I'm making this for book club tomorrow night.
Here's a video of W with her "BFF" who has quite the internet following.
Day to day, not much going on.
I'm taking a spin class, which is TOTALLY kicking my hiney. Oy.
We go every day to the facility to see GM, and R has become quite the belle of the place. I appreciate that R can take it all in stride.
When I decided not to blog about the kids here as much, it kind of took away anything for me to talk about. Ha! So food and exercise and housewifery it is.
Wednesday, April 4, 2012
Friday, March 23, 2012
Pesto
So I made a pesto the other day...
if by pesto, I mean throw a bunch of stuff in the blender and hope for the best...
so I had some curly kale...threw that in.
had some curly parsley...threw than in.
had a small amount of basil (but enough)...threw that in.
no pine nuts, but there were some walnuts in the freezer...why not! threw that in.
garlic, salt, olive oil, parmesan
it actually turned out pretty good. we've had it a few times now on pasta - i think for the last bit of it, i'm going to make some pizza dough and put it on that.
yum!
(but don't tell Steve or the kids) ;)
Tuesday, March 20, 2012
Catching Up
Realized it's been almost a month since I posted here...but the main things going on are things I don't blog about here, so I'm not left with much else to say :)
Um...the girls had a trophy festival for violin, and did great jobs.
W won a scholarship for Suzuki camp (yay!)
Spring break was fun and relaxing.
I made a flourless chocolate hazlenut cake, topped with whipped cream and hazlenut pralines (book club)
Then I made a strawberry orange shortcake tart (book club)
And...that's it. :)
Friday, February 24, 2012
A Day in the Life...
the 12 yr old working at McDonald's (b/c all people younger than me get classified as 12 now) pointed out that I seemed like I was in a bad mood (which I wasn't) - but if I was, I know I'd want to confide in that kid and/or have my bad mood pointed out to me....(grrr) I threw out a "I'm really hungry" kind of comment...b/c saying "oh, I often come across as unfriendly, but I'm really great when you get to know me" just seemed to personal for ordering happy meals...
Monday, February 20, 2012
Tuesday, February 7, 2012
Follow Up
Today, in spite of myself, I did 7 miles in 33 minutes (so I feel that's a slightly faster pace than yesterday) at level 8.
Oh yeah.
Of course, I don't have exercise plans until next Monday. haha. I may try to do an exercise tape or something in the meantime.
Oh yeah.
Of course, I don't have exercise plans until next Monday. haha. I may try to do an exercise tape or something in the meantime.
Monday, February 6, 2012
Exercise Blehxercise
I have two mornings a week when I really don't have an excuse not to exercise.
Yay. How fun.
As I've mentioned before, I really enjoy the couch to 5k running program, but every time I've tried, I end up hurting the same foot in different ways. Oh well.
I've also tried both the recumbent bike and the elliptical machine...I found the calorie burn to basically be the same, but more foot issues (and also feeling dizzy issues) on the elliptical...
So basically I've settled on the old lady recumbent bike as my vehicle of torture.
Last week, I set the timer on it for 40 minutes...I reached my 5 miles (at level 6) previously, so last week, once I reached 5 miles (at level 7), I kept going until time was up. I made it to 8 miles! Holy moly! I read for some of that, but then finally put the book down, listened to my music, and just pushed through. That's a first for me... When I got home, I mowed the yard. Super woman!
Today I was prepared. I imported a bunch of CD's, thinking how holy it would be to listen to worship music and think on God during my exercise time...I set the timer for 60 minutes (!!!). I pedaled at level 7.
Whew.
I find I'm bothered if I don't pedal in time to the music...it definitely sets the pace for me. I learned today that the tempo of the bluegrass I had was TOO fast...but it was still fun. I actually found some of the Vineyard Hungry CD to be just right - even tho' the song itself was a "slow" one, the actual beat to it was not so much...perfect pace. But really I just love exercising to Mumford and Sons... I did read for about the first 25 minutes, but the rest was me with my eyes closed...I'm sure I looked crazy to all the old people in there with me :) Haha.
My final total? 1 hour at level 7 and TWELVE miles.
I feel like a rock star...in the sense that I'm worn out and can't move...only not from drug or alcohol abuse...just recumbent bike abuse. haha. (ok. that was a thin joke...oh well...i'm tired)
Tomorrow is my other "day to exercise b/c i've got nothing better to do during that time" so we'll see. I'm not going to try to repeat today's glory..I plan on taking it a little easier..but I also plan to see what I can do :)
Yay. How fun.
As I've mentioned before, I really enjoy the couch to 5k running program, but every time I've tried, I end up hurting the same foot in different ways. Oh well.
I've also tried both the recumbent bike and the elliptical machine...I found the calorie burn to basically be the same, but more foot issues (and also feeling dizzy issues) on the elliptical...
So basically I've settled on the old lady recumbent bike as my vehicle of torture.
Last week, I set the timer on it for 40 minutes...I reached my 5 miles (at level 6) previously, so last week, once I reached 5 miles (at level 7), I kept going until time was up. I made it to 8 miles! Holy moly! I read for some of that, but then finally put the book down, listened to my music, and just pushed through. That's a first for me... When I got home, I mowed the yard. Super woman!
Today I was prepared. I imported a bunch of CD's, thinking how holy it would be to listen to worship music and think on God during my exercise time...I set the timer for 60 minutes (!!!). I pedaled at level 7.
Whew.
I find I'm bothered if I don't pedal in time to the music...it definitely sets the pace for me. I learned today that the tempo of the bluegrass I had was TOO fast...but it was still fun. I actually found some of the Vineyard Hungry CD to be just right - even tho' the song itself was a "slow" one, the actual beat to it was not so much...perfect pace. But really I just love exercising to Mumford and Sons... I did read for about the first 25 minutes, but the rest was me with my eyes closed...I'm sure I looked crazy to all the old people in there with me :) Haha.
My final total? 1 hour at level 7 and TWELVE miles.
I feel like a rock star...in the sense that I'm worn out and can't move...only not from drug or alcohol abuse...just recumbent bike abuse. haha. (ok. that was a thin joke...oh well...i'm tired)
Tomorrow is my other "day to exercise b/c i've got nothing better to do during that time" so we'll see. I'm not going to try to repeat today's glory..I plan on taking it a little easier..but I also plan to see what I can do :)
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