A Vague Appeal: Archive

day 5 is over

The rest of today went well. I ended up skipping the veggie chili I brought for lunch today because I didn’t feel well. It was probably because I had a clementine and 5hr energy for breakfast. It wasn’t one of my healthier days… At around 11:30 I decided to have my snack and eat my lunch later. It was a mix of slivered roasted unsalted almonds, chocolate chips and...

Jan 10th

30 day challenge

So it has been a while since I’ve posted (which the exception of the avocado, bean, corn salsa recipe I just posted). I’ve been working part time at a nursing home as well as working at concerts, and at a hospital every other weekend. I got burnt out working at my old job and needed a change so badly that I was willing to sacrifice my income just to get out of there. It paid off...

Jan 9th

best avocado, bean, corn salsa →

Jan 9th

get it done

Vacation begins tomorrow at 9:30AM tomorrow morning! Wooohoooo. I am still at work right now and rather than getting all the stuff I need to get done before I leave this afternoon I am procrastinating on here. Work is still super busy but it doesn’t help that I have been checking my personal mail, bank account, and a blog I love KathEats. Oh and did I mention playing games on facebook. I...

Aug 17th

then things got busy

I expected to update this blog at least once a day and I have totally gotten away from that. It is for a good reason though - I AM BUSY AT WORK. I honestly never thought I would be but the members acutally want to see me and learn things about wellness and nutrition. I’ve always made it a point not to do work at home. I want to continue that balance for my whole life. Unfortunately this...

Aug 13th

getting better

Work is getting better, slowely, I am ready for a vacation though. Orientation was nice although it was suppose to last 4 days but it ended up being cut short to 3 days. I still am not in love with it mostly because I am not good at motivating people to do things they do not want to do but I have a good group of people at each location that are seeking me out so it takes up some of my time and...

Aug 2nd

damper

skipped the 5 mile run this morning with Jeannine, or rather post-poned it. I got up and just knew that it was going to take me forever. She texted me back saying she was so happy I said that and then later that she couldn’t fall back asleep so she ended up running anyway but that it was so humid. I checked the weather and it is definitely suppose to cool down a bunch by Thursday so I...

Jul 12th

almost done day 1

8 hours down, 1 hour to go So I started watching episodes of Jamie Oliver’s food revolution in hopes that there are clips I can show my members to think about what they are eating when they order in things like cheesesteaks and pizza or when they go get fast food. Each episodes is 45 minutes so it is taking up a good amount of time and there are definitely clips that I can show them as ice...

Jul 11th

blog break

5.25 hours down, 2.75 to go Here is a list of what I have accomplished so far today… checked all emails about 100 times checked facebook about 100 times checked pinterest.com 4 times drank 2 - 16oz. water bottles did about 100 notecards emailed my new boss some questions emailed my old co-worker emailed my internship director about my new job looked up local places to get my hair...

Jul 11th

utilizing my time

So I realized my major complaint with my current job and a lot of the jobs I have had in the past: I am too efficient. I know for the most part how to manage my time in a way that by the time 2:30 rolls around I have nothing else to do and it drives me insane. Bottom line- I like keeping busy. Most people probably would love to have a job where they have a ton of time to spend on their personal...

Jul 11th

american dream

I never really understood what they meant by the American Dream, was it the freedom to make your own choices or was it a family and owning a home? I always took it as a little bit of both. Anyways.. here are some random pictures of rooms in houses/furniture that I really like.

Jul 10th

my favorites

Marilyn this dress these type of pictures - i have a similar “job” poster in my room The Great Gatsby - I have read this book every summer since 10th grade and I am dying in anticipation of the movie I love Mary Kate and Ashley Olsen James Franco Squirrels - I think they are hands down the funniest animals ever. I want one as a pet.

Jul 6th

day 2 = day off

Ended up having today off due to the same event that made me have a half day yesterday. Tomorrow and Friday I will be going to Manayunk though full days. This morning I ended up having two blueberry pancakes that were left over from last time we made them - I defrosted them over night. I went to the9:45 body works class taught by Kristin. I usually skip the Sundays she teaches because she is...

