tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32522130627655435652024-03-13T07:57:16.136-07:00Oral FixationCurrent fixations - updated as life changes.Kayehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17452003419777633095noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3252213062765543565.post-39934072679160514872013-10-19T13:18:00.002-07:002013-10-19T13:27:57.628-07:00PerceptionThings that have changed from my perception since diagnosis:<br />
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- Support<br />
- Achievement<br />
- The concept of time<br />
- Success<br />
- Life's "big picture"<br />
- Science<br />
- Survival<br />
- Death<br />
- Who I am<br />
- What my life will be like<br />
- The futureKayehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17452003419777633095noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3252213062765543565.post-91734994229392850362013-10-15T13:26:00.000-07:002013-10-19T13:26:50.635-07:00When You Least ExpectI'm not the most selfless person - I frequently get overwhelmed with life and thoughts (even pre-diagnosis) and as a result, I'm not the most thoughtful person either. I get distracted.<br />
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A byproduct of a cancer diagnosis is suddenly having to deal with all the communication surrounding the patient (me). People say that when times get rough, you see who your real friends are. I'm not experiencing that type of distinction. Right now, my times are tough - really tough, and instead, I'm getting to see how amazing my friends, colleagues, and family are.<br />
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Not to brag - but I just can't let amazing deeds go unpunished, so here goes: a handful of my coworkers (whom I'd told first) got together and bought me a ridiculously expensive blender. The type of blender that one lusts after, but cannot justify the cost of. The gesture was truly staggering. Friends that I have known for less than a year stepping up to help me feel better. I always considered them real friends - no confusion there. This experience has given me an real opportunity to reflect and appreciate how great the people in my life are. Cards, flowers, emails, texts, offers to help (which I take seriously - I <b>will </b>call you)...none expected - and none unappreciated.<br />
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Thank you all.Kayehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17452003419777633095noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3252213062765543565.post-49123325898677973822013-10-07T07:10:00.001-07:002013-10-07T07:10:05.010-07:00Calling Off the GoalieI have a really darling friend who refers to going off birth control as "calling off the goalie". Very clever.<br />
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As of last Thursday, I have "called off the goalie".<br />
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If you had told me six months ago that in October, I went off birth control, my excitement would have been hard to contain. My husband and I have been waiting for the "right time" to start trying. Lots of talk about my working, our finances, raising children, schools, those hilarious arguments about which of us will successfully be the disciplinarian.<br />
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"Let's do this the right way...make sure we're ready...bring a baby into the ideal environment."<br />
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Instead, it's October 2013. I'm 28 years old. I just finished grad school. And I have breast cancer.<br />
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I'm off birth control to limit the hormones in my body. Biological children may be off the table forever. I'm currently experiencing the worst period I've had in about 9 years. Gather 'round everyone: behold this face of bitterness.<br />
<br />Kayehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17452003419777633095noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3252213062765543565.post-2874698829901291302013-10-03T20:00:00.000-07:002013-10-06T21:33:57.276-07:00Scare TacticsOne of the worst things about breast cancer (so far......) is how scary every. single. thing. is.<br />
Food, drinks, work, stress, treatment, and just about anything - scary. I started googling causes of breast cancer, I can't help but think of all the things I did wrong in my life to this date that must have caused this. I drank too much wine, I ate too much meat, there was the time when I decided to be a casual cigarette smoker for a year, I ate too much bacon, I ate Lunchables Pizza a lot.....<br />
