tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31429329396657174622024-03-05T01:03:57.658-07:00Gradschool Gourmandaka What Joy Eatsjoyfulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14867726561345916771noreply@blogger.comBlogger244125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3142932939665717462.post-25295582956490165172013-11-12T12:43:00.002-07:002013-11-12T12:43:45.001-07:00if only i took pictures<div class="MsoNormal">
I haven’t posted in here for a while and today’s post will
be quite different.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This past weekend my
sister, Julie, and sister-in-law, Cristina, came to visit sans hijos, so we did
what we like to do most…eat out in peace. So get ready for a culinary tour though
my favorite New Mexico haunts.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If this
doesn’t make you want to come, I don’t know what will. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Thursday:<o:p></o:p></div>
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They flew in late Thursday night and we flew to
Frontier.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Julie and I got breakfast
burritos, Cristina got a burger.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
food here is decent but the ambiance is top notch, they really like John Wayne.
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Friday:<o:p></o:p></div>
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Baked oatmeal at the house<o:p></o:p></div>
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Lattes and Chai’s at a bike-up coffee shop, Mimmo Espresso<o:p></o:p></div>
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Truffles in Madrid with the rudest service ever.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“What types of truffles do you have?” “Oh,
you didn’t read the sign?”<o:p></o:p></div>
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Lunch in Santa Fe at “Mucho: The Gourmet Sandwich
Shoppe.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In spite of their lame spelling
of shop, Cristina had the best BLT she’s ever had, Julie’s sandwich came with
stuffing and I got the Food Network recommended Southwestern Grilled
Cheese.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Cristina and I both learned that
when they say “mound of crisp bacon” they’re not joking. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Then came teatime at the Tea House.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The tea was great and the scones with cream
and lemon curd…um I decided that if you mix them together, ignore the scone,
you can pretend it’s lemon ice cream and eat it off a spoon.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Fortunately it wasn’t an overly pretentious
teahouse. <o:p></o:p></div>
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On the way home from Santa Fe we stopped by my favorite
tortilleria, Ruby’s, in a gravel lot to pick up barbacoa. They were closed! But
I am known so they let us in and we got a pound of deliciousness to go.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>At home we ate it with tortillas and
chips…and cuties because we needed some freshness.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Dad sponsored our purchase of a german chocolate cake from
Chocolate Maven…what a way to end the day!<o:p></o:p></div>
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Saturday:<o:p></o:p></div>
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Pre-breakfast was granola and snacks we had around the house
(i.e. german chocolate cake)<o:p></o:p></div>
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Real breakfast at Julie’s favorite place to visit in
Albuquerque, Golden Crown Panaderia.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>They have these sweet potato empanadas, and these raspberry empanadas,
and these cinnamon bread things and lattes and a sunny patio in November. <o:p></o:p></div>
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For lunch we went to Flying Star Bakery and Café because
they do have lots of fresh options.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We
didn’t get any of those. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Quite a while ago Julie and I discovered that if you’re
going to dinner and ice cream you should get the ice cream first because it’s
harder to save as leftovers. We took that to heart this trip and went to Pop
Fizz, where they have these homemade choco taco things (pumpkin!) and other
delicious ice creams, before dinner at Farinas where we got chopped salad and a
pizza that was good, but somehow we overlooked the burning peppers from the
ingredient list. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Sunday:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Sunday
started off rough because Golden Crown wasn’t open before church and my back-up
bakery, limonata, was closed because of a leak.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Fortunately we still had a little time to run to Satellite café for
coffees and muffins before the meeting.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>After
church my adopted family had us over for 4 hours of eating, and saving money. <o:p></o:p></div>
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We figured by this time Golden Crown would be open to stock
up on empanadas. They were and the pizza they sold looked so good too so…cheese
pizza on blue corn crust to go, with our ½ dozen empanadas. So dinner was
pizza, guacamole and chips, cuties and sweet potatoes with raw milk (purchased
during our field trip to the farm earlier in the day) for dessert. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Monday:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Sadness…they
left.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But we were ready ahead of
