I have trouble sleeping!
A LOT of trouble sleeping! Last night I was practically falling asleep, I was so tired..yet I couldn’t actually sleep. My mind was busy with a billion different things (hence why I have a little notepad by my bed) and last night, I was thinking about blog posts. In a moment of sheer genius (or exhaustion?) I came up with a theme for my post this evening, so i quickly scribbled it down – ‘under the sea…swan lake…friday night…’….saayyaa whaaa-?
I had no idea what all that meant today :p
Til just now, when i looked at my photos, saw the sea spaghetti I ate, and everything came flooding back! See, look: sea spaghetti:
Funky stuff. Dry as a bone, soak it for an hour, it expands like mad and tastes like seaweed;
I paired it with my remaining tofu sea cake at lunch on Sunday:
Along with soy-sauce/garlic stir fried cabbage, and lots n lots (n lots) of veggies.
Can you tell I love my veg? Oh yes. It’s addiction. The sea spaghetti though…meh. I bought it AGES ago as a speshal treat for my fine self, had it once, then forgot about it. I think it had dried out a bit too much and wasn’t as impressive π¦ either that, or I’m losing my health-freak charm alas.
Do pancakes count as healthy? I think they do when you make them with spelt and some other flour and mashed banana right in the batter, with a yogurt/peanut flour/Dessert Dukkah sauce, 1/2 a mashed Nah-Nah, frozen grapes, and puff cereal:
Boi boi!
Obvs, as I liked these, there’s an abundance of similar photos. You know me…
Mini nubbin pancake:
Bliss! That was Sunday’s breakfast though – my rushed Monday morning breakfast did little for the imagination –
- 1/2 c. oats
- 1.5 c. water
- salt
- cinnamon
- vanilla extract
- cold soya milk splashed over at the end
I sat it on Women’s Running magazine so you’d at least have something interesting to look at π
I love plain oats now π I also love frozen grapes:
And perfectly ripe bubbah pears:
Lunch ( a protein bar, an apple and a cup o’ coffee – yep, told you my eats were dull at the moment! I didn’t have time for anything else before my lecture :() didn’t hold me over thaaaat long, so 3hrs later, it was time for cereal+milk, as soon as I walked through the door:
Actually, the pear came first, cos I wanted to eat something before I did the important-immediate things I had to do asap when I walked in, but whatevz. Noone cares about chronological orders in this day and age.
Dinner was oats. Again. Cooked with carob powder, fruit syrup sweetener, salt, and cooked mashed butternut squash and cinnamon. No picture cos it was ugly and dull :p There was squishy roast parsnips covered in bbq sauce on the side though! Yum π
Dessert today – yep, I’m still at the dark chocolate!
I also had a bite of a chocolate-banana muffin (E,D&BV baking) that I baked as soon as I got home:
Sadly, I wasn’t that impressed π¦ BUT I did change the flours from the recipe without altering anything else, so they were a little dry π¦ I also overmixed. Oh well!
—-
Now, back to the beginning of the post – my weird ramblings that I wrote on my pad? WELL – I remember now – I WAS going to say that the sea spaghetti reminded me of my favourite Disney film, The Little Mermaid (LOVE. it. I fancy Eric!), which reminded me of the highly underrated film cartoon The Swan Princess; dang that was a good cartoon! Odette, I used to love her π I was THEN going to suggest that you crazy folk head over to Blockbuster on your next Friday night and rent it…but now, this whole blurb doesn’t make as much sense as it did at 1.30am last night. Maybe I’ll stop typing.
—
Running update!
Still hurts π¦ tomorrow, I’m gonna phone up the Quack and try and get an appointment. It’s SO horrible not being able to run. This morning, I set out on a 3mile power walk, but ended up doing a 50minute 4mile walk-run, running til it started to hurt, then walking. I know, I know – not ideal. But oh my GOSH I miss it. When I was running pain-free, it was so effortless and blissful and I felt amazing….I feel like Ben Affleck in Pearl Harbour, when he has crappy eyesight and he says ‘don’t take my wings from me!’ (re his plane). I feel JUST like that; after all, my life is very comparable to a Hollywood world war 2 blockbuster film about blokes π
Question: What’s your favourite Disney film? And don’t say you don’t have one – EVERYONE has at least one Disney film they like!
Ohhh, how I LOVE The Little Mermaid!!! I still sing “Part of Your World” when I’m in the shower.
That sea pasta looks interesting, that’s for sure.
Haha phone up the quack – LOVE IT! Sorry your shins aren’t getting better. Have you tried doing shin stretches or icing them?
I am very much in to plain oats these days, as well. The vanilla extract makes them taste like vanilla rice pudding mmmm.
xxx
Oh and my favourite disney movie is either the Lion King, Aristocats, Toy Story, or the Little Mermaid. I can’t decide π
I love the Swan Princess!!! It is one of my sister’s and my favorites!!! We both absolutely adore the songs and we relish the chances we get to sing them together — sisterly time. π
I hope you get better soon!!!
That’s a tough question. I think it would be a toss up between the Little Mermaid and The Jungle Book!
fave is 101 dalmatians and then 2nd is lady and the tramp. i β€ doggies!! π
Peter Pan is my favorite! He totally had the right idea…growing up is overrated
hah…i write down little reminders for myself, too, and then never have any idea what i meant when i look back at it. same goes for shopping lists. i abbreviate everrrrything, and when i’m in the store there’s at least one thing that i just have to stop, stare at, and try to figure out what the heck i was trying to convey π
i LOVED the lion king. heck, i probably still do!
ahh you do have good eats FREYA!!! oats for dinner.. YES and pancakes- so healthy!! just not when theyre made in butter, white flour and drenched in SUGARY SYRUP.. other than tthat.. they can eb super healthy!
Definitely Little Mermaid. Or Aladin. Aladin’s a hottie. π
YES he is! Hubba hubba π him and Eric from Little Mermaid….I would :p
Second time lucky:
My favourite has always been Robin Hood.
oodalally oodalally golly what a day.
I love Lilo and Stitch π Poor stitch is so misunderstood. I think the watercolour paintings are beautiful and I love the sweet story.
But I love loads of disney films!
‘Beauty and the Beast’! My little brother put it on every day for about a year when he was little (as they do), and it got to the point where my Mum and I knew every word of dialogue and every song by heart! I MUST watch it again soon. Other faves are ‘The Little Mermaid’ and ‘Robin Hood’. I fancied Robin Hood, actually. I mean, it’s okay to lust after a cartoon fox, right?!
I’m sorry your shins are still painful – definitely time to get some advice I think, and get yourself back to feeling good asap. Jx
I love Aladdin and Robin Hood. Sorry you are still having problems running! π¦
An addiction to veggies is a very good thing!
Beauty and the Beast is my favourite Disney film – what’s not to like about dancing, talking singing crockery and household furniture?
I love the Lion King!! Not seen it in so long, must hunt it out
Oh boy, I have a really hard time picking a favorite Disney movie because I love them all. But I could narrow it down to Sleeping Beauty, Cinderella, and Dumbo.
My favorite is shrek! As a matter of fact at my wedding our first dance was from shrek. I just woke the hubs up to ask him what his is and he said (groggily – wonder if he’ll remember in a couple hours when he wakes up) Mulan pupster wants to get a vote and say 101 dalmations please!
The Lion King. Always and forever. Probably my favourite of all time, not just in the Disney category! π
That sea spaghetti looks.. weird. Haha, I had to say it. The texture…? Sorry you were disappointed by it. Must be full of all sorts of amazing sea nutrients though.
Also, the purple muffin cases! LOVE! Where are they from?
xxx