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Our medical center is amazing, God bless them. My primary care physician (PCP) called me to check in on me and ask if I needed a referral for a surgeon or an oncologist. Our nurse navigator had already helped me get the earliest appointment possible for a surgeon, but I do need an oncologist. I asked about a woman oncologist I found via Google. Ha! I have an appointment for next Tuesday. Tomorrow, I meet with the surgeon - he will have my MRI results. We will find out if the cancer is anywhere beyond my left breast and lymph node area. Hopefully, we'll find out what stage I'm in. It's not stage I.<br />
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People keep telling us to get a second opinion. I don't yet understand the reason. I have cancer - that doesn't seem to need confirmation. I suppose it's for treatment options.<br />
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Today, the ultimate scary idea occurred to me: I may never be able to have biological children. If I have to do chemotherapy, my fertility may never return. I can't reconcile not giving my husband children of his own. Will he be able to reconcile this?Kayehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17452003419777633095noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3252213062765543565.post-70498769749759950612013-10-01T21:10:00.000-07:002013-10-06T21:11:29.765-07:00The First Day of OctoberThis morning my husband and I went to the doctor to results from a breast biopsy I had last Friday. When I felt the lump, I was completely unimpressed. Under 30 years of age and no history of breast cancer - what I am worried about? Worst case scenario - it's a cyst and I have surgery.<br />
When the doctor came into the room with the nurse, I was still stupidly unaffected. Imagine my surprise when I was handed the pathology results, clearly showing that I have cancer.<br />
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<i>"How bad is it?" I asked shakily.</i><br />
<i>"Pretty bad..." says the doctor. </i><br />
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It's not that my world stopped - it shattered. Very quickly I find out that the tumor is too large for a lumpectomy. A mastectomy is probably my only option.<br />
I opted to go to work, where I was wildly emotional, though not entirely unproductive. Thanks to a very assertive nurse navigator at the Women's Wellness Center, I get a phone call within an hour asking me if I can come in today for an MRI. I say yes. I am injected with dye and lay face down in the machine for an hour. I go home to my husband, we get In N Out, we go home, we eat.<br />
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<br />Kayehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17452003419777633095noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3252213062765543565.post-26772139331925167522011-08-19T22:54:00.000-07:002011-08-19T22:54:22.681-07:00Let's Just Pretend......like I haven't been gone for FOREVER! Things are different now!<br />
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1. I became a Zumba instructor, and it's awesome!<br />
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2. I finished my B.A. and started my M.A.<br />
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3. I got married!<br />
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I know right?Kayehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17452003419777633095noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3252213062765543565.post-50372849792763304932010-04-26T15:16:00.000-07:002010-04-26T16:54:54.085-07:00Fab Fridays!<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">So...Fridays have been really awesome for me lately! Two Fridays ago, I ran 6 miles! In a row! Crazy right? Maybe not for some people, but seriously, when I was a kid, I never ran even </span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">one</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> mile straight. When we did fitness tests, I would walk/jog out of pure laziness. I've really taken to running lately, which is awesome!</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">This past Friday's fabulosity included another 6 mile run. That, by itself, is awesome, but I was also able to shorten my overall run time by 3 minutes. This is all, btw, on a treadmill...so yeah, I know, it will be harder outdoors. The furthest distance I've run outdoors is just under 5 miles. Did those in just under 50 minutes with mah man.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Fab Friday part </span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">dos</span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> included this:</span><br />
