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Somebody please tell them who the eff I iz

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My brother, Steven, just got his braces put BACK on.  Therefore we must only eat ice cream for the next few days.  Just saying.

I think I like my cherries with a side of ice-cream true life.

This morning I would have gotten to sleep in, however, I was rudely interrupted by a bang at the door at 6:30 by my more obnoxious brother, Matt, asking if I was sleeping.

No of course I want to come run with you even though you are injured and basicallystill  kill me every run we do together…and of course I want run over lots of bridges and hills.  Needless to say, it was still an enjoyable run but not when I had planned.

After our glorious run, he went to school and I made sweet tater pancakes.  Because its getting closer to thanksgiving and I’m just preparing.  I love al sorts of pancakes, I don’t discriminate on the time of year.  In fact, I’ll be making gingerbread soon too.

Since I can’t take my laptop everywhere when I am on the run you’ll have to deal with phone photos of me.  I know your day is not made unless you have seen at least one ridiculous photo of my face.

I had a lovely salad on the go while meeting with some people about my job.  

I haven’t posted much about my job which I have been busy prepping for all week.  I’m a manager at an inner city community pool.  We need a policeman to open, and I have had knife threats, been cornered by scary gang members and been creeped on when I turned 18 by my boss…but another story…

It’s not as scary as it sounds and I essentially now make sure the pool runs smoothly, patrons don’t try and swim naked, 14 year olds aren’t in each others pants (yes those girls have more game than I do) and well that the pool is running smoothly.  Which is does which is why I am still the manager this year.

So I have been prepping for opening the pool. 

And I hope someone caught that title reference with my current obsession.

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Questions for you:

1.      What do you eat on the go?

2.      Because I’m currently listening to trashy TV in the background, and this is  the question they just asked the audience:

Nine Months of Blogging in Pancake Photos

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If learn nothing else this school year, I think my photography skills for food blogging have come a good way since the beginning of the year. Although many of you didn’t have to put up with them until recently. God knows I’m not saying I’m a good photographer or even decent but I am 100% better then last August. Dear college tuition, you did something for me…I guess.

From the glorious Apple cinnamon pancakes I had at a diner in NYC...

To my first attempt at taking photos of pancakes back in August!

I guess I kind of progressed in September by at least naming my photos

October brought my obsession of Red Velvet Pancakes and my photography went from a 1 skill level to maybe 3

November was a good month for photo since I still actually use this photo of pancakes nomm.

December involved less pancakes because I was too busy scrapping my car everyday from ice. Poor Lorraine :(

But I did make gingerbread pancakes which I want really bad right now.

Jan was brancake time.

No notable pancakes of Feb so I focused my photography on quiches...

pumpkin pancakes are always the most photographic hands down...

Raspberry pancakes were the the theme of April, although my photography never improved.

And I'm just been in a waffle craze de May

As you can see in my nine months of blogging the only thing that is clear, is I still have some photography skills that I need to work on. A goal for the summer-perhaps. Throughout the nine months though, I still have enjoyed eating my breakfast as I have over 300 photos of pancakes and 100 of waffles collected on wordpress.
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Question for you:
1. What is your more reoccuring photo on your blog of?
2. Tips for us “awesome” photographers?

QUICHE FOR BREAKFAST?!

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Since I’m really avoiding packing my car right now I’ll do some good ole blogging.

My day started at around midnight this morning…but that is another story left for my twitter.  Really it started around 8am.  I was going to go for a run before my final-but alas I was too tired and don’t have too much else to do today besides my coaching portfolio and final.

For Breakfast today, I actually had a quiche and yogurt.  Kelsey asked if I wanted to get breakfast on campus and I thought ya know why not…I haven’t really all semester.  I suppose my body was rather confused since I normally have that for lunch but it was nom.com either way.  Veggie quiches are my favorite so I was rather pleased.

Burnt and crusty. My favorite (You think I'm joking...)

It stopped raining for a hot second so I decided to run for nine miles in the humidity which was nice.  I really need a break from the gym right now and couldn’t bare to run on the dreadmill.  When I came back from my run, all of my housemates had moved out.  So I am all by myself for the next 24 hours.  Blech.

So I made these pancakes.  Nom.com.  Sweet potato pancakes are actually my choice of pancakes before any cross country race or swim meet.  Don’t ask why because my mind couldn’t tell you…it just demands what it demands.

Sweet tater with cranberry jam.


Seriously make these now.  I actually have a hot dinner date tonight at First Crush tonight with zee bestie.  Nomtastic.

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Oh yes and this is my last Vlog for a while (unless you find them more entertaining then text)  But it is my thoughts of America’s Next Top Model Season Finale.  That way, my male blogging besties (and females who that isn’t their jive) wouldn’t have to go through an entire post of boredom.


