bus with some of her friends (they were going to River Rock for a

Daphnenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2039864577112460698.post-89205090901815226982012-02-18T07:54:00.000-08:002012-02-21T07:54:39.953-08:00

Hello Friday, I'd like to say I'm thankful that you're here right before a three-day weekend but I can't because I have to work.  However, I'm thankful that I don't have much to do in the lab though I still think it sucks that I have to drive the 26+ miles each way just to do something that'll only take about an hour. Anyhoo, now that I've got my pessimistic gripe out of the way, on to the day's

Daphnenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2039864577112460698.post-48185330222653969702012-02-17T16:01:00.000-08:002012-02-20T16:01:42.562-08:00

I was so excited about today that my eyes literally flew open at 4 in the morning and I was unable to go back to sleep.  I'm really excited about finding out about Kettlebell's sex today and the fact that Hubs, MIL, and Chubster will all be with me as we find out together is killing me with anticipation.  Of course, the day could be made better by having no congestion whatsoever but whatever. 

Daphnenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2039864577112460698.post-57884718733496833482012-02-16T17:00:00.000-08:002012-02-20T15:34:15.548-08:00

Today was a super big day and needless to say, I've been doing something akin to the "pee dance" with anticipation.  Hubs and I had been waiting to find out if Kettlebell's a boy or a girl since forever and I'm sure even the front desk people at Obstetrix were getting annoyed with my calling just about every other day to see if someone hadn't cancelled just so I'd find out sooner. Before we get

Daphnenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2039864577112460698.post-53664611935946174222012-02-16T07:14:00.000-08:002012-02-16T07:14:44.149-08:00

Happy Wednesday, y'all! Hope everyone had a fantastic Valentine's Day with your loved ones (not just significant others).  It was also the Lazy Caveman's birthday yesterday so if you haven't wished him a happy birthday, you should do so immediately.  The guy's totally awesome! I'm feeling a bit better today than I did yesterday although the congestion hasn't much improved.  Either way, I still

Daphnenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2039864577112460698.post-22399683957654499172012-02-15T08:49:00.003-08:002012-02-15T08:49:58.315-08:00

Fudgebucket. I woke up this morning feeling like someone had grabbed my head in a vise-like hold AND stuffed a sh!tload of super thick mucus into my chest and sinus cavity.  Oh Theraflu... how I miss you!  How much longer do I have again?  Oh right... until Kettlebell is weaned.  That's just f@ck!ng dandy.  Is it too early to tell KB "see the things I do for you???" yet??? Anyhoo, I'm super

Daphnenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2039864577112460698.post-36703368095448378722012-02-15T08:23:00.001-08:002012-02-15T08:23:26.823-08:00

Yay Monday. I woke up at 3 this morning with my throat feeling like it was on fire.  A quick check in the mirror revealed a nice-sized white-colored sore in the back of my throat.  Yay.  In other news, the abdominal pain and cramping has blessedly gone away.  Thank God!  This past weekend just majorly sucked and I'd definitely like for any and all symptoms reminiscent of it to be gone... like

Daphnenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2039864577112460698.post-69717653211221017442012-02-13T06:55:00.000-08:002012-02-13T09:22:19.788-08:00

Whew... this past weekend was a total wash.  Let's review... Shortly after going to bed Friday night, I woke up in a horrible cold sweat and painful stomach cramps.  So began a night of diarrhea.  I ended up capping off the horrible night by throwing up everything I ate around 3:30 in the morning.  In fact, that ended up being how it was the rest of my Saturday morning:  diarrhea and vomiting. 

Daphnenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2039864577112460698.post-43410191240790313002012-02-11T06:39:00.000-08:002012-02-13T06:39:40.556-08:00

TGIF! I've been one super busy bee at work, what with the office move and then trying to catch up on all my paperwork for my experiments I haven't had the time to head into the box to get my workout on.  I'm definitely looking forward to Monday when I can head back in and just do something physical (other than the physical efforts required to move some of my items from one building to another,

Daphnenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2039864577112460698.post-40203454394989855142012-02-10T06:24:00.000-08:002012-02-13T06:24:38.586-08:00

