the bigness inside

You'll probably really enjoy reading this, and I promise to only post if I sincerely enjoyed creating it.

[lolanannie]

Who says you can't have salad for breakfast? Thanks for my belated bday breakfast @buhginia 😘 (at Perly's Restaurant & Delicatessen)

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Fave finds today @hardywood #yartsale2015; original on left by @atotheoart, print on right by #bizhankhodabandeh (at Hardywood Park Brewery)

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Cardamaro flip cocktail and pretzel sammy with lamb bacon #MetzgerButchery #longbrunchcoming (at Metzger Bar and Butchery)

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Lady Birds-to-be!! #twinsies #sisterstobe (at Hilton Springfield, VA)

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Kava Kava cantaloupe gazpacho #foodtruck #kavakavarva #northsidemondaynightdinner

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Salsa Fresca Frijole

This morning we were expecting the plumber to make his third house call to fix the bathroom drain…luckily we also got a new faucet out of it. Anyhow, I needed something to do this morning that would give him some space in our “Jack and Jill” lavatory. This is what I came up with:

1 can rinsed black beans, 1 cup chopped mango, 1 cup seeded and chopped cucumber, diced jalapeno to flavor, 1/4 cup diced onion, 2 tbsp lime juice, 1/2 tsp each cumin and salt; 6 servings at 71 calories each.

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Silver linings galore

DISCLAIMER I am new to making a (semi) legit attempt at actually blogging on Tumblr. That being said, I apologize for the abrupt ending to my Holy Guacamole entry; there was more to it but somehow it got deleted and I’m not going to put anymore time in to it. That was yesterday, know what I’m sayin’?

So we woke up to a fridge and freezer on the fritz. Aaaand we’re in the process of buying this lovely cottage that we’ve been renting. Normally, this could be cause for not only concern, but probably some tantruming and tears as well. HOWEVER, we are in a very uniquely, fabulously lucky position to be the tenants of Mrs. Virginia Edmunds. This means that rather than be screwed, we in fact are going to be the beneficiaries of a brand new FREE fridge and freezer with……(drumroll)… …an ice-maker upgrade!! I truly don’t know if I would have done this well were I a Price is Right contestant. In addition, I have to make a smorgasbord of food before it spoils 😁

blueberry waffle delight breakfast 360 calories

light’n’fruity tuna salad lunch 350 calories

spring cupcake snack 220 calories

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Hand-me-down swag 😍 Thanks @cathmarchetti !!

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No big deal, just working on pick-ups for #Dylan #robertzimmerman (at Lindy Fralin Pick UPS)

[lolanannie]

Holy Guacamole

So I began the day early, for a spring break Saturday. It was the kind of morning that is easy to love; warm and breezy, quiet and sunny. It took no time at all to decide to slip quietly into the kitchen and do some good clean cooking with yesterday’s groceries. To give myself some fuel (of course after giving Lola her breakfast with a squirt of salmon oil, both a Benadryl and Zyrtec with peanut butter, and her Cosequin supplement, AND salad with blueberries and baby carrots, hay, and pellets for the guinea pigs), I began with a flat-belly breakfast:

Half of a ripe avocado smashed onto a piece of toast, layered under two 1/2 inch slices of ripe tomato, and topped with a 1/4 cup of cinnamon-cranberry goat cheese (277 calories).

Now on to operation “weekend food prep”. I plugged in the blender, and processed together 2 cans of garbanzo beans (1 can drained, 1 with liquid), 4 tablespoons each of olive oil and tahini, 1 teaspoon each of cumin, paprika, citrus salt, and dried basil, and 4 slices of pickled jalapeño with a tablespoon of its juice. I then spread a single layer of kalamata olive pieces over the top. Ta da, 6 generous portions of Kalamata Hummus (197 calories each).

[lolanannie]

DO YOU KNOW WHERE HE LIVES?? Just found walking alone in Carytown. No tags no microchip. #foundpug (at Calypso Cottage)

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Y'all are missing out #JRoddy #Sleepwalkers #TheBigPayback #TheBroadberry (at The Broadberry)

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There's a wild creature in my backyard! #LolaMarie #SnowSurprise

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Sealed the deal. #AnnieBird

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This is what courage looks like. Thanks @londoncamille @FightingGravityFitness !! (at Fighting Gravity Fitness)

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I promise you THIS is what you want to listen to today #TheWildness #TheBonesofJRJones #soundtrackofmylife #vinylSunday

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Here at MoCADA we actually believe that every month is Black History Month. From the birth of civilization to contemporary culture, the gifts Black Africa and its diaspora have given to the world are innumerable and unquestionable. Clearly 28 days is an insufficient celebration. But we also don’t want February to go to waste, so please celebrate Black Future Month with us this year! Too often Black people, and people of color in general, are excluded from mainstream media’s depictions of the future. Although people of color make up 90% of the world population, when is the last time you saw a blockbuster movie set in the future with a protagonist of color who wasn’t Will Smith? So in honor of Black Future Month 2015, we kick off our celebration with the godfather of modern Afrofuturism, Sun Ra. Space is the place! #SunRa #BlackFutureMonth #BlackFuturesPast #Mocada

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