Red Wine and Relaxation

Tonight is all about relaxing and enjoying a glass (or 2) of red wine and relaxing with my hubby and our fur baby. We decided to keep things simple and enjoyed a Masala Burger with babaganoush and sauteed mushrooms and onions and of course hot sauce. The weather here in VT has been pretty dreary today so it’s setting the mood for relaxation and currently catching up Top Chef Masters-my hubby is drooling over Gail Simmons right now; I think I need to get him a bib.

Hubby and I are resting up for our big Spring cleaning day tomorrow. So I’ll leave you with a photo of my yummy wine and messy burger.

Q: What are you plans for this evening?

Flying Sky High

Happy Friday! How’s everyone doing? Have you entered to win this pretty Earthlust stainless steel water bottle? If not there is still time!

Since we went to dinner last night we didn’t have any leftovers for lunch which meant I had to figure something out this morning.  We had tons of baby bella mushrooms, baby spinach and broccoli so I made some yummy spaghetti with all of those and some garlic, red miso, earth balance, nutritional yeast and salt and pepper.  I made enough so we would have dinner tonight and I won’t have to cook when I get home.  Since there is no microwave in my office and I have to travel to the office next door I decided to have my lunch for breakfast and my breakfast for lunch. Do you ever have lunch/dinner food for breakfast?

Now I’m hanging out at Speeder’s – I know they should just let me move in here I basically pay their rent! HaHa.   I decided to splurge and go with a Sky High Chai which is a soy chai latte with a shot of espresso it is the hubby’s favorite and he is sitting at his desk right now all jealous. Did I mention that we woke up to snow on the ground? GROSS! Where is spring?

Well bloggies this is a short one because I have school work to do and work to go to. Blog you later!

Drinking Macaroons For Breakfast

I had a hard time getting out of bed this morning; I think it’s because I got way too much sleep. Once I finally pulled myself out of bed and showered I decided to have some breakfast.  You’ll never guess what I had…..SOYGURT.  Today I had peach with oats, flaxmeal and banana.  I also made myself a cup of White Coconut Cream Tea from The Art of Tea. I just took a sip of it and this tea taste like a macaroon.  It’s like a cookie in a warm liquid form without all the sugar, fat and calories.  What can I say it’s a dream in a drink.

After this is all gone it’s time to get a bunch of house work done before I head off to work.  I look forward to the days when we don’t have to commute 45 minutes each way to work and when I don’t have to go in 3 hours before I have to be to my work…..or stay 3 hours after.  You might be wondering why we commute and well I used to work in the city that we live in right now so we decided to get a place here but I left that awful job back in December and now I work in Burlington with my hubby (he’s always worked there) and we have to commute until July 1st when our lease is up. WAHOO can’t wait to move.

Q: Do you rent or own? How long have you lived in your current home? How many places have you lived in the last 5 years? We rent and have lived in our place for going on 2 years.  However in the last 5 years I have lived in 8 different houses/apartments….crazy right!

A Picnic On The Waterfront

It was beautiful this afternoon so I decided to expand our walk into a lovely picnic on the water front.  Hubby has been working so hard at work lately it’s time for a little romance.  I picked up a wonderful spread of food from Healthy Living and Fresh Market and grabbed a blanket from the trunk of the car and we headed out for a walk. Hubby was so delight and surprised it was a great afternoon and BEAUTIFUL! We had lots of amazing food from snap peas with tamari almonds, baguette, olives, dolmas, artichokes, veggies, babaganoush, red wine and vegan truffles.

Wonderful food and a beautiful view.

Q: What do you do for your significant other to show your love and appreciation?

Four Hours Just Isn’t Enough

After my morning at the coffee shop it was straight to the office to get down to business with my piles of files to work on.  I was hopping that today I could catch up some organizing but it seems that just wasn’t in the cards.  I spent all morning going and going and going….and I still have a ton to do.  You see I only work four hours a day (on average lately it’s been more like 5-6) and I know you’re saying WHAT that is the life.  Haha I wish it was but it’s really not long enough to get everything done each day and there is constantly something that needs to get done. I also am on call pretty much all the time so even if I’m not at work I might be called to do something.  Anyways, now it’s time to get a snack and hang out at Healthy Living since I haven’t been here all week and I figured they missed me.

Hubby and I decided that we would do our nightly walk down at the Burlington Bike Path after he gets out of work instead of heading straight home. Since we won’t be home until later and I’ve had my yummy yogurt with banana and oats for lunch I needed some greens and a little protein. So I made a little plate of goodness to enjoy while I get some school work done that I didn’t do this morning.

On my plate of goodness is tempeh of the sea, roasted sweet potato, kale and sauteed green beans and a few tiny pieces of chipotle tofu.

How do you balance work, relationships and time for yourself?