One more day to the weekend... one more day to the weekend... Today is the first day I get to work from my new desk.  Our company's been growing and busting at the seams this past year and my entire department got moved into the newly renovated building that's right across the way from our current building.  It's nice because we'll have more space and more elbow room.  Although that's a bad

Daphnenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2039864577112460698.post-52094541920729661462012-02-09T05:43:00.000-08:002012-02-13T06:18:35.210-08:00

You know it's going to be a long day when your kid keeps tossing and turning in the night and gets up every so often.  Yup... that would be Chubster at the doors of getting sick.  Ah well. Since he woke up way earlier than usual, we got to hang out with each other for a bit in the morning before I headed to work.  One of my fave things to do with the kiddo (sick or not sick) is spending some

Daphnenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2039864577112460698.post-63927231664018208242012-02-08T12:12:00.000-08:002012-02-13T06:08:51.699-08:00

Good morning everybody! I decided to take the day off from work today to just catch up on some blogging and get around to some errands.  I guess that's one of the best perks of working in a lab:  the comp time! I started the day off with an andouille sausage and some leftover steamed broccoli for breakfast before hanging out with Chubster for a bit. Afterwards, I jetted out of the house to

Daphnenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2039864577112460698.post-7871364091697258302012-02-07T13:12:00.000-08:002012-02-08T08:56:40.914-08:00

Happy Monday! Ah who am I kidding?  When my alarm went off this morning, I was sure that today was Sunday and that I had set the alarm by mistake.  Then it hit me that yesterday was Sunday and that I indeed did have to go in to work today so it was off to work I went.  But after having a breakfast of three soft-boiled pastured eggs with coconut aminos. Then I got to spend the rest of the day

Daphnenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2039864577112460698.post-4544529449874000242012-02-06T12:11:00.000-08:002012-02-08T10:20:47.840-08:00

Yay for no work today!  Feel that?  That's called FREEDOM!!! Okay, just because I didn't have to work today doesn't mean I was able to be super lazy.  After hitting the Farmers Market to pick up some eggs and bread (we also split a gluten-free banana chocolate chip muffin), Chubster and I headed on over to My Gym to help celebrate Lil-O's birthday.  You can check out the party here.  The party

Daphnenoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2039864577112460698.post-31525530322100717682012-02-05T12:11:00.000-08:002012-02-07T15:27:16.007-08:00

I was really putting off going to work today as long as possible, to the point where I actually made breakfast for the fam.  So with Chubster as my sous chef (sans diapers and pants because we're working on the whole potty training thing), we whipped up french toast (using the sandwich bread from Mariposa Baking), two chicken apple sausages, two Andouille sausages, and scrambled eggs.  Here's

Daphnenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2039864577112460698.post-57362054121449505192012-02-04T13:10:00.000-08:002012-02-07T15:17:02.056-08:00

After a week of feeling like total crap, I was feeling a whole world better today.  I actually woke up feeling a bit refreshed and I haven't felt the irregularity as frequently.  Maybe I really was fighting off an infection.  Either way, I'm going to have to replenish my box of EmergenC because I've been guzzling that sucka down like there's no tomorrow. Breakfast was some hard-boiled eggs (

Daphnenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2039864577112460698.post-82647080169253778392012-02-03T12:11:00.000-08:002012-02-07T15:04:04.152-08:00

Today was one busy busy day!  This will be a super brief but scandalous (!) post. I started the day off with some hard-boiled eggs and pretty much spent the entire day in the lab.  I didn't have much time for lunch, and the fact that I had accidentally left my lunch from yesterday at home didn't help matters.  I had heard of this one gluten-free bakery in downtown San Carlos that makes

Daphnenoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2039864577112460698.post-53395175526092692982012-02-02T13:04:00.000-08:002012-02-07T14:51:53.133-08:00

Definitely feeling a bit better today but not by much.  Maybe I really am fighting off an infection but no other symptoms have really materialized so it's hard to say.  Call me stubborn but I'm still not calling the cardiologist... yet.  Besides, the irregularity is starting to not be as prominent and lessening in frequency.  As you can tell, I'm not one to call the doc at every sneeze and

Daphnenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2039864577112460698.post-38959724406350643702012-02-01T12:10:00.000-08:002012-02-07T14:44:28.234-08:00

