A Memorial and Dinner

I was cleaning the house today and decided to make a little memorial to Nana and Dziadek. White and red candles for the Polish flag.

I am so exhausted, I can't even come up with anything else to say. so... here is what I made for dinner. It was really good, try it!

I have some whole wheat bread baking in the bread machine. I tried pastry flour, since I was out of regular. I think it's not going to turn out, we'll see!

Zoo Day!

Today was zoo day and we had a lot of fun! I think we were both able to let some stress go. I don't think I thought of school and stress more than just a handful of times. Which is pretty good considering! I thought I'd share some of my favorite pictures from the day. '


I missed Beanka!

 

 

 

Marc and I...futures so bright, gotta wear shades.

 

 

 

He cracks me up!

 

 

My favorite picture of the day!

 

 

Can you spot the fish?!? 

 

Sheepies

 

Elephants are so surprisingly graceful.

 

I just finished an essay for chemistry class, now dinner time before heading to my classmates house for chemistry cramming before the test tomorrow!!!

 

Pumpkin Time!

I think I forgot to tell you guys that I got an AB on my test last week! I'm proud :) I have another test tomorrow though, and I haven't been as disciplined to study. We are actually headed to the zoo today to try and clear our heads (we got free tickets). So studying will come later.

I made pumpkin oats for breakfast, which is actually Marc's favorite! That surprised me! He said it's because of the peanut butter after some prodding LOL!

2 cups oats, 1 cup milk, 1 cup water, 1 cup pumpkin, cinnamon, nutmeg, brown sugar to taste :) A blob of smucker's Natural PB on top!

Have a happy Sunday!

Weird Haired Turtle

My hair didn't want to cooperate this morning. Weird Hair.

 

I'm a turtle. My life is on my back. HEAVY!

 

I hate leaving them.

I made bad choices today food wise, better tomorrow?!? YES!

 

P.S Thank you all for your warm welcomes back and your dedication to my life! It makes me feel a little less like a small ant in a big anthill city :)

 

Off to listen to my gansta rap pandora station and annoy my husband with it's awful lyrics. Sometime we just have to turn our brains off and bump the bass.

Mount Mary's Centennial Year

My school is celebrating it's 100th year and we got the benefits! Free lunch, cake and ice cream!

 

Happy Birthday Mt. Mary!

 

 

Thursdays are always my hardest days at school, so I'm glad it's over! Just for fun...here's the inside of a HUGE geode in the science wing.

 

Artsy Fartsy.

Turkey Chili and MORE!

Today was spent mainly at this place.

Don't let the beauty fool you! School is at a seriously different level here. I guess there really is something to the old saying "Higher learning". When I am feeling this stressed out, and overtired, sometimes only a comforting meal will help take the edge off. In comes Turkey Chili with leftover butternut squash from our pizza yesterday. MArc was the head chef in this creation while I tackled the Whole Wheat cornbead.

Have you ever tried Whole Wheat Pastry Flour? It has an amazing light texture for what's known as a very dense product. I even made a vegan chocolate cake with chocolate ganache with it tonight! I guess you can tell how nerve wracked I am!

 

I have to say this cake was amazing, go check out Mama Pea! Her cookbook has changed my home cooking LIFE!

Well hope  you all have a wonderful night, I'm shooting for a midnight bedtime...let's hope I can squeeze all of my work (two journal entries, one essay rough draft, 1 chemistry worksheet, 2 online physiology worksheets, and organizational planning- my head hurts) into 3.5 hours!

Goodnight!

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