Hi!
Wow! It's been almost exactly two years since I last wrote in my blog!! I didn't mean to take a break, but I guess I've been pretty busy for a while!
So many fun and exciting things have happened since August 2016! Here are some updates:
- I'm pregnant! We are having a baby in December and we're sooo excited!!
- We moved to another apartment in Baltimore about a year ago and we love it
- Alex is working on finishing his dissertation and he has recently gotten to testify twice for bills about gun laws!
- I've been an extra on some more episodes of TV shows, I was in a Volkswagen commercial, and a place where I volunteer got a makeover on a TV show
- Alex has run two half marathons and is signed up for his third!
- I work at the desk at an amazing fitness studio and I get to take super fun classes there every week
- I am still working as a Standardized Patient, now at two schools in Baltimore instead of in DC which is much more convenient
- Family and friends have had engagements, marriages, new babies, big moves, new houses, and more!
- We've gone on some great trips!
- I've taken sewing classes at an adorable new (since I wrote last) fabric store and I'm working on making my first quilt right now!
- We have both read a ton of good books
Here is a random assortment of pictures from the last two years :)
I'm going to try to write more consistently like I used to about all of the fun things that are going on! I won't get caught up, of course, but I will probably write some posts about things we've already done, too.
If this is your first time reading my blog, welcome! Feel free to read older posts to see what kinds of things I like to write about and do! If you've been here before, thanks for coming back!!
Thanks for reading!
Hello!
My parents are here! Yay!!! They got here tonight with doggy Dude :) We ordered pizza from Viccino's which is right up the street and we showed them around our apt. They had only seen it on FaceTime :)
I looked online for a sugar-free dessert to make for my dad because his birthday was Friday. I found this recipe for Almond Cheesecake Bars and made my own version of it (I omitted all things almond because I had a little catastrophe when I was toasting them :) )!
Cheesecake Bars Made with Splenda
Ingredients:
Crust-
1/4 cup Splenda No Calorie Sweetener, granulated
1 1/2 cup graham cracker crumbs (this is more than the original recipe calls for but I didn't use 1/4 cup of toasted sliced almonds, finely ground)
1/3 cup of butter, melted
Filling-
12 oz cream cheese
1/2 cup Splenda No Calorie Sweetener, granulated (oops, just realized I used half that amount!)
2 eggs
1/4 cup fat free Greek yogurt
3 teaspoons vanilla extract (more than the original recipe but I didn't use any almond extract)
Directions:
1) Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
2) Spray an 8"x8" cookie pan with non-stick cooking spray.
3) Mix crust ingredients together in a bowl. Mix well. Press into prepared pan. Bake 10-12 minutes or until firm.
4) Mix cream cheese and Splenda together until smooth. Add eggs, one at a time, scraping the sides of the bowl, and mixing well after each addition. Add Greek yogurt and vanilla extract. Mix well. Pour over prepared crust.
5) Bake in preheated oven for about 40 minutes, or until firm.
I let them cool for a little bit and then cut them into 20 suqares. We had them for dessert and they turned out really good! Sorry I didn't take many pics!
Everyone is going to bed now! Alex has class most of the day tomorrow. I'm not sure what my parents and I will do during the day but I want to show them all around Baltimore! Then we'll do fun stuff when Alex gets home, too!
Thanks for reading!
