Yesterday was such a gloomy and chilly day.  Winter came back for a visit bringing with it freezing rain.  Lovely, no? Once it started it continued like that all day long.  Into the night the freezing rain changed over to regular rain and it’s been raining since then.

Welcome to spring! Where we get a heck ton of rain here in Columbus.  Thankfully it only lasts a few weeks!

Yesterday after my run, I was looking forward to coffee the most.  In our huge Sunday mugs with plenty of creamer to go around!  We use vanilla soymilk as our creamer of choice and if we’re treating ourselves, then it’s Snowville Half and Half.  That’s for special occasions!

I decided to make my typical recovery yogurt bowl a little more fun with a crumbled up PB cookie on top! In the wee bowl was:

• 2% Fage
• Homemade Granola
• Dark Chocolate Chips
• Crumbled up homemade PB cookie

Oh heaven! So stinkin’ good especially if I was lucky enough to get a bite of cookie and chocolate! I settled down on the couch with my pre-breakfast and chilled out with some Food TV.  I watched Giada tolerate cooking with her aunt who seemed particularly full of corrections that episode.

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Hi gang! How is everyone doing? OHC has had a pretty busy weekend friends and I’m still trying to get caught up on things. Saturday was a girl’s afternoon out with a couple of twitter friends for some picture taking.  We walked downtown in an area called The Short North, chatting, taking pictures and stopping in a few shops.  We walked for hours and I’m not sure how far we walked but it was a decent amount!

I did my long run on Saturday before hand so I was feeling pretty well exercised by the time the adventure was over.

A quick run home to change and get freshened up and then it was off to Jim and Emily’s for some good food and good company.  There was wine and cheese, along with laughter to accompany Jim’s amazing bouillabaisse that he made.

I have been looking up recipes ever since so I can make some because now it’s stuck in my head.

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Sunday was cold and slightly breezy. Normally this wouldn’t be much of an issue however then that breeze causes negative wind-chill, well when things start getting tricksy.  I decided to stay home and I pulled a complete rest day, snug day, me day or whatever you want to call it.  I slept in and enjoyed the most of my comfy bed as possible.

I did some stuff around the house and then I woke up Scotty.  Since I didn’t run, I was able to jump right into making Sunday Breakfast.  Good thing too because I was hungry.  I presented Scott with two choices and he picked French Toast.

We haven’t had French Toast in what seemed like ages so I was pleased to be whipping some up.  Ezek bread dipped in a gingerbread custard for Gingerbread French Toast.

Easy to put together and more delicious to eat!

Topped with:

• Stonyfield French Vanilla Yogurt
• Homemade Cranberry Sauce

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Yesterday was full of nothing and that’s pretty much how I wanted it to be.  Last week was loonnnggg. Classes started for school and I was still trying to work my way through some of the fundamental classes that they encourage you to go through first.

There are 14 of them. Complete with additional reading, handouts, and assignments. Good lord. They also stress taking your time and doing them when you can but when it is also stressed that you do them before classes start well then you can imagine my highly overwhelmed feeling.

Thankfully a lot of these classes were focused on things I’ve already done in my personal life like reflecting on how foods make you feel, introducing new food items into rotation, and creating healthy recipes.

OHC has that down!

Saturday was glorious in that I got to sleep in and it was an extra rest day! Booyah! It was too windy out for a run and my bod was sore already from school stress and lots of weight work earlier in the week.  I also didn’t have to even get out of my jammies! Rocks was a little under the weather (he’s 10, it happens) and therefore no walkies for anyone.

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Hi gang! We haven’t had a chance to chat about life and I miss you terribly!  So let’s fix that and discuss!

Scott and I had a really busy weekend and by Sunday I was spent and ready for some me time and to lay low.  I was craving some me time and down time so much that I almost cut my run short on Sunday morning.  However the weather was nice (hey 16F IS nice compared to 8F with a negative windchill, ya know?) and I decided to take advantage of it as much as possible and busted out 8 miles for my “long” run.  I had some yogurt with homemade granola and homemade chocolate peanut butter (oh yes I did) for some post workout fuel as evidenced by that not so attractive picture.

I still had some nice “me” time in the morning where I watched some Food TV and snuggled on the couch with Rocks.  They switched out some shows and in their place showed The Best Thing I Ever Ate instead.

