![\"\"](\"http:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/OHC-01-30-10_dinner-300x225.jpg\" "\\"Sweet")
<\/p>\nHey gang! Sorry for no post yesterday but if we weren’t running around buying space heaters then we were under the blankets trying to stay warm.<\/p>\n
Saturday’s dinner ended up being chili from the freezer.<\/p>\n
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The last of the pumpkin squash chili! Sadface. Multigrain bread and butta on the side.<\/p>\n
Sunday, January 31st:<\/strong><\/p>\n I got up early in the morning and headed out for my long run.\u00a0 I was dying to run because I hadn’t been out since Wednesday, this makes me cranky.\u00a0 The difference with yesterday is that Scott was up with me!\u00a0 He’s never up that early on a Sunday so it was a bit unusual around here in the morning.\u00a0 Rocky was confused and thought Scott was cramping his style. “This is me and mama time DAD!”\u00a0 :p\u00a0 It was cold yesterday but I was going to get my shiz done!\u00a0 Because there was no wind I was able to bust out 8 miles in 11degrees, not too shabby.<\/p>\n It had been weeks since I’ve run eight miles and I’m happy to say it was not a struggle.\u00a0 Hooray!\u00a0 I was able to crank that out no problem.\u00a0 I also discovered something about my hands and their coldness.\u00a0 Because it’s cold out, when I first start a run my bod’s main concern is keeping my core warm (which is standard operating procedure anyway) so my hands get major cold.\u00a0 During my first mile yesterday my hands were so cold they stung and just plain hurt.\u00a0 Once my body was warm though and it realized we were doing fine, then the blood flow back to my hands started again and they were fine for the next 7 miles.\u00a0 So I just have to keep in mind to make it through that first mile and I should be peachy.<\/p>\n After a ridiculous shower experience (nice warm shower, frozen over bathroom = not fun) I made a bowl of oats for myself.\u00a0 We were expecting LG<\/a> and her man yesterday morning so her man could check out the furnace.\u00a0 Since I didn’t know how long they would be staying, I wanted something that would last me a while.<\/p>\n Unfortunately he couldn’t fix the furnace so Scott and I headed out to get more space heaters.\u00a0 I was only going to send Scott but then realized that our car and the store were warmer than my house, so I went too!\u00a0 We got some wine and more Rogue beer along with the space heaters.\u00a0 Necessities, you know how it is.<\/p>\n By the time we got home and I made “Sunday Breakfast” it actually turned into Sunday Dinner.\u00a0 Breakfast for Dinner! Lauren<\/a> would be so proud. I made a big honkin’ feast too.<\/p>\n Scrambled eggs with green peppers and onions, roasted potatoes, Ezek muffin, and chicken breakfast sausage!\u00a0 After eating, we got snug on the couch with lots of blankets and Rocky.\u00a0 We watched a hockey game and several hours later I had a snack plate.\u00a0 As much as I loved “dinner”, running 8 miles means that isn’t going to cut it and my bod needs some more food.<\/p>\n On this plate of randomness is:<\/p>\n So good!\u00a0 It was exactly what I needed, something light and delish.\u00a0 After the game we watched an old movie, I forget the name but it was a Bogey movie where he is an ex-criminal and got plastic surgery that healed in a week.\u00a0 Amazing what black market doctors can do!<\/p>\n During the movie was snackage:<\/p>\n Red wine and some almost-vegan chocolate chip cookies.\u00a0 Mmm mmm!\u00a0 Around 11:30 I crashed out and headed up to bed where the heated mattress pad was set on high and the space heater was singing a lullaby.<\/p>\n Monday, February 1st:<\/strong><\/p>\n The temp this morning in the house when I got up was 54 degrees which is only one degree lower than yesterday’s morning temp.\u00a0 Tolerable but cold enough to make the dish soap start to solidify and change colors.\u00a0 It also causes my geriatric microwave to protest about it’s aching joints and sciatic nerve.\u00a0 I’m pretty sure it’s lying about the nerve part but I don’t have proof.<\/p>\n My new routine has me lifting and doing shred on Mondays but seeing as how working out means I would then have to shower, that is put on hold for now.