Butternut Pie

AND NOW!!!!

Ladies and Gentlemen.....

Butternut Pie
The crust:
1 cup almonds
1 cup cashews
1 cup pumpkin seeds
1-2 tsp cinnamon
1 tsp vanilla

5 dates
2 tbsp honey
1 tbsp coconut oil

*Blend nuts in food processor till powdery. Then throw in the rest and blend.  Mash into a pie pan (after lightly coating with coconut oil)


The filling:
1 butternut squash
1 cup cashews
1 cup water

5 dates
1/4 cup honey
2 tsp vanilla
1 tbsp pumpkin pie spice
1 tsp cinnamon
a PINCH of salt

*In a high powered blender, blend everything EXCEPT the squash till smooth. Bake the squash at 400o for 40 min, let sit and cool just a bit, then spoon into blender and blend with the creamy mixture. Use the plunger to get it mixed well and creamy.
Pour into crust and bake at 400o for 20 min.

LET IT COOL! (If you serve it hot, be aware that it won't hold like a pie. But once it's in the fridge and cooled, it's hard)
Serve as is, or with a dollop of yogurt....and a pinch of cinnamon.

Life is good

First off, I am all kinds of outragiously sore..and it is absolutely delightful. Derek had me screaming and grunting and growling in the gym. I even had to dump water on my head.... it was intense to the next level. Now I know how they feel on The Biggest Looser. :)

My freshmen class is definitely better. I still need to get a better grasp on what to teach, but at least I have a little more method to my madness this go around. Though I am noticing a small problem...and that's that the other kids who already took the class inform the new ones, but I'm changing it up... so they're expecting what the other guys did. Tough!

Dancing again tomorrow!!!! :D  I went to Target today and got a skirt and three shirts. They're fantasticly cute, and great for teaching in as well!! I am totally loving my wardrobe... SO different from what is used to be.

Alright lung..get with it

Today I had a quick check up with my doctor... come to find out..my right lung is functioning quite as well as the left. Huh. That was a new one on me. I told him about how I cough up crap after (and during) laughing, so he prescribed more laughing for me. Hehehe. We'll do another check up to see how my lungs are doing next week. I'm suppose to continue my exercise (Derek kicked my butt hard core...I mean HARD core today) and do deep, belly breathing. The real task is remembering to do it. Oy!

I forgot to take my Pred-200C-In-Water last night, and didn't sleep well. So ALL day today I was just a zombie. That didn't help with my new freshmen class, but I was able to keep it together. Sill have no idea what to do *eye roll*.

I also found out today that I CAN go dancing this Friday. That's one for the win, right there.

Running theme after good times

I finally slept better last night! Aaahhhhhhh. I should get in the habit of jotting down my dreams when I wake up, cause I know it was something cool.... but can't remember what now. :P But I digress....
Today, my chest has that tight, coughing up crap feeling (without the coughing...sort of). This is the SAME exact thing that happened after New Years. Interesting.... Spend the night laughing and enjoying myself, and the next day I feel all this crap in my chest. Vvveeerrrrryyyy interesting. So CLEARLY, I need to go out and have more fun to get rid of all of this. Makes perfect sense to me!

Tomorrow is the anti-Superbowl Party.... but I don't think I'm going to make it; there is just TOO much I need to do still (I wonder if I should take a dose of Carsinosin...cause I'm feeling a bit overwhelmed). Besides study for 110B, I need to get ready to teach my freshmen class. (Here we go again!!!) It's great for me to have all the freshmen over the course of the year..so that way I get to know all of them, and them me, and I recruit people for choir. But at the same time, I REALLY need a beginning choir. Maybe I can have three classes next year! Heheheheh. :) What we really need to do is go to some festivals and win/get some awards to start decorating the class with... and that'll help with funding, I'm sure. :) First things first: get ready to sing on Valentines Day, and then have an end of the year concert (and sing at graduation).

But before all that!..... Dinner. :)

Got the swing back!

I just returned home from a fabulously fun night of swing dancing. Wow! Just incredible! The last time I went was.....err..... 7 years ago? And I was a very different person back then. I remember feeling sorry for myself cause I felt fat and ugly and why would any guy want to dance with me? This time I felt beautiful, and confident, and I had no problem extending my hand to the nearest man and asking to dance (though that didn't happen often cause Cody was with me.) But it was a total hoot! Cody had a great time as well (he also had a bad experience last time). We started off the night only knowing the basics...and ended with a plethora of moves. As soon as the lesson was over and the music started, I saw a guy across the room who was AWESOME, and just hanging out...so I grabbed Cody and ran over to him and asked if he could show us some stuff. And he did. And it was amazing. And again, later in the evening, I asked some other awesome guy to show us some stuff...and he was even better!! I foresee myself going there many many many many more times. Well worth the cost. Now to just get a good dancing skirt and a good pair of shoes!
Wow is it WAY past bed time!
Speaking of which, my dream last night was a normal, fun and exciting one...though I can't quite remember.. but Dr. Who stuff was in it (maybe cause I was watching it earlier in the day...hehehe).

HA! My hands smell like 'guy'  :) --Amused.

Muuuuch better!

Today was indeed a MUCH better day. Far more pleasent mood, and more energy. And sleep was a bit better as well (even got up before my alarm!). My dreams are still a little funky, but I can only imagine they'll improve as well. Here's to HPathy! :D Now if only I wasn't on my period..then things could be GREAT. But hey... that'll come soon enough.

Tomorrow is DANCING! Whoohoo! My livingsocial deal was about to expire, so that put a fire under me on to get some people and go! And Cody is going, so I'll have someone to dance with! Now my only problem is figuring out what to wear......... no really...... it's a problem....... heheheh

Curve the symptoms

So I've been outrageously tired the past few weeks.... most likely because I'm sleeping terribly... and to boot, have NO energy. Okay...well.. not 'NO' energy, but low. I'm still going to gym everyday (had a fabulous workout with Derek today). But on the whole, very...low....energy. On Tuesday, walking back to my car from class, I just wanted to fall over in the middle of the path and just give up in a heap of exhaustion. (Yes.. clearly that is exaggerating).
So we're thinking that's the Pred still working.... and to help that, I mixed up the 200C in some water (shaken and poured 12X) to take a sip of at night, and then the Phos 1M mixed in water to help give me a boost in the day. Let's see how it works! Aunty Erma came to visit today....so that won't help anything (especially sleep), however...I am thoroughly impressed that she came on time! WHOA! That rarely happens. Rarely..... Rare.Ly.

In 5 more days, I can eat fruit again. MWAHAHAH. And also my 9th graders start again. :P