i made chicken & rice soup last night in my crock pot… sans the mixed veggies and adding some chopped up garlic cloves. i set it on low about 8:30 and let it go all night. and oh wow… my apartment smelled a-mah-zing! this morning. i love the smell of onions cooking anyway. i didn’t get to try any then, but just had some for lunch and it tastes just as amazing as it smells.

trying to find a good stash of crock pot recipes i can start making. i have to start cooking more… if i don’t i end up eating out and eating a lot of fast food. this does not bode well with the “lifestyle changes” i’m trying to make.

i’ve been slacking off the gym, but went back monday night. decided it’s easier for me to go in the evenings than before work… even though going before work makes me feel great. doesn’t really matter when i do it, just as long as i do it… and consistently.

also… i found this little epiphany of mine rather amusing. the other day i wanted something to drink besides water (generally all i have at home besides coffee or tea… and sometimes milk) but didn’t want to go out to the store for anything. then it dawns on me… i have a big bottle of lemon juice… water… and sugar…. i made lemonade! :p it’s silly that i got so used to making lemonade from a powered and packaged concoction that it never occurred to me that you could make it with real lemon juice…. :p

i bought some lemons last night to make some completely “fresh.”