Country Challenge!!!!

Long ago I discovered the quiz website Sporcle. It has all kinds of quizzes from geography to sports to entertainment to literature. It has alleviated much boredom and created many a competition. Last year a friend and I had a competition to see who could complete the Countries of the World quiz first. There are 195 countries. It took about two weeks but I finally won.

I just tried the quiz again for the first time since winning that competition and got only 166/195. I guess that's pretty good though for not playing in over a year.

How many countries of the world can you name? And how long will it take you to get to 195? Give it a shot and let me know how you do!!!

Thirsty Thursday?

By Shikole Struber

The hump day of my challenge was successful. I didn't buy any food yet! Not even coffee! Which has inadvertently caused me to cut down on caffeine as well. My body doesn't agree with it much though, I was in bed by 10:30pm  on Tuesday. I'm craving more coffee!

I have discovered during this challenge that meals that are all-inclusive are the best ideas ever. By that I mean meals that have a grain, meat/protein, a vegetable, and dairy. All inclusive. You need one dish and are full and satisfied after. My soup (yes I'm mentioning it again) was perfect for that. Pasta with chicken, spinach and some parmesan cheese would also work well. Rice with Chili and cheese is another great plan for such meals.

Two more days of eating in to go!