I slept like a friggin' rock last night but I still woke up feeling tired.  I'm starting to feel the irregularities more and more and it's always when I'm at rest.  Hubs was feeling really concerned but I think it's just because I'm most likely trying to fight off an infection (in which case your heart rate actually increases, but by how much I don't know) on top of Kettlebell's development (

Daphnenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2039864577112460698.post-54629090273180040582012-01-31T13:10:00.000-08:002012-02-07T14:34:52.420-08:00

Oh my God... I am REALLY tired so this post is going to be uber uber short.  But why am I so tired, you ask?  After putting Chubster to bed last night, I usually pass out around the same time he does.  Unfortunately, I woke up a couple hours later with a heaviness in my chest and it was really hard to breathe.  My heart felt like it was trying to pound through my chest and each breath felt hard

Daphnenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2039864577112460698.post-14671205337956873032012-01-30T13:05:00.000-08:002012-02-07T14:24:31.348-08:00

Hello Sunday... can I believe you're here today?  Nope.  Sorry, still waiting on reclaiming my weekends thanks. There was a lot to do at work this morning so I pretty much had to get right on the road as soon as I was able to crack my eyelids open halfway.  Another reason for getting up so early was because I also had to take care of Jax (feed him and walk him) since Hubs was taking care of

Daphnenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2039864577112460698.post-42561144038918063572012-01-29T13:09:00.000-08:002012-02-07T14:05:42.766-08:00

I'd like to say how happy I am that today's Saturday and how much I'm looking forward to spending today and tomorrow just hanging with the family but I can't.  Because I gots to work.  Today.  And tomorrow too.  Yes yes... please break out the string quartet for me. Breakfast was the last of the sweet potato hash with pork belly.  No crackers cuz I ate it all.  Then it was off to work for me.

Daphnenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2039864577112460698.post-23370754470891089022012-01-28T12:10:00.000-08:002012-02-07T13:46:41.674-08:00

Happy Friday, everyone! I had my prenatal check-up with the midwives this morning, so after a quick breakfast of Sweet Potato Hash with Pork Belly and Crackers (ugh... these usually crispity-crunchity crackers are gettin' a little on the stale side but at least this is the last of it)... ... I dashed off for my monthly check-up.  And yes, everything looks great! Work was super busy because

Daphnenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2039864577112460698.post-88053249069067832302012-01-27T23:30:00.000-08:002012-02-07T13:15:10.629-08:00

Hey y'all! I've been getting a TON of questions about how I've been doing and progressing with the pregnancy so I thought that I'd at least make a separate post on how I and Kettlebell are doing.  This way, you guys can skip the food and workouts and just cut right to the nitty-gritty.  :) I'm currently at 144lbs.  This means I've gained 9lbs since my 2-month check-up (my first prenatal visit

Daphnenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2039864577112460698.post-78658199141817410652012-01-27T14:08:00.000-08:002012-01-30T10:56:16.832-08:00

I got the recipe for this while surfing through one of the issues of Bon Appetit.  It looked easy-peasy enough and besides, the pictures were pretty drool-worthy.  I checked the ingredients and everything looked very Paleo with the exception of the maple syrup (which I suppose would make the dish Primal?).  Besides, I've had pork belly in my freezer that I had bought originally to try out

Daphnenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2039864577112460698.post-79557514470608935772012-01-27T13:39:00.000-08:002012-01-27T14:11:04.613-08:00

I can't think of any other time in my adult life where I actually was really really REALLY looking forward to breakfast:  sweet potato hash with pork belly and crackers.  I quickly threw the dish together last night after Chubster had gone to bed and Hubs and I shared a plate in which we quickly devoured the whole thing and declared it to be one of THE BEST breakfasts we've had in a while.  Of

Daphnenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2039864577112460698.post-84999987980187748382012-01-26T13:23:00.000-08:002012-01-27T13:23:50.862-08:00

Happy Wednesday to everybody!  If you're like most people and get both Saturday and Sunday off, you're almost there!  If you're like me and work as a labrat and are a slave to the work schedule of primary cells, then... you're halfway there to a quiet working weekend.  Yay. Breakfast:  half a roasted purple sweet potato along with plain ol' scrambled eggs and some smoked salmon. Mid-morning

Daphnenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2039864577112460698.post-41020905959143799692012-01-26T13:05:00.000-08:002012-01-27T13:05:41.991-08:00

