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I Passed!! March 15, 2012

Filed under: Baby,Food — Kelocity @ 9:25 pm
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As I mentioned before, I failed the 1-hour glucose test by only ONE point! They want your non-fasting glucose to be below 140 after drinking that sugary cocktail that tastes like soda. And my results came back at 141! But protocol is protocol and they made me schedule the 3-hour test just in case. I was REALLY not looking forward to it. You can’t eat 12 hours before the test… and then the test itself is around 4 hours long, so I went 16 hours without eating! This did not make my pregnant self happy.

After not eating since 7p the night before….

  • 7:30a – Arrive at Hospital and do paperwork
  • 8:30a – Arrive at lab and wait to have baseline blood draw
  • 9a – First vile taken
  • 9:30a – Baseline results are in…. drink sugary drink
  • 10:30a – Second vile taken
  • 11:30a – Third vile taken
  • 12:30p – Forth (and final!) vile taken
  • 12:45p – Inhale burger and sweet potato fries (!!)

Surprisingly, the time went by really fast, but the anxiety of knowing you had to give blood four times in four hours was not fun. My whole morning was spent reading magazines, checking email and taking pictures of my sorry self in the big mirror across from me (what? It was boring!)
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But all in all, it wasn’t that bad and I know it was all for a good reason. If the results had come back unfavorably, I would have taken whatever steps necessary to keep myself and the baby healthy. But thankfully I passed.

I’m still taking my health seriously though. I’ve gone on a lot of walks this week and got a lot of veggies and fruit into my diet. I ate a whole bag of spinach myself throughout various meals over the past few days. Including this spinach and apple pizza I made with a Boboli crust last night!
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And tonight, I had a spinach/strawberry salad…. and a whole head of roasted broccoli. Baby loves veggies!
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I had a wonderful OB appointment this morning as well, but I’ll share those details with you in my weekly update post. Some of it was exciting stuff!!! Third Trimester, here we gooooo!!

 

Friday Night Dinner March 9, 2012

Filed under: Food — Kelocity @ 9:42 pm
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I was flying solo tonight and didn’t want to put much effort into dinner, so I threw together last night’s leftovers and it was delicious!

Cheesy cous cous (A gift from Mom Julie from World Market!) paired with a berry/spinach salad! I got my fill of cheese, carbs and FRUIT! Man, the berries have been amazing lately.
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Drizzled on top of the salad was Olive Oil and a Blueberry Balsamic Vinagar (also a gift from Mom Julie!)
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Ohhhhh man. These are not going to last long. The Blueberry Vinegar was phenomenal. Such a great blueberry taste that DEFINITELY cuts through. It’s more sweet than tangy and I LOVED it.
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I’m told they both came from Amphora Nueva in Berkeley, California. If you’re in the area, you HAVE to try it. We’ve got a few other flavors to try too (Espresso and Cranberry Pear!), and now I can’t wait since I know what great quality they are. I may never go back to bottled salad dressings again!

Happy Weekend!

 

Fluffernutters For the Win! February 18, 2012

Filed under: Food,Friends,Travel — Kelocity @ 6:29 pm
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This weekend, Irving and I roadtripped up to Lake Tahoe with our friend Erica. We also met up with Jake and Janie and a bunch of Irving’s high school friends who are all up there for a bachelor weekend! It is going to be one big party and we were stoked to get up there for a few nights away.

But let’s back up to the ‘road trip’ part. It’s an 8-hour drive from Los Angeles, and we didn’t want to loose too much time stopping to eat dinner on the way. Don’t worry guys, I got it covered.
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Erica and I were VERY excited about fluffernutter sandwiches. But Irving is a little crazy and isn’t quite aboard the Fluff Train yet (I’m working on it though). So I put my ‘mom pants’ on and whipped up some sandwiches for the road.

Three PB&Fluff…
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And three PB&J…
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Served alongside some fresh fruit Erica brought, some snacks from Trader Joes and Juice Boxes (essential).
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So tell me… are you ‘Team Fluff’ or ‘Team Jam’?
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Discuss.

 

Grilled Cheese for the Soul February 7, 2012

Filed under: Food — Kelocity @ 6:47 pm
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Is there anything better than a hearty grilled cheese sandwich made with thick slices of tomato and half of a ripe avocado?
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Well, maybe if you paired it with some potatoes and ketchup.
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That was delicious.

 

I’m sorry, what?? January 23, 2012

Filed under: Baby,Food — Kelocity @ 8:32 pm
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Excuse me, but please have a look at this (please don’t drool on my blog though).

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I know, right? But let me back up…

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Today was one of those days that I absolutely love. A laundry list of errands that you can check off one right after the other.

Donate to Goodwill
Deposit Checks at Bank
Call Insurance Company
Grocery Shopping
Costco
Get Gas

You get the idea. I love when I have a list of easy things to check off. Feels so productive, doesn’t it? Top of the list today was going to Costco to get more grapefruit cups.
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I was just telling Irving this weekend that I was sad I didn’t have any crazy food cravings. I wanted to have an excuse to make Irving leave at 10:30 at night to ‘go and get me french fries NOW!” but that just hasn’t happened. I really haven’t craved anything that I needed that much……. until today.

Costco.Sold.Out.Of.Grapefruit Cups. Noooooooooooooo!!! I asked two employees very politely to please help me find them. Both turned up empty handed. Then I started to get panicked. “But you don’t understand. I need them”. They apologized and I turned into a crazy pregnant lady. I fought back tears (not really… kind of) and walked out of the store without my beloved grapefruit. I called Irving (obviously) and he said that he had brought the last one to work, but he would bring it back home so I could have it tomorrow. That’s love.

So it’s official. Red Grapefruit cups are my craving. And I just might die if Costco doesn’t bring them back by  Wednesday. No joke.

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In other news…. you know how big Los Angeles is, right? It’s huge. It’s definitely not the kind of town where you run into people you know at the store. I mean, it can happen, but on average, it’s not likely. Well the SAME family that was in front of me in line at Costco also happened to be in front of me in line at Trader Joes after! HOW WEIRD IS THAT?! The guy joked “want to come to Whole Foods with us after this?” lol

And then this happened….
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Chocolate with Cookie Spread? Chocolate with Chocolate Buttercream?! Are. You. Kidding? I spotted these on Erica’s blog today and knew I had to have them. I could barely get home before I tore them both open and had a square of each. They were pretty awesome.