Happy Pi Day, everyone! March 14th is Pi Day, celebrating 3.14. I'm not really into it, but I know Terry is, as is my good friend Amanda, and I'm not one to turn down a celebration.
Speaking of celebrating, I’m thrilled that the blog world came up with What I Ate Wednesday instead of Tuesday, because yesterday’s meals were pretty sad. When we landed, Terry and I grabbed a quick breakfast at Noah’s Bagels, and, since I needed lunch, too, I bought a second bagel for later. Between those “meals” and a few cookies, I was craving some healthy foods by the time I got home and squeezed in all five servings of fruits and vegetables by the time we finished dinner. After an orange, I sautéed an onion, two yellow squash, three small zucchini squash, spinach, and a red bell pepper with some marinara and a splash of red wine. Topped with mozzarella, of course.
Terry's beautiful table setting |
Veggie pasta - quickly becoming a staple in this house |
Speaking of which, one of our best friends, Winnie, was in
town over the weekend and stopped by last night for dinner. I’m grateful she
likes vegetables, because I went to town on that veggie pasta. I also whipped up
some whole wheat biscuits, and Winnie surprised us with some Diddy Riese
cookies. (If you’re in LA, Diddy is a must-do, and I’m sure Winnie had a slight
ulterior motive in revisiting one of Westwood’s most famous landmarks to
provide us with dessert.)
Whole wheat biscuits |
Winnie works in PR and really has a fascinating job. She’s
actually in town for work, and she gets to field lots of questions from the
press while putting out fires when her company gets negative press. Definitely
not a boring job! Winnie lives in San Jose, very close to my hometown, so it
was great to catch up in person and hear about her recent work, travel, and
marriage adventures (Winnie and her husband, Brian, started dating the same
summer that Terry and I did, and we all worked together at UCLA). Short but
sweet, and probably good that Winnie had to leave before 9, because Terry and I
were exhausted.
After eight hours of sleep, I woke up feeling a bit under
the weather this morning, probably from all the stress and traveling
lately. Some DayQuil and Halls kept me going through the day, and I’m grateful
for once that today was a standardized testing day, which meant that students
tested while I graded and organized my lesson plans, and we only had three
classes in the afternoon instead of our usual six. Our cheer girls are getting
ready for a rally, so we had after-school practice, but then I was able to come
straight home and cozy up with the kitten.
Here’s my What I Ate Wednesday for 3/14/12 (Pi Day!):
6:30 a.m. – Breakfast, courtesy of my awesome husband
Leftover whole-wheat biscuit (whole, though I realize only half is in the picture) with peanut butter and ¾ cup strawberries |
Tea :-) |
10:30 a.m. – Morning snack
Orange
12:30 p.m. – Lunch
Leftover veggie pasta
|
3:30 p.m. – Afternoon snack
Banana
6:30 p.m. – Dinner
Veggie scramble |
Red bell pepper, spinach, and feta with 1 1/2 biscuits |
Tea with Scout |
Time for bed! |
Hope you had a great pi day! Did you celebrate? I wish I had done something cute, like baking a pie, but I didn't think of it until just now, when I saw Alice's post. But you should try her awesome-looking no-bake pie!
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