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<div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">What's inside? We'll just have to wait and see!</span></span></div></div>Kayehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17452003419777633095noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3252213062765543565.post-58422558914735882132010-04-26T13:56:00.000-07:002010-04-26T14:03:35.390-07:00Let me make it up to you!<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Oh blog, I feel terrible for abandoning you this weekend, though I promised not to this time. Let me post again today and make up for it! You accept? Yay!</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">So...I started today off with a green smoothie! Spinach, a peeled tangelo, half a frozen banana, frozen mango, water and ice. It was awesome! Then I had some cereal and almond milk. I have been OBSESSED with this lately:</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">It's so good! I used to always buy the Twigs, Flakes & Clusters cereal at Trader Joe's, but I like this plain fiber cereal <b>much better</b>. It has a graham cracker-y taste and is not as grainy as the Twigs, Flakes & Clusters. And you know....the fiber...girl's gotta eat! I lost a bunch of weight a few years ago doing the low-carb thang and can still be kind of cautious with carbohydrates. But, if a carb is complex (in personality...not just structure) and high in fiber, I'll dig it.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">After that I ate a badass salad for lunch...at mah desk-</span><br />
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</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">It made my wildest dreams come true. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">And that's a fact. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">I didn't have any meat that I could add to the salad, besides, that string cheese had been waiting for his time to shine. I had to oblige.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">This morning, before work, I headed to Target. I kind of go there a lot. Like, <b>a lot, a lot.</b> I told myself this weekend, after I killed the bag o' Dark Chocolate M&M's in the freezer that I wouldn't replace them. Unfortunately, in that lecture to myself, I was overly specific and said "Dark Chocolate M&M's", thereby creating leeway for these purchases:</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMCtPmpU1pB9wdLQuGS1EIiOTXuTAdZL0Ipxqv3QEv9QQM_X2Uy0RMVeeZi45rglGY3LdpMaBhtniEyjPcB8XxQU0Hpd8S6VAb3jLXiP3dHHcBmqNGKTE9xWROl39hLbZGdehPcmD2zdO2/s1600/IMG_4269.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMCtPmpU1pB9wdLQuGS1EIiOTXuTAdZL0Ipxqv3QEv9QQM_X2Uy0RMVeeZi45rglGY3LdpMaBhtniEyjPcB8XxQU0Hpd8S6VAb3jLXiP3dHHcBmqNGKTE9xWROl39hLbZGdehPcmD2zdO2/s400/IMG_4269.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">From left to right: useful, yummy, new-to-me yummy and totally unnecessary at this point.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">I can justify anything...one of my most useful and most annoying skills. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">I had to buy those Goody headbands because <b>for some reason</b> I am down to two. One useful stretchy headband (kept in my car for working out) and one stretched out...totally useless headband (kept in my bathroom where a solid, but feeble, attempt is put forward every night to utilize it). In the same vein, I am missing a whole crapload of ponytail rubberbands. I don't understand how I lose so many of those things. I put them on my wrist every morning and they either go on my head or stay on my wrist until I arrive home. It's not as if I fling them about as I walk down the street. Why/how do they disappear? I don't get it.</span></div>Kayehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17452003419777633095noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3252213062765543565.post-45819585916694681762010-04-25T12:25:00.000-07:002010-04-26T15:17:33.344-07:00By tomorrow....<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">...I totally meant 3 days later. A substantial amount of schoolwork was thrust upon me, kind of last minute too. So...guess what I've doing! Aside from that, there hasn't been </span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">too </span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">much interesting stuff. I butchered my first rack of ribs! Go me! And some other stuff happened too! I've got pictures from this weekend, so let's just take a look...</span><br />
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</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">This is by far one of the more </span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">useful </span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">$1 items I've purchased. A Disney princess ice pack! True Love, indeed! LOL! </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">On Friday, I decided to man up and butcher the </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><a href="http://oralfix.blogspot.com/2010/04/10-pounds.html">ribs I bought</a>. Funnily enough, I had no idea I needed to cut this up until I found a random article describing how to do it! Here we go:</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIfhRBRjgHZr_5gGEiHNoomFLkGBhyphenhyphenwAMvo8vGZgWGghpy1bD5sMb-Ww1cG-E340fxeTsnfWzIeTFCWa1zAmhzSvUG2aBwuKkut-ggjaBcYjvMCkm3MnJZAKGjAqx6xAMvQQQngMXzqC-T/s1600/IMG_4241.