We started the new year off right by making a delcious dinner featuring a delish combination of leftover ingredients and old favorites. Give these recipes a try. They are amazing.

( green pea soup with ham and yogurt-dill cream )

I woke up feeling a bit anxious about all that I had to get done to prepare for my trip, but today has worked out to be a really good day. I started the morning at my Weight Watchers meeting and I made goal! ::trumpets sound:: It wasn't really a surprise-- I had my goal weight upped by two pounds by my doctor since my plateau has proven itself to ( Read more... )

Perhaps this hasn't been my most productive weekend workwise, but I think I'm beginning to realize that there are other types of productivity. Friday I worked during the day, and then went over to Jeanna's for dinner. Her mom was in town and, in typical, wonderful, Italian mom fashion, she felt it her duty to feed us a delcious meal. I was really ( Read more... )

Today is a good day. :) Here's why:

• Despite cautionary tales of more woeful weather on its way, the skies are sunny and not a flake has fallen
• I spoke with Audrey this morning and she gave me the go ahead to submit my NARST paper-- I'm so glad to have it off!
• I hadn't stepped on a scale in over a week, and when I just weighed myself I was .2 lbs ( Read more... )

I needed a little pick-me-up during this crazy week of writing, so I ordered this. Mmm. I can't wait to try all of the new kinds you can only get online.

Today was a good day. Cory and I both experienced relative work-related successes, and I went to a belated birthday dinner at Peaches with sarah_p. I made plans to hang out with Sedef and Jason again ( Read more... )

Several people have contacted me and requested the recipes I mentioned in my last post. Dinner was terrific, and I'm happy to share them all with you. These recipes are all low fat, and high deliciosity. Enjoy!

( yummy recipes )

Tonight Cory and I went to The Palace to hear Maya Angelou. At first I wasn't exactly sure what to expect, but it wound up being an inspirational evening of funny stories, poems, and reflective anecdotes founded in love, advocacy, and visionary heroism. Amazing ( Read more... )

Today was absolutely gorgeous. Cory and I had plans to hang out after his jiu-jitsu class, and we decided to go to the New York State Museum. I hadn't been there since I was in fourth grade, and it turned out to be a nice way to spend the afternoon. We were being extra cute and silly-- we even shared a few kisses in secluded corners of forgotten ( Read more... )

Good news! I just heard from the chair of my Portfolio (a.k.a. Qualifying Exam) committee, and I passed with flying colors! I'm officially a doctoral candidate ( Read more... )

This week I submitted my Portfolio, a conglomeration of my work as a doctoral student that counts as my qualifying exam. Then I'll officially be a doctoral candidate. My graduation timeline for next May is tight, though, so my advisor urged me to begin working on my proposal in the interim. I'm aiming to be finished with that on March 31st. There's ( Read more... )