Good morning!
I’m back in Chapel Hill feeling refreshed after my nice relaxing weekend in Pittsburgh. It was SO worth it to spend all last week busting my butt so I could take the weekend off from homework! Only 1.5 weeks until I’m done with my first YEAR of grad school. Bring it, finals!
I hope you all had a nice (Easter, if you celebrate it) weekend! We had quite the brunch feast at Matt’s parent’s house yesterday. To rev up our hunger, Matt and I went on a nice 5.5 mile run around his hilly neighborhood beforehand!
We took a break at the midway point to admire this huge field of beautiful daffodils 🙂
Aren’t they pretty? It was cool and a little rainy yesterday in Pittsburgh so they had pretty raindrops all over them 🙂
Heh. Photos courtesy of Matt’s Droid phone 🙂
It was a great run and we returned home ready to EAT!
Hello, beautiful:
Mmmmm. Matt’s dad has done culinary training courses and is really into cooking and food presentation. Case in point — this beautiful grilled pineapple! (And our Thanksgiving feast — remember that?!)
On the menu for brunch yesterday was: Roasted Vegetable Quiche with Aged Gouda:
Delicious. He roasted the vegetables first before adding them in so they were nice and soft! And dare I say I’m starting to like caramelized onions?!
Broiled Tomatoes stuffed with spinach, swiss chard, and bacon, topped with shaved parmesan cheese:
Major yum. I loved all the spinach and swiss chard stuffed inside!
French Toast Casserole with real maple syrup:
This was to DIE for. It tasted like a combination of a Cinnabon and French toast! Ahhhh
And finally, Brown Sugar and Peppercorn Crusted Bacon:
Peppercorn makes everything (savory) more delicious, I’ve decided. Must recreate this!
I forgot to get a photo of my plate because I was too busy digging in, but I enjoyed some of everything 🙂 After a bit of relaxation, we came back for the grand finale dessert — super Dark Chocolate Covered Strawberries!
Whew. What a delicious way to end the weekend! I’m bummed the weekend went by so quickly — we had such a nice time biking, running, and, of course, eating! 🙂 Matt sent me a few more photos that he got on his phone from our bike ride on Saturday, so I thought I would share: 
Yay 🙂 We went to REI on Friday and I found that green biking shirt on clearance! I was excited to try it out — I don’t own any other biking shirts. They have these fun little pockets in the back so you can carry things like fuel and cameras:
Anyway! I flew back to Chapel Hill last night and fell right into bed so I could get up early this morning and swim before my busy day. Matt was sweet enough to pack me a sandwich for dinner on the plane. He makes the best sandwiches 🙂
Time to get back to business! We have two papers due and a presentation to give today. I’m rocking some major goggle and swim cap lines at the moment — here’s hoping they are gone by my presentation this afternoon 😉
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Stonyfield Giveaway Winner
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Have a good one, friends!