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIfhRBRjgHZr_5gGEiHNoomFLkGBhyphenhyphenwAMvo8vGZgWGghpy1bD5sMb-Ww1cG-E340fxeTsnfWzIeTFCWa1zAmhzSvUG2aBwuKkut-ggjaBcYjvMCkm3MnJZAKGjAqx6xAMvQQQngMXzqC-T/s400/IMG_4241.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Hanging out in the sink.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvqIZNi2DEYVwSdRvthjz_msqtq-EllMUg7gegMS12O9E54Zwwjz0mt7_QAgh_sPe8x7JTQVft2aHzyGFLD8Kyp45cc5WP5VUYWC4ygu8fhgGb2g01Y4hig_8LywJnrDzOI1gOYCZILp9E/s1600/IMG_4242.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvqIZNi2DEYVwSdRvthjz_msqtq-EllMUg7gegMS12O9E54Zwwjz0mt7_QAgh_sPe8x7JTQVft2aHzyGFLD8Kyp45cc5WP5VUYWC4ygu8fhgGb2g01Y4hig_8LywJnrDzOI1gOYCZILp9E/s400/IMG_4242.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Post-cutting.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiO0MtT62trroyvTZ2X4LVzB4P0kPwXFmsRXP2qpmt2MBzQ3tRCtOL3j4v5uAl8KyB3xS8S_hfZNAELjyljyQD5019tu9fqKZVXmZc4419h_dkLZw41d3O6WmD9r45zlqhz3pxFSuO8F58l/s1600/IMG_4243.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiO0MtT62trroyvTZ2X4LVzB4P0kPwXFmsRXP2qpmt2MBzQ3tRCtOL3j4v5uAl8KyB3xS8S_hfZNAELjyljyQD5019tu9fqKZVXmZc4419h_dkLZw41d3O6WmD9r45zlqhz3pxFSuO8F58l/s400/IMG_4243.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Leftover pieces, I slow roasted these with the ribs.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">So....don't have pictures after that! Someday, I'll get the hang of this, I swear! But here's what I did:</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">*Keep in mind that this takes a while, I had <b>all</b> afternoon at home to do this!</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><u>Totally Awesome Spicy Ribs:</u></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Ingredients:</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">-1 rack of ribs (plus the riblets and skirt if ya got em!)</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">-5 cloves garlic minced</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">-Lawry's seasoning (or similar seasoning blend)</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">-1 cup barbecue sauce</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">-Sriracha</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Directions:</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">(Remember, if you're cooking the riblets too, treat them exactly the same as the ribs)</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Preheat oven to 250F.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Sprinkle the riblets and the meaty side of the ribs <b>lightly </b>with Lawry's seasoning. Sprinkle the bone side of the ribs with Lawry's as well, I'm more generous with the salt on this side. Don't go overboard though. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Rub minced garlic into the meat side of the ribs and then place on a foil lined baking sheet. Cover entire tray with foil and put in preheated oven.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">After 2 hours, take tray out of the oven, uncover drain some of the liquid. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Spread barbecue sauce over the ribs. You can coat the entire rack (top and bottom), but it really isn't necessary. At this point, the ribs will be fork tender so trying to flip will be...difficult. :D If you'd like heat, add Sriracha to the barbecue sauce before you spread. It really was delicious! Start with a little, and taste before you spread it on. All together, I probably added about 2-3 tsp. for the whole thing. I am not, unfortunately, that hardcore.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">After the sauce is on, cover the pan again and return to oven for another 3-4 hours, this time at 200F. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">All in all, I had the ribs in from 3:30pm-9:30pm.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">They are totally awesome though! And just as good on day 2!</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Happy eating!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br />
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</span></span></div>Kayehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17452003419777633095noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3252213062765543565.post-31386823596678038952010-04-22T22:24:00.001-07:002010-04-22T22:24:27.359-07:00Crunch.These next few weeks are crunch time at school. Just a precious few more weeks of classes, then finals. I'm currently trying to forget what lies ahead by drinking wine. Blogging is something that I need to really decide to carve out some time for and I'm <b>determined </b>to do it!<br />
