{"id":9686,"date":"2009-12-03T22:16:52","date_gmt":"2009-12-04T02:16:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/foodembrace.com\/?p=9686"},"modified":"2009-12-04T15:00:33","modified_gmt":"2009-12-04T19:00:33","slug":"december-3rd-2009-bean-envy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/2009\/12\/december-3rd-2009-bean-envy\/","title":{"rendered":"December 3rd, 2009: Bean Envy"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hi pretties!\u00a0 I ended up not having any tea last night.\u00a0 I came home and went straight to bed to read for a bit before crashing out.\u00a0 Since it was still pouring rain when we got home there was no quickie walk with Rocks, therefore there was nothing standing in the way of me and my most awesome bed.\u00a0 Hooray!<\/p>\n

I read for a good bit because my book is totally addicting.\u00a0 It’s called, Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen<\/a> and I have a love-hate relationship with it right now.\u00a0 I love it because I think it’s well written and makes me want to keep reading it.\u00a0 Creating that desire to stay up past my bedtime and allowing the book to totally consume me.\u00a0 I love when that happens with books!\u00a0 I hate the book because it discusses circus life in the 1930s and animals were not treated with kindness or love in any way at all.\u00a0 Animal cruelty is a huge issue with me, I can’t stand it.\u00a0 It literally makes me sick to my stomach.\u00a0 Even reading about things disturbs me on a level that I don’t care for.\u00a0 While I realize the book itself is fiction, it is based on how the circus really was during that time.\u00a0 There are times when some of the passages are a bit hard to read.\u00a0 Have you read the book?<\/p>\n

I decided to hit the hay around 10:30 because I knew that I had a big day ahead of me.\u00a0 Thursdays are jam packed with workouts, housework, and blogwork.<\/p>\n

First up, workout Part I!\u00a0 I got in 5 miles this morning and I’m content with that.\u00a0 Not totally happy, but content. :p\u00a0 I wanted to do 6 but when I started it was sprinkling just a bit.\u00a0 I decided that I would just run as much as I could before it started to full-on rain.\u00a0 I was just wrapping up mile 5 when it started sprinkling a bit heavier.\u00a0 I didn’t want to get caught in winter rain halfway through mile 6, so I packed it up and went home.\u00a0 Five miles is still a good run!<\/p>\n

\"Chocolate<\/p>\n

Stretch, shower, and then a glorious bowl of blueberry oatbran.\u00a0 I upped the amount of that today and filled the bowl to the tippy-top.<\/p>\n

\"Coffee<\/p>\n

If you follow me on twitter then you know\u00a0 my second cup of coffee this morning was another peppermint mocha.\u00a0 Mmmm mmmm!<\/p>\n

After breakfast, I cursed the Nike website for about 10 minutes and then I got up to clean the house.\u00a0 Nike doesn’t work on my Linux machine; the website only works on my Apple.\u00a0 My Apple runs like molasses and using it to shop is painful.\u00a0 I was a bit frustrated at it this morning.\u00a0 And also maybe because they are our of my favorite winter running pants and I wanted another pair.\u00a0 Stupid Nike!<\/p>\n

While I don’t normally clean the house on Thursday, I decided to get that out of the way so I have nothing to do tomorrow, chore-wise, and can relax and get caught up on some other things that need attention.<\/p>\n

Once the house was clean it was time for some lunch.\u00a0 Yippee!<\/p>\n

\"Salad<\/a><\/p>\n

Yup!\u00a0 No feta today since I’m having cheese later with dinner.\u00a0 Cranberries and raisins though!\u00a0 And also a bit of shredded zucchini.<\/p>\n

\"Smoothie<\/a><\/p>\n

Smoothie:<\/p>\n