Finally!

I am finally not sick anymore! All that is left is a lingering sniffle or two.

This will be a short post because I am “Dog-tired” ( do you  think this is because they sleep all day?")hah!

Breakfast was boring and not picture worthy. 1 over-easy egg, 1/4 cup diced potatoes and an orange. Lunch however….ahhhmazing. It was…wait for it…are you ready…. are you sure….. burrito bar day. ok, maybe to you that means nothing, but next to steak salad day, it’s my favorite:

In the mix: Refried Beans(alot :D), spinach, cucumber, tomato, cheese, and a dab of sour cream. You can’t see the tortilla on the side, but it’s the sundried tomato basil. It was sooo nomlicious! Dinner was salad and chicken.

As for workouts, I kicked butt ;) If I do say so myself.We got pedometers in chapel, and from 11 am on, I got in 9,329 steps today. I heard somewhere that you should get 10,000 in a day, so I figure I can do that easy. I went to Vinyassa Flow Yoga tonight, and it was a killer! I asked Martha if we could do some of the “weird stuff” you know, the crazy yoga magazine postures nobody can really do correctly because they’re insane? yep. we did them. Crane? Check. Bird of Paradise? Check. Wild Thing? Check. It was awesome. After, I went to the SAC and ran 2 miles, because my race is on Sunday. Wish me luck!

Well, my bed calls, goodnight!

OVU vs. The Flu

Hey Guys,

So far the score is Flu-3 OVU-0. Students are dropping like flies here! I did not get the flu…yet. but i do have a nasty cold, aand my life has looked like NyQuill….DayQuill….NyqQuill….DayQuill…it’s nuts. That being said, I did still run today, but i just did a short little run. 1.25 miles. I don’t have much to tell you other than that, so rather than ramble,I’ll just sign off. Goodnight!

Worthy:Winterfest 2011

Good Evening Loves!

I was told that my hotel would have wifi, and I was pumped to post over the weekend during my trip. Well, it didn’t work until last night and was spotty at best, so this post encompasses my whole weekend, and will have only one food pic. ha! The lines for the sessions were insane – there were almost 6,000 people in each one!

The theme of Winterfest this year was “Worthy”.This is sort of two-fold in the fact that it addresses the fact the God is worthy of our praise,worship,time,life,etc and that we are worthy of his love. I absolutely love this theme. There are SO many young girls,and even boys struggling with self worth. So many teenagers think that God could not possibly love them because of the things they have done or not done.

I was at Winterfest this year with OVU, which was strange. It is my fifth year going, but I have never done so in a “professional” capacity.We had a table set up in the convention center to lure in unsuspecting high schoolers:

The “older gentleman” is Gerald Cole, he works in admissions for OVU. OK, so super cool thing: this ball(below)is made of pure,solid,granite, it weighs almost 4,000 pounds, and sits on less than1/10 of an inch of water. However, you can push it easily in any direction and stop it from spinning to change direction. Here is a silly picture of the boyfriend with the ball :)

I had a really yummy dinner at TGIFriday’s Sat. night:

Jack Daniels chicken breast, mashed potatoes, and steamed broccoli. Nomtastic. Note that Stephen had chicken fingers and fries :)

Saturday night we walked around downtown Gatlinburg and found some of the cutest little shops and this pretty fountain:

Also, Stephen took a cute picture of us :)

It was raining,so I look like a hot mess, but it was fun :P Offto drown my cold with Nyquill!

Goodnight!

Deep Breathing…sometimes.

Hey!

You guys have GOT to help me remember to bring the camera with me… everywhere :)

I had the most wonderful sandwich for lunch though:

Yes Mommy, that is that bread i used to hate. This is 12 grain and wheat berry bread. Organic…codeword for awesome :)On the sandwich, ham, Swiss cheese, baby spinach,and cucumber…touch of mayo on one side(it’s my weakness). Side of peas and carrots.

Dinner was spinach salad with cucumbers, and some turkey breast.. no picture. Before dinner i got in a little run( mile and a half) the weather was Delish.Small problem though…I couldn’t breathe! For some reason, I was having the hardest time, wheezing and huffing,gasping even, and the run was no fun at all. Luckily I had Yoga to practice some deep breathing. After Vinyassa Flow Yoga, I ate this :

I couldn’t eat it without it falling apart, so I crumbled it up :

Starting Friday morning, I will be live tweeting and posting from Winterfest in Gatlinburg,TN! Make sure you follow me @SarahNeeNLC :) You can find out more about Winterfest here :Winterfest!

Are you going to Winterfest? 

Awesome.

Good Evening!