After my little snafu of fending myself from would-be attackers during my warm-up run on Monday, I made sure to keep myself mentally in the game as I set out on my run.  If one were to have been able to read/hear my mind, it would be fair to say that it wasn't too different from a daily affirmation (like those from Stuart Smalley):  "Because I'm present enough, I've done this enough times, and

Daphnenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2039864577112460698.post-31775241808191580962012-01-25T09:14:00.000-08:002012-01-27T09:15:00.216-08:00

Is it the weekend yet?  No?  Aw crap! Granted, I know that it's only Tuesday but I fully reserve the right to be a whiny pathetic person who'd much rather be laying in bed under the thick comforter all day long.  Yeah yeah yeah... when am I NOT a whiny pathetic person, right?  Okay okay, enough of my b!tchin' and onto my eats for the day. Breakfast was a few slices of smoked salmon, some

Daphnenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2039864577112460698.post-43758173567034620372012-01-23T22:17:00.000-08:002012-01-23T22:17:29.530-08:00

Happy Year of the Dragon, everybody! I'm hoping and praying that 99.9999% of you started the day off super awesome-ly (yeah, I said "awesome-ly"... so???) because I apparently decided to start the day off with just half my brain.  But we'll get to that in a bit. I managed to prep three medium-boiled eggs with coconut aminos for breakfast without a hitch (phew!)... ... after which I packed

Daphnenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2039864577112460698.post-42185571396497093382012-01-23T15:06:00.000-08:002012-01-23T15:06:23.579-08:00

I was definitely ready to get back to the box today to get some movement in and get warmed up.  I feel as if I've spent this entire weekend feeling as cold as the weather outside (though I'm NOT complaining because I know it's a helluva lot colder somewhere else, like Canada), so the opportunity to get my blood moving was more than welcome. I got changed and immediately headed outside for a 400m

Daphnenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2039864577112460698.post-11856759101328466712012-01-23T10:00:00.000-08:002012-01-23T22:18:47.648-08:00

It's Chinese New Year Eve, and there was lots and LOTS of cooking done in this household today.  Whether they're Paleo-compliant doesn't even measure in here anywhere but amazingly enough, there were gluten-free eats in here.  Oh, and this post is also mostly pics so please feel free to scroll! After a quick round at the Farmers Market this morning (I picked up my usual pastured eggs, some

Daphnenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2039864577112460698.post-5595642072560829732012-01-23T09:28:00.000-08:002012-01-23T09:28:16.292-08:00

Maybe it was because I didn't go in to work yesterday that I'm totally a day off today, therefore I kept thinking that Hubs was coming home today AND the 49ers were playing.  Ah well.  We had a pretty lax schedule today so when we finally trudged downstairs, I whipped up the fastest and quite possible the laziest breakfast ever.  For Chubster, I scrambled an egg and sliced up a few pieces of

Daphnenoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2039864577112460698.post-60668813105180999112012-01-22T16:26:00.000-08:002012-01-22T16:26:39.687-08:00

MIL was planning on going back home to Novato today which explains why I ended up staying home with the Chubster.  With the weather looking rather yucky and rainy (actually, I shouldn't complain... it's been a pretty warm and dry winter this year), I chucked the kid into the car and off we went to Bill's in downtown Willow Glen for breakfast where I enjoyed a Bill's Original Skillet (ham,

Daphnenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2039864577112460698.post-57332073771407998932012-01-20T16:02:00.000-08:002012-01-20T16:02:27.336-08:00

Aw man... Hubs is going to be away until Sunday for a convention in Las Vegas for work.  Before sending him off to the airport, I made some medium-boiled pastured eggs for myself and some hard-boiled for Hubs.  We, of course, drizzled our eggs with coconut aminos because that's how the cool people roll. For my mid-morning snack, I wanted to make sure I had some extra protein and some good

Daphnenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2039864577112460698.post-66120976084925754082012-01-20T15:26:00.000-08:002012-01-20T15:26:42.036-08:00

For the longest time, I'd only prepared pork chops one way.  Season both sides with salt and pepper.  Before going Paleo, I'd also flour both sides so that I'd have a slightly crispy "crust".  Post-Paleo, I was still seasoning the pork chops with salt and pepper, but without the flour.  It's simple and tasty.  However, during my trip to Florida to visit my aunt, she made the most incredibly

Daphnenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2039864577112460698.post-25739623720890555552012-01-19T15:34:00.000-08:002012-01-19T15:38:27.241-08:00

I was asked this a lot when I was pregnant with Chubster and was often criticized for not going with a "real doctor" for his birth (actually, we had a "real doctor" slated to be his attendant up until I was about 32 weeks, then I switched to the midwives).  Of course, no one faulted me for not having a "real doctor" present for the birth of a super healthy and chubby 8lb 5oz screamer (though

Daphnenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2039864577112460698.post-38828946827936259992012-01-18T23:30:00.000-08:002012-01-20T15:35:05.993-08:00

This post is going to be a bit incomplete because I actually took a bunch of pictures of my lunch and snacks only to have Chubster grab my phone at the end of my day and surprise!  He's learned how to delete photos.  Granted, he doesn't really know he's deleting the photos but still!  And yes, I'm totally blaming my kid.  And it's also totally okay with me if you blame my kid too. For breakfast,

Daphnenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2039864577112460698.post-30607791547168441702012-01-18T15:27:00.000-08:002012-01-18T15:29:03.929-08:00

It's been a week since I came back to the box after an insanely long hiatus and though my muscles were protesting a bit afterwards (my whole body hurt really good!), it just felt GREAT being able to utilize these muscles and body parts and just MOVE, dammit!  Granted, I know that it's not a very good excuse but the little preparations I've been trying to do in anticipation of hosting our first

Daphnenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2039864577112460698.post-8154509731681349632012-01-18T15:02:00.000-08:002012-01-20T15:03:28.309-08:00

If you're new to this here blog, welcome!  In here, I detail (as best I can) my daily eats during my pregnancy as well as the other kinds of shenanigans I get myself into.  I have found myself to be offensive to some people (raw vegans, for one... and trust me, I actually know raw vegans) but generally, most find me to be tolerable.  I hope you find me tolerable too!  :) For breakfast, I quickly

Daphnenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2039864577112460698.post-59232630913648266582012-01-17T10:19:00.000-08:002012-01-17T10:19:29.556-08:00

Happy Martin Luther King, Jr Day, everybody!  Even though I'm pretty sure that most of you know who he is, I thought that we could all take a minute (okay... 17 minutes) to remember just how far we've come since his time and just how much farther we've yet to go. It's pretty frickin' amazing how gifted Dr King was with speeches, with this still being one of THE MOST eloquent and

Daphnenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2039864577112460698.post-78725036010079235482012-01-16T13:42:00.000-08:002012-01-16T13:42:50.730-08:00

There really wasn't much on the agenda for today except for the Farmers' Market in downtown Campbell so before we left, Hubs, MIL, Chubster, and I ate a quick breakfast.  I scrambled some eggs with Sunny Paris seasoning and paired it up with some smoked salmon and split it with Chubster. We walked around the market but there really wasn't much to get since HB did a crapload of grocery

Daphnenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2039864577112460698.post-7896279927907905712012-01-16T13:23:00.000-08:002012-01-16T13:26:55.762-08:00

Firstly, HAPPY BIRTHDAY to my LIL SIS who is currently celebrating it by jumping out of a plane at a very high altitude!!!  You go, girl... for having the cajones to do something I don't think I'd ever be able to do.  ;D My weekend of good old Paleo eats started off well enough.  In the morning, I quickly threw some Aidell's sausages into the pan:  3 mango (for the non-spicy peeps) and 2

Daphnenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2039864577112460698.post-46001214578350122042012-01-14T16:24:00.000-08:002012-01-15T16:38:40.918-08:00

I have something to confess:  I just realized last night that I've become totally neurotic when I started hiding all my dirty laundry.  Not the kind of dirty laundry where I was some sort of a deranged ax murderer as a child or where I'm actually running a money laundering/racketeering operation or anything (though let's face it, that would be pretty sweet).  I'm talking about the actual dirty

Daphnenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2039864577112460698.post-63303389651692322012012-01-13T09:02:00.000-08:002012-01-13T09:02:49.914-08:00

