I hardly ever wear makeup. I’ve never been one of those women who worries about what they wear or how they look. I am pretty sure most of my shirts have stains. When I got married I had my hair and make up done – when I first saw Tony I think he was like “is that even Biz? It looks like her sister!” He also said my face smelled like cake!
My sister was the one who always was up way before me, changing outfits several times. I literally would not get out of bed until her boyfriend honked his horn to pick us up for school. Most likely I would keep the sweats on I wore to bed, change my shirt, wash my face, brush my teeth, throw my hair back in a pony tail and I was good to go.
One day in high school though, I decided to dress up. I work this cute pencil skirt with a white top, and white high heals (all the rage in the 80s!) and curled and fixed my hair and put make up on. I walked to my boyfriends high school locker and leaned in to give him a kiss when he was like “what are you doing? What if Biz finds out?” He thought I was my sister!
Yesterday I wore makeup. Not a lot. Just some foundation to even out some, ahem, age spots, some bare minerals veil (which I love – does anyone else use bare minerals?), some mascara and some light lipstick. I didn’t think much of it until my boss walked by and said “oh, you wore makeup today – it looks nice!” I don’t know why I would care, but it was a nice compliment 😀
I bought some everything bagels over the weekend – each one is 300 calories, so I had half for breakfast and half for lunch.

I did a hard 45 minute workout on the elliptical on level 10. In this picture I was trying to show the stain on my shirt, but you can’t really see it in this picture!
When we were at the Fresh Market over the weekend, they had all their winter squashes for .99 cents a pound, which is really cheap for that store! I bought a small butternut squash, and upon putting it in the basket, I think Tony asked “what’s that for?” I assured him it was nothing I was making for dinner. 😀
Shannon made a chilled apple soup for one of her courses for the Food Buzz challenge. I am not a huge fan of chilled soups, but I wondered what would happen if I added apple to make a butternut squash soup?
Butternut Apple Soup with Goat Cheese Crumbles (printer friendly version here)
Ingredients
1 | small squash, butternut |
1 | small apple |
2 | cups chicken broth |
2 | ounces coconut milk |
4 | ounce potato, red and cooked |
1/2 | teaspoon crushed red pepper |
1 | pinch of salt |
1 | pinch of pepper |
1 | ounce goat cheese |
Directions
- Cut squash in half and remove pulp and seeds. Peel and quarter an apple. Put apple slices in half of the squash, then bake on a cookie sheet for 30 minutes at 400 degrees.
- Hint: if you don’t have a leftover potato, you could put the potato on the cookie sheet at this time as well.
- Remove from oven and let cool. Put broth, coconut milk, potato, apple, pulp from squash, red pepper flakes, salt and pepper and simmer for a few minutes.
- Using a stick blender, puree. Garnish each bowl with 1/2 ounce of goat cheese.

The verdict? I think this may be my new favorite soup! It isn’t overly sweet – the balance of the crushed red pepper and goat cheese make this more of a savory soup to me, with a hint of sweet from the squash and apple.


Later in the afternoon, my blood sugar started dropping, so I stole asked my boss for one of his kudos bars – he has a huge box of them from Costco! It was pretty good.
For dinner I decided to make grilled bbq bone-in chicken breasts. Since I knew I would have to wait for the coals to get ready, I decided to make a loaf of artisan bread – I’ve never actually gone from refrigerator to oven before. I’ve usually taken a grapefruit size ball out, let it come to room temperature and then baked it.
The only difference is that it needed to be cooked about five minutes longer – worked out perfect. And I love the smell of fresh bread 😀



While Tony had K.C. Masterpiece, I had this:

My plate, with a slice of bread and pat of butter not shown:

