Breakfast, 6:45 a.m.

Peanut butter on wheat toast, and peach yogurt.

Lunch, 11:30 a.m.

Turkey sandwich, strawberry yogurt granola bar, blueberry applesauce, and pretzels.

Snack, 4:15 p.m.

Fritos. These were laying around because I was going to make some sort of Frito Pie thing, and then...I just never got around to it because I didn't have any sour cream.

Dinner, 7:00 p.m.

Monday has become pizza night, it would seem. This is a large stuffed crust from Pizza Hut. I had mushrooms on my half. I ate 3 pieces.

Snack, 10:00 p.m.

A little less than half a pint of Door County Cherry ice cream.

Breakfast, 11:45 a.m.

Peanut butter on wheat toast and yogurt.

Lunch, 3:30 p.m.

Spaghetti with marinara sauce and a little bit of parmesan cheese.

Dinner, 9:00 p.m.

A bowl of white rice, with salt and butter.

Snack, 11:00 p.m.

When my parents visited, my mom brought home-made applesauce. Yum. I had about half of this container. It's a sandwich-sized container, but about twice as deep.

Breakfast, 12:00 p.m.

Peanut butter on wheat toast and blueberry yogurt.

Lunch, 4:00 p.m.

Leftover mac-n-cheese pizza.

Dinner, 12:30 a.m.

Bacon, eggs, and tater tots. I know. Breakfast after midnight? I really, really wanted to go to Perkins and Jon argued, convincingly, that we could have just as good a meal at home for way cheaper. Well, 3 hours later (long story), this is what we ended up with. Yum.

Also: There must have been a snack some time between the pizza and the eggs, but I don't remember what it is and didn't take a picture.

Brunch, 12:00 p.m.

Lemon blueberry Costco muffin. I say "brunch" because there are so many calories in one of these, and it kept me full pretty much all day. (Or maybe the candy helped with that...)

Snack, all day

The open box of Nerds was sitting on the counter, so I had a few Nerds here and a few there throughout the day. Mostly in the afternoon, though.

Dinner, 8:00 p.m.

I made a mac-n-cheese pizza. It looks a little crispy because it is. I was on the phone with Jeffrey while cooking. I am not a good cook even when my full concentration is focused on the food -- but with distractions? Forget it. I set the oven 25 degrees too high, so the top layer of cheese got a little burned. No biggie, though. It still tasted fine.

Snack, 12:30 a.m.

Apple.

Breakfast, 11:30 a.m.

Peanut butter on wheat toast and light strawberry yogurt.

Lunch, 3:00 p.m.

Whole grain mac-n-cheese.

Snack, 5:30 p.m. and beyond

Jon found these at Big Lots for$1. We split them, and it took us about 3 days to get through the whole box. They were quite yummy -- and I'm sure quite bad for my teeth.

Dinner, 7;45 p.m.

Pork chops, corn, and mashed potatoes. I tried for garlic mashed potatoes by adding garlic salt...but that didn't work out so well. Who knew it would make the potatoes sweet? Live and learn, I guess.

Dessert, 8:30 p.m.

OK, we didn't have the strawberries immediately after dinner...but we didn't wait too long either. I guess I just feel less piggy if I call it dessert rather than a snack. I split these with Jon.

Snack, 11:00 p.m.

I finished off the Harley Davidson. Yum-yum-yum.

Catching Up

I'm a bit behind in posting...I know. I was in Door County with my family last weekend, then they came to Sheboygan and stayed until Tuesday night. I was too busy entertaining (and doing my job) to bother with the blog. My Wii Fit says I got fatter during their visit, and I think you'll see why. Here it is -- the "blog dump" of everything from Sunday-Wednesday:

Sunday, October 12
Breakfast, 10:00 a.m.
NOT PICTURED: Cinnamon Roll.

Lunch, 12:30 p.m.

Chili and cheese curds from Mike's Port Pub. This is my favorite meal in the whole world, and this is my favorite place to have it. I had it with a Mountain Dew, because that's what I always have it with -- it just doesn't taste the same with a diet soda. My dad ate half of the cheese curds.

