April 20th - 22nd 2018

I feel like my 13 Days of Healthy Eating & Exercising has turned in to "look how small your appetite is on Sudafed" but I committed to it, so here's what I ate:

Friday

Breakfast: Sleeping.
Lunch: 8 Chick-fil-a nuggets & a fruit cup
Dinner: mashed potatoes & applesauce
Exercise: tried not to die

Saturday - Happy 92nd Birthday Queen Elizabeth!

Breakfast: Pumpernickel toast with light butter
Lunch: A 100 calorie Greek yogurt ice cream that Chris said I'd like. (It was okay.)
Dinner: Chili with crackers & tortilla chips, 2 Grapefruit Shandys, and a little bit of Banana Cream Supreme because we had friends over.
Exercise: None, but I did cross-stitch this for a friend!

Sunday

Breakfast: More sleeping.
Lunch: Chipotle-style Indian Bowl (chickpeas, brown rice, tomatoes, red onion, cucumber, cilantro, raita). Soooo good. Seriously, how is this not a restaurant everywhere? This place is awesome. It's just a random spot in the Dulles Town Center food court.
Dinner: Tomato salad, rotisserie chicken, saffron rice, some leftover banana stuff.
Exercise: (tbd, will update tomorrow)

So which member of the royal family shall we award when things are going okay but not as necessarily intended due to a minor but annoying illness? Princess Anne, my friends. She wears the same stuff from DECADES prior, and looks...fine. There's nothing inherently wrong with that, but as you can see, there's nothing right about it either.

Princess Anne in this yellow coat 35 YEARS AGO...and now!

Or how about this...interesting hat and dress combo that she wore in 1981 to Prince Charles & Princess Diana's wedding, and then re-wore 27 years later to another family wedding. #awkward

Want to see more to find out how far back Anne will go? Here you go!

And finally, happy 92nd birthday to her Majesty. To mark the occasion, she went to a concert and wore a longer-than-usual set of pearls.

Freezer Meal #2 - Maple Pork Tenderloin with Apples

This is the second part of my foray in to freezer meals - the first part can be found here for Cheesy Shells and Italian Sausage. Today we're making a pork and apples recipe adapted from The Pampered Chef. I love this one--it's so easy to assemble in advance, most of the ingredients you likely already have, and it couldn't be easier to fix the day you want to eat it (dump stuff in pan, bake). So yummy. And pretty. Maple Pork Tenderloin with Apples For this you'll need the ingredients below. You probably have the oil, vinegar, garlic, brown sugar, mustard, and bags in your pantry! You can also easily divide this recipe if you usually only cook for 2-3 people at a time (that's what I do when I make it). 2 pork tenderloins , about 2 pounds total - they can be expensive, so pick these up on sale 3 apples - I prefer honeycrisp but use what you like, or take one of these suggestions 1 small red onion 1/4 cup canola oil 1 clove garlic , press...

New Year, Old Me

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Kate Middleton, Goofball

My new favorite K-Middy gif came out today. She and William went for a walk during their day off in Australia, and she totally did this: Big Willy and Babykins (their nicknames for each other) have talked about Kate's sense of humor before in interviews. Apparently she's funny and sarcastic--now we're more than just hair soul mates! Below are some of my favorite non-posed Kate pics. They're probably watching horses. So British of them. This is at the Olympics. She seems concerned. I'd also like to point out that I'm jealous of how good her ponytail looks. It sounds like she's saying "OMG no way!" Man, I hope that's what she's talking about with the fancy church people at the Queen's Diamond Jubilee service. Again, I suspect ponies are involved here. If you watch interviews with her (and I do) she makes this face all the time. I LOVE IT. Celebrities: they're just like us! They hide behind their...

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