Beets a la Bag and ABCS
Heyyyy friends 🙂 How has your day been?
(Photo taken on the base trail where Bell and I walk)
My morning was a little cray cray, but very productive 😀
A shorts and tank kinda day:
I heart shorts weather <3
😉
I went to Target for necessary and impulse buys, post office, called and booked appointments and meetings, and got some work done.
I also decided to make a little treat for my good friend, who just found out she’s allergic to a boatload of food. We’ve danced together since we were in middle school, and I thought it would be fun to take her some goodies to dance.
The chosen treat was Averie’s peanut butter cups.
Instead of using PB, I rolled with almond butter and fancied it up with some honey, a pinch of sea salt, cinnamon and vanilla (+ the nutritional yeast the recipe called for)
Hope she loves them 🙂
(The front AB cup in the pic was the designated “taster”)
Salad beast of the day:
Goat cheese, beets and greens with balsamic and Garlic Gold.
The beets were courtesy of this Trader Joe creation:
Steamed and peeled beets in a bag. Thank you TJs for always making life easier 🙂
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So recently, I’ve seen quite a few ABC posts on friends’ blogs- most recently on Emily’s. I thought it would be fun to do today, so here we go 🙂
A. Age: 26
B. Bed size: King, but since it’s in the POD, I’m using a queen that the madre lent me.
C. Chore you dislike: Dishes and taking out the trash.
D. Dogs: Bella, a maltipoo, and Viesa, a Shiba Inu, who was recently adopted by family friends
E. Essential start to your day: I can’t do anything… or see anything.. until I put my contacts in. I want Lasik but am deathly afraid of the eye claw.
F. Favorite color: I think we can all make a pretty good bet that it’s pink 😉
G. Gold or silver: silver
H. Height: 5’4. The Pilot is 6’1 😀
I. Instruments you play(ed): Piano and violin. I took flute lessons in elementary school but couldn’t figure out how to make a noise with the flute for the life of me- so I faked it for an entire year.
J. Job title: It changes pretty often but right now its: Blogger, Educator, DT owner/director.
K. Kids: Bella is my child for now 😉
L. Live: In Tucson, Az, where we’ll be for the next THREE YEARS
M. Mom’s name: Celina
N. Nicknames: Gina (Angelina is my full name), G, G$, Brain (that one is from the Pilot- we call each other brain)
O. Overnight hospital stays: None
P. Pet peeves: Spelling/grammar/typo errors, rude people, laziness.
Q. Quote from a movie: “Santa!! I know him!” and “Anyone who ever gave you confidence, you owe them a lot.”
R. Righty or lefty: Righty tighty.
S. Siblings: Kyle, Trevor, Bailey and Bennett
T. Time you wake up: 7am
U. Underwear: What does this question mean? Yes? Where I buy them? Victoria’s Secret and I also like Hanky Panky 😀
V. Vegetables you dont’ like: I love them all, except raw celery. I can do cooked, but raw (especially juiced!!) is the worst. When I see ants on a log, I cringe.
W. What makes you run late: I am 5 minutes late for everything, except for job interviews. I have no idea how it happens, but I can never be right on time :/
X. X-rays you’ve had: Nose (I’ve broken it more than once), chest (I refused a TB test for work so they did a chest scan), knee (I’ve torn my ACL dancing), feet (broken toes many times)
Y. Yummy food you make: My life is a collection of yummy food 😀 All-time faves: maple-dijon salmon, sweet potato fries, amazeballs, the Pilot’s favorite shrimp and prosciutto penne pasta.
Z. Zoo animal favorites: Giraffes 😀
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I’m off to my bro’s b-day dinner!
Have a great night <3
xoxo
Gina
Something to talk about:
I love hearing more about all of you!
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Essential start to your day:
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The base trail is gorgeous! It must be so inspiring to see that kind of scenery every day 🙂
Live: North Carolina!
Pet Peeves: liars, slow walking people!!
I love Gilly Hicks for underwear!! (and bikinis!) and also VS 😀
That base trail is nice!
Essential start to my day: Uh, a diaper change? I don’t really get a chance to start my day until the baby has all of her needs met. 🙂
Live: southern MD, near Pax River NAS
Pet peeve: I can say the word “peeve”?
don’t really love the word peeve, either
Love that tank top 🙂 I always buy those beets at TJ’s OR I get the Melissa’s brand in the grocery store. So convenient and makes a salad just taste yummier 🙂
I just did my ABC’s here today as well 🙂 Check it out: http://www.enjoyyourhealthylife.com/2011/03/07/abcs-of-moi-born-this-way/ and I love your tank top, Jcrew is the BEST!!! 🙂
Essential: brush my teethers
Live: NY
Pet peeves: people who eat/slurp/chew loud! GAHH!
have a great night 🙂
We get a lot of beets through our CSA program, but I’ve always been curious as to how good the steamed ones from Trader Joe’s taste – good to know!
Why did you refuse the TB test? I’m in medical school– can’t help but be curious 🙂 I didn’t realize they could do a chest scan instead.
i didn’t want to be poked and faint. i hate needles
I love your jumps! 🙂 Also, I had a salad with shrimp on it for lunch. Mmmm, thanks for the idea!