Jul 6th

first day of work & casey anthony

I will only say this about Casey Anthony - yes there was not enough evidence to convict her of 1st degree murder but I 100% believe that Caylee died due to Casey whether it was intentional or not and that Casey got away with murder and child abuse despite her making up fictional characters, jobs, etc. disappearing for a month having a dead body in a trunk and then placing her daughters body 15...

Jul 5th

random things i like (pinterest)

Lobster Baby!!! Flat Marshmallows for Smores - they are cool but I have never seen these in the stores and I kinda think that smooshing the marshmallow in the smores in part of the whole appeal to smores? Workout that I have never tried but might one day? Haha I don’t know if I could do 90 crunches at one time.. Trick plastic bag so that people don’t steal your sandwich -...

Jul 5th

crazy weekend

Friday I ended up staying in - corey, maggie and lisa went out in the city and i just wasn’t up to it since i still technically don’t have money since i havent gotten my first paycheck yet. It turned out to be a good move since corey’s car broke and she had to get towed home. Saturday - corey, maggie and lisa went out in the city again and again i decided not to go for the same...

Jul 5th

more pizza

Basically did nothing that I planned yesterday. I had a doctor’s appointment at 12:45 and then was planning on going to get lunch with Dave up by the mall at 1:30. I got to the doctors around 12:30 thinking maybe since it was just a physical they could sneak me in a little earlier.. I don’t know who I was kidding. I didn’t get called back until 12:50 and then Dr. R didn’t...

Jul 2nd

and then i ate 3 pieces of pizza

I was hoping for something healthy for dinner since I ate the golden grahams treat, but we ended up staying at my dads playing in the pool and eating pizza. I had a piece of half white/half cheesesteak, a piece of plain, and a piece of pepperoni. At least I soaked up most of the grease with napkins. For dessert I had blueberries topped with magic shell sauce and a big spoon full of ice cream. It...

Jul 1st

marathon runners

Like I said earlier I had planned to run with Jeannine and Meghan today so I ended up getting up at 5:30 to be at Jeannine’s by 6AM. I have to eat before I run so I made sure to eat a peach chobani with a tsp of chia seeds on top - i started trying to eat more yogurt for breakfast so I could mix the chia seeds in for omega-3s since I DO NOT eat fish. I love them especially because it makes...

Jun 30th

yesterday

I think yesterday was the first really nice day for the pool. I got up at 8:00 and decided that I would make an attempt to run outside since today I had plans to run with Jeannine and Meghan (both have run marathons). My Dad’s neighborhood is pretty flat so I headed over there thinking I could run and then do some serious pool time… I ended up only being able to do 1.62 miles...

Jun 30th

boreddd

I thought having free time by being unemployed would be somewhat nice. Well it was, for the first 48 hours.. now its almost week 4 I am going to throw myself off a bridge. Or just start going to the movies alone. My new job starts July 5th so I only have 5 more days of freedom thank god and I really should be studying for my RD Exam but why would I want to be productive now when I can do my...

Jun 29th

things i like from pinterest.com

Van Gogh Cupcakes Summer <3 Awesome painting/pattern cute stamp using just celery and paint Mega -folders Built-in vacuum

Jun 15th

veggiesss

The zucchini and squash were starting to go bad so I decided to grill them along with two red peppers and an onion for dinner. I didn’t know what else to have with it since we didn’t have any meat defrosted. We did have a tiny bit of leftover chicken so I had that and Mom had the rest of the leftover pasta that I had for lunch. I topped it off with a piece of brownie with a tiny...

Jun 13th

meh

Decided I just couldn’t go to my shadowing today - I just feel less passionate about it every time I go. All I really want is to be a clinical dietitian in a hospital. I was going to use my time off wisely and map out when I will study the information for the RD exam but ended up just getting overwhelmed and asking for advice on what to do from someone who took it a year ago. I did look at...