I love catfish.  It's one of those fish that's so versatile and it tastes great.  The best part of eating the whole fish is that it's not very bony so it's easy to take a big chunk into your mouth and just spit out the bones whereas with trout and carp, you're stuck trying to pick the bones out for days on your plate (or in your bowl) before you actually stick the meat in your mouth only to

Daphnenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2039864577112460698.post-69618856718701985912012-01-13T08:58:00.000-08:002012-01-13T09:01:45.629-08:00

Happy Thursday, everyone! I've decided that today is the day I'm really going to start tuning in to my nutritional needs more.  The last couple months have been pretty bad, what with me consuming more rice than I really should be eating as well as the sweets (the snack table at work is right behind me and people have been bringing a TON of chocolate).  I also haven't been very good at keeping up

Daphnenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2039864577112460698.post-46281270420063705602012-01-12T10:08:00.000-08:002012-01-12T10:08:52.392-08:00

I've been craving some duck lately and I don't necessarily want to go to my local Ranch99 to pick up a roast duck either (though that stuff is pretty good!).  Plus, my friend J is working on expanding her culinary tastes with meats (it's a textural thing with her) and as she says, there's only so many ways you can prep chicken and turkey (though she's working on pork).  So in honor of the both of

Daphnenoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2039864577112460698.post-88500005226055241522012-01-11T23:30:00.001-08:002012-01-12T11:31:14.754-08:00

After not having done much physically for about two months, I really was dying to get back to the box and get moving again.  It feels as if it's been FOREVER and I really did feel like the entire month of December was absolutely wasted on me doing nothing but waiting around for the next test from the cardiologist and waiting for his thumbs-up to go back to my normal routine.  If I wasn't pregnant

Daphnenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2039864577112460698.post-87948796616736676022012-01-11T23:30:00.000-08:002012-01-12T10:21:31.736-08:00

I'd like to say that I actually got up on time this morning but at least I wasn't overly late.  Regardless, I was feeling super lazy and ended up soft-boiling three eggs and eating them up with some coconut aminos.  Sometimes, I wonder how it is I've got any friends or have my bosses and such think highly of me because I am one lazy mofo. For my mid-morning snack, I had my coconut cereal: 

Daphnenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2039864577112460698.post-57480477939434108572012-01-11T22:30:00.000-08:002012-01-12T09:54:15.575-08:00

I managed to do a bit better this morning by not constantly hitting my snooze button.  However, I managed to somehow turn off the alarm which resulted in me waking up half an hour later than usual.  Aaarrrggghhhh!  Well, I was still thankful for leftovers in the fridge which I was able to quickly put together:  Aidell's andouille sausage with two scrambled eggs and the leftover roasted sweet

Daphnenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2039864577112460698.post-42298132947874261492012-01-10T09:39:00.000-08:002012-01-12T09:39:58.437-08:00

One of these days, trying to get my eyes to fly open at 5:30 isn't going to be an issue.  Until then (that would be sometime in June), I need to work on other issues.  Issues like not constantly hitting the snooze button on my phone and realizing that I've overslept by 40 minutes! Even though I totally overslept this morning, I was never more thankful for the last remaining slice of frittata

Daphnenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2039864577112460698.post-77550529594177836972012-01-09T10:01:00.001-08:002012-01-12T09:31:39.543-08:00

There's nothing quite like looking in your fridge first thing on a Sunday morning hoping to throw something quick together only to realize that you've got no eggs and absolutely nothing else to put together except for maybe three chicken wings.  With that, Hubs and I stuck the kid in the truck and off we went to the Campbell Farmers' Market to pick up some goodies. Since moving into the new

Daphnenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2039864577112460698.post-20740243504145618922012-01-08T10:00:00.000-08:002012-01-12T09:11:12.183-08:00

Ever have one of those days where you wake up in the morning and you know it's the start of the weekend and that the weather is going to be awesome and there's really not much going on so you feel even MORE awesome?  Yeah... today was like that. After finally getting my butt out of bed enough to slap some clothes on my son and myself, I trudged downstairs and quickly got to work slicing up some

Daphnenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2039864577112460698.post-18974619476906173892012-01-07T10:00:00.000-08:002012-01-12T08:48:43.134-08:00

