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[Jess Monster]

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I love Home Goods. It's the best (home decor) store ever. I should probably be concerned that things can make me so happy, but concerns be damned. Some days a little retail therapy is better than sulking in my apartment...I have all weekend to sulk.

Also, I think I've decided that I should just do the international activities I want to do. There's a month long school sponsored study abroad in India that focuses on public health that I'm really interested in. I'm not getting into vet school this year so I should do these things while I can appropriate the loans/ apply for scholarships. It probably won't matter in the long run but it's something I like and if it fails to impress "The Powers that Be", who really cares.

 

[Jamr0ckin]

I just got accepted to my first-choice program, AND they're paying up to $500 in travel support to have me come out for a welcome weekend where I get to meet current graduate students and faculty, AND they're arranging housing and transportation for the whole weekend, AND the professor who emailed me (who is on Sabbatical) is going to try and come down for the weekend to be available, AND OMG I am sooooo excited!

Oh, and my mentor is already talking about what I might do with several acceptances and stipends and funding and...! I am SO excited to know I have some place I'm going in the fall! I'm going to be a graduate student!!! 😍 😍 😍

(Note to those who don't know - I am not a pre-vet student! 😳 )

Yay!!! So happy for you!

 

[zanydogz]

I just got accepted to my first-choice program, AND they're paying up to $500 in travel support to have me come out for a welcome weekend where I get to meet current graduate students and faculty, AND they're arranging housing and transportation for the whole weekend, AND the professor who emailed me (who is on Sabbatical) is going to try and come down for the weekend to be available, AND OMG I am sooooo excited!

Oh, and my mentor is already talking about what I might do with several acceptances and stipends and funding and...! I am SO excited to know I have some place I'm going in the fall! I'm going to be a graduate student!!! 😍 😍 😍

(Note to those who don't know - I am not a pre-vet student! 😳 )

CONGRATS Nohika!!!!! 😀 That is awesome news!!!

 

[Emiloo4]

Yay Nohika!!!!!! Congrats!!!!
Which school?? 😀

 

[nohika]

Yay Nohika!!!!!! Congrats!!!!
Which school?? 😀

University of Minnesota. 😳 Just waiting on the official letter now to figure out more details. I'm still in shock, I think. I keep checking my email every hour or so to make sure that the email is still there...

 

[PetPony]

Print it out and hang it on your wall. 🙂

 

[EngrSC]

University of Minnesota. 😳 Just waiting on the official letter now to figure out more details. I'm still in shock, I think. I keep checking my email every hour or so to make sure that the email is still there...

Congrats!! That is such exciting news and you totally deserve it!!

 

[Emiloo4]

University of Minnesota. 😳 Just waiting on the official letter now to figure out more details. I'm still in shock, I think. I keep checking my email every hour or so to make sure that the email is still there...

No FSU then huh? 🙁
Sad for me but so so happy for you! Way to be a boss hog outlaw!

 

[nohika]

No FSU then huh? 🙁
Sad for me but so so happy for you! Way to be a boss hog outlaw!

To be honest it's likely going to come down to funding and I won't know about that for a while longer (I think?). U of Minn's the best fit for my research interests and they host NCFR (which is a big conference in my area of interest) every couple years which is a plus. My Mom likes it the best because it's close to the Mall of America. 🙄

 

[wolfspeaker]

University of Minnesota. 😳 Just waiting on the official letter now to figure out more details. I'm still in shock, I think. I keep checking my email every hour or so to make sure that the email is still there...

Woohoo! Congrats Nohika! MN is a great school. 😀

 

[nohika]

When I called my Mom at work, she started chanting "Mall of America" over and over again. 🤣 I was like thanks, Mom.

 

[wolfspeaker]

When I called my Mom at work, she started chanting "Mall of America" over and over again. 🤣 I was like thanks, Mom.

It's a complete money suck. Waaaay overpriced. 🙁 But I love walking around with friends and 'window shopping'. 👍

 

[bunnity]

I just got accepted to my first-choice program, AND they're paying up to $500 in travel support to have me come out for a welcome weekend where I get to meet current graduate students and faculty, AND they're arranging housing and transportation for the whole weekend, AND the professor who emailed me (who is on Sabbatical) is going to try and come down for the weekend to be available, AND OMG I am sooooo excited!

Oh, and my mentor is already talking about what I might do with several acceptances and stipends and funding and...! I am SO excited to know I have some place I'm going in the fall! I'm going to be a graduate student!!! 😍 😍 😍

(Note to those who don't know - I am not a pre-vet student! 😳 )

Good for you!! 😀

 

[orca2011]

Little late but congrats Nohika!!!