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Question for you:

1.       Do you enjoy doing Vlogs?


Roast Beef Sandwich of Doom

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Today I woke up again with this early crap.  Don’t worry I’m making it three days in a row as my flight for back home leaves at 6:30.  YES, 6:30am.  Be jealous of my life because I know you are…

Incase you wondered, I found a nice new running route 7.75 miles near my house.  I ran it in about 1 hour and that is perfect for me.  My legs have kindly asked me to taper on down for Flower City.  It was 90% humidity at 6:30am!  Uh Northern NY does not have that.

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Day 4 of the chocolate challenge can be in the front of my blog today.  Um-I ‘m not going to lie to you guys, today I literally put my hands into the cookie jar picked one up and my brother was like uh Hollie and I was like oooh god crap and gave it to him.  I have the memory of an elephant clearly.

Which is why I had chocolate peanut flour pancakes and they hit the craving…this time.  Yes, I would normally eat cookies in the morning as well.  When is a cookie ever a bad thing?

Eek I ripped one of them but it was still nomtastic.

I’m sure there is going to be sometime in the next month where I will crave some sort of cookie and cake but today it was okay.

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Today my dad, brother, his friend, Anna and I went to Busch Gardens.  Busch Gardens is an amusement park about 30 minutes north of me.  It was voted America’s most beautiful theme park and all that jazz.  I’m actually not a big roller coaster fan but I do enjoy them now and again.  It isn’t something that I’ll be devastated if I miss if that makes sense.  I took a few pictures but not many.

bffs.

For about ten years....

Friendship Flashback: Here we are ten years ago. Uh yes that is my natural hair color and I do dye it dark.

But here is More Busch Gardens

As you know, theme park foods are never too healthy but I was able to find this huge roast beef sandwich and (scalloped?) potatoes (at least I think so). 

Roast Beef Sandwich of Doom!

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After I got home, my mom and I made some fish because if you didn’t know and wanted to win brownie parts to my heart (and it’s not breakfast time) cook me up fish + sweet potato+ corn/asparagus/artichoke/some sort of veggie.   We added some olive oil and baked the perch for about 15 minutes.  It adds such a flavor to the fish like you wouldn’t believe.

I tried to be a good food blogger and I took a picture of our set table too.  We enjoy our family dinner time.

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Question for you:

  1.       Would you rather work out when you are freezing or terrible hot?
  2.       Rollar Coasters…Yay or Nay?

GrimeGirl Time

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Apparently everyone in the blogesphere is getting a forumspring so if you want to ask me any questions you can here.  The concept is you can ask anonymous questions so if you have questions about me, please go ahead.  I had one linked up to my facebook a while back, I didn’t use it too much.  Go figure the name is still lolzthatswim.

I didn’t actually realize so many of my blogging bffs were vegetarian.  That is really cool and I’m supportive of each and everyone of you.  If anyone would like to write a guest post about what led them to the decision please feel free to email me lolzthatswim@gmail.com.

Today was not a real girl day by any means.  It was pouring rain and thunder storming and even making it across campus to class would be a journey for this girl.  I sported my favorite nike sports jacket that I got last summer for my birthday along with a long cami and forever 21 leggings.

If I smile you can’t tell I’m a lazy nonreal bum today

Ya know people holler at girls that look like this especially since it was humid so there was no point in even trying to groom my hair….

Last night around 3am it thunder stormed for the rest of the night and until about 7am.  I hate thunderstorms.  HATE THEM.  Me and the penguins cuddled all night last night hoping the storm would pass.  I really hide under my covers and have all the big pillows over my head.

Please go away thunderstorms or I'll never make it to class

If I use new dishes you will never know that I’m still eating a waffle.  This plate is courtesy of Julie and I absolutely love it.  I really want to get new plates this summer that are so cute so you can look at pictures of my food on cute plates.  (and then will forget that I’m eating the same thing.  All.The.Time)

Bad food blogger am I…


So as if my day wasn’t already pretty easy-I found this note on the door of coaching class today.

Lunch was a quiche today and spicy black bean quinoa salad.  The spicy black bean quinoa salad also had corn, tomatoes and some other random vegetables.

I’m not going to lie-my campus food is the bomb.com and has plenty of vegan/vegetarian options.  My favorite little café, Dexter’s, is where I will continue to get my quiches.

For dinner tonight, I used my expert cooking skills.  I have a confession to make-I’m not really a foodie and like recipes that take about 5 minutes to make.  I’m a busy college student and between homework and such, I like healthy food that is rather quick to make.  Tonight’s dinner was no exception, I grilled a crab cake and added garlic, sautéed some vegetables (with more garlic and onion powder) and cooked a sweet potato. I always top my sweet potatoes with cinnamon and Greek yogurt.  If you have never tried it-it’s pure bliss. I think dinner tonight took me about 10 minutes to make and 1 to eat.

Today I was able to get into the pool and get 3000 yards in which was quite lovely. My workout was as followed:
1000 swim
2X800 Pull
400 butterfly kick on back

Questions for you:
1.       Do you make food that take a while to cook or do you like speedster recipes?
2.       Do you like your campus food?  Does it have somewhat healthy choices?
3.       Do you like thunderstorms?