I hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas! I am thankful to have today off work, much needed after the busy holidays. For most adults, the day after Christmas is more like Christmas – the pressures of the holiday celebrations are over, no more cooking or rich eating, and hopefully a relaxing time to enjoy gifts. I’m […]
October Needs to Chill
Usually October is one of my favorite months, cooling temps, pumpkins, holidays to look forward to, turning leaves – what’s not to love? But this year we got off to a bad start between scary family health problems, urgent road trips, work stress, missing a half marathon, and blah! I will say that long runs […]
Easy , Whole Food Eats
Happy almost Friday! I’m ready for some downtime this weekend after our whirlwind trip. I still feel like I’m catching up on sleep, laundry, etc. from it and have not had much recipe experimenting time. But I did try this treat I scored at Grocery Outlet – Parsnip Chipotle Lime Cilantro Snip Chips. Crunchy with a […]
Weekend List & Getting Summer Ready
Happy Memorial Day weekend, hope everyone is having a fabulous weekend so far! It hasn’t been too productive here, I spent yesterday running necessary not fun errands like a service appointment for my car, but going to Grocery Outlet after the gym was fun and we scored on more cheap ripe bananas and snack foods. And soaked […]
New Shoes & First Seitan Attempt
After probably spending too much time researching shoes, I decided to try the Brooks Ravenna 7 as my next running shoes. I did a lot of reading, but went with these after the Brooks Shoe Finder recommended them. They are a little obnoxiously bright, but it was either these or boring grey. I broke them […]
Sushi and Life for the Weekend List
Whew, it is nice to sit down a minute! I did another half marathon this morning and it was much more hilly with the first 5 miles climbing a steep hill. I will be posting that race story soon after I go through all the pics. But first other stuff from the week! It started […]
Packing for the Weekend List
Good morning and happy Sunday! It’s been a busy, but productive weekend here so far. We spent a couple of hours sterilizing the house and catching up on chores after a busy week and poor hubby being sick. But feels great to have that under control and I have a huge load in the garage […]
Sick Cravings for the Weekend List
I’ve been dealing with this flu now in some form or another for over 7 days. After the initial 2 days of intense fever passed and the respiratory issues started, I had phases of lower grade fevers as I dealt with all the respiratory phases of this nightmare. I have been consistently tired, achy, having […]
Simple & Fun Protein Spaghetti
I had a case of the Mondays yesterday and this week so far after work stress and a Griswold Christmas tree story that I can laugh about now, but wasn’t when I was lugging a huge boxed Christmas tree out of my car and into a home improvement store last night. I’m a fan of real Christmas trees, […]
Weekend List with a High Protein Comfort Meal
It’s been a quiet weekend for us with me being on call for work and dealing with an annoying cold! Our department has been passing around what seems like a few colds over the last month and it finally hit me. Ick, it’s been awhile since I’ve gone through this much tissue and not being […]