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Sunday was an odd day in that nothing really happened the way it was planned out to happen.  I was supposed to race Sunday morning but I woke up to pouring rain.  It had been raining since Saturday evening and I knew that it wasn’t going to stop anytime soon.  The weather was supposed to switch over to snow by early afternoon.

It was already cold outside and running in the freezing pouring rain isn’t really all that fun.

I totally bailed and went back to bed.  Running in the rain risking freezing and catching a cold was not worth it to me for just a four mile run.  Bed was a lot warmer and this decision proved to be the best one.

I was up again by 9ish and it was still pouring rain outside.  You could see that it was starting to switch over a bit to heavier freezing rain.  I did some morning yoga in my jammies and that was glorious! I know that there are so many choices but Gentle Hatha Number 1 on yogadownload.com is my favorite.  Full of calm, peace, and slow stretching which is what I enjoy with yoga.  By 9:30 it was snowing pretty hard.

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Yesterday was the perfect day to stay all bundled up inside.  Even today is the perfect day for that! It’s blustery cold and snowing.  After my workout yesterday, which was not running, but an exercise DVD, I took a lovely and looonnggg hot shower. Then it was time to refuel with some coffee and yogurt! You can bet your hiney that this week I made sure to have some granola on hand!

• 2% Fage Greek Yogurt
• Homemade granola
• Chocolate chips
• And for fun, shredded coconut (unsweetened)

Along with smooth delicious coffee!  I’m looking for holiday mugs that don’t cost a fortune, any suggestions on where to look?  I want something festive and fun!

I snuggled up on the couch with the good blanket, which is a warm fuzzy blanket that is also referred to as The Blanket of Sleeping, because the minute Rocky touches it, he falls asleep.  I did some blog work and watched it snow and blow outside.

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Yesterday was all about breaking the rules and living in the moment.  Well sort of.  Yesterday was the last day of Thanksgiving holiday vacation and I had the Sunday blues like you could not believe.

We had a great Thanksgiving!  It didn’t go quite according to the plan in my head but at the end of the day who cares?  I have nothing to complain about other than I didn’t want it to end.  I am eagerly counting down the days until we are on Christmas vacation!

Yesterday I almost didn’t run.  Almost.  I was tired, it was the last day of vacation, I wanted to spend more time with Scott, insert any excuse here.

Finally I nutted up, braved the 20F cold and headed out.  It was glorious!  I was warm and the sun was out so the temperature wasn’t all that horrible.  I compromised and did 6 miles since I did want to have some morning to myself and spend extra time with Scott.  It worked out well!

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Hi gang!  How was everyone’s weekend?  Mine was jam packed! :o

Friday night Scott and I went out to dinner because it was Restaurant Week!  We headed to a local establishment for amazing food and great conversation.  On Saturday we had errands to run, of the shopping variety.  Scott needs a new desk and I wanted to look at Christmas decorations.  What?  It is the holidays!

First we headed over to Garden Ridge, do you have one of those?  They are amazing!  It’s like an Big Lots (or Odd Lots depending on where you live) but uh, bigger and with way better stuff.  I got a lot of tree decorations from there.  I put up a bunch of trees for Christmas, but “bunch” I mean like over five.  I need more decorations for the trees and Garden Ridge had some lovely glass bulbs in some amazing colors.

Then it was off to my next favorite store, World Market!  Sadly they didn’t have the desk Scott wanted any longer but we were able to find a nice piece of furniture for our entry way that we will also be able to use as storage.  Score!  And I bought more Christmas decorations and we stocked up on wine.  Now the wine rack is full and ready for the holidays.  YaY!

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I woke up yesterday morning deciding that it was going to be my last “rest” day.  Meaning, I would take it easy to allow my bod another full day of recovery from the stomach whatever I had going on.  I woke up thinking I had slept in only to realize, “oh right time change”, and reality was that it was 6am and not 7am.

Oh well, I was ready to be up and get some stuff accomplished.  I was tired of laying around doing nothing.  In fact I kept getting headaches from laying around so much.  I was also tired of being cooped up in the house AND I was tired of not eating.

When I woke up on Sunday ready to eat, and that included chewing, I was beyond ecstatic!  Food sounded appealing, my stomach wasn’t uneasy, and the thought of having some coffee again after days without almost brought me to tears.

What?  I love morning coffee, ah’ight.

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