So long, farewell!

To Natarajan uncle and Sumathi auntie! We went to their going away party last night with a bunch of mommy and daddy's temple people. They are moving to Alpharetta, GA - not too far from Atlanta. Jaya made a delicious spinach and artichoke dip (in the crock pot) and there was a good spread of Indian food (of course) (i even ate the paysam!) It was a nice evening, complete with a 2 hour photo shoot at the end of the night.

Irony?

In spite of our recently committed to health kick, dinner on Wed night was at a terrible sounding but actually pretty great restaurant called Cheddar's, located in the greatest place on earth: gulf coast town center. We had dinner here following the lovely Naples botanical garden light show. There was not one bite of bland or mediocre food! We had a variety of things - spinach artichoke dip, buffalo chicken wraps, chicken pot pie, grilled chicken sandwich. Dessert was a delicious bread pudding.

After counting points values for 95% of the food I ate (and needing to estimate things like dosa- and hopefully overestimating), I found that I had eaten 79 points today (my limit is 28, to give you perspective). Ugh. And oops.

Gotta get back on the health kick tmrw!'

Healthkick!

So we're on a health kick here in FL: we've been walking like crazy people, swimming, and ballroom dancing (courtesy of Julianne Hough and other DWTS dvds). Everyone - Kira, now too - is using Runkeeper to track individual goals as well as provide us with friendly competition. Jaya has set a goal of walking 500 miles in the next 6 months; Mommy has 2 goals: to lose 12 lbs (?) and to walk 300 miles in 6 months; and I have a goal to lose 46 lbs and walk 200 mi in 6 months. I'm glad we've started these habits before new years - wish us luck!!!

Henry and Bennie

I miss my meow meows!

Gluten free pasta with chicken sausage

See title. And delish!

Thursday night bites

Organic brown rice pasta, spicy italian chicken sausage (with basil and mozz), and red wine!

This week, so far

I don't think my meals have been very memorable this week. Mostly frozen meals. Exciting, I know. However, a few other more exciting things have been happening:

1. my xmas tree is up! i call it my "sparkly rainbow vomits on xmas" tree.
2. mommy has uploaded the runkeeper app on her phone to keep track of her walks! when i was in FL, she and i went on a 5.6 mile walk together and she was so pumped to keep it up. it was really cute! daddy, on the other hand, was a giant d-bag about it all.
3. mommy has a more updated phone than i do! she's sporting a iPhone 4S!
4. MOMMY HAS TAKEN THE LEAD ON OUR RUNKEEPER APP! She is beating me with the # of times she's worked out so far this week!
5. i have redecorated my living room. i LOVE my little book shelf area and the new corner that's opened up for my xmas tree.... or for my NEW KEYBOARD! (no, i haven't bought one, but now that i have identified a space for one, i will be saving my pennies! or stealing baby amy's. but, shhh don't tell her.
6. i realized that in 2013, i will be turning 35. FML. :-(

Nor have I forgotten!

Ye olde blogge!

I have posts and maybe some pictures and things - will try to update tonight - but a pressing question for the sisters. Do you guys think I could pull of a pixie haircut? Like Ginnifer Goodwin???

I have not forgotten!

Ye old b-log! I have not forgotten. Just haven't had a chance to update. But I do have something in the works... Stay tuned! Also, please know that I have been trying to post comments to the posts you guys have written but some of them (just some) don't post! So annoying. Hrmph. Anyway, a novel [of] collection of posts to follow. Maybe tomorrow. Ciao!

Week in Review: Week of 11/26/12

I have been so bad about posting notable meals! I've also been bad about taking pictures of my meals. Bah. So, here's a (somewhat lame) recap of the week:

Monday - don't remember. Leftovers probably (Mommy's chicken curry, probably?)
Tuesday - I went to Cirque De Soleil's Totem show. It was SO fun! I didn't expect it to be as "circus-y" as it was. The acrobatic tricks were AMAZING. If this show comes to a town near you guys, you should totally check it out. Oh, dinner was something not nearly as memorable. Chicken curry and rice, I think?
Wednesday - I bought the "ingredients" for the diaper cake I made for my supervisor, Dana's, baby shower (which was on Friday). Dinner: frozen pizza!
Thursday - Assembled the diaper cake. Dinner: some Lean Cuisine meal.
Friday - Dana's baby shower. Diaper cake was a success! Dinner: assorted apps from the shower. I contributed mini baked brie with craisin and walnut phyllo tarts. They were delish! Here's a link to the recipe: http://www.skinnytaste.com/2012/11/skinny-baked-brie-phyllo-cups-with.html
Saturday - my holiday xmas party. IT WAS SO FUN AND I DON'T HAVE ONE STINKING PICTURE FROM THE NIGHT :-( In one sense, my lack of pictures shows exactly how much fun I had...in other sense, how am I going to remember all the fun I had??! Hrmph.