schedule like at 6:20am instead of 6:30, so we got to sneak in one more latte
run to enjoy with the empanadas before the airport.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></div>
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And, since New Mexico is cheap, the whole food weekend was
only like $200.<o:p></o:p></div>
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joyfulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14867726561345916771noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3142932939665717462.post-29556959521454779752012-12-30T19:50:00.000-07:002012-12-30T19:50:04.115-07:00What Happened December? (& The Rest of the Year)Well I was only in Abq. for a few weeks and tried to not shop much during that time. I did by some root beer milk one day and ate dinner out another day, and have a note that I spent money on something another day (but I have no clue on what). I did buy a few things at Walmart using a gift card for my Christmas Party soup. Another day I bought a drink at Starbucks but I justified it by using some of the $16 I had found on the sidewalk. Once I left for break, Dec 13th, the semester was over as was tracking my spending<br />
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December Total: $16.80<br />
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Since I started tracking in January of 2012 here is my total for the 2012 school year. <br />
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drum roll....<br />
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$782.54 or $65.21/month or $15.05/week or $2.14/day<br />
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So if you are one of the people who fed me this year, thanks!joyfulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14867726561345916771noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3142932939665717462.post-78394369851669308602012-11-30T22:00:00.000-07:002012-12-13T18:33:12.348-07:00End of NovemeberI'm totally cheating and writing this two weeks after the fact, but I saved my receipts (this <i>is</i> my personal expense report.<br />
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Now I will think back on what I ate on the 29th and 30th two weeks ago. <br />
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Thursday's dinner I had a meatball sandwich (meatballs, bbq sauce and bread on its way out from thanksgiving) I was very proud of myself for coming up with that one. Friday night was family pizza night with my adopted family. Breakfast and lunch were probably remnents of thanksgiving. ($0)<br />
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But alas, I did have to go grocery shopping, in anticipation of hosting a Christmas party I figured people probably wanted more than water to drink. $24.73 on mostly tea.<br />
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Monthly Total:$79.86joyfulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14867726561345916771noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3142932939665717462.post-80590200172886339172012-11-28T21:32:00.001-07:002012-11-28T21:32:19.790-07:00day 6 of cranberry sauceBreakfast: Pancakes, using flaxseed instead of egg, and cranberry sauce (have you seen a trend). ($0)<br />
Lunch: Thanksgiving. ($0)<br />
Snack: I met some ladies from work and bought a hot chocolate, it wasn't very good. ($3)<br />
Dinner: Cheese and crackers, again, and some veggies, i did consider eating cranberry sauce with my crackers. ($0)joyfulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14867726561345916771noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3142932939665717462.post-69497379805426112562012-11-27T21:30:00.000-07:002012-11-28T17:31:24.318-07:00packed lunchBreakfast: French toast with cranberry sauce. ($0)<br />
Lunch: I worked from Starbucks (on a gift card) but packed a lunch. I made a sandwich: old bread, turkey, cranberry sauce and pumpkin cream cheese. I also had my 2nd coconut milk yogurt. ($0)<br />
Dinner: Cheese from tailgating and crackers from when my dad was here and got a stomach virus. ($0)joyfulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14867726561345916771noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3142932939665717462.post-5154563294371637182012-11-26T21:27:00.000-07:002012-11-28T17:28:56.885-07:00exhaustionBreakfast: Rice ($0)<br />
Lunch: For some reason I was really tired so took a nap for most of the afternoon instead of eating lunch. ($0)<br />
Dinner: Thanksgiving in a bowl aka stuffing, cranberry sauce and butternut squash. ($0)joyfulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14867726561345916771noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3142932939665717462.post-49476031703599908862012-11-25T21:26:00.000-07:002012-11-28T17:27:06.946-07:00ginger cookies and inner strugglesBreakfast: Oatmeal ($0)<br />
Brunch: I made cookies as a back up dessert for the day after Thanksgiving and they weren't needed so I brought them today instead. Once again everyone was amazed by the chewy ginger cookie. ($0) <br />
Lunch: Pizza with one of the families from church. ($0)<br />
Dinner: Potato bar at youth group, I volunteered to bring green onions. ($.59)<br />
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Weekly Total: $35.23<br />
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I realize this is more than all of the month of October, I am becoming more and more like my parents with an aversion to eating out.joyfulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14867726561345916771noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3142932939665717462.post-85556302529169233762012-11-24T22:00:00.000-07:002012-11-28T17:21:08.268-07:00bonus moneyBreakfast: French toast with cranberry sauce. ($0)<br />
