I threw together a chicken pot pie for dinner. I put way too much breading on it, but it was pretty good.

I’m proud of myself for making food at home, I just wish I could figure out something healthier…

Tea and homework at the coffee shop.

Books to be lugged to school tomorrow.

so that I could justify the fact that I just ate two cookies worth of cookie dough.

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Until recently, researchers assumed that most couples eventually settle into what’s called companionate love: relationships that are more intimate, more committed — and much less thrilling.

A recent study, however, proved this theory (and years of marriage sitcoms) wrong. Bianca Acevedo, postdoctoral researcher at UC Santa Barbara, looked at brain scans of couples claiming to be madly in love after 20 years of marriage. She and her colleagues found that these fortunate folks had the same neural activity observed in newly in love couples, only without the anxiety or obsession.

Acevedo also discovered something that surprised even her: Based on preliminary surveys, this kind of lasting love appears to be present in approximately 30% of married couples in the U.S.

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— Hope. (LA Times) (via seriouslythough)

Instead of making me absolutely disgusted by all food, it made me really excited to start looking for organic and locally grown products. There are a few farmers markets that are open during the summer that I’m going to start frequenting, and when we move into the city (in a year and a half or so) there is a huge farmer’s market down there.

I also want to try to eat less meat — we’re not particularly fussed on it anyway, but some type of animal is typically incorporated into one of our meals every day, whether it’s chopped up meat in spaghetti or chicken on top of a pizza or full-on steak for dinner. I don’t really know of many filling meals that don’t include some sort of animal, but I guess now is as good of a time as any!

I know it’s nothing in comparison to the Snowpocalypse going down on the east coast, but Arizona is basically completely unprepared for any sort of snow. I saw 7 car accidents on the way home (none of them were serious, thank goodness) and the road got closed. Over about two inches of snow.

hershapeinthedoorway:

i’m working on a paper, and it’s not very good. well, by the standards i believe it will be judged, anyhow.

my skills in writing? writing academically.

this paper? supposed to be more… journalistic sounding. ick. i’m pretty sure i have the tone all wrong, but at this point, i don’t care.

i have to write a headline and deck, which i’ve never done, and have no interest in doing/learning how to do!!! argh!!

i’m waiting for tom to wake up from a nap and then i hope i can make him do it for me. he’s experienced in these matters of newspapery writing.

iccccccccccccckkk so over this

This happened to me yesterday. I had to rewrite it because I knew it was going nowhere, but even the rewrite kind of blew. Best of luck to you!

I eat this for breakfast every morning. It keeps me full until lunchtime and is absolutely delicious.

Ingredients:

• Blueberries (I use frozen)
• Low fat or no fat yogurt
• Agave nectar
• Granola/Oats/Raisin/Honey mix. It’s actually a store-brand cereal.

Yum!