Yay for Friday!  How's everybody's first week of the new year truckin' along? For breakfast, I quickly scrambled up an easy-peasy spinach omelet for the fam.  Since we were all splitting omelets, I made it a 3-egg omelet instead of just 2 (one for MIL and Hubs, and one for me and Chubster).  After softening the spinach on the pan with some Penzey's freeze-dried shallots, I poured in the

Daphnenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2039864577112460698.post-53935955360985432272012-01-05T21:52:00.000-08:002012-01-09T09:59:33.319-08:00

Holy crap... is it already almost the end of the first week of the new year?  By the way, I'm pretty jealous of all of you who are doing either the 21 Day Sugar Detox or the Whole30.  Since my MIL is staying with us, I have to make myself be flexible enough to not be overly rude when/if MIL (or Housemate or HB) decides to make something. First things first, always start the day off with a good

Daphnenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2039864577112460698.post-34862423310317235642012-01-05T21:36:00.000-08:002012-01-09T09:43:55.082-08:00

Happy Hump Day, everyone! I got my day started the same as yesterday:  three soft-boiled eggs drizzled with some coconut aminos and the last of the dried coppa. By the way, I was told that the thought of eating runny eggs really grosses some people out.  If so, hardboiling the eggs and mashing them up with coconut aminos is still just as awesome.  Think of it as taking a Singaporean vacation

Daphnenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2039864577112460698.post-29114691946102019382012-01-04T22:04:00.000-08:002012-01-07T09:45:59.503-08:00

For breakfast today, I decided to do something different.  I had just picked up three dozen pastured eggs that were on sale at Sigona's Market yesterday and I've been craving some really awesome eggs.  So I did my usual and soft-boiled the eggs and drizzled them with coconut aminos.  As an addition, I also added a few pieces of dried coppa for additional saltiness. Lunch was a pretty simple

Daphnenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2039864577112460698.post-37044294641741026902012-01-02T10:54:00.001-08:002012-01-06T22:28:17.048-08:00

Dear God... is my holiday vacation over?  Boo... Breakfast:  leftover scrambled eggs and portabello mushrooms with salame.  In true struggling-to-get-back-into-the-swing-of-things fashion, I was running incredibly late and it was just my luck that my breakfast this morning were yesterday's leftovers that had already been shuffled into a nice glass container. I wish breakfast was like this

Daphnenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2039864577112460698.post-54112762082355161722012-01-02T10:53:00.001-08:002012-01-06T21:49:09.983-08:00

Happy New Year!!! How did you all ring in the new year?  Did you guys stay up to watch the ball drop?  Did you kiss your significant other and hold them tight?  Did you toast to the good tidings that 2012 will bring?  I did my very best to stay up to midnight, which is something I haven't been able to do since giving birth to Chubster.  This year, I managed to stay up to 11:50!  I know... I'm

Daphnenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2039864577112460698.post-66731750839013250002012-01-02T10:12:00.001-08:002012-01-06T20:42:43.545-08:00

Whew!  Today's the BIG DAY in which we finally got the house spruced up and organized enough to make it presentable enough to throw a party!  Hubs, HB, and I had stayed up super late last night trying to do the food prep and cleaning and moving and unpacking just so we wouldn't have to do anything today.  Which is probably the only reason as to why we're not feeling so completely dead on our feet

Daphnenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2039864577112460698.post-61008099174415758692011-12-31T10:11:00.000-08:002012-01-06T16:10:27.635-08:00

Today was going to be yet another busy day.  As soon as Chubster and I woke up, I quickly got the both of us dressed and out the door.  First things first:  breakfast.  Where at?  Bill's Cafe.  Because I had a prenatal checkup at 9, I didn't want to dilly-dally in the kitchen trying to make something when Bill's is just around the corner from our house and their service is super fast.  Chubster

Daphnenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2039864577112460698.post-26512848804733518912011-12-30T10:10:00.000-08:002012-01-06T15:49:50.063-08:00

Today was going to be a busy but super fun day!  I had made a promise to my nieces and nephew that the next time we were all together (which was this Christmas holiday) we would all head on over to Petroglyph in downtown Willow Glen where the kids would paint their own pottery.  Today was the day that all the kids were together (except for my nephew, who went with his mom back to my in-laws' in

Daphnenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2039864577112460698.post-4549228569033038032011-12-29T10:13:00.000-08:002012-01-06T15:34:26.798-08:00

