This morning I woke up and checked my training schedule – it’s a gym day! I had to eat right away so I didn’t have any excuses to not go. I have “America’s Favorite Pumpkin” in my pantry, so there are no excuses to use another, lesser pumpkin I was wavering between PB&J toast versus ... Read More about No Excuses
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Unpleasantries
Since I ate breakfast late “lunch” was an apple… and one of those protein bars everyone was asking about. Okay, not everyone but enough people that it’s worth it to show the box. I also brought along some baby carrots for snackage during my shopping excursion. Unfortunately, the carrots ... Read More about Unpleasantries
It’s All About Balance
Ben and I stayed up pretty late last night and ended up sleeping in this morning. This meant he needed to drive into work. Since we’re a one car family, I then had to run to his work (which is only 4 miles away) to get it so I could run drive errands this afternoon. By the time I got back from my ... Read More about It’s All About Balance
Books and Batteries
Today is my little brother, Matt’s birthday! Happy Birthday Matt! This afternoon I went to Borders to get him a book for his 10th birthday I picked up an iced coffee to help slow down my afternoon snackage and give me a boost. But, when I got back to my car it wouldn’t start!!! Boo. I called ... Read More about Books and Batteries
It’s Official
It’s official! I am done with this semester. It was a lot more difficult than I thought it was going to be. It took me too long to figure out how to stay organized with everything, but I finally got the hang of it (um yeah, towards the very end). I ate breakfast while cramming I had the last ... Read More about It’s Official
Mexican 3 Layer Casserole
Welcome back to another delicious round of Mexican Meatless Monday! Today’s recipe is inspired by 5 layer dip. I’ve heard there is a 7 layer dip too, but I’ve never gotten up to that many layers in my dip making experience so I can only reference 5 off the top of my head: beans, salsa, sour ... Read More about Mexican 3 Layer Casserole
One More Day
I have one more crazy day of school stuff before I can relax celebrate Matt’s birthday and Ben’s Christmas Party (for work). But first there were cookies to frost! I volunteered to make Eggnog Cookies for Tina’s bake sale. My first batch looked kinda sad, but I figured out how to improve them ... Read More about One More Day
Things My Mom Didn’t Teach Me
1. My mom never taught me to share, so I eat the whole bag of popcorn. Well okay, maybe she did teach me, but I taught myself that if you make popcorn when no one else is around you don’t have to share. 2. My mom taught me to eat my food with utensils even though I would rather just pick up my ... Read More about Things My Mom Didn’t Teach Me
A Real Fun Run
This morning I ran a fun run! Bobbi invited me to join her and her running buddies for a replay of last week’s 15K in Loma Linda. The girls didn’t run the actual race for various reasons, but still wanted to do their own race! Bobbi and Loma Linda are about an hour away from me so I took some ... Read More about A Real Fun Run
Stealer
Lunch was a random big salad with leftovers on top… I was going to have crackers on the side, but I didn’t. Instead I was a stealer. No, not that kind of Stealer. Even though I wouldn’t mind a little two hand touch with one of these guys… (source) I stole Ben’s toast at lunch because it was ... Read More about Stealer
Saturday Walk Not Run
Today was very weird. It was the first Saturday in over six months that I was home, but didn’t go on a run. I had been training for Long Beach since we moved back to California and every Saturday morning I’d get up and out before Ben was even awake. But since I attempted a long-ish run yesterday ... Read More about Saturday Walk Not Run
PB Chocolate Chip Cookies for One (or Two)
I love chocolate chip cookies. I do. Probably more than you do. I own a book called, “He was only a chocolate chip cookie, but I loved him”. No lie. Anyways, I wanted chocolate chip cookies tonight for dessert so I threw together a batch. In order to make them on the healthy side I used Peanut ... Read More about PB Chocolate Chip Cookies for One (or Two)
It Was A Bust
My long run today was a bust I didn’t announce how far I was going because I had a bad feeling that today wasn’t the day. First though, I really think I would fit in with Dog The Bounty Hunter’s crew today. I don’t know why, but I feel like I look like a bounty hunter today. No? Yes? Maybe? And ... Read More about It Was A Bust
Fueling Up Fridays
I have a long run planned today. I had to change my schedule around to fit in a fun run on Sunday It feels so weird though. So, I’m fueling up and getting ready to head out. I bought a massive pack of these at Costco this week. I did this while training for Long Beach too – so I always ... Read More about Fueling Up Fridays
God Bless Joe
Is there really a Joe? You know, Joe behind Trader Joes? Because if there is I owe him a beer or something. I visited the Trader today. First I picked up Chicken-less Strips so I could eat meat free without feeling deprived. For dinner I made a hot salad with onions, broccoli slaw, TJ’s ... Read More about God Bless Joe
Confession Thursday : Part I Dunno
Time for me to fess up… 1. I ate lunch at 10:30am. Yeah. I don’t know what to say about that, other then I ate breakfast at 7:30am and I was hungry. I don’t want to be one of those people that eats every 3 hours because I don’t want my day to revolve around food (ironic as this is a food blog, ... Read More about Confession Thursday : Part I Dunno