zucchini noodles and dumpster diving

this morning i woke up and i had to force myself to do my workout. it's hard on a saturday (especially after the day off)! anyhoo, after the workout, i made breakfast-this morning it was 'french toast eggs"-then i made a little 'syrup' out of a little olive oil, cinnamon, allspice and vanilla mixed together really well...they were really good! oh, i almost forgot, they were topped with blueberries! yum!

then this afternoon i cut up a zucchini and dried it up so that i could use it for dinner tonight. i used the strips as spaghetti-no pasta, but it tasted even better! 

took awhile to cut them up, but i'll do it again! i might also try to use them as fries sometime by baking them.

see? looks a lot like spaghetti...i actually like the consistency better-slight crunch

i highly suggest this dish! the sauce is just a store bought with as little sugar as possible.

 and for lunch i had a 2nd new favorite..taco boats! lean ground beef, sauteed peppers, onions, tomatoes and salsa in an artisan romaine leaf-yum! no shell.

LOVE these!

 i finally packed up my boxes for nina down in roatan and will send them off when the post office is open. it didn't all fit in the first box, so i had to get another for the posters and some other stuff. i was on my way to office max, but i had to take my garbage to the dumpster first and lo and behold, there were like 4 different sized boxes out there and one was the perfect width and height...just a little long. so i snatched it out and headed back upstairs, ecstatic that i didn't have to take a trip out-simply too cold!!

 and as for the box, nothing a knife and some tape couldn't remedy. now all i have to do is wrap this one and address it.

don't worry, when i wrap it, it won't be so janky! smile.

 bruno and chaco caught me today when i was slicing up the zucchini and just sat at my feet so i let them try it. once again, i have found another random vegetable that they thoroughly enjoy.

 i've been looking for a school calendar. the one my mom got for me i keep at the house. last year one of my former students got me a great baby animals calendar, but this year nada. so i had thought about getting a yorkie calendar at petsmart, but it cost like $15. so i decided that i would use my own models and create my own calendar! it was free-only pay shipping and handling (like 6 bucks), but then i upgraded from paper to card stock. i may have also upgraded once more to get the address labels with the boys pic on it...(i always run out of room when i'm writing it on the envelope) ~i think i might get stamps of them as well at some point..no, i am not obsessed.

this is the cover and one of the months, and it is on the labels as well. can't wait!

 good evening and enjoy the remainder of your weekend!
 julie