whatever the weather

 I finally made it!! ……well, sort of

I got all my stuff ( TWO CARS FULL) packed up for school, went to my new apartment at UDEL and unpacked with my mom, I got all settled in, THEN

I.R.E.N.E. hit

The next day ( Saturday) I found myself driving down to New Jersey to wait out the storm at my Aunts house just in case we lost power at UDEL.

The house is full. It’s me, aunt, uncle, grandmother, my grandmother’s boyfriend, and my cousin. We are having a grand ole’ time playing texas hold em’ and hit up the local TJ MAXX for some TOTALLY NECESSARY pre-hurricane shopping

Before the eye of the storm got to us last night, we went to Whole Foods and got some really yummy eats to last us for the next few days. Hopefully things will settle down by tomorrow so I can actually get acclimated to my new school! ( I’ve only been there one night and one day and a half!!)

But I have a sweet ID card if I do say so myself

ON TO THE FOOD!

We’ve been eating loads and loads of (and probably too much )FRUIT

Like organic cherries and canteloupe

Last night, we had dinner with a big salad, salmon, pasta, and garlic bread.

Here’s the beautiful salad chopped up by moi

As for the rest of today.. I plan on working out on my aunt’s elliptical (SA-WEEET), playing more poker, playing guitar for my family ( which they love to hear after they force me to preform haha), and read on my NEW KINDLE!!!!!!!

obsessed.

QUESTION: Who is stuck indoors because of Irene? What have you been doing? AND How do you work out when you can’t get to a gym or a machine??

IT’S GREAT TO BE BACK ON THE BLOG… I guess I can manage to make things work whatever the weather

peace, love, and happiness

BRITT♥

the end and the beginning

HELLOOOOOO OUT THERE!!!

I promise I am still alive and kickin’! I have been taking a blogging break for many reasons: relaxing for summer, getting ready for UDEL, and other things. ALSO… my internship at Rodale is over! It was  such a great learning experience and I met alot of knowledgeable people in the magazine and online world.

While it’s the end of my summer vacation and internship, it’s also the beginning of a new life at school! I will be in an apartment and meeting all new people. Not gonna lie…  I AM NERVOUS! BUT excited too

Life’s been pretty good to me this summer. I saw beautiful things, had A LOT of fun times, and I notice positive changes in myself.

AND OF COURSE… ate great food

My most recent creation: PUMPKIN PIE PARFAIT

canned pumpkin and vanilla Chobani layered with graham crackers!

* HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!!*

I need to remember (and we all need to remember) that while summer is COMING to a close… IT’S NOT OVER YET! I’ll be going to NANTUCKET this weekend with DAVE <3 LEAVING TOMORROW for a final summer beach trip AND I’ll be sure to have a fun bus ride with my new KINDLE

Question: what is your favorite memory of this summer??

I’ve had so many amazing memories that I can’t decide which one I like the best!! I’ll have to think about it…maybe they were all my favorite yeah lets go with that….

….And finally, my random peace of advice for the evening: Appreciate the beautiful people in your life. The people who help you out when you are down, the people who listen to you rant about silly issues, the people who are there for you when you really need them most. Even if it’s just one person. Having positive influences in your life can make you a happier person all around.

PEACE, LOVE, HAPPINESS

-Britt♥

Soaking Up Summer

Helllooooooo out there. I’m back from my North Carolina trip and am currently finishing up my internship on FRIDAY!!!!!!!

I’ve gotta say: I am SOAKING UP SUMMER and (admittedly) neglecting the blog world. I hope you all understand

ANYWAY let’s get to the good stuff……..

Here are a few pictures from my vacation in North Carolina…we stayed at Dave’s Aunt and Uncle’s house on lake Norman…it. was. beautiful. (picture above)

His Aunt is an amazing cook  and didn’t leave the kitchen all weekend (by choice of course! ). She loved making us healthy meals for breakfast, lunch, and dinner. AND there was an endless supply of melon which I, of course, was VERY happy about.

