I'm going to make a resolution with myself to blog at the bare minimum once a week, because I've built a fanbase now. My extreme apologies to those who have been looking forward to new posts every day (Mom) and I haven't been following through.
The last few weeks has been rather ridiculously crazy. I have been again, searching for jobs. Its been quite a struggle to maintain any sort of schedule given the interviews, searching, running errands, etc. I am quite hopeful one opportunity works out. I've been on a few interviews and conducted a few tests for them. The opportunity sounds amazing... its more in line with what I've done in the past as well as plenty of opportunity for advancement; even after my degree. BOOM! I hope to know sometime this week what the status of my application process is.
As far as the exercising goes- have you all been exercising?? Hmmm? I bet not. Its damn near excruciating outside after 9am. Well, I have been exercising. My man found me a bike path that was out of the way of traffic, for the most part. If I do a loop 4 times around, it equates out to about 10.5 miles. I load my Camelbak up with ice water and go. I strive to ensure I leave no later than 8:30, that way I am home in a decent time. My goal last week was to do 50 miles on the mountain bike, but that didnt happen. I did go on Monday and Tuesday, but Wednesday I wasn't feeling too froggy when I got up and didn't want to force myself (as I had gone Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Monday and Tuesday). Thursday was spent scrubbing our house and Friday I had a job interview early enough that I didn't want to rush getting ready. I'm one of those types of people that likes to research the company I am working for prior to the interview, so I can see if there are any questions I may have about what they do.
Friday night when my man got home from work, he noticed the AC didn't seem to be working so well. In fact, it got to be 10pm and it had been running consistently since 3pm... and was still 82 degrees in the house. No good. Now, I'll mention my man is from Minnesota so his delicate eco-system doesn't do well in climates above 100 degrees. Our thermostat is set (automatically) to start working down the temp at 3 until it hits 75. . . seven more degrees doesnt sound that much, but its the difference between say, 73 and 80. You'd notice that difference.
So, we talked about it for a bit and decided to turn it off since we didn't know what was wrong with it. We moved the fan that we keep in the living room (because out of ALL the rooms in the house, its the one that DOESN'T have a ceiling fan) into the bedroom. Cranked it up on high. Cranked the ceiling fan on high. And tried to sleep. Tried is the optimal word in that sentence. It was very warm. Saturday, my man had to work so he left early. I had some errands to run, but we had been waiting to hear back from the landlord. He was out of town until Sunday, with limited cell reception. We heard back from him on Saturday night (after calling his recommended guy and not getting a response) to call a different company. We did, but we also left and went out to dinner to try to escape the disco inferno that was slowly becoming a blaze inside our house.
Sunday we had the repair guy out, but he said the work that was needed was about a thousand dollars. We had to wait for the landlord to approve it. He did on Monday evening and I am now currently sitting in a house that appears to be cooling down. Fingers crossed.
How have all of you been doing diet wise? I've been doing alright. I was ecstatic that Fry's started carrying the Chobani Greek Yogurt. If you have not tried it, by far its the better of any greek yogurts I've had. The most of them that I have tried have the consistency of spackle. This has a thicker texture, but it also has great flavor. My favorite is the strawberry. Fresh fruit is also at its peak now, with peaches, cherries, cantaloupe, watermelon... all of it is in season. This is my favorite time of year, because I LOVE fresh fruit. Apples can be eaten any time of the year (not Honey Crisp ones out here though, my fave) but the strawberries, cherries and peaches are definitely summer fruits. I could eat them all day.
I challenge you all to do something active over the next few days that you would not normally do. I didn't think that I'd be able to do a ten mile bike ride, but sometimes you surprise yourself if you really try.
Today I will leave you with a recipe that is my basic balsamic recipe, adapted from a recipe I got from my mans dad on a trip out to Minnesota a few years back.
Basic Balsamic
One cup extra virgin olive oil
1/2 cup balsamic vinegar
2 cloves of garlic, minced
a dash of dried parsley
a dash of white pepper
a dash of crushed red pepper
a pinch of sea salt
I take all of the above and place it in a small pot on the stove. Bring to a slow boil, then turn off the heat. Once it is cool, place it in a refrigerator safe container. Before you are ready to serve, take the mixture and place it in a food processor. This emulsifies the oil/vinegar so it becomes almost creamy. Serve immediately.
If you have leftovers, a great idea is to buy the Good Seasonings Italian dressing mix from the store... you get a free cruet when you do. I use the seasoning packets for chicken recipes, not for dressing. So, it leaves the cruet open for me to store my home made balsamic with a lid. Just shake it before you are ready to use it again, or re-blend if the oil is too separated out from the balsamic. Enjoy!
Happy Tuesday!
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