I had a friend tell me something interesting just a few minutes ago. He said “ you just have to know that this day, or week will be awesome, that’s all” This really struck a chord with me. You just HAVE to know, it will be…awesome. Nothing less. because, even if it’s bad, it can still be worthy of awe. Awesome. I love it.

Lunch was really yummy:

We had a Show Cookery Steak Salad Bar. They take steak strips and sauté them with onions and bell peppers and put it on top of your salad. NOMTASTIC! I also had some cantaloupe.

I always,always,always have the worst time trying to remember the camera when I eat, or run, or do anything. That being said, know that dinner was yummy, and that I ran 2.5 miles. After my run, I ate this :

Gala apple, Peanut Butter, and Mini Babybel cheese. It was delish. Okay so, question. What are your goals for this year?

New Sink, Clean Room.

Hey Guys,

Since The Boyfriend took ten years to give me his camera back :), I only have one food picture for you,dinner:

Chef salad ( spinach,cucumber,tomato,turkey,provolone,ham) with steamed corn. Delish.

So, my roomie, Chelsea broke our sink last week. the pipe leading to the wall broke and the sink started to leak. Luckily, the replacement sink is awesome:

What we had before was just a small sink, no sweet cabinet. I love how big it is, so we can sit stuff on it. score!

We have a room cleanliness check on Wednesday, so my room is wonderfully spotless :)

I am off to study for a bible test and sleep,glorious,sleep.

Have a great night loves!

The Prodigal Blogger Returns

Hey Guys!

So, EXPRESSIONS! is over…finally. My club, Theta Psi Omega, got third place. I must confess, I’m a bit sad, but it will do.

This morning, the weather was just so beautiful, 47 and sunny! I went for a little (3 miles)run in the sunshine :) I loved it! I smiled most of the way, and didn’t even need an Ipod!

Today, for Valentines Day, Besite Amanda, her boyfriend,Josh, my Honey ,Stephen and I all went to Marietta, OH for a chocolate lover’s festival. Ohh, the chocolate :) I ate so much! There was cake,and cookies and all sorts of yummies:

Afterwards, we walked around downtown and saw all sorts of gorgeous things :

These geese were too cool, they kept honking at us like they were trying to have a conversation.

The sky was seriously so. pretty. This is a view from a cool bridge we were on.

I just thought this lamp post looked nice against the trees.

Heart Shaped Leaf! I love it!

This scene was just so gorgeous, I could not help but take a picture. *sigh*

I am going to watch a movie with my Honey and get some homework done.

Toodles! :)

Lame

Hey Guys,

I am writing this post only to tell you that I probably will not be able to post until Sunday… Expressions will kill me… officially. I am going to focus solely on that and homework until Sunday, when it’s all over. Love you, miss you!

Pixar Short Films and John Wayne

Good Morning!

I hope your Sunday is relaxing thus far. In observance of the Super Bowl, I decided to wait until it was over to post. I spent all day yesterday chillin’ big time. The boyfriend and i snuggled and watched John Wayne movies( The Quiet Man and Island in the Sky) and ABC Family was showing all of the Pixar Short Films. I absolutely LOVE those little shorts. Here, just for you, are a few of my favorites :

For the Birds…pee your pants funny :)

One of the originals :) The little baby lamp is too cute :)

Don’t worry- it is in English. This is my absolute favorite…ever. It showed before UP.

By the time this is read, we all know the the Green Bay packers won. Congrats! I was rooting for the Steelers, but it’s whatever :)

Have a great night!

Cabin Fever Practice…Kinda.

Good Evening!

I know it has been forever since I posted, and I am so sorry! I have been crazy busy with this Expressions! stuff.( if you don’t know, Expressions! is my school’s arts festival, and it’s super fun, just not fun to practice for.)

Today was awesome!I only had one class, and I sold my junker,useless car this afternoon! I also had the yummiest lunch, Chicken Ceaser Salad with Grilled asparagus":

After lunch, Bestie Amanda and I went on the most AHHHHHMAZING hike/run. We went to practice the race we are going to run at the end of the month, but we got lost.(haha!) We ended up doing four miles instead of two, and got super muddy and wet. I am so sore, but luckily,you have silly pictures to look at :

Me and my muddy sneakers( I had already traded them for my super comfy Crocs)

Bestie Amanda didn’t need Crocs..she’s too hardcore :)

Yes, she IS that much taller than me. After our run, on the way home, I decided to paint my nails neon orange, because I was going Glow Bowling tonight:

Well, Glow Bowling was awesome, but my pictures didn’t turn out. I hope everyone else had an awesome day too! I’m going to sleep until tomorrow afternoon :D

Nighty-night Loves!

