A Day in the Life: kaiserslautern

Tuesday, January 20, 2015

Care Bear Stare

Yeah, the title has nothing to do with anything other than Delilah is watching the old Care Bear movie from the 80s. It's...interesting.

This weekend was pretty fun. Friday, I got to spend the evening snacking on veggies and hummus and visiting with my lovely friends. 2 people that I've only known since April and June, and I feel closer to them than some of my friends from back in KC.

Saturday, went out to Kaiserslautern with Ben, Amanda, and Delilah. Got a pair of workout pants, and went to Globus as well. I love that store.

That night, we went to another friends' house and had a Mario Kart championship. I got knocked out, but I did really well on a lot of the practice rounds! Ah well.

Yesterday, had people over to our house for a BBQ. Ben grilled up a bunch of hot dogs, brats, and burgers...and some veggies for me.

I haven't had any appetite lately, but I'm TRYING to be better about making myself eat. I've been doing well at the gym with weights and stuff, but I need to be better at fueling my body. I've upped my weights on my straight leg dead lifts, so I'm pretty proud of that.

Now, I've got to work on planning out the menu for the week:

Breakfast:

Chia pudding

Cereal and juice

Yogurt with Juice+ powder and homemade PB

Muffin and fruit

Waffle and fruit

Lunch:

Cold quinoa salad

Salad

Annie's spaghettios with veg&cracker

Leftovers

PB&honey on English muffin w/veggie side

Dinner:

Spaghetti Carbonara

Vegetarian burritos-filled with quinoa, Greek yogurt, & veggies

Chicken fingers and mashed cauliflower

Beef Tips served over brown rice with green beans

Black bean and corn enchiladas

Snacks:

"Pesto dip" with crackers
Muffins (the breakfast ones)
PB granola bars

Monday, May 26, 2014

Another week, more fun, and more food!

Saturday officially marked our ONE MONTH anniversary of being in our house. It really doesn't feel like it has been that long, and we are finally at the point where we can have people over. (Minus the boxes by the second balcony that I can't lift and get in the attic...)

We had our friends and their kids over on Saturday and it was a fabulous time. We played some video games, drank mojitos (ok, the boys drank whiskey and rum), and played catchphrase. Amanda's sons are so sweet. They play with Delilah and they actually all laid down in the living room and watched Lady and the Tramp. It was incredibly sweet.

I've been having allergy issues. My throat is super scratchy and sometimes my left eye will just burrrrrrn and itch. It's so frustrating. I'd take medicine, but anything stronger than ibuprofen just kinda messes with my body. Even after surgeries, I've not taken the medicine I've been prescribed because I don't like that swimmy vision and haze and confusion. I'll deal.

We went to a carnival tonight in Kaiserslautern. It was OK, but they claimed to have 140 vendors...it was really like 5 different vendors and then there were 28 booths of each, all food. We were expecting something like crafts/housewares/etc...but that just wasn't it. It was fun though, and Delilah got to ride some kiddie rides, so all in all, it wasn't a bust. If Ben hadn't been on call this weekend, we would have gone to the Black Forest. There was one mission that kept getting cancelled and he had to go in for a couple hours Saturday, Sunday, AND today. So it wasn't easy to do anything this weekend.

Just a random building in Kaiserslautern

This was painted on the side of a kid's bathroom at the carnival....

HUGE ferris wheel!

This week is the end of swim class for Delilah, and that kinda stinks because it gave us an excuse to get out and go do something productive. I think we will keep going swimming though. It isn't very much and she loves it so much. I love it that she isn't afraid of the water. Perhaps on the days we don't go swimming, I'll take her over to the next village and run with her in the jogging stroller through the main strip. I've got to keep myself on track. It's been hard lately with not feeling well and the rain.

Ok, here's the upcoming week's meal plan:

(PS. My landlord ordered the part to fix my oven, so I'll be able to branch out more when that's fixed!)

Lunch:

Wraps with mustard and turkey with mixed veggies

Quinoa salad (corn, tomato, avocado, and salt) with a smoothie

Grilled cheese and frozen peas (I don't know why, she loves them more when they are frozen...)

PB and honey (a must have each week) and string cheese

Boiled eggs with veggies and triscuts

Leftovers with blueberries

Snacks:

Salted caramel granola

Hummus and veggies