I <b>will</b> be back tomorrow!Kayehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17452003419777633095noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3252213062765543565.post-30887166162841069672010-04-20T17:56:00.000-07:002010-04-20T17:56:52.827-07:00Typical!<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">I am really, really bad at checking the weather every morning. So, in my typical fashion, I stepped out the door in a tank top and a thin cardigan. Why? Well, because it was warm <b>last week, </b>why would it get cold again, right? Needless to say, I was freezing when it started to rain. Luckily though, I had opted not to wear sandals today! That would have been terrible. </span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">After a long day at school, I stopped at <a href="http://www.target.com/">Target</a> to pick up a few things before work. Food today was pretty typical. The past week, I decided to pack less food for school/work because sometimes I didn't need the snack, but I'd eat it anyway since I had packed it. I had a green smoothie before heading to school:</span><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7O0DanJymEmNX050dq5aRxabxdHbbu8Wa3d2vHFt7b3K6Sml9D2MpGWU9q4VwSjUODvQ6Jn6q7RyFq1-kdTdqrCwJ_R39dSgezdnyVBbzDUDHJOPBhDf7KKRiP-Kuuz-agvPbrpAtOpmS/s1600/IMG_4217.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7O0DanJymEmNX050dq5aRxabxdHbbu8Wa3d2vHFt7b3K6Sml9D2MpGWU9q4VwSjUODvQ6Jn6q7RyFq1-kdTdqrCwJ_R39dSgezdnyVBbzDUDHJOPBhDf7KKRiP-Kuuz-agvPbrpAtOpmS/s400/IMG_4217.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">I have a green smoothie almost every morning and I love it! It has totally changed my life. I mean, I don't dislike eating vegetables, but it gives me some wiggle room, just in case. Here are the packed items for the rest of the day:</span><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjacGPcIMavvGDF2OlTNg_egDElaaMRq98s54gJ7XEfgenSBAZE6qizFOsosf8Rv4xRHsnqxqZuZFebW3v4mFmhbjOT9UNGwb55gSohFArF45VdQfZyaCWpZATrHV8d2MfKBNu3C-faxgUl/s1600/IMG_4216.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjacGPcIMavvGDF2OlTNg_egDElaaMRq98s54gJ7XEfgenSBAZE6qizFOsosf8Rv4xRHsnqxqZuZFebW3v4mFmhbjOT9UNGwb55gSohFArF45VdQfZyaCWpZATrHV8d2MfKBNu3C-faxgUl/s400/IMG_4216.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">That's almond milk in the big tupperware, my Trader Joe's cereal in the small baggie, a grapefruit and some almonds + chocolate chips in the small tupperware. There was also a string cheese I added for some extra protein at the last minute...which reminds me, I had some coffee that escaped the camera too! Ugh, rookie mistake! </span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">I ate the cereal around 10:00am, I just dump it in the almond milk and consume! The grapefruit was eaten around 11:30ish...and I snacked on the almonds throughout the day. When I finally got to work (starving!), I ate this amazing concoction:</span><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzKmFWHivUw_C9VSvSwYQkZlgt1g3jXF1xwNxnbvVuMmyCF0V3j2othv_pwqgAF7SQvxSlKGWq9bYmlXKF2eGkTKKKdXJw-r6_3loK6JOBbWbbdVGi9Rfr_wxwrSbZCv6hzAvW91v-PXu8/s1600/IMG_4211.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzKmFWHivUw_C9VSvSwYQkZlgt1g3jXF1xwNxnbvVuMmyCF0V3j2othv_pwqgAF7SQvxSlKGWq9bYmlXKF2eGkTKKKdXJw-r6_3loK6JOBbWbbdVGi9Rfr_wxwrSbZCv6hzAvW91v-PXu8/s400/IMG_4211.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">that's roasted zucchini and sweet potato, black beans, corn, chicken breast and goat cheese. It was amazing! Since it was so cold, I also had some green tea in my happy mug:</span><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsP2kKyp9QSvEJIwjm_l_-Z3fxG2ci6XeHtAcx9N2gxtbLmGUI-drF-AvPCnm5l6_SqtaX1ovnP7NfF6YUNz9UIdi2YEV9z9uxAjeynzWVlZgS2u2W8xHq7sY0VWHLeWfw94U7KxJkZdY7/s1600/IMG_4219.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsP2kKyp9QSvEJIwjm_l_-Z3fxG2ci6XeHtAcx9N2gxtbLmGUI-drF-AvPCnm5l6_SqtaX1ovnP7NfF6YUNz9UIdi2YEV9z9uxAjeynzWVlZgS2u2W8xHq7sY0VWHLeWfw94U7KxJkZdY7/s400/IMG_4219.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Excuse my messy desk...that's pretty typical too! LOL! I don't know what's for dinner, C won't be home until around 8 and I have a lot of work to do. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Not really looking forward to it, but oh well! </span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">I realized today that I use a lot of plastic forks and spoons, I should really do something about that. </span>Kayehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17452003419777633095noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3252213062765543565.post-84304011648529055362010-04-19T18:26:00.000-07:002010-04-20T17:59:28.067-07:0010 Pounds.<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">I've been craving barbecue lately. Must be the summah, summah, summah time coming upon California. Maybe it's because I'm obsessed with barbecue sauce and will put it on anything. We've been on a chicken drumstick kick the past few weeks...they're cheap. And drumsticks are the funnest, they come with a handle! I can buy a family pack of chicken drumsticks and it will feed us for 2 meals, </span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">plus</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> leftovers for C's lunch. I'm crafty, I know!</span><br />