Jun 13th

not creative

I am starting to think I am going to suck at this job, if they even offer it to me. It has been too hot to walk or do any activity outside which is what Stephanie says they do a lot so I have been in charge of teaching them inside. I tried to talk to them about healthy ways to eat out but Stephanie took over most of the discussion… I just suck at coming up with things to talk about. Anyway...

Jun 10th

am i volunteering?

This morning was my second day of shadowing the wellness manager. We were at the Warrington location which was awesome because it was literally 5 minutes from my house. She had me teach the class which didn’t go so well - the people just do not seem to be very enagaged. I think it would definitely help to meet with them all individually when I actually start to kind of gauge what they...

Jun 8th

unemployment

Now that my internship is over I am officially unemployed - it is kinda nice for the time being. Drove over to Dad’s at 10 yesterday to get some pool time in with Corey. Here is the picture of Club Kia that I promised - she’s so beautiful when she is washed. Brie didn’t want to go to the Phillies game so I asked Jimmy and he agreed - I decided to take the 2:41 train down...

Jun 7th

i drank all day yesterday??

Today, hands down, is the most productive day I have ever had after drinking all day the day before. This morning I got up and did the Body Works class at LA with Mom - I haven’t gotten to that class in so long. Lindsay was teaching - half the reason I even went and my calves are still burning. Afterwards we ate lunch and I took a shower. Mom then asked if I could help shovel and carry...

Jun 6th

never again

So XTU was yesterday hence the lack of postings. We rented a bus to take us all down and that left at 9:00. Corey and Jamie came to get me so we were a little late, but we got on our way and headed down. We didn’t park until about 11 and then we all tailgated. I started listening to country when i found out that we had free tickets to the festival so I didn’t really care when we...

Jun 5th

first weekend of freedom

Had our final internship class this morning. Only lasted an hour because we just went over the final paperwork we have to mail to Lisa to submit to the CDR. After that I hung out with Kali until 10:40 when we had to take her to be put down. It sucked, just like putting Jacy and Cinders down sucked but it was definitely the right thing to do. Afterwards I came home and read a little while I had...

Jun 4th

9 months later

made it through graduation and finally back home after a long day - I have a feeling tomorrow is going to be even longer. Mom and I took the train down to Market East which is right next to/below the ARAMARK Tower. I started reading “The Help” on the way down because I heard amazing reviews and the preview for the movie looked really good. The whole ceremony went well, Dad and Mom...

Jun 3rd

GRADUATION

Well Kali made it through the night - we skipped the pain meds at 10 last night but I did end up giving them to her at 5:30 this morning. She is still eating as if she hasn’t eaten in weeks. The pain meds definitely are working though. While I laid with her I read and managed to finish (in 2 days) “Matched”. It was pretty good a little too sci-fi for me but it definitely left...

Jun 2nd

poor kali capri

Kali Capri we found out that she officially has cancer all throughout her body. They offered to take a biopsy and to test to evaluate if they could do chemo - but she is 12 and there is no guarantee. At this point I don’t believe in paying for chemo for animals. All they know is that they feel like shit and not that this will extend their life. They sent her home with pain medication...

Jun 2nd

it was going so great...

Started out yesterday morning by gettign 5.56 miles in at the gym and doing some back and chest machines. Was planning on taking the 1:41 train down to suburban station and walking to Maggie’s salon (AMS Salon) at 16th and sansom. She texted me that she needed me to come in earlier so I decided to take the 12:41 train instead. I made an awesome salad for lunch with romaine, chick peas,...

Jun 1st

Personal Day

Taking a personal day today, last one of the internship. Ended up never going to the gym last night because of a massive headache - probably dehydration, so I am making sure I go this morning. Later I have to possibly take my cat to get a sonogram to see what is causing her to look pregnant. She’ll most likely have to get surgery :/ Then at 3 Maggie is going to do my hair - I’ve...

May 31st

May 30th

Favorite Blog

www.katheats.com

May 30th

Curing Hangovers

http://www.good.is/post/10-healthy-ways-to-help-a-hangover/

May 30th

internship

this has been the longest yet fastest 9 months of my life. i have a feeling this won’t be the first time i say that..

May 12th