Dinner: I went with Heather to Village Inn, it is ABQ's version of Baker's Square or something. I got a grilled cheese and paid! This blog really doesn't reflect that this money was spent out of bonus house sitting money ($22)joyfulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14867726561345916771noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3142932939665717462.post-76596761187659095612012-11-23T22:32:00.000-07:002012-11-23T22:32:00.123-07:00day afterBreakfast: Stuffing, cranberry sauce, hard boiled egg and m&m's. ($0)<br />
Lunch: Really with a breakfast like that lunch isn't really a necessity. ($0)<br />
Dinner: We had a Thanksgiving dinner at church, I brought cranberry orange relish, the easiest recipe ever (whole cranberries, whole oranges, and sugar in a food processor)! And I brought ginger cookies because there were already 10+ pies. ($0)joyfulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14867726561345916771noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3142932939665717462.post-42081819424679241712012-11-22T22:00:00.000-07:002012-11-23T11:37:30.231-07:00thanksgiving!Breakfast: My friends host a Thanksgiving breakfast. The steak and eggs were quite delicious and I made a really good pumpkin coffee cake. ($0)<br />
Dinner: I'm dog sitting again and turned down the neighbor's offer for dinner and instead ate with my roommate and her parents. Did you know that if you eat dinner with only 4 people you can make mashed potatoes with 2 potatoes. I was anticipating one of the more awkward meals of my life but it really wasn't that bad. I made stuffing. ($0)joyfulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14867726561345916771noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3142932939665717462.post-46703349469542164922012-11-21T22:00:00.000-07:002012-11-23T11:31:57.761-07:00riceBreakfast: The rest of my brown rice with cinnamon and sugar. ($0)<br />
Lunch: I met with a lady for work and she bought be a breakfast burrito, I was was willing to pull out my own wallet to pay but she writes my pay check so understands my situation. ($0)<br />
Dinner: I made white rice (from scratch!) and had it with more of those veggies and some shrimp. I then threw away the rest of my veggies. ($0)joyfulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14867726561345916771noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3142932939665717462.post-17777093819108569532012-11-20T21:02:00.001-07:002012-11-20T21:02:51.548-07:00the depths of our freezerBreakfast: Same as yesterday...scone, pumpkin cream cheese, egg sandwich. ($0)<br />
Lunch: Veggie quesadilla. ($0)<br />
Dinner: TJ's brown rice (probably been in my freezer since May), some more of those vegetables sauteed with shrimp also from the freezer not purchased by any of my current roommates. I think it created a pretty classy meal. ($0)<br />
Dessert: More of the brown rice with milk, cinnamon and sugar. ($0)joyfulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14867726561345916771noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3142932939665717462.post-73795085135562469142012-11-19T21:30:00.000-07:002012-11-20T18:56:06.247-07:00shopping for thanksgivingBreakfast: Scones and pumpkin cream cheese left over from the baby shower turned into an egg sandwich. AMAZING. ($0)<br />
Lunch: In August I brought home and froze a lot of leftover food from a taco bar, I finally got around to defrosting the veggie portion and put some of them in a quesadilla with homemade tortillas. ($0)<br />
Dinner: Ladies Bible study, I brought the veggie tray again. ($0)<br />
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And I went shopping for Thanksgiving. I was a little bothered by the amount I spent but realized I was shopping for 3 Thanksgiving events, drum roll...$12.64. I think my mom spends a little more than that. joyfulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14867726561345916771noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3142932939665717462.post-11281215080434608022012-11-18T21:30:00.000-07:002012-11-20T18:49:47.247-07:00church foodBreakfast: Scones left from yesterday. ($0)<br />
Lunch: The same family from last week invited me to lunch again after church. They made amazing lamb gyros and ratatouille ($0)<br />
Dinner: We had a toy wrapping party at church with pizza, I brought a veggie tray that I took home from the baby shower. ($0)<br />
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Weekly Total: $5.34joyfulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14867726561345916771noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3142932939665717462.post-21314781638505157042012-11-17T21:30:00.000-07:002012-11-20T18:46:55.862-07:00weekend funBreakfast: Coconut milk yogurt from TJ's and then random snacks at a meeting for school ($0)<br />
Lunch: Quesadilla ($0)<br />
Linner: Baby shower food, I brought scones -made from a mix. ($5.34)joyfulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14867726561345916771noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3142932939665717462.post-49763957642273693122012-11-16T21:30:00.000-07:002012-11-20T18:44:54.644-07:00lots of carbs followed by greaseBreakfast: The guy who promised me a breakfast burrito fell though so I went to the meeting then had to run home and grab the rest of my baked oatmeal before my next meeting. ($0)<br />
Lunch: At meeting #2 I was seated in front of a bowl of cuties and a loaf of chocolate chip bread. It was lovely. ($0)<br />
Snack: If that wasn't lunch enough I stopped by a new thrift store and they had amazing homemade cinnamon rolls for free! ($0)<br />
Dinner: Grease. It was another happy hour for the business club but at a not very good bar. My stomach did not respond well. ($0) joyfulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14867726561345916771noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3142932939665717462.post-61436708841678426512012-11-15T21:30:00.000-07:002012-11-20T18:51:07.341-07:00Night offBreakfast: Eggs on an english muffin ($0)<br />
