Friday evening my snack of choice was some wine and cookies!  These are brand new cookies I created and all I’m telling you about them is that they are made with beer.  Yes you read that right, beer.  In cookies.  I am awesome and so are these cookies.

I slept like crap Friday night and woke up Saturday groggy and staring at the winter craziness that was going on.  We had snow and it was coming down fast.  However our weather was greatly fluctuating between being at freezing and then above.

This means it would snow/rain/snow/rain.  Good times.  I knew right away that we weren’t going to be heading out to MT in that stuff.  I contemplated a run for very long time, so long that I got too hungry and it became too late to head outside.  I would be lying if I said I was bummed because normally I love running in the snow.  But yesterday I wanted nothing to do with it.  I fed myself instead.

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Hi guys!  I really do not mean to keep doing these double day posts but with all the prep work happening for the holiday, some days I just don’t have time to post.  Or I’m too tired to post, or so on and so on.  You all get it so I’m not worried.   I’m going to breeze right through yesterday stopping to discuss in detail the most spectacular part.

Thursday:

I thought running was a good idea but my legs did not and I only made it through 2.5 miles before having to head back home.  Oh well, a run is a run.

Breakfast was a nice honking bowl of oatbran with coffee.

Lunch was typical with the addition of some vegan nuggets.  Feta on the salad because I felt like it. ;)  I don’t remember what all was in the smoothie but I’m pretty sure it was same old same old.

Then we kicked it at conditioning class and that class was hard!  Lord!

Read more on December 17th and 18th, 2009: baking away…

Hi lovelies!  Scott and I worked hard Monday night and then I realized it was after 10pm!  Yikes! I had to get moving and hit the hay.  I did have a small glass of Riesling while working.  I sipped that thing for hours. :p

Tuesday:

I woke up and headed out for a run even though it had started sprinkling.  I decided to just wing it and get as much done as I could.  I ended up coming home at 4miles because it was chilly, windy, and rainy.  That kind of mist rain that you can’t get away from and it blankets you in wet.  Ick.

Shower and then breakfast!

I had some oatbran but a little differently, I used vanilla SO Delicious Coconut milk instead of Vanilla soymilk.  The verdict?  It was alright but I wouldn’t do that again.  The oatbran wasn’t as thick or creamy and the coconut milk actually provided a bit of a tang at the end.

Read more on December 15th and 16th, 2009: straight up food talk…

Hi gang!  Last night Scott and I kicked it with an old movie and then some Alfred Hitchcock Presents.  There was wine:

And chocolate involved.  I only ended up having some toffee and one square of sea salt dark chocolate.  I tried a new chocolate last night, a very small piece of Green & Black’s Organic 70% chocolate and immediately regretted that choice.  The chocolate tasted like basement.  Good thing I bought it on sale and didn’t shell out all 5 clams for it.  Yikes!  I crashed in bed around midnight, way too late but it happens.

I had thought briefly of running this morning but decided that I would give the muscles a rest and just continue on with Monday rest days.   I had a fabbo yogurt mess this morning.

• Red delicious
• Banilla Stoneyfield
• Homemade granola

And the most horrible cup of coffee ever.  Lordy!  It was like drinking water mixed with milk and a bit of sugar added.  I didn’t even finish it.  When I woke Scott up this morning, it was like he is so in-tune with me that he instantly knew it was bad because the first thing he said was, “How was the coffee?”  We are so connected!

Read more on December 14th, 2009: impromptu date night…

Hi guys!  Settle in because it’s a long one! :)

Saturday:

Yesterday was jam packed but yet it’s going to seem like I didn’t do much. :p  I got up early and settled into my Saturday morning routine.  I had a cup of coffee and plopped down with the laptop for a bit.  Then I got busting on some breakfast in prep for Muay Thai.

A nice bowl of oatbran and some more coffee.  I inhaled that because I was a bit hungry and then started cleaning up the kitchen.  Before we headed out the door to MT, I had a handful of raisins because I got a little munchy on the way out.

After class we headed to North Market to pick up some holiday treats from the two butchers there and also picked up Rocky’s case of goodies.  While there we headed right over to Hania’s Olde World Cuisine, a brand new Polish food stand that just opened up about a month ago.  I first heard about this new stand via Diana’s blog and knew that the minute I was back at North Market I had to visit.

Read more on December 12th and 13th, 2009: Food of my people…

Hi gang!  Remember on Thursday how I said I was going to have some seriously decadent dessert?  Well first I had some wine.

Mmmm red!  And then….