Dinner, 6:30 p.m.

We went to Faye's Pizza and ordered two pizzas, each with two different sets of toppings. I ate Canadian Bacon and mushroom.

Snack, 8:30 p.m.

Mmmm...Special K bars. My mom made them for Jon's birthday because they're his favorite.

Snack, 11:00 p.m.

Before we left Door County, my sister picked up a bunch of ice cream from the factory. This is Door County Cherry, and I ate maybe half of the pint.


Monday, October 13
Breakfast, 10:00 a.m.

Banana and peanut butter on wheat toast.

Lunch, 11:30 a.m.

Turkey sandwich, granola bar, blueberry applesauce, and Baked Lays.

Snack, 3:30 p.m.

Leftover pizza.

Snack, some time around 6:30
I was really hungry but my family wasn't ready to have dinner yet. I ate a lemon blueberry Costco muffin -- I know. That's enough calories for an entire meal. At least I wasn't hungry anymore.

Dinner, 8:30 p.m.

Three cheese chicken penne pasta.

Snack, 11:30 p.m.

My sister and I ate Skittles while we (OK, mostly she) cooked up a batch of chicken dumpling soup to have the next day.

Tuesday, October 14
For some reason, I didn't take any pictures on Tuesday. Here's the rundown.

Breakfast at a hole-in-the-wall family restaurant (in my opinion, the best kind of place to have breakfast), 10:00 a.m.: Bacon and cheese omelet, white toast, and hash browns. I ate maybe half of this because the portions were huge.

Late lunch, 3:00 p.m.: The chicken dumpling soup Ingie and I made the night before.

Dinner, 8:00 p.m.: Leftover pasta.

Snack, 10:00 p.m.: Special K Bar.



Wednesday, October 15
Breakfast, 6:45 a.m.

Peanut butter on wheat toast, and a banana.

Lunch, 11:15 a.m.
NOT PICTURED: Lunch at the college cafeteria. I had my monthly mentor meeting, and when we do that the dean's office pays for our lunch. It was actually pretty good -- grilled ham and cheese, tomato soup, wild rice, and a cookie.

Snack, 4:30 p.m.

Costco muffin. Jon buys the variety packs and then won't eat the blueberry ones...so I do. I mean, otherwise they'd just go moldy...

Dinner, 7:30 p.m.

Hamburger hot dish: it's a pound of hamburger, 2 diced potatoes, chopped carrots, a can of cream of mushroom soup, and a can of vegetable beef soup. This time, I think I used too much burger. I bought a 6 pound pack of ground beef from Costco and froze it in 6 individual packages, but I think this one was a bit heavy.

Dessert, 8:00 p.m.

Jon and I split these raspberries. We ate probably 2/3 of this clamshell -- a lot of the berries on the bottom were too mushy.

Snack, 11:30 p.m.

While watching Dog's 100th episode on DVR, I dug into some more of the DCICF ice cream. This is the best flavor in the world, Harley Davidson. (Orange ice cream -- not sherbet -- with dark chocolate chunks.) Ingie had eaten some of it when she was here, but there was still about 2/3 of the pint left, and I ate half of that.

Breakfast, 11:00 a.m.

Cinnamon roll. Yummy.

Lunch, 12:30 p.m.

We went to the Door County Ice Cream Factory for lunch, where I worked during the summer of 2005. I forgot to take a picture of my lunch, but I had a Tom Turkey sandwich -- oh, the memories. For dessert, I had a dish of Harley Davidson and Cherry Cheesecake ice cream. More memories, more deliciousness.

Snack, 4:00 p.m.

We stopped by the Door County Confectionery this afternoon and I bought some dots. They remind me of childhood -- my grandma used to buy these for my sister and me.

Dinner, 5:30 p.m.

Ingrid made chili -- it was very, very good. I'm going to get the recipe from her. She claims it's easy.

Snack, 9:30 p.m.

English Toffee from the confectionery.