Lack of Ingenuity

Hi friends,

This post is going to be short. and lame. I feel like it is not okay to post when I have nothing to say. A lack of ingenuity, if you will. I have no pictures for you, I had awful (guys look away) cramps today. I do not even remember what happened in my classes, and I know I ate some chocolate. On the up-side, I did sort of a triple workout today. I ran/ biked 7 miles, went to Vinyassa Flow Yoga, and had dance practice for Expressions!. All-in-all, I suppose it was alright. I have got to get some sleep, I have work at 8 am tomorrow.

Night!

Hot Yoga and Blueberry Pancakes

Good evening!

I woke up this morning at about 8 am to go to Bikram Yoga. I have been doing Vinyssa Flow instead for a few months, and doing a Bikram class was nearly impossible. Although, boy did I feel ahhhh-mazing when class was over! I did in fact dehydrate myself though, and had a really hard time getting back to normal.

After Yoga,I went to the cafeteria and got some Blueberry Pancakes. I apologize for the lack of pictures in this post, but I forgot to bring the camera with me all day. Dinner was steamed broccoli, Turkey breast, and a piece of Cheddar.

Well,I’m all out of stuff to say, I’m planning on going to bed early.Goodnight!

Accent Vlog and The End of The Longest Week Ever!

Hey Guys!

Lets start with some fun stuff. One of my favorite bloggers, Caitlin Boyle (Operation Beautiful) posted a video called “the accent vlog” This is supposed to showcase the accent of the area you are from:

If you wanted to follow along, here is the list of words/questions for The Accent Vlog:  Aunt, Route, Wash, Oil, Theater, Iron, Salmon, Caramel, Fire, Water, Sure, Data, Ruin, Crayon, Toilet, New Orleans, Pecan, Both, Again, Probably, Spitting image, Alabama, Lawyer, Coupon, Mayonnaise, Syrup, Pajamas, Caught

• What is it called when you throw toilet paper on a house?
• What is the bug that when you touch it, it curls into a ball?
• What is the bubbly carbonated drink called?
• What do you call gym shoes?
• What do you say to address a group of people?
• What do you call the kind of spider that has an oval-shaped
• body and extremely long legs?
• What do you call your grandparents?
• What do you call the wheeled contraption in which you carry
• groceries at the supermarket?
• What do you call it when rain falls while the sun is shining?
• What is the thing you change the TV channel with?

I encourage other bloggers to play along!

I had the most delicious Chicken Ceaser Wrap for lunch, with chicken, lettuce,tomato,bell peppers, and dressing on a sundried tomato tortilla.With Parmesan cheese! I also had organic steamed green beans:

After a few classes, Bestie Amanda and I went for a run outside( we’ve been running on the treadmill this whole time) It was nice. We did about 2.2  miles. Honestly, it was not that fun. I was cold, and my Shin Splints were killing. However, the after-run snack was worth it :

Sweet, crunchy apple with a mix of Justin’s all natural chocolate peanut butter( O-M-G) and Jiffy :)

I am spending my Friday night very leisurely, as it is the end to a crazy long week. I am going to go to bed early tonight and wake up at 7:30 for an 8 am Hot Yoga class. After, I am getting a hair cut and cleaning. woo-hoo!

have an amazing night, friends!

Inspiration

Good Evening/Morning friends,

I am having a small problem lately with this blog. I want to write about things that are important, not just what i eat and what i do. i want to tackle some big issues and make a difference. Problem is, I’m not quite sure where to start. I need your help coming up with topics to post about. So, if you have any ideas,or questions that you would like me to answer, things that upset you, etc….COMMENT!

A Long Week

Hello,

I have got to say, this is such a long week. I have been up way too late every night with this silly expression stuff. But, it snowed beautifully today. It looked like a winter wonderland:

On the upside, my lunch was ahhhhmazing:

Mixed veggies that include broccoli(my favorite) cauliflower, and carrots. Burrito ( beans, red and green bell pepper, tomatoes, cheddar, sour cream) It was seriously so entirely delish.

Workout was 8 miles on the bike, and 1 on the treadmill, and I still have practice for expressions tonight from 10-12 pm woo-hoo.

Have a great night!

Injuries

Good evening,

I have to say, I am a little frustrated. I am injured. I have shin splints, and I can’t think of anything more annoying. Since we had Expressions( my school’s Social Club arts festival) practice last night, and had to dance for a few hours, they were worse than usual today. I tried to run my intervals, like I normally do, but I almost cried from the pain in my legs. I ended up walking at a 7% incline at 3.5 miles per hour. I kept my heart rate at the target (165),and did a mile and a half, but I am still so frustrated. I feel like I didn’t get as great of a workout in as I wanted to, but I have to dance again tonight.

Was it better to take it easy, and not risk more pain and injuries?

Comment!