Cheesecake!  I picked up a mini pumpkin cheesecake when we were at Whole Foods.  I love cheesecake!  And seriously how often do I eat it?  Exactly so I thought it was time to indulge.  Now I’m pretty particular about my cheesecake experience.  If I’m eating cheesecake then I want it to be thick, rich, and decadent.  Totally worth the time and the calories.  I want this to be a great experience when I decide to eat some cheesecake.

This pumpkin cheesecake was a disaster.  I took two bites and was done.  Bah!  It was like eating a mousse that was placed in a mold.  Seriously it was way too fluffy creamy for a cheesecake.

I said forget it!  I’m not wasting calories on a sub-par cheesecake.

Instead I pulled out the very last chocolate zucchini muffin and also had one of those chocolate chip cookies.  Hey if I’m eating dessert it’s gotta be good!

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Hi gang!  I did have a snack last night, a large red delicious and two prunes.

I had every intention of running this morning but when I heard the wind I knew it wasn’t happening.  I walked my dog in that crazy wind yesterday and wasn’t about to run in it.  I decided to be productive around the house instead.

I actually cleaned a bit this morning before breakfast.  I know!  I live on the edge, what can I say. ;)

Super bland oatbran.  Okay not really but there’s not much going on.  No banana so I had to use a pinch of brown sugar, I also added 1TBSP of chocolate whey protein powder and a huge scoop of PB.  I cooked the oatbran too long so it was a little cement like, I couldn’t finish my bowl.  Ohs well, it happens.

After breakfast, I woke up Scott and got my hiney busting around the house cleaning it.  Now that all the Christmas decorations are up in place, I could go through and cleanup all the fallen “pine needles” and what not.  Plus I did the usual weekly cleaning routine.  Am I the only one who cleans the house weekly?  I’m talking dusting and scrubbing down the kitchen and bathrooms.  Plus vacuuming if needed.  I feel a little out of sorts if I can’t get to that stuff on a weekly basis.

Read more on December 10th, 2009: Frozen…

Hi gang!  Last night I had a nice mug of tea while Scott and I watched some hockey.  Then I read for a bit and crashed out.  I had my alarm set for 7am this morning so I could get a nice run in but at 5am when I heard it thunderstorming outside (wha the what?!) I turned off the alarm.  I figured the nasty weather had hit and I wasn’t going to be able to run.

Imagine my surprise when I woke up at 7:30am to clear skies, sunshine, and spring like weather. Oh my!  I took care of Rocky and then headed out for a decent 5 miles.  It was so warm that I was hot in my hoodie and light running pants.  Eep!  It was a bit windy but nothing like what had been predicted.

I stretched and showered and woke up my loves.  Then I made some oatbran!

Same as yesterday and this used up the last banana in the house.  Yikes!  I did some stuffs around the house while waiting for the FedEx truck who showed up at 11am with one of my new packages from Nike!  I bought a new winter jacket and a hat.  Hopefully they work out.  After that I was about to take Rocky for his walk but then it started pouring rain.

Read more on December 9th, 2009: pull it together…

Hi gang!  We were late leaving SF last night and by the time we got home I was a bit hungry.  I decided to stay up a bit late since I knew I was not going to run this morning, and we watched some hockey.

I had some tea and two slices of cinnamon raisin Ezek bread with a touch of butter and cinnamon.  YUM!  Although I have to say while it’s tasty, the cinnamon raisin Ezek bread is not my favorite.  I much prefer the other breads.

I crashed around midnight and woke up at 8:30 this morning.  I ran yesterday and afterwards my hamstrings were a bit sore.  Since I don’t normally run on Mondays, I usually take it as a rest day, I decided that I would make today a rest day.  My hams are still a bit tight and my knee is a little sore from last night’s class, so it’s a good thing I decided to chill this morning.

Read more on December 8th, 2009: crisis levels…

Hi gang!  There was a little excitement today here at the HQ and by excitement I mean almost fainting with a slight chance of vomiting.  Fun!  That however will get explained in another more in depth post.  I know you’re looking forward to it! ;)

This morning started off pretty normal.  When I took Rocky outside I saw some light fluffies on the deck and realized it was snow.  I didn’t think much of it and then it started spitting snow a little more aggressively.  Whee!  We came back inside and I started knocking out some work.  I saw more local peeps on twitter talking about snow and that got me excited.  YaY snow!

Then I looked outside and realized that it was seriously snowing, sticking to the roads and everything.  I don’t normally run on Monday mornings but I had to get me some of that action!  I quickly changed and hightailed it outside for a quick 4 mile loop.  Wheee!

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