Today was a super lazy day but it was nice because I had been meaning to catch up on a bunch of unpacking and cleaning and other crap that needed to get done around the house.  Weirdly enough, I wasn't too hungry for breakfast and opted instead just to warm up with some nice green tea. Chubster and I spent the morning walking around the neighborhood just so he could walk around and get some

Daphnenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2039864577112460698.post-65093557464006175932011-12-28T11:04:00.001-08:002012-01-06T15:22:02.309-08:00

Ah... what to do on one's day off?  Ah yes... the mall.  To tell you the truth, I'd been putting this trip off as loooooooong as possible.  Since my last pregnancy, I've lost a considerable amount of fat.  And I'm going to say "fat" instead of just "weight" because if it was just weight, I wouldn't need to make this stupid trip to the mall.  I say "fat" because none of my old pants fit (even

Daphnenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2039864577112460698.post-10309322285841248912011-12-28T11:03:00.001-08:002012-01-02T09:30:15.641-08:00

The morning after Christmas and I'm stuck with a fridge full of leftovers... none of which I'm that stoked about eating right this moment.  I'm also taking this week off (Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday) and I intend on making the most of it to finish all the unpacking of our crap.  God... there HAS to be an unpacking fairy that I can wiggle my nose at, right??? We started the morning off by

Daphnenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2039864577112460698.post-65980157238382801912011-12-28T11:01:00.001-08:002012-01-02T08:59:42.345-08:00

Merry Christmas to one and all! After the festivities of the night before, I woke up in the morning only to realize that we sadly didn't have much for a nice hearty Christmas morning breakfast.  However, I did have a package of Aidell's Andouille sausage and a huge container of my in-laws' famous noh mai fan that I decided to heat up for breakfast. Along with eggs fried according to how

Daphnenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2039864577112460698.post-26989370435382055952011-12-28T10:58:00.001-08:002011-12-28T14:17:15.442-08:00

Merry Christmas Eve, everybody! I've wondered sometimes if everybody's Christmas Eve is this hectic, but there's also an inherent joy in the craziness of doing some last-minute gift shopping and gift-wrapping all the while trying to get your foods together in time for dinner.  But then again, I can't say that I was overly hectic because my main dish was cooking away in the slow cooker (I have to

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After my fiasco with the stupid instrument last night, I was more than determined that maybe it was just late in the day, the instrument had decided to call it a day even though I was just getting started.  After all, I had big plans for the day.  I knew with my 50 samples, it really shouldn't take more than 2 hours to acquire the data and no more than an hour to quickly set up my parameters,

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Holy crap... I'm so tired I can barely keep my eyes open but here goes! Since my appointment for the echo wasn't until 9:45, I got to be lazy and sleep in til 7. I only got to sleep til 7 because Chubster had woken up and insisted on plucking my eyebrows and opening my eyelids, both very strong indicators that he was in a super playful mood. These kids really should come with snooze buttons.

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Today was a super busy day so this post is going to be super short.  In fact, there's really not much. Breakfast?  Scrambled eggs and chorizo.  Plain. Note to self:  this by itself is too salty.  Buy something at the store to even out the saltiness. I was slammed at work in trying to get all caught up with my data analysis and trying to get myself prepared for the big day tomorrow (I'm

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Happy Tuesday, party people! If you're a newbie to my lil ol' blog, welcome!  In here, I've been detailing my daily eats while preggo with my lil Kettlebell. And while I'm at it, I also post other random thoughts about anything and everything. For breakfast, I scrambled up some chorizo and eggs and decided to serve it with some seaweed salad.  I prefer to think of this as expanding my breakfast

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Happy Monday, everyone! This is going to be a super super busy week for me because I'm trying to finish up a major experiment AND I've got the results from this experiment (as well as the one I finished up last week) to analyze.  The goal for me is to get everything done by the time I get done on Friday because I sure as hell don't want to be coming back next week.  The company's not shut down

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Happy Sunday morning! I decided to get up at my normal weekday time today just so I could really take my time in the morning with breakfast and overall getting ready for the day.  Plus, I wanted to make sure I hit the Farmers' Market to pick up some more eggs since it seems like the three dozen I bought last week (and the week before last and the week before that!) have mostly disappeared in the

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