 

[dyachei]

congrats nohika!

 

[christiansenle]

HOLY****BALLS I am sooooo ****ed up right now in several different ways so I probably should be posting this. But I loe you guys. You all are like, the greatest ever thing that has ever happen ed to pre-vet kids.


FOOD. the bed. Then no alarm!

 

[christiansenle]

HOLY****BALLS I am sooooo ****ed up right now in several different ways so I probably should be posting this. But I loe you guys. You all are like, the greatest ever thing that has ever happen ed to pre-vet kids.


FOOD. the bed. Then no alarm!

^see those asterisks up there? That's what SDN does to protect us. Probs should have checked my vulgarity meter before I started posting online.

 

[nyanko]

HOLY****BALLS I am sooooo ****ed up right now in several different ways so I probably should be posting this. But I loe you guys. You all are like, the greatest ever thing that has ever happen ed to pre-vet kids.


FOOD. the bed. Then no alarm!

i think we are going to be friends

 

[wolfspeaker]

HOLY****BALLS I am sooooo ****ed up right now in several different ways so I probably should be posting this. But I loe you guys. You all are like, the greatest ever thing that has ever happen ed to pre-vet kids.


FOOD. the bed. Then no alarm!

This post makes me happy! It made me giggle.

 

[PetPony]

Cheesecake with apple slices and crushed pecans on top at work. 😍

 

[Kpowell14]

HOLY****BALLS I am sooooo ****ed up right now in several different ways so I probably should be posting this. But I loe you guys. You all are like, the greatest ever thing that has ever happen ed to pre-vet kids.


FOOD. the bed. Then no alarm!

^^^^^ This guy/gal......... Bahaha too funny .

 

[cvanthof]

HOLY****BALLS I am sooooo ****ed up right now in several different ways so I probably should be posting this. But I loe you guys. You all are like, the greatest ever thing that has ever happen ed to pre-vet kids.


FOOD. the bed. Then no alarm!

Drunken words, sober thoughts. So much truth! Most supportive AND entertaining forum.

 

[Hotfillyky]

HOLY****BALLS I am sooooo ****ed up right now in several different ways so I probably should be posting this. But I loe you guys. You all are like, the greatest ever thing that has ever happen ed to pre-vet kids.


FOOD. the bed. Then no alarm!

This made me laugh....honey we are ALL screwed up in some way. P.S. I would rather be plain spoken than beat around the bush. If that makes me vulgar than so be it.😎

Life is too short for bull****!😀

 

[that redhead]

FOOD. the bed. Then no alarm!

🤣 I like your thinking!

 

[wildcatj]

7 week tiny poodle just learned to sit in <5 minute. Suck on that all other puppies!

 

[psilovethomas]

Slept for 11 hours last night🙂. Just put the ingredients for baked potato soup in the crock pot. Should be yummy.

 

[christiansenle]

Drunken words, sober thoughts. So much truth! Most supportive AND entertaining forum.

This made me laugh....honey we are ALL screwed up in some way. P.S. I would rather be plain spoken than beat around the bush. If that makes me vulgar than so be it.😎

Life is too short for bull****!😀

^^^^^ This guy/gal......... Bahaha too funny .

This post makes me happy! It made me giggle.

i think we are going to be friends

🤣 I like your thinking!

I'm actually really glad I posted this, because it's helping a lot with the reconstruction of what exactly happened last night...

 

[Camelidcrazy]

7 week tiny poodle just learned to sit in <5 minute. Suck on that all other puppies!

This is why I love my golden so much. Taught him to 'shake' and 'other paw' in 2 minutes. He's dumb as a box of rocks otherwise but incredibly trainable 😀

 

[cowgirla]

In the past 2 days, I have made:
2 large pots of white bean chili
quinoa and black bean stuffed peppers (4 large and 20 mini peppers)
spicy roasted chickpeas
"energy bite" no bake cookies
oatmeal breakfast cookies
guacamole
and I have more chickpeas soaking so I can make hummus.
and I'm about to make zucchini chips.
and I have some more avocados that need to be used for something.

I think I have a problem My freezer is overflowing. I may need an intervention because I can't stop looking at pinterest recipes.

 

[kakurubird]

In the past 2 days, I have made:
2 large pots of white bean chili
quinoa and black bean stuffed peppers (4 large and 20 mini peppers)
spicy roasted chickpeas
"energy bite" no bake cookies
oatmeal breakfast cookies
guacamole
and I have more chickpeas soaking so I can make hummus.
and I'm about to make zucchini chips.
and I have some more avocados that need to be used for something.

