March 2011
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Pollen, Pollen Go Away
It was another beautiful Spring day in Atlanta. Spring is my favorite season so I’m pretty much one happy camper right now…except for my allergies!
I have lived in Atlanta my entire life and never once have I suffered from allergies. Cars are beginning to change colors due to the yellowy green layer of pollen coating them. And I’m beginning to sneeze and blow my nose like crazy. Not fun....
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Farm Mobile & Frittata
One thing I love about the time change is how late the sun sets. It’s as if I have more time to do things once I get home from work. Tonight we took Moose for a little walk with a fun destination in mind. The Farm Mobile!
The Farm Mobile is basically like a CSA, selling organic locally grown produce, free-range eggs, cheese and sustainable meats to name a few. Instead of having customers...
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Two Pizza Night
It was a two pizza kind of night. We have lots of good toppings in the house and we were craving multiple flavors.
The pizza on the left was our wild one. We topped it with barbecue sauce, red onion, pineapple, a little mozzarella, and feta.
The second, more traditional pizza consisted of marinara sauce, onion, green bell pepper, garlic and mozzarella cheese.
We popped both suckers in the...
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Clare’s Visit
Clare, one of my close friends from college, came in town this weekend to visit us girls that still live here in Atlanta. Not long after her arrival on Friday evening we hit Midtown for a girls dinner out at Einstein’s.
From left to right in the below picture: Chloe, Brittany and Clare.
I ordered a vegetable plate for dinner that included mushrooms, quinoa-spinach risotto, creamed corn...
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Family Room Updates
I previously mentioned that on Thursday night Chris and I did a little house shopping. We have been wanting some sort of coffee table type thing for the middle of the rug. We also wanted a few new lamps for some extra pizazz. Basically we wanted some newness but we also didn’t want to spend too much money. So guess where we went? Target! My favorite store.
I didn’t have many good before...
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St. Patty’s?
I am going to be totally honest. I completely forgot today was St. Patrick’s Day. That is, until Chris reminded me. Luckily Chris gave me a slice of his intelligence at the last second so that I could put on a green shirt and head on my merry way to work.
My meals weren’t exciting at all today. I will start with the most holiday related meal though, lunch. The only reason it’s semi-holiday ...
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Cleaning Machines
I have been in an oatmeal mood all week long. Normally I crave a bowl of cereal in the morning but that hasn’t been the case this week. Today I had a bowl of cooked rolled oats and banana with GoLean, fresh strawberries, peanut butter AND dark chocolate peanut butter on top. Talk about decadent.
I was running a little behind this morning because I was slow to get my butt going for a run...
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Trivia & Teen Mom Tuesday
I don’t know if you have heard, but in our house, Tuesday = Teen Mom. Chris and I watch Teen Mom every week, and Chris especially looks forward to it.
Before Teen Mom tonight we skipped our usual workout and decided to go out to dinner and play trivia at Hudson Grille instead. Chris is really good at trivia but tonight didn’t happen to be our night. We still had a good time sipping beer.
And...
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No Pi For Me
Happy Pi Day! It’s 3.14 and my inner nerd/fun date lover is really enjoying it. Why do I think it’s so cool when the date is interesting? Take for example my good friend Clare, her 21st birthday was 07-07-07! Not only are three 7’s in a row lucky, but 3×7=21 which was the age she was turning! Talk about cool.
Today started with some delicious oatmeal. It basically