My new friend

My amazing hubby surprised me with this beauty as a back to school gift!

Im becoming a huge Coach bag fan!

My “AH HA” moment!

At my yearly physical my doctor decided to run a bunch of labs, most of them just standard, but others just to see.

The break down:

Cholesterol- Fantastic

Thyroid-Functional (Darn!)

Glucose- Fantastic (despite my attempts at killing my fasting levels by having a sweetened Ice tea!)

Vitamin B12- Deficient (AH HA!)

So what is vitamin B12 deficiency? B12 is used in the body to make red blood cells, and can make you feel weak and tired. Vitamin B12 is naturally found in animal products like milk, cheese and eggs. I eat none of those. Eggs kinda gross me out, Milk makes me sick, and cheese is kinda disgusting too. As such I am now deficient and have been forced to add the vitamins into my diet.

But what a revelation!

Santa Cruz wharf

We met this gentlemen while walking on the wharf, he looked exceptionally friendly…. Until he turned and flew towards me!

Cruise day eight- Puerto Vallarta

I want to come back to Puerto Vallarta! It was a wonderful place to visit!

We went on a tour of the city that included a traditional Mexican Fiesta. It was wonderful to watch the dancing and we even ate some pretty fantastic food!

There were a couple of vendors on the fiesta site, the site was actually this wonderful family owned Tequila distilory. And the vendors included the usual crafts, some artists, and a man who was making handrolled cigars. It was very cool.

The tour was incredibly educational and we learned a ton about Tequila.

We walked around the city and grabbed a snack and a drink at Senor Frogs before hopping into a cab and heading back to the ship.

What a fantastic last port, and we still have two days left at sea!

Zoo fun

The friendly Squirrel

I want a Hippopotamus for Christmas....

Cute little hefalump!

Monkey see...Monkey do!

Three Amigos!

Even the Blue Herron thought it was a good day to visit the Zoo

Cute couple snuggling....cuz it was FREAKING cold!

A perfect day at the Woodland Park Zoo, Seattle WA

I have cooking envy

My guilty pleasure is watching Food Network. I wish I could cook like that. I wish I had time to cook…more. I am blessed to be married to a man who loves to work in the kitchen with me, so when we have made meals, we make them together. BUt I really want to WOW him with my cooking creativity when he returns from the Sandbox.

I think that I need to do some research, as in I must go and see Julie and Julia. And I need to find a GREAT cookbook. Something workable but interesting.

Does anyone have a great recipe that I can borrow to put into my recipe book?

You can comment, or email me:
Studentrntiffany@gmail.com

And does anyone else watch the Food Network program Chopped? Holy crap, how do you put starfruit into any dish? And what the heck does a starfruit taste like? My mission for this week, find a starfruit and eat it.

Pure Bar Give away

Over at http://www.iowagirleats.wordpress.com

she is giving away some amazing pure bars!!

Stop by and say hi!

The Massage makes the world go round

Really….I love going to get massages! My amazing Hubby is incredibly encouraging of this! So after a hard week of work, and some stressful cases that I cant even bring myself to write about…I was feeling overly tense.

I got a membership at a local massage place! And I think I might be booking myself a facial at the spa….I know, Im spoiled. Really…I do know.

What do you do to spoil yourself?