I think I have a problem My freezer is overflowing. I may need an intervention because I can't stop looking at pinterest recipes.

If I was in OK, I'd offer to help you free up some space in your freezer. Sadly for me, I'm not.

 

[Whyevernot55]

In the past 2 days, I have made:
2 large pots of white bean chili
quinoa and black bean stuffed peppers (4 large and 20 mini peppers)
spicy roasted chickpeas
"energy bite" no bake cookies
oatmeal breakfast cookies
guacamole
and I have more chickpeas soaking so I can make hummus.
and I'm about to make zucchini chips.
and I have some more avocados that need to be used for something.

I think I have a problem My freezer is overflowing. I may need an intervention because I can't stop looking at pinterest recipes.

Um, I will GLADLY help you out with that. 👍

 

[psilovethomas]

In the past 2 days, I have made:
2 large pots of white bean chili
quinoa and black bean stuffed peppers (4 large and 20 mini peppers)
spicy roasted chickpeas
"energy bite" no bake cookies
oatmeal breakfast cookies
guacamole
and I have more chickpeas soaking so I can make hummus.
and I'm about to make zucchini chips.
and I have some more avocados that need to be used for something.

I think I have a problem My freezer is overflowing. I may need an intervention because I can't stop looking at pinterest recipes.

How do you store everything in the freezer? Do you keep everything in the pots/dishes you cooked them in and put them in the freezer?

 

[that redhead]

In the past 2 days, I have made:
2 large pots of white bean chili
quinoa and black bean stuffed peppers (4 large and 20 mini peppers)
spicy roasted chickpeas
"energy bite" no bake cookies
oatmeal breakfast cookies
guacamole
and I have more chickpeas soaking so I can make hummus.
and I'm about to make zucchini chips.
and I have some more avocados that need to be used for something.

I think I have a problem My freezer is overflowing. I may need an intervention because I can't stop looking at pinterest recipes.

That all sounds so amazing. Where is the drooling smiley when you need it?!

 

[cowgirla]

How do you store everything in the freezer? Do you keep everything in the pots/dishes you cooked them in and put them in the freezer?

Freeze the chili in crock pots, when solid, pop them out and wrap well in saran wrap/freezer paper. Then back in the freezer they go. Makes it faster to reheat later on because I don't have to defrost before putting them in the crock pot. Works well for things like lasagna and all that too, and that way you don't need to own 800000 different dishes.

Guac/hummus in pyrex, Cookies and things like that just go in a bag as soon as they're cool

Stuffed peppers I froze flat on a tray and then transferred to freezer bags, keeping as much air out as I could.

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I should add, I do have a chest freezer so it's easy for me to fit lots of stuff and freeze things flat.

 

[cowgirla]

Um, I will GLADLY help you out with that. 👍

I'll trade you for oreo truffles!

 

[katryn]

Cowgirla, how do you make your zucchini chips? I have tried on multiple occasions to make veggie chips and all I come out with is squishy baked veggies. Which are yummy and all, but not chip-like.....

Rave for the week: Baby slept for 3 hours straight last night....BY HIMSELF! I don't expect it to happen again anytime soon, but I'll take what I can get.

 

[wolfspeaker]

In the past 2 days, I have made:
2 large pots of white bean chili
quinoa and black bean stuffed peppers (4 large and 20 mini peppers)
spicy roasted chickpeas
"energy bite" no bake cookies
oatmeal breakfast cookies
guacamole
and I have more chickpeas soaking so I can make hummus.
and I'm about to make zucchini chips.
and I have some more avocados that need to be used for something.

I think I have a problem My freezer is overflowing. I may need an intervention because I can't stop looking at pinterest recipes.

Extra Avacado: Puree it(add a tablespoon of lemon juice to prevent oxidizing) and freeze it. Use it to spread on sandwiches instead of mayo. 😍 (should be used within 4 months for best taste)

I put it in little tiny containers. I just grab one from the freezer, pop in fridge and next day put on sandwich.

 

[cowgirla]

Extra Avacado: Puree it(add a tablespoon of lemon juice to prevent oxidizing) and freeze it. Use it to spread on sandwiches instead of mayo. 😍 (should be used within 4 months for best taste)

I put it in little tiny containers. I just grab one from the freezer, pop in fridge and next day put on sandwich.

I've got about five cups of pur&#233;ed avocado frozen already 🙂

 

[wolfspeaker]

I've got about five cups of puréed avocado frozen already 🙂

I REALLY need to get a chest freezer in this house. I miss being able to grab a pre-made meal from the freezer and pop into the oven. That and I could finally take advantage of sales again and buy in bulk when things are on sale.

