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<\/p>\nOn the first day of vacation, my true love slept till noon and I ran five cold miles.<\/p>\n
Five cold miles.<\/p>\n
I wanted to run a bit longer but during my run, my right hamstring started bothering me.\u00a0 Stupid hamstring!\u00a0 It started getting tight on me and achy, so I cut the run short at five miles.\u00a0 I didn’t let that bother me nor did I even give the hamstring another thought.<\/p>\n
I showered and then had a loverly bowl of oats.<\/p>\n
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Regular oats and some glorious coffee.\u00a0 Why does coffee always taste better when you’re on vacation?\u00a0 I made the usual batch forgetting for a second that Scott wouldn’t wake up till lunch time.\u00a0 Unfortunately I had to toss the leftovers, boo.\u00a0 It was just a small amount so not worth saving really.<\/p>\n
I got stuff done around the house including getting Rocky out for his walk and then I made us some lunchie.<\/p>\n
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Salad:<\/p>\n
Balsamic\/honey\/olive oil<\/p>\n
The thing I love about putting goat cheese on a salad is that it mixes with the liquid of the dressing and thins out becoming totally creamy and coating all the fixin’s.<\/p>\n
Smoothie:<\/p>\n
Lunch was fantastic!<\/p>\n
After lunch it was off to TehKu<\/a> to meet Lawgirl<\/a> to chat and catch-up before we both embark on the craziness of the holiday.\u00a0 She brought me some books to check out and also a little giftie!\u00a0 I got some Maca powder!\u00a0 Wooo!\u00a0 I gave her some homemade goodies.\u00a0 Only food bloggers would give each other healthy eats. :p<\/p>\n I had some tea and a chocolate chip scone while at TehKu.\u00a0 The tea was called creamy caramel and it was awesome!\u00a0 I had another mug of it too!<\/p>\n LG had the Cha-Cha chicken sandwich which also came with a side of a little salad.<\/p>\n Local chicken and local ingredients, love it!<\/p>\n We chatted for a while and then I stayed a bit longer so I could chat with Inggrie (owner of Tehku).\u00a0 Scott picked me up around 5ish and we headed over to Whole Foods.<\/p>\n Crazy!<\/p>\n I desperately wanted to pick up some manchego cheese.\u00a0 I wanted it for one of the special dishes I plan on making for dinner one night while we’re on vacation.\u00a0 Because of this, we braved the store.\u00a0 It seemed like it was jam packed with people who have never been to Whole Foods before. :o<\/p>\n By the time we got home and got groceries put away I was starving.\u00a0 STARVING!\u00a0 I had no desire to take 45 minutes out to make something new.<\/p>\n Freezer Saver to the rescue!<\/p>\n The only thing I made fresh was roasting some asparagus.\u00a0 I pulled some crabcakes out of the freezer and heated those up.<\/p>\n Along with some butternut squash soup, also from the freezer.<\/p>\n This is why it is a good idea to make a huge batch of stuff!\u00a0 Because you will always have a homemade meal ready to go when you are tired\/lazy\/sick\/time-crunched.<\/p>\n After dinner we plopped it on the couch and watched the Pens game.\u00a0 They played the Ottawa Senators and so help me if I have to hear about that Senator dating\/proposing\/now-engaged-to Carrie Underwood one more flipping time I’m gonna lose my toque.<\/p>\n See what I did there my Northern friends?\u00a0 I am so cultured and clever.<\/p>\n Then it was time for some specialness!\u00a0 I mean this literally, not as an innuendo.\u00a0 I understand your confusion though.<\/p>\n We opened up some sparkling wine to celebrate the first day of vacation!\u00a0 Wooo!<\/p>\n Yellow Tail sparkling wine is so good!\u00a0 And not expensive at all, so if you like bubbly pick some up. Some PB<\/abbr> cookies also made their way into my bellah.<\/p>\n It’s pretty safe to assume that when I have a snack (cookies, pudding, etc.) and when I say that I pulled something from the freezer, this is all homemade stuff.\u00a0 If it isn’t, I promise I’ll give you a heads up. Thursday, Christmas Eve!!<\/strong><\/p>\n Wooohooo!<\/p>\n On the second day of vacation my true love slept till 11:30 and I ran a gimpy 1 mile.<\/p>\n One gimpy mile.<\/p>\n Bah!<\/p>\n Remember my stupid hamstring? Well since I cut my run short yesterday I figured that things would be better but as soon as I started running my hamstring immediately got tight and I knew that I had to head home.\u00a0 I wouldn’t even be able to go a super shortie 2.5er.<\/p>\n I wanted to do 7 miles today or at least 6, but that was not happening at all.\u00a0 Maybe this is Universe’s way of telling me that during this vacation, perhaps I need to actually relax and not just talk about it. I came home, put my jammies back on and had a mug of coffee.\u00a0 Then I made some breakfast.<\/p>\n Yogurt mess, standard version.<\/p>\n YUM!<\/p>\n After breakfast I did as many chores around the house as I could while princess slept.\u00a0 When he got up then I could get down to business and clean this mofo up!<\/p>\n After all of that it was time for some lunch up in here!<\/p>\n Salad same as yesterday, switch out the walnuts for pecans.<\/p>\n Smoothie:<\/p>\n Some crackers on the side, Back to Nature’s version of wheat thins.<\/p>\n After I ate all that, I got up and had an orange because I was craving some fresh fruit. I did some laundry and walked Rocky.\u00a0 Basically just stuff around the house to get it in top shape for the holiday.\u00a0 Woo!<\/p>\n My mom got her package today so she should be all stocked up with some baked goodies.<\/p>\n I talked with Scott about Christmas Eve dinner beforehand and he insisted that we still have pizza since it is a Thursday.\u00a0 Pizza it was!<\/p>\n But it’s Christmas Pizza!\u00a0 Everything on it is either red or green. My side:<\/strong><\/p>\n Scott’s side:<\/strong><\/p>\n YUM!\u00a0 I didn’t have any green peppers or I would have added some of that too. :p<\/p>\n How much do we love Pizza Thursday?!\u00a0 YaY!!\u00a0 I ate those three and then had another very wee piece.<\/p>\n Now I’m going to hit the couch with some red wine and chocolate.\u00a0 Oooo!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" On the first day of vacation, my true love slept till noon and I ran five cold miles. Five cold miles. 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