\u00a0 Showering is not fun.\u00a0 It is ill advised to bring space heaters into the bathroom with you.\u00a0 Did you know this?\u00a0 I bet you did.\u00a0 And since bathrooms are all cold ass tile, that means getting into and out of the shower is unpleasant.\u00a0 Unpleasant indeed.<\/p>\n I walked through the downstairs flipping on the space heaters, put on a toboggan, and my gloves and started my day.\u00a0 When Scott got up he put on the fireplace and then he called to have someone come out to look at the furnace.<\/p>\n I sat at my desk with multiple cups of coffee, the space heater, and an electric blanket.\u00a0 Only breaking free to switch out the loads of laundry.<\/p>\n Interestingly enough Scott and I are pros at the no-heat thing.\u00a0 But having experience doesn’t mean the situation sucks any less, mind you.<\/p>\n When we lived in North Carolina a few years back, we bought a house.\u00a0 And our first winter in that house we got hit with a huge ice storm (I will refrain from ranting on now NC refuses to believe they actually experience “winter”).\u00a0 In fact most of the entire state got hit with this ice storm and leaving it paralyzed because no one had any power.\u00a0 Power trucks were brought in from several neighboring states to help out and get power back to people.\u00a0 No power means no heat.\u00a0 All we had was a wood-burning fireplace with no wood.\u00a0 We did have some duralogs and those were the only things that kept us warm along with several blankets, jackets, gloves and so forth.<\/p>\n Our water was part of a community well, with no power there was no way for us to draw water from it.\u00a0 That meant we had no water.\u00a0 Couldn’t flush the toilets, couldn’t get water to drink.\u00a0 It was cold and us and our two animals spent most of our time either reading or sleeping.\u00a0 The only upside was that since it was cold, we didn’t lose any food because everything stayed cold.\u00a0 We were without power and heat for five days. Yes, five days.\u00a0 We cooked on the grill outside and also heated things up over the duralog.<\/p>\n Scott said that someday we would laugh about that situation and I’m still waiting for that day to arrive.<\/p>\n Then a few years ago for Scott’s 30th b-day, I surprised him with a trip to a cabin in the middle of nowhere.\u00a0 Ohio just happened to get hit with a really bad storm the day we left for the cabin.\u00a0 The cabin was nice but poorly constructed with a very poor heater.\u00a0 It was dang cold! With frost forming on the window sills inside the cabin you know it was cold.\u00a0 We sucked it up and had a nice time but it was flipping cold.\u00a0 Thank goodness we had the forethought to bring extra blankets and electric blankets!<\/p>\n So yeah, we can handle the no heat thing but that doesn’t mean we want to.<\/p>\n It also makes me wonder why people do this willingly to themselves.\u00a0 You know those people who refuse no matter how cold it gets to turn the thermostat up?\u00a0 I don’t understand being cold by choice in your own housewhen you can afford heat.<\/p>\n Despite being cold, I still made us smoothies for lunch:<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"http:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/OHC-01-31-10_brunch-300x225.jpg\" "\\"Scrambled")
<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"http:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/OHC-01-31-10_dinner-300x225.jpg\" "\\"Veggies,")
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![\"\"](\"http:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/OHC-01-31-10_wine-300x225.jpg\" "\\"Red")
<\/a>![\"\"](\"http:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/OHC-01-31-10_cookies-300x225.jpg\" "\\"Chocolate")
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![\"\"](\"http:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/OHC-02-01-10_smoothie-300x225.jpg\" "\\"Smoothie")
<\/a>1C Carrot juice<\/li>\n![\"\"](\"http:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/OHC-02-01-10_soup-300x225.jpg\" "\\"Lentil")
I also had some Amy’s veggie lentil soup on the side to help keep me warm and toasty.\u00a0 I didn’t eat all of that though because I was too busy inhaling my smoothie and salad.<\/p>\n