So I still needed to do 15 minutes of exercise to meet my 60 minute goal. I took our dog for a walk to the river. I took this first picture trying to use different settings on my camera to see if I could even take a picture in such low light.
And then took this shot – I know its just the camera trying to get as much light as possible, but isn’t it scary? It looks like a noose hanging from a tree!
- 1527 calories, 176 carbs, 116 protein, 43 fat, 13.9 fiber
- 24% of calories from fat
- 45 minutes elliptical
- 15 minute walk with the dog
Question of the Day: Can you leave the house without wearing makeup?
p.s. Hannah thanked everyone for her hair compliments on the last post 😀
I used to wear no makeup and got into recently. Don’t wear a whole lot though because I’d rather spend that extra 10 minutes in the morning sleeping.
I made butternut squash soup last week, but it wasn’t anything to write home about. I think I’ll try your recipe and see how it comes out. The coconut milk and goat cheese should add a nice creamy element to it. Thanks!
I’m not a makeup fan either. I wear it for special occasions but that’s about it. It must make a difference though because when I do wear just a little, everybody notices!
You have such will power over those bagels! They are the worst for calories and I LOVE them! Good for you for cutting them in half! Gosh your food looks so good! Can I come live with you?
In all my 48 years I don’t think I’ve ever wore more then blush and I’ve tried mascara but it always makes such a mess because I’m such an eye rubber. I have been thinking about make-up though but wouldn’t even know where to start. I suppose if I get really intersted I could ask a MaryK lady.
I loved the look of you chicken dinner. I’ve never seen your hot sauce before but the garlic sounds wonderful.
Thanks for stopping by. Take care and God Bless!!
whenever i’m not working for an audition, an event, or on set, i don’t wear makeup. that means that i’m 100% guaranteed to run into a producer or director i know.
I’m one of those ppl that can’t leave the house w/o makeup. I have horrible self esteem and I feel self conscious w/o it. I’ve been trying to be better at it, but it always seems somebody points it out when I DON’T wear it, which makes me feel more self conscious. I guess we all have our quirks we need to work on..
That soup looks SO good! I love the idea to roast the apple in the cavity. I just finished up my roasted squash soup for lunch yesterday. It was so delicious, I can’t wait to make it again.
That does look like a noose from a tree! Johnny and I have a couple spooky shots from playing around w/ the lighting on his camera. We were testing it in the hallway at my old house before I moved in w/ him and in one I was walking past, but b/c the shutter was so open it didn’t really capture all of me. So it’s this bright, blurry hallway and then this slight blur of me walking through. Looks so creepy, like I’m a ghost!
The soup looks great!
oh my gosh – that soup! I made a creamy butternut squash soup last winter and I think it might have been the best soup I’ve ever made. I REALLY want to get an immersion blender….it would make it so much easier!
That picture is VERY creepy. I’m easily creeped out by things like that. 😉
I do wear make up everyday, but I don’t spend too much time on it mainly because I have NO clue what I’m doing! Mascara, Powder foundation, eyeliner….and I’m good to go. I need some tips!
I wear make up every day, love my Bare Minerals.
Your food looks amazing. I haven’t made bread in about a year, and you make me want to mix some up! I had the best butternut squash soup the other day at Boudin Bakery and I want to make it at home so bad! Thanks for the recipe.
You are taking Halloween pictures already, Biz! 🙂
I wear makeup everywhere, but I also wear stains in my shirts (especially youghurt). I didn’t get into habit of wearing makeup until in my early twenties, though.
Congrats to Kelsey on her new hair color!
Love the twin stories. I really hope I have twins one of these days. Andy has twins in his family. Who knows? It might happen!
Great workout! Level 10 is intense!
The soup looks awesome. Plus I love the artisan bread, so pretty!
I never wear makeup. I am too lazy.
I’m with you, I never hardly ever wear makeup! I was on a ladies getaway with a few cousins and one did my makeup and the other was shocked! “I’ve never seen you in makeup before!” lol
OMG…”for dinner I decided to make artisan bread…” My family is lucky if I decide to make DINNER for dinner! You’re amazing. I’d have loved to see you with the make up. I’m the same way – never wear it, and on the rare occasions I do, I hear a lot of “You look so good!” Hmm..I guess I look like crap all the rest of the time? Actually yes, I do, but I’m not vain about my looks.
The printed recipe is waiting for me to grab it and put it in my bag before I leave work! Sounds great.
Ha – your comment made me laugh out loud Leslie! 😀 Let me know if you like the soup as much as I did!
Um, think I’ll get my eyebrows waxed before I show a make up pic! 😀