Today was a run of the mill kinda day in RER land…
I went to the gym for a strength workout. I ran there 1.5 miles and walked back. That took a while so I was starvin Marvin and had a banana with PB while cooking up breakfast.
The usual… (hey, is this a Christmas plate?!)
Good thing I have a big mouth!
I shared some of my lunch with Vegas. 
After work I took an afternoon stroll 
Then made dinn-ah.
A few of you asked about my apple bananas – we get them from my neighbors tree. <- They give them to us, we don’t just pick ‘em!
They are smaller, thicker and starchier than regular bananas. This means they are better to cook up!
We’re leaving for Florida tomorrow straight after work so I need to pack!
Of Possible Interest…
The New York Marathon will reunite the US Olympic Men’s Team
President Obama did an Ask Me Anything on Reddit
I’m hoping to do an Ask a Monican tomorrow. Ask me stuff too.
how did I miss a banapple entry?
The President on Reddit was so interesting and frankly, incredibly cool of him. Loved it.
We had banana trees when we lived in LA and people used to steal them.
I put a sign out that said, “Please don’t steal our bananas. Ask me and I’ll give you some.” And still—the ‘nana poachers would come in the dark of night and chop down entire limbs! So sad.
What kind of foundation do you use?!
I think I need some apple bananas from you. I’m a plantain junkie. Those cooked up look amazing.
Ok, question! I’ve been running (for exercise — maybe it’s better to call it jogging) for about five years, but am just finally running my first half-marathon next month. I’ve read some books and articles that recommend not worrying about time for your first big race, and just making the goal to finish upright, smiling, with no injuries. But I’ve run 5Ks, 4-milers and 10Ks before, and I’m generally competitive with myself, so I really like to challenge myself. But at the same time, I don’t want to end up being disappointed, since I’ve never run 13 miles before and really don’t know how fast I can go. Any thoughts on this?
*And by “thoughts on this” I mean thoughts on setting goals for first races, just for clarification 🙂
OK…how about this one…my girls have hair that appears to be just like yours…(unless you color yours that is ;-)…we can never find a good shampoo for them…either they make their hair too dry/too oily/scalp too itchy or their hair just looks nasty and kind of gummy like???
Maybe its just them and they need to do a better job washing their hair…go figure they are just 13 and 15 but any who…just thought I would ask. What do you use on your hair?
ooh I wanna try the apppple bananas too.
Those apple bananas look good! Do they taste similar to plantains? Those taste good cooked and are very starchy also.
They are similar in texture to a plantain, but taste like a banana crossed with an apple – it’s weird!
Thats pretty awesome?? I gotta try one of those. Aside from your neighbor’s yard, where can I get one of these in SoCal!?
I’m not sure since I haven’t seen them sold in CA stores. I have seen them in Hawaii though… not that it helps.
Have fun in Florida! I live near Ft. Lauderdale. It should be a bright and sunny labor day weekend. 🙂 Good thing your trip avoided the tropical storm/hurricane!
Glad we’re missing the storm!