Color Me Pretty...

Today was a tiring day..driving can really kick your butt!!! And having a toddler in the back, who threw all her toys from her goodie bag, is screaming because she hates the sun in her eyes, and is continuously asking for a repetitious musical performance from mom with a request for 3 main songs…all during traffic..it can be frustrating and tiresome!!! Well I had my interview, hence the reason I had to drive 1 ½ - 2 hours each way…on the positive side I feel that it went really well and I’m staying confident and saying that I think I might actually have the job!!! It’s all in due time now!! I was told to expect a phone call sometime next week for yeah or nay so stay tuned for the results and keep those fingers crossed =-)!!!


As for food…Breakfast was a colorful Fruit Pizza with my odd shaped tortilla (the only wrap/tortilla I can find that’s close to being slightly healthily vegan and only 100 calories…the missions wrap tortillas are 210 cals….that’s half my meal…no thanks). My tortilla was extra crispy the way I like it. On top of that I spread a layer of vanilla cream cheese I whipped up with just tofutti cream cheese, vanilla and sugar, then tried to beautifully arrange peach slices, messy defrosted strawberries (I like to freeze any extra fruit leftover..they’re great for smoothies or just eating frozen..I didn’t have any fresh ones so I defrosted frozen ones…let’s just say they were really messy and soft but super sweet!), bananas and blueberries with a drizzle of strawberry preserves mixed with a little H2O to make a “glaze”. On top a sprinkle of a mix of nuts chopped. Crispy, creamy, fresh and fruity and oh so juicy!! And surprisingly very filling; it kept me satisfied for a while. Amerie’s looked a little better since hers was on a small corn tortilla…she pretty much just ate the fruit and maybe a slice or two of the tortilla…she only likes her tortillas plain or cooked crispy like chips…next time I’ll crisp her tortilla up enough to make it crunchy instead of just warm and slightly toasted.

Lunch had to be quick and easy again today since I had to leave by 12 so I made a meal out of Muri Glen’s Black Bean and corn soup…I added some rice and tofu cubes and topped it with some sour cream and cilantro to make a nutritious and hearty meal that would hold me over for our 2 hour trip plus my interview at 2pm; and it did the job!!!

It filled me up and kept me hunger free even after my interview was over. However, I did guiltily eat all the fatty, sugary peanuts from my daughters huge 3.5 serving size bag of Cracker Jacks ( Yes they are vegan..ain’t nothing but sugar!) as well as the ¼ cup of crumbs at the end…but it was my secret little treat to myself and it was oooh so yummy….hey at least I didn’t eat the whole bag of popcorn..Amerie tore that bag of Cracker Jacks up!!!



As for dinner….we got home late but Tim had Baked Whitings and another flippin’ baked potato..Amerie asked for pizza and had her Mickey Pizza which she gobbled down and I had a Colorful BBQ Boca sandwich with Creamy Slaw…I had a huge craving for BBQ and the whole way home tried to figure out what to make with the limit amount of food available..I need to go grocery shopping!! But I gobbled it down in a second…it definitely covered my craving for BBQ! It was a pretty darn good burger if I say so myself!!! =-)

Now it’s time for anxiety to kick in! Time to sit and wait….