the last day of september

holy guacamole, where did the time go?!  just realized that today is the last day of september!  and i blogged every day of the month!  i'm actually enjoying my nightly ritual of banging something out on the computer but i might take weekends off beginning this weekend.  we'll see.

i guess today means that i can log in to fb and twitter this weekend since the september challenge is over.  surprisingly, this was a super easy challenge and i don't miss either modality of social media one bit.  who knew?  i am not planning on re-installing the apps on my iphone.  i think i can live without it.

the sun is setting earlier and the days are getting shorter.  fall is here and i would normally look forward to taking out all my holiday decorations and hanging lights on the house but the latter is definitely not happening this year :(  unless we can hang lights on our condo lanai!  hah.

time to start thinking about a halloween costume for the tiramisu!!!  and i need a challenge for october.  hmmmmmmmm....

baby fever

tonight, i held 2-day old baby brayden and instantly had baby fever.  and then he belted out a cute little newborn cry and it brought back all the memories of sleepless nights >.<  and then the baby fever was gone in a flash.  hahahah.

yesterday, i ate a tbsp of beef

top - all the korean side dishes, or "banchan"
bottom - seafood & chives pancake & stone pot bibimbap

i've been craving korean food like crazy these days.  last night, we went to korea house for dinner.  my favorite thing to eat there is 돌솥 비빔밥 or "dolsot (stone pot) bibimbap." it's like traditional bibimbap except it comes in a super hot stone pot and you mix  and cook all the ingredients, including the raw egg, so everything comes to a slight crisp and stays hot while you eat it.  it's super delish.  i normally pick out the beef but yesterday, i left it in and ate it...this is the first time i've eaten a meat product in almost seven months!  i really couldn't taste the beef because it was mixed in with all the rice and veggies but there was one big piece that ended up at the bottom of the bowl and i couldn't get myself to eat it.  not sure why.  i wasn't sure how my stomach would react to it but luckily, i didn't have to run to the bathroom all night long.  sorry, if that was tmi.  haha.

today, i went to the obgyn for my annual exam and she said it's totally okay to be a vegetarian during pregnancy so long as you eat a little bit of animal protein in the form of milk, cheese and/or eggs.  something about needing sterols.  NO, i'm NOT pregnant but i was curious as to what her recommendations would be so i asked.  for now, i'm going to continue being a vegetarian more than a pescetarian...still want to make sure my mercury levels stay low.