Good morning, bloggies!
This new schedule is definitely taking some getting used to! After the gym last night, I was SO wide awake! I know that you’re not supposed to do cardio right before bed, so I allowed myself plenty of time to relax (so I thought!), but no luck. I couldn’t sleep! I finally fell asleep around midnight. I slept great, but 6:15 this morning came a lot sooner than expected! (Mental note: Do cardio even earlier!)
This morning’s breakfast was another delightful bowl of pumpkin oats, but this time with upgrades! In the mix: oats, wheat berries, canned pumpkin, cottage cheese, and Barney Butter. I love adding cottage cheese to my oats, but I always seem to forget. This morning’s bowl reminded me a little of pumpkin cheesecake!
Lunch
Instead of becoming bankrupt buying lunch again today, I packed my own. While making my salad for dinner last night, I simultaneously packed a similar salad in Tupperware for lunch today. This method makes life so much easier! Plus, I’m never as motivated to make a healthy lunch in the morning.
Lunch also includes a TJ’s yogurt and red grapes. For a snack, I packed a KIND bar.
I packed-up my lunch in my new bag from Crate & Barrel, which was on clearance! I had talked about this lunchbag on the blog back in August, but it was a tad on the expensive side, plus I didn’t really need it at the time. However, new job + clearance = perfect reason to buy a new, fun lunchbag! 
Semi Finals!
My Autumn Maple Bacon Pizza made it to the semi finals of the Boboli recipe contest! YAY!! Thanks for voting, guys!!! We’re now one step closer to the grand prize! Please continue to vote: http://boboli.gwbakeries.com/football/enter.cfm
Question of the Day
What’s the nicest compliment you have ever received?
Day #2! I’m going back for more! 
Happy hump day!!!
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Love your lunch bag! Good luck on your second day! I think the nicest compliment I’ve ever received is I’m a good listener. It means a lot to hear that! Have a wonderful day!
Have a great day. The greatest compliment I’ve ever received…still too sleepy to think right now.
it wasn’t directly to ME but when people say how well behaved our kids are at restaurants, i know we are doing a good job!
a fun lunch bag makes packed lunches so much more fun, doesn’t it?? i love my lunch bag, too!
I did the same thing last night- made a lunch salad while I made my dinner salad
Yayy for making it to the next round- I will continue to vote! Have a great day #2
When I had to be at work at 7 am, I would make my lunch the night before too… makes life (well, mornings) so much easier!
The best compliment I ever received wasn’t direct, but it’s a good story: I was working in a school that did not employ a recycling policy. I brought in a box, started recycling paper, and encouraged the (reluctant) students to do the same. At some point during the year, students starting bringing paper scraps over to the box without prompting. The indirect compliment was that I had made a small, but important, impact on these students!
that lunch tote is AWESOME!!!!! what a great reward for yourself
you deserve it!
I love adding soy yogurt to my Pumpkin Oats, that’s my version of Pumpkin Cheesecake Oats! So yummy!
Love the new lunch bag!
I am with Tami. When people complement my kids for being polite or well-behaved, I am very happy. You know, I cna’t exercise after about 6:00 or I am WIDE awake.
Such a fun lunchbag!!
**Best compliment = “Your skin!! It’s like porcelain!! Not one blemish.” – from some woman in Whole Foods
i’m the same way with cardio at night! i need to make the extra effort to do it earlier. love the new lunchbag
Cute lunch bag! And lunch sounds good too.
I’ve been told a few times that I am “hard core” or “intense” or that I “really work hard” when I go to the gym. That makes me feel like Superwoman!
What a versatile lunch bag. It’s lovely.
Do you plan on bringing lunch everyday or will treat yourself out sometimes? Do your new colleagues lunch-bringers as well? It’d be cool to do a lunch pot sometimes (if they’re up for it) for some variations and gathering!
6.25 hours of sleep, ouch! I would not be able to function!
Congrats on making it to the semi-finals for your pizza, it really does look delish.