The weather was BEAUTIFUL ( minus Friday when we came down). It was sunny during the day … extremely hot… and it thunder-stormed most nights so we could watch the rain while we ate dinner and relaxed

Dave’s cousin wake boarding

Me tubing! This was about the only water sport I could do. Lets just say water-skiing didn’t work out so well haha

We were out on the boat basically everyday TWICE a day

After we woke up to breakfast, hung out, boated… Dave’s Aunt would serve lunch. Mostly interesting dips like PIZZA DIP and TACO DIP!

Here’s one of my creations ( WHAT?? I’ve always gotta “create” something interesting when I eat a meal….it’s just what I do haha). This was a salad with bean and corn salsa, pizza dip spread around, and chips! 

Overall I gotta say it was an AMAZING weekend and a very rejuvenating one. I have a lot coming up this month ( like transferring schools!!! ). SO, I’ve gotta SOAK UP the rest of MY SUMMER 

QUESTIONS: What have you done to rejuvenate yourself this summer? Who else is taking a blogging break over vacation time??

PEACE, LOVE, and HAPPINESS

- Britt♥

A day in the life

Hello! I swear I’m still here…just being a lackadaisical blogger during my summer vaca… I’m sure you all understand Two things I’ve been doing to relax are light candles and reading. Right now I’m finishing up Lock and Key by Sarah Dessen

MOVING ON… I’ll give you a taste ( no pun intended HAHA) of the usual day in the life of ME …during an average week.

Wake up. Make Lunch and Breakfast. Get Dressed:

a little black and white pattern mixin’

I think so

Drive to the internship.Breakfast TIME (favorite meal of the day!!!)

I got a new breakfast foooooood. so exciting ! haha

Banana nut vita muffin with peanut butter 

Morning work=  WRITE WRITE WRITE ( check out my new stuff!).

Lunch

parmesan on fresh tomato and cucumber with…. 

chick peas, pineapple salsa (EAT THIS!) , and raspberry dressing

THEN more writing writing writing. DONE at 4:00.

GYM! 45 mins elliptical and 20 mins bike

HOME. DINNER ( no pic) shrimp stir-fry and toast 

Tonight was special because I bought my ticket over to ENGLAND for December when I will be going to visit DAVE!! ( excited that I’m going…sad that he’s leaving to study abroad for a year)

ANYWAY I’ll be driving down to NC with Dave this weekend..soaking up every last minute of summer break…school seems like its right around the corner. I’ll be transferring to a whole new school….. oh jeeez

Now you can see why I’m relaxing as much as possible right now because I dive into a new life, new friends, new apartment, boyfriend gone, and school work in less than a month…. BUT I’m trying to look at this all in a positive light even it gets tough

QUESTIONs:

• What is your go-to breakfast for on the go???
• Have you ever transferred somewhere new (either a new school, town, job, ect.) ???? How did you deal!??

Peace, love, happiness

-Britt♥

Orange you glad……

……. actually yes I am glad I’m having a great saturday and I’m quite happy about it  haha ( cheesy? yes.) 

I went to yoga this morning then, read some of my book at Starbucks. After that I did a little shopping with my mom and tonight I’ll be cooking dinner then going over to my bff, Taylor’s house.

A very relaxing saturday calls for a fun post..OBVIOUSLY!

THEME: ORANGE THINGS THAT MAKE ME HAPPY! ( cheesy? again yes. )

carrots. um I’m surprised my skin isn’t turning colors. I eat about one pound of carrots in 5-7 days. yeah thats a food obsession <3

The orange shirt I wore to work on friday. Orange+navy capris= sailer chic (I think haha)

KIX with HONEY. WARNING: this is the best cereal ever created and let me tell you I’m not really a cereal person but YOU MUST BUY THIS. thank you that is all

Orange flower. From my trip to Ohio, but still pretty. It’s been sooo nice outside today; blue skys and pretty flowers all around .. LOVING IT

SOOOOO what’s your favorite color (s)?

Mine are aqua and marigold

Peace, Love, Happiness…. SUMMER VACATION!

-Britt ♥

STUPID internet!