Think Before You Snack..I Mean Act

My wonderful roomie went to her Grammy’s house on Saturday and made me a cookie bigger than my face:

I was trying to think of a post title, and roomie (Chelsea) said “what’s that in Mulan? think before you snack..I mean ACT!”  I replied “fantastic!” That goes with the monster cookie you gave me. My advice for today is to think before you snack…and act. I have been just eating one little bite of this cookie at a time , so i can spread the calories out over two days or so.

Breakfast this morning was so very yummy, Pomegranate Berry Organic Yogurt from Stonyfield Organics with  Cascadian Farms Fruity O’s mixed in. Nom-licious:

Lunch was awesome too. Sadly, I forgot the camera, so you'll have to take my word for it. I had an omelet with Broccoli and Cheddar cheese in it, and a piece of 12 grain bread with peanut butter. YUMMM.

As far as a workout, the gym is closed on Sundays, so I couldn’t run.But, we had practice for Expressions tonight. Expressions is an event for social clubs at my school where each club puts on a mini musical for the community. Ours is about forbidden love and has some wonderful dance numbers that we practiced for two hours tonight. So lets just say I got my workout in :)

Alright, roomie is trying to sleep,so I will leave you with this; always think before you snack or act :) Goodnight!

Mother Earth Foods

Good Evening,
I discovered possibly the only organic foods store in a 100 mile radius of my school. Mother Earth Foods. I didn’t have a ton of money to spend there, so I just got a few organic yummies.

Cereal, Gummies, Chocolate Peanut and Almond Butter, Popcorn, and Yogurt.
I had a crazy day today! Bestie Amanda slept over last night, and we stayed up super late and got up at 7 am to go and clean the locker room at the gym ( my work study) after that, We went to Mc Donald's for breakfast. I know, you’re thinking EW! But, here’s a treat for you :) I got Oatmeal and Orange Juice:


This oatmeal was seriously so.yummy. I loved it. Best of all, it rang in at 260 calories. score! Next stop of our day was Mother Earth Foods, and after that we went back to the gym to run:
Stats: Treadmill- 2.2 Miles, 2.0 incline, 28 min. Intervals: 3.2,5.5,7.3
Stationary Bike: 5 miles, 10 min, resistance 7

After Cardio, We did 3 sets of Triceps, Biceps, and Back rows. We also did plank 3 times, a min each. After the gym, we went to Bruch in the Cafeteria ( I had an omelet with Bell pepper, onion, bacon and cheddar) Naptime followed :)
Well friends, laundry is calling me, so goodnight!

Save Three Lives!

Good Evening!

I gave blood today, and while I have a history of reaction to giving blood, I managed to make it out alive:) The last three times I’ve tried to give blood, i haven’t had enough Iron, so I have been eating tons of spinach( as you know) and taking my Multivitamin. The verdict? I needed 12.5 and i had 13.0. woot! I have some pictures, so here goes:

They gave me orange juice the whole time so i wouldn’t pass out. I totally love how awkwardly pointy my chin is in this one :)

I was cracking up because the nurse/attendant was making so many jokes. 

Yes, that is the actual needle in my arm.It didn’t hurt when they put it in, but it hurt like crazy when they pulled it out. Honestly, what hurts the most is the stupid finger prick for the Iron count.

I went straight to dinner and had a turkey burger with cheddar,tomato, and spinach.It rocked. I also had some spiced baked apples, and a banana. Oh, and chocolate milk :) I never have Choc. milk, but it made me feel better after blood loss.

Unfortunately, when I got back to my room, I felt awful, so I laid down and slept for 2 hours. I decided I needed to wake up and write to my loves, so I did. I hope you have had a wonderful day, and are having a wonderful night.

Goodnight, see you tomorrow!

Positive Energy!

Hello Loves,

I want to share with you another theory/idea of mine. Now, to be fair, I’m not the first person to come up with this one,but bear with me. Positive pictures, quotes, etc. in a living space fill that space with positive energy.Yes, I realize that this comes from the idea of Feng Shui, but I was pretty proud of myself anyway. All of this is because I wanted to show you the fabulous piece of art I have created for my dorm room wall:

I don’t claim to know anything at all about Feng Shui, but I know that this symbol makes me happy, and I can tell you why. This symbol is the Sahasrara Chakra,or thousand petaled lotus. This symbol is painted on all the walls at the yoga studio I attend, so i associate it with calming yoga-peace. Also, it is said that Sahasrara, and focusing on it brings you closer to God and wisdom. I love it :)

I completely forgot to take pictures at lunch and dinner, but I had a wonderful sandwich(same for both) with Whole grain bread, turkey breast, cheddar cheese, tomato, fresh spinach, and cucumber. It rocked my world, a lot.

Now, off to bed.I am giving blood tomorrow, and I want to be ready.

Goodnight Loves!