How much was your lunch bag on clearance for? it looks so cute and stylish =)
i like your lunch bag – it’s really cute! i pack lunch for my mom sometimes and it’s usually what we make for dinner the night before..
cute lunch bag!! good luck at day number two, it’ll be great!
so i don’t know if this was the best compliment i EVER received but this is what first came to mind when i read the question:
one night when i was really upset – god knows why – and blabbing about nonsense, my (now ex) boyfriend of 3 years said to me, “But everything you do is beautiful, don’t you know that?”
i don’t know what could top that.
The nicest compliment I’ve received would be from friends noticing my weight loss – I’ve been working really hard, so it makes me feel great when people notice!
I can’t do cardio late at night either unless it is just a light walk. I’ve been doing it around 4 which works for me but I think I need to try EARLY mornings again.
GLad your first day went well!
I love that lunch tote!
Have a fun second day!!!
Yeah for making semi-finals!
Love the new lunch bag and the pumped up oats!
It is so much easier to make lunch for the next day while making dinner. I often do that, and in the morning, it’s all ready to go.
Love the new lunch bag – way to wait for the clearance sale.
My nicest compliment…one from today actually comes to mind. Someone said to me after yoga this morning, “You are so flexible.” I’d never thought I’d hear that about myself. Totally made my morning! Yay for improvements in my yoga practice!
Making lunch at the same time as supper – so efficient Tina! The oats do look pimped out
Glad you had a great first day. Here is to a great 2nd day as well…..
The best compliment I have received came from a dear friend. After doing something for her she told me I was the most thoughtful person ever.
It made my heart smile.
Love the lunchbox, it’s cute! I love making lunch during dinner, it’s so easy in the morning!
One of the nicest compliments I’ve received recently was at work. I work at a home improvement store and was not feeling the best and some random guy came up to me and just told me that I was beautiful. It seriously made my day!
Cute new lunch bag! I have a pink lunchbox/bag that I bring to work everyday.
YAY! A Kind bar!!! I think they’re just kind of on everyone’s mind this week. That’s my fav flavor too:)
I love your lunch bag!!
The nicest compliment I’ve ever received was walking through the parking lot one time this guy pulled over his car and told me I was beautiful – I don’t usually measure myself by my looks but the fact that a stranger went out of his way to say that made me a little bit happier
When I was running at night when student teaching I found that I needed to get it done before dinner. It required an afternoon snack, but it was the only way the night made sense for me.
The best compliment I received was from this woman who was cutting my hair once. She wasn’t very chatty, but then all the sudden she asked me if I practiced yoga. I said yes and she said she thought so b/c she could tell! That made me feel excellent!
Just catching up on your great week today – you sound soooo happy about your new job! Congrats – that’s a wonderful thing! Love the new little lunch bag
Best compliment? Hmmm, probably would have to be about being a good mom …
Cute lunch bag! I just started school again i should hit up C and B! That is sawweeet about the pizza- i voted, but didn’t know if we can vote more than once!??
hey! I have an odd question for you…do you know any good boxed, semi-healthy cookie mixes? My friend is so sick and I wanted to surprise her w/ some blog worthy cookies that I can just pick up and throw in the oven when I get home! Just wondering if you’ve ever had a good one!
cute lunch bag!
best compliment recently was that girlfriend who just went thru a really bad breakup said i helped pull her throught it. have a great day!
nicest compliment=you’re fun to be around!!
i love that lunch box!!!
LOVE the lunch bag!!!!!!!!!
nicest comment… hmmm was that I made a difference in someones life.. that means more than anything else!
Love the lunch tote.
I can’t think of the nicest compliment I’ve ever receieved. Well nothing specific, a lot of people tell me I’m funny and I like to hear that.
Fancy lunch bag! Have a great 2nd day.
Ew… It’s so embarrassing but I have no idea… I tend to hear compliments, and then let them go right out of my ear, not bc I don’t care, but bc I think they make me feel nervous, for some effing StupiD reason. lol.
Congrats on getting to the semi-finals! And hooray for new lunch bags! I love the red
I love that lunch bag too – I remember when you got that, how funny right?
Let’s take down that stupid pierogie pizza!
I’m guessing we won’t see Linda around these parts for a while! Good luck with the boboli contest!!
I love the new lunch bag!
I can never fall asleep after cardio at night either! I thought I was just weird
Your lunch box is so cute!
Oh, and congrats on making it to the semi finals. I voted again for you. Good luck!!
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