Essential start to the day: glasses/contacts (blind as a BAT!), coffee, and oatmeal!
Live: Baawston, MA
Pet Peeves: Grammar (I’m THAT person that corrects people if it’s ridiculous), Cleanliness (kind of OCD about that), Rude people (particularly people who judge…even when you hear the background, there’s no reason to judge another person)…I don’t think I should be around people haha.
Soooooo excited about the Sun Warrior Promo!!! My stash is almost gone! Ahh!
Essential start to day: flintstones vitamins!
Live: New Jersey
Pet Peeves: people who take the elevator one flight.
I didn’t know your full name is Angelina- I’ve always loved that name! Have you always gone by Gina?
Essential start to my day: Drink a glass of hot lemon water or green tea
Live: Hollywood, FL (getting my masters)
Pet Peeves: recently: mothers who bike ride with their children in the baby seat and ride on the road when there is a sidewalk available (hello unsafe!) all time: when people don’t know the difference between your and you’re
p.s. Lovveee your outfit! Black shorts are my fave 🙂
yep, i’ve always gone by gina 🙂
My husband and I have a weekly date to Trader Joe’s (we’re exciting people). I’ve been wondering about those beets, so I’ll have to finally buy some tonight!
Essential start to my day: Check email on my iPhone
Live: U.S.
Pet peeves: When people talk when someone else is trying to talk (like at school or during a meeting); spelling errors
BTW, why refuse a TB test?
haha tj’s is the highlight of my week too 🙂
i hate needles and didn’t want to be poked
Essential Start to Day: Washing Hands
Live: Maryland
Pet Peeves: bad drivers, bad breath, and long lines
Live: Canada
Pet Peeve: People who squeeze the toothpaste from the middle, pushing half the toothpaste to the end.
Age:29
Kids: Apollo, my one year old Golden Retriever
Chores I dislike: the constant battle of cleaning Apollo’s hair (um fur) off my floors and furniture.
Base trail looks awesome. I am so jealous of your shorts and tanktop and sun. There is approximately 3 feet of snow on the ground here, and to walk my dog tonight, my handsome soldier and I had to wear yak-tracks (essentially spikes on your boots to walk on ice).
that sounds horrible. sending some sun to ya, friend!
I love the ABC things. It’s fun to learn more about everyone in that way.
Essential start to your day: hug/kiss from my fiance
Live: Auckland, New Zealand
Pet peeves: when people are extremely late and don’t apologize
glad you finally joined in on the ABC’s! i did mine over a week ago now. Its been so much fun reading everyones.
this is a link to mine! http://foodforhealing.ca/2011/02/24/its-easy-as-123/
i am totally jealous and wish it was shorts weather here.
I have that shirt In pink! Seriously, let’s switch jobs. Or just discounts! 🙂
Also, right now I live on Pensacola Beach in Florida.
Essential start to my day is glasses/contacts, brushing my teeth, and coffee.
Pet peeve would be spelling/grammar and drivers in the South!
haha PLEASE!
Essential start to my day: Breakfast and a Sugar Free Rockstar (awful for you, I know)
Live: College Station, TX – here for vet school for the next 2.5 years
Pet peeves: bad drivers, brown-nosers and when people use your instead of you’re 🙂
fellow vet student – word! 🙂
I love your ABC’s ! I did one a couple weeks ago!
I also love those beets from trader joes, its one of the reasons I miss that place : p
Happy Birthday to your brother! xoxo <3
Cute outfit! I can’t wait for the warm weather to arrive.
Essential start to your day: Workout and breakfast
Live: In the mitten
Pet peeves: Pretentious people; whistling; loud chewing and lip smacking
Don’t be afraid of the eye claw! My hubs had full-laser LASIK and went from 300 over something vision to 20/15. It’s great, no more glasses, cleaning glasses, or anything else.
i have 525. scary!!!
good to know though- maybe ill get brave one day
Essential start to your day: Eating a good breakfast! It is usually the motivation I have for waking up on most days.
Live: Pendleton, IN…near Indianapolis.
Pet peeves: Mispronounced words. My old boss always used to say supposeNly instead of supposedly and it drove me crazy but you can’t correct your boss, right?
I did the ABC thing here if you want to read it. 🙂 http://feedingashley.blogspot.com/2011/03/moldy-pancakes.html There are some typos so you might cringe. I love your full name. Angelina is so pretty! And you probably already knew this but you’re gorgeous. I love your fashion posts.
Essential start to your day: Breakfast…always.
Live: London Ontario Canada
Pet peeves: loud food chewing..movie theatre popcorn is the worst!
Essential start to your day: water!!!
Live: St. Paul, MN
Pet peeves: people who don’t make eye contact, weak handshakes, people who need to blow their nose but just sniffle constantly (that was my majoy pet peeve in college, listening to people sniffle during exams, ugh!!!)
So jealous of shorts & tank top weather! Looks beautiful out there right now! 🙂
Essential Start to my Day: Coffee, always coffee.
Live: Chicago, Illinois
Pet Peeves: Also rude people.
Thinking I might have to use the ABC idea for my blog… I like it!
Essential start to your day: pour myself a cup of coffee, prepare breakfast for my daughter and watch the news and weather.
Live: Rockport, MA
Pet peeves: being late and waiting for people.
We went out to dinner with friends last night and had the most amazing beet salad. Cubed Yellow and Red beets with cubed mozzarella and focaccia croutons over romaine leaves. YUM!!
that salad sounds heavenly
No need to fear the Lasik. I am so deathly afraid of doctors and dentist that I faint 99% of the time. And somehow I made it through lasik (Jan 20th of this year) just fine! Yes I got a little uncomfortable in the middle, but it wasn’t bad at all!
good to know- i’m so afraid of it!
I can vouch for LASIK- if you’re a candidate then it’s easy peasy – quick – and for me it was like a no brainer because it is instant simple basically permanent solution. Contacts and glasses and the issues and annoyances that come with them (including eye appointments) are a thing of the past. I won’t have to worry about my vision until I’m old/myopic.
that’s what everyone says, but i’m a big weenie
Essential start of the day: gym time or a run. If it doesnt happen first thing while everyone else is sleeping it won’t happen and then I will be a crab.
Live: an American living in New Zealand
Pet Peeves: people who give unasked for advice, people who interrupt others, and overly dramatic people.
Essential start to day: 32 ounces of room temperature water then coffee.
Live: Northern California 🙂
Pet Peeves: People who are late, rude and lazy.
Love the looks of your salad!!
Essential Start: breakfast for sure!
live: Florida all my life!
pet peeves: I’m with you on the rude people thing, I also hate it when people yawn really loud and over-eaggerated.
Those almond putter cups look delish!!!
Essential start to my day = checking email; yoga
Pet peeve = poor grammar
Live = Ohio
Hi! Love the outfit and the survey!
Essential day starter: coffee, above eveything else, and most days each week, a workout.
Live: I split my time between Lawrence, Kansas (where I’m in graduate school) and Lincoln, Nebraska (where my boyfriend and family are).
Pet peeves: People who talk on their phones really loud in small spaces like a bus or public restroom, litterers, men who spit on the sidewalk!
Essential start to your day: Breakfast. I wake up STARVING 99% of the time.
Live: Phoenix, AZ!
Pet peeves: Grammatical/Spelling errors, people who mumble, lying.
I just learned some new stuff — fun!
Averie’s pb cups are so yummy—people are always impressed by them. I like the almond butter option too 🙂
Essential start to my day: a hot shower
Live: Boston!
Pet peeve: People who cut their nails in public – EWWWWW…and crazy how many people do it, i cannot.stand.it.
p.s. i love those beets too!
“Santa! I know him!” haha!
My sister and I answer the phone to each other with Elf quotes.
Essential start to the day: Coffee and oatmeal first thing with some food blogs in bed. Soo relaxing. Although I have been thinking about switching it up to make mornings more productive…
Fun to learn more about you, I didn’t know your name is Angelina, I like that name!! 🙂
I answered the questionaire on my blog this weekend, you can take a look and learn more about one of your readers too!:-)
http://kitchenspace.blogspot.com/
Ana
I wish I had the guts to get lasik. I can’t function without contacts/glasses either
Essential start to your day: bathroom
Live: California, MD, near NAS Pax River
Pet peeves: rude people, people who come up with excuses for everything, people that aren’t accountable for their own actions.
Oh I can’t wait until shorts and tank top weather!!! 🙂
Essential start to your day: Blog reading, coffee and oatmeal!
Live: Richmond, Virginia
Pet peeves: this is a big one for me — people that clip their fingernails at work… I mean, who does that?!?!!? the sound of nail clipping in the dead silence of an office full of cubicles is horrid, just sayin’ 🙂
first- i love your hair!
Essential start to your day: coffee. I know it isn’t always the best, but I need my cup of coffee.
Live: Connecticut. Although, I would love to move back to NYC someday (I lived there fore 5 years
Pet peeves: bad breath, people who are rude
thanks girl!
Essential Start to the Day: a solid breakfast. It’s what I look forward to in the morning.
totally! i wake up and am so excited to eat haha
Morning: bathroom / brush teeth!
pet peeve: not using adverbs
Live: St. Louis, MO!
I want Lasik but am deathly afraid of the eye claw too! There’s not enough valium in the world for me to be like, “Yes, pry my eyelids open with a contraption straight out of a ‘A Clockwork Orange!'”
hahah seriously! it looks like something out of a horror movie. um, no thank you
Essential to start my day: crying baby, then a latte from my new tassimo I bought for myself after Acing both classes
Live: northern california, 30 min from sac and s.f.
Pet peeves: kids who don’t eat my dinners, repetitive noises, repeating myself, liars, and many more.
Those peanut cups look so devine! You are a great friend.
Essential start to my day: coffee & tv
Live: Charleston, SC
Pet peeve: people who make me repeat myself, being wrong, constructive criticism haha
Essential start to your day: COFFEE!! I’ve tried to give it up with no luck.
Live: Sierra Vista, AZ (just over an hour from Tucson!)
Pet peeves: People who don’t LISTEN…drives me bonkers.