Lunch: Leftovers from last night's dinner ($0)<br />
Dinner: Sometimes you go to TJ's and splurge! I think I bought 6 things, all on a gift card. One of those things was a garlic mushroom pizza for dinner. ($0)<br />
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On a side note we got a new fridge! I suggested to my landlord that it would be appreciated and he gave me the OK to buy one. No more frozen food in the fridge! And as a bonus, a freezer that opens! joyfulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14867726561345916771noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3142932939665717462.post-57630418732692801762012-11-14T21:40:00.000-07:002012-11-14T21:40:07.718-07:00Real meat from 9 months agoBreakfast: Baked Oatmeal ($0)<br />
Lunch: On the go with the rest of my veggies from last week's potluck. ($0)<br />
Dinner: A REAL ONE. In March I bought some hamburgers from Target's clearance section, they've been in the freezer ever since. I made one and half an acorn squash. ($0) joyfulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14867726561345916771noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3142932939665717462.post-20190636263911250732012-11-13T21:40:00.000-07:002012-11-14T21:43:04.214-07:00repurposing Breakfast: Baked oatmeal ($0)<br />
Lunch: Grilled cheese sandwich. Bread=hamburger bun. Cheese=from tailgating's cheese platter. ($0)<br />
Dinner: Ditto ($0)<br />
<br />joyfulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14867726561345916771noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3142932939665717462.post-5305808859359255752012-11-12T21:43:00.000-07:002012-11-14T21:47:11.287-07:00standardsBreakfast: Instant oatmeal ($0)<br />
Lunch: Lamb gyro at a work lunch ($0)<br />
Dinner: Soup and sandwiches at ladies Bible Study. ($0)<br />
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Side note: At class the guy who sits next to me said he went to a potluck and there were a bunch of nasty leftovers and he thought of saving them for me. I thanked him for the thought but let him know I already had 2 free meals that day. Friday morning we have a group meeting and he said he'd bring breakfast burritos. I think I'm a little pathetic. joyfulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14867726561345916771noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3142932939665717462.post-48206869232247109262012-11-11T20:40:00.001-07:002012-11-11T20:40:08.138-07:00veteran's day Breakfast: String cheese and things from the snack table at church. ($0)<br />
Lunch: Sometimes Sunday's are frustrating becasue too many people offer to feed me, people need to learn to spread the love throughout the week. Anyways I went to a different house than normal and the food was delicious...I don't know what it was but wow. ($0)<br />
Dinner: Veggies from buffet night and a quesadilla - I'm still making them fresh as I go and rolling them out with a jar of spaghetti sauce becasue I don't have a rolling pin, the cheese is leftover from tailgating yesterday - we shopped at Costco so I'll have cheese for a while. ($0)<br />
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Weekly Total: $11.56 joyfulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14867726561345916771noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3142932939665717462.post-58174297853088095572012-11-10T18:38:00.002-07:002012-11-10T18:38:37.999-07:00tailgatingBreakfast: More biscuits and gravy. ($0)<br />
Lunch: We planned a tailgating party before a UNM football game, fortunately a guy that knew how to grill showed up before it was time to eat. ($0)<br />
Dinner: The rest of my beet mac and cheese and a grapefruit. ($0)joyfulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14867726561345916771noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3142932939665717462.post-51994147909973191922012-11-09T22:00:00.000-07:002012-11-10T18:36:23.997-07:00comfort foodBreakfast: Halloween candy. ($0)<br />
Lunch: Tomato, basil soup at my boss's house. I think this is the first time I've ever eaten tomato basil soup and it was delicious. ($0)<br />
Dinner: It was a really long day so I made myself chocolate gravy to eat with canned biscuits. Nowhere near as good as my grandma's but still quite good. ($0)joyfulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14867726561345916771noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3142932939665717462.post-80808971796615450322012-11-08T22:00:00.000-07:002012-11-10T18:48:51.825-07:00buffet?Breakfast: Grapefruit, fried egg on a fresh tortilla. ($0)<br />
Lunch: Some more of that mac and cheese. ($0)<br />
Snack: I made another tortilla then found string cheese (thank you Julie!) in the crisper drawer. ($0)<br />
Dinner: The dinner theme was buffet food. I brought broccoli and carrot and celery sticks (I looked for those strange baby corn on the cob but couldn't find them). I also bought grapefruit and acorn squash for myself. ($7.61)joyfulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14867726561345916771noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3142932939665717462.post-46047531016702388652012-11-07T22:30:00.000-07:002012-11-10T18:57:09.499-07:00one of a kindBreakfast: I finished off my yogurt with Cheerios and energy bites. ($0)<br />
Lunch: I had a beet in the fridge and decided to chop it up in some mac and cheese. It was very pretty and didn't taste bad. ($0)<br />
Dinner: Quesadilla. ($0)<br />
Dessert: I decided to make cookies for Bible study and have a lot of peanut butter so I made peanut butter cookies and they were a big hit. ($0)joyfulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14867726561345916771noreply@blogger.com0