My goal next month for the house: Buy a chestfreezer!

 

[cowgirla]

Cowgirla, how do you make your zucchini chips? I have tried on multiple occasions to make veggie chips and all I come out with is squishy baked veggies. Which are yummy and all, but not chip-like.....

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I will be attempting this recipe at some point. Havent started yet, but hopefully it works. http://joandsue.blogspot.ca/2012/02/zucchini-cheese-wedges.html

I've found for plain veggie chips, the trick is to get them very thin/uniform size and keep the heat a little lower than what most recipes say. It works with sweet potatoes anyway 🙂

 

[cowgirla]

I REALLY need to get a chest freezer in this house. I miss being able to grab a pre-made meal from the freezer and pop into the oven. That and I could finally take advantage of sales again and buy in bulk when things are on sale.

My goal next month for the house: Buy a chestfreezer!

Seriously, I love it. I've actually saved a good bit of money in just the year I've had it. I buy in bulk now, esp for beef. I no longer have to waste half of something because I don't go through it as fast. I've got all sorts of fruits and veggies frozen so I can eat healthy, and random other ingredients that I use relatively often but not often enough to leave them sitting in a cabinet (specialty flours, oats, other dry goods). I've got a bunch of pre-made meals, or I have most of my common ingredients if I want to cook but don't have time to grocery shop. I just wish I gotten the bigger size freezer

 

[Lissarae06]

I need to do some major freezer cooking soon.

 

[prevetdreamer]

I need to do some major freezer cooking soon.

If we had any room in our freezer I would! I did just make some frozen breakfast sandwiches that I can pop into the microwave and eat on the way to school, super delicious! I have to stop myself from eating them for other meals because I know I will need them more in the mornings lol

 

[Hotfillyky]

In the past 2 days, I have made:
2 large pots of white bean chili
quinoa and black bean stuffed peppers (4 large and 20 mini peppers)
spicy roasted chickpeas
"energy bite" no bake cookies
oatmeal breakfast cookies
guacamole
and I have more chickpeas soaking so I can make hummus.
and I'm about to make zucchini chips.
and I have some more avocados that need to be used for something.

I think I have a problem My freezer is overflowing. I may need an intervention because I can't stop looking at pinterest recipes.

Are these low carb recipes? Sounds really yummy! 😍

 

[Kpowell14]

In the past 2 days, I have made:
2 large pots of white bean chili
quinoa and black bean stuffed peppers (4 large and 20 mini peppers)
spicy roasted chickpeas
"energy bite" no bake cookies
oatmeal breakfast cookies
guacamole
and I have more chickpeas soaking so I can make hummus.
and I'm about to make zucchini chips.
and I have some more avocados that need to be used for something.

I think I have a problem My freezer is overflowing. I may need an intervention because I can't stop looking at pinterest recipes.

Holy food cowgirl!!

Way to go! I love the idea of making premade food!

 

[Coquette22]

Hockey's back on Saturday! 😀 And I have cable this year, so I might actually get to see some of the Pens games!

 

[cowgirla]

Are these low carb recipes? Sounds really yummy! 😍

Mostly, yes (I didn't exactly follow recipes for the cookies so they might be a lttle higher carb than planned!). I'm not hard core about it, just trying to eat healthier.

Sweet potato brownies just came out of the oven. Where's my intervention?

 

[twelvetigers]

I will be attempting this recipe at some point. Havent started yet, but hopefully it works. http://joandsue.blogspot.ca/2012/02/zucchini-cheese-wedges.html

I've found for plain veggie chips, the trick is to get them very thin/uniform size and keep the heat a little lower than what most recipes say. It works with sweet potatoes anyway 🙂

You can borrow my food processor to slice them if'fn you share some. Haha.

Also, I have a 100% empty chest freezer right now - if it stays that way, we'll probably sell it... we just filled it with meat and stuff and then never ate most of it until it was all super old and I threw it out to have room for the buddy ice cream social ice cream.... 'cause I had to store it myself? Hah. Now it's empty.

 

[Coquette22]

Sweet potato brownies just came out of the oven.

I need to try making these.

 

[orca2011]

Mostly, yes (I didn't exactly follow recipes for the cookies so they might be a lttle higher carb than planned!). I'm not hard core about it, just trying to eat healthier.

Sweet potato brownies just came out of the oven. Where's my intervention?

Ummm, recipe please? I love sweet potatoes.