<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">But</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">...I saw an ad in the circulars this week for cheap ribs...so my thoughts for the past few days have included getting my crafty little hands on some ribs. It didn't help that we went to Disneyland this past Saturday, where <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Smothers">somebody's</a> wife mentioned their vineyards Cabernet would go great with barbecue ribs. (P.S. Ribs also come with a handle!) </span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">I headed to the store after work to find that the stuff only came in the "family pack". A family pack of ribs is not the same as chicken. Chicken can be nicely portioned out, it's not hard to cook chicken more than one day because it can be prepared quickly. The ribs were not practical! Unfortunately, that did not sway me...</span><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5RIAPV-p_EEkw4kipY22l-S44nIuJnp_V5uaUMjPcDRsFlw_Z7I-k1lV__t1f_MIZ26pj2saQep8UleK1fV7wcy9uUkI5oln-fJkcqWSmP2G_np1HZ3gIArBvYikX7AIUvhOBpXLBDPMg/s1600/IMG_4207.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5RIAPV-p_EEkw4kipY22l-S44nIuJnp_V5uaUMjPcDRsFlw_Z7I-k1lV__t1f_MIZ26pj2saQep8UleK1fV7wcy9uUkI5oln-fJkcqWSmP2G_np1HZ3gIArBvYikX7AIUvhOBpXLBDPMg/s400/IMG_4207.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">So...yeah....I bought ten pounds of ribs. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">And I <b>swear</b> it was the smallest package. </span><br />
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</span>Kayehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17452003419777633095noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3252213062765543565.post-78818986682807186672010-04-19T17:36:00.000-07:002010-04-19T17:36:54.249-07:00Reincarnation?<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">So, a year later (and some posts removed), so much has changed. As of this very day, I am 24, one semester away from graduation and just over year from being married. It slays me how much can change in just a year. I'm in a different living space and definitely a different mind space. A year ago, I decided to move in with my fiance! It's so awesome! The transition was ridiculously smooth! </span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">I still work at the community college I used to attend, I'm still at the same Orange County university and I'm (hopefully) going to keep on at it with their graduate program next spring. I really want to put myself out here to help me remember this time. I love food and get a kick out of looking back at what I ate. I'll be doing the last minute things to plan my wedding in the next year or so. I've always sucked royally at keeping a journal and really want to make it work this time. </span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">With a bit of luck and some effective time management, maybe I'll pull off reincarnating this blog.</span>Kayehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17452003419777633095noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3252213062765543565.post-832595916220836322008-12-02T10:40:00.000-08:002008-12-02T11:48:28.296-08:00In the beginning...<span style="font-family:arial;">I've tried many a time to start a real blog and this time I want to make it <strong>stick!</strong> More than ever I want somewhere to put my thoughts down (when I happen to have thoughts!) and be able to hash things out. This is a huge time for change in my life, good <strong>and </strong>bad. The past few years have been difficult to power through, looking back, having a blog like this would have helped. Since that is not something I can change, I'll try to pick up as soon as possible.<br /><br />Ideally, I'd like this to be a way for me to:<br /></span><ul><li><span style="font-family:arial;">Put my thoughts to paper and write my thoughts out, I want a record of this everchanging thing called life!</span></li><li><span style="font-family:arial;">Remember the good times, the crazy times and the not so good times.</span></li><li><span style="font-family:arial;">Informally track the food I eat. I am sure that this will be eye opening for me, I do my best to eat healthfully. I don't count calories, but I do look at nutrition facts. Perhaps keeping a food diary will help me realize that counting and keeping track will be better.</span></li><li><span style="font-family:arial;">Finally, as the blog name indicates, I obsess about things. Think short intense bursts of passion! Anything and everything, it depends! I kind of want to document the daily obsessions I have, I am so fickle sometimes! </span></li></ul><p><span style="font-family:arial;color:#333333;">I'm not sure that the general public will be interested in this... but I am excited to do this for me!</span></p>Kayehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17452003419777633095noreply@blogger.com0