March 2010

I am training for the Echelon Gran Fondo Century bike race, which raises money for the Livestrong Lance Armstrong Foundation, as well as local cancer research programs and hospitals.  I’m running a series of awesome raffles on the blog in hopes of raising more than $3,000 for these charities.   This raffle is for twenty of [...]

I am totally out of groceries.  I am plans to make waffles this morning, but I’m out of waffle mix (and flour).  One thing I had all the ingredients for was Overnight Oats – but it was too late to make them… right? Discovery:  Overnight oats do not, in fact, have to be prepped the [...]

Evening :) Did you have a productive day?  I certainly did!  I finally wrapped up an article, got some invoicing done, and prepared for an upcoming Operation Beautiful presentation that I’m doing at University of Florida on Wednesday.   My mid-afternoon snack was a Green Monster (1 cup rice milk, 1/2 a banana, 2 cups [...]

Did you miss the recap of Sunday’s triathlon? If so, you should definitely check it out HERE ! And here’s the video!   Lunch was easy – I just mixed a bunch of leftover together and TA-DA!  Out of the oven popped an incredible mini casserole. I love mini casseroles because we can never polish [...]

Did you miss the recap of Sunday’s triathlon?  If so, you should definitely check it out HERE – it’s a good read! :)   Last night, I made this video recap, which includes footage of my Husband being awesome and my epic bike crash.  As you can see, I crashed because I turned too quickly [...]

I am so sore from the Olympic Triathlon!  :)  But in a good way.  I spent all afternoon watching TV and preparing a triathlon recap video – I’ll post it tomorrow.  It includes fun footage of my bike crash!   Speaking of my bike crash, it’s time for me to buy a new helmet!  Helmets [...]

Today was an incredible experience.  Although I didn’t fully conquer my fear of the open water swim (explanation below), I did face my fear and didn’t quit – and to me, that’s all that matters! As I explained earlier, this triathlon was very special to me because two years ago, I had a panic attack [...]

If you’re reading this post, I’m busy racing in my first Olympic Triathlon (that’s a 1.5K swim, 40K bike, and a 5.6 mile run).  Hopefully, I am winning my age division.  :)   I have no doubt this race will be physically challenging.  But I know that it will be a test of my mental [...]

It was a sunny, relaxing day – exactly what I needed before my big Olympic Triathlon!   We took Maggie and James to the dog park this morning. And we played a little soccer.  :) When we got home, I chugged a Green Monster.  It was the usual mix of 1 cup almond milk, 2 [...]

I usually make my oatmeal sweet, using banana or canned pumpkin as the base.   But sometimes it’s fun to go savory! When making savory oats, I often cook in cottage cheese or Cheddar cheese, but today I tried making a less cheesy-base by cooking in steamed spinach and smashed kidney beans. And topping my [...]

Friday Night is Bowling Night! The Husband, Harry, my sister-in-law Sophie, and I went bowling tonight.  It was fun but I stopped after two rounds because it was irritating my neck. (They don’t even look related, do they?)   I drank 1/2 a beer and then decided that dehydrating myself with alcohol 36 hours before [...]

Why I am always running late?!   I had to inhale this delicious lunch because I’m totally going to be late.  I’m picking up Megan and we’re going on an Girlfriend Getaway date.  Super excited! I made a whole wheat English muffin sammie with hummus and jarred artichokes.  I love how artichokes mimic the texture [...]

Getting out of bed is totally worth a breakfast like this: I had a Grilled Banana Sandwich – the recipe is here.  If you haven’t made this lovely guy (or a Grilled Strawberry Sandwich version), you aren’t truly living.  Maybe a vegan could try it with Angela’s French Toast recipe and tell me if it [...]