I AM SO SORRY to have kept you all waiting on this post, but I was away all weekend at the beach <3 and then my STUPID INTERNET stopped working!! ….but hey what can you do

This past weekend I went to cape cod with Dave and we had a ton of fun! We did the beach thing for an hour or so (until a thunderstorm hit), then we went parasailing and jet-skiiing … Dave drove the jet-ski, it was such a blast going so fast on the water…except the parts when I feared for my life…not as fun haha

ANYWAY… TODAY

I  went to my internship at Rodale and did intern stuff. OH BTW go here to see all my articles!!  (ignore the first link idn what that is haha). Later on in the day, I went to SPIN CLASS always intense. and kicks my butt BUT i like it

 

I’ve noticed that in the lazy days of summer ( before I start worrying about ANYTHING relating to my recent school transfer from UMASS to UDEL) …. It’s the little things that I really appreciate … such as:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

INTERN-WEAR. Yay for jeans allowed in the office

A FULL STOCK OF CHOBANI ( I’m not obsessed……)

MINI SPOONS! …don’t ask: I like eating with  mini silverware for fun?

Having time to read (and liking it!) I’m on my 5th book and let me tell you I am NOT a reader…or WAS not a read until this summer. Now I’m addicted. I just finished FLY AWAY HOME by Jennifer Weiner ….. two words: READ IT. It’s an easy fun witty beach read that you won’t want to put down

And last but not least……….

the dessert I’ve been enjoying  basically every night this summer …..

CHOCOLATE COVERED PRETZEL “SUNDAY”

All you need is:

• chocolate pudding ( 1 jell-o cup)
• Cool whip ( about 2-3 tbsp)
• Crushed thin preztels

Assemble as you please…and ENJOY in 2 minutes or less

QUESTIONS: What’s your GO-TO dessert? Do you have dessert every night regardless of your hunger lever? Let me know!

IT’S GREAT TO BE BACK!!!

peace,love,happiness

-Britt♥

 

 

 

 

fashion advice and healthy fried rice…

YEP. that’s what I have for ya’ll in this mornings’ post. BUT in case you were wondering… I’m having a really fun summer so far and am FINALLY seeing Dave this weekend up in boston!!

Also, my UDEL transfer student orientation went well….I AM SO HAPPY ABOUT THAT  and actually excited to start school…kind of haha.

Lets get right to the “fashion advice” from the newbie semi-fashionista

so, my advice to you is to embrace summer colors because come winter and fall they just don’t work with the cold weather styles…

AQUA. One of my favorite colors but also a very summery color to wear while you still can!

Here’s my FAVORITE aqua shirt that I own. I got it last summer for a cruise and this spring and summer it’s been a staple in my wardrobe

Last summer’s cruise: posing with my brother;)

and I wore it to work yesterday with navy capris (wooot woot)

MOVING RIGHT ALONG……

HEALTHY (yes healthy) FRIED RICE!

Ingredients:

• 1/4 an onion, minced
• 1/4 cup of cooked brown rice 
• 1/2 cup of egg whites
• (i didn’t have any in the house but) you can add: peas, chopped carrots, shrimp, or any other fried rice veggies you’d like!
• (also didn’t have any of this) Sodium free soy sauce or teriyaki sauce * I used lemon juice and butter

(EASY) Steps:

1. Put some evoo or butter into a small pan and cook the onions until brownish

2. Add egg whites and cook until eggs start to form scrambled egg constancy

3. Add rice, sauce, and a little water (if it’s dry)

4. AND BOOM. you got healthy fried riz-ice

…..a little color-less because of my lack of groceries in the house haha but, I will definitely be attempting this again. I served it with flatbread and poppyseed dressing with veggies.

OMG YUM. I love summer. Lucky for me my apartment for next year has a really great kitchen so I will not be attempting to invent dishes in the dining halls ever EVER again!! ( come on don’t pretend your not excited) haha

QUESTION: what’s the craziest recipe you’ve come up with when your food options are limited in the house?? (and no, cereal isn’t a crazy recipe )

….oh and I may not be back until monday or tuesday because I’ll be leaving friday for boston soooooo hang in there

HAVE A GREAT REST OF THE WEEK AND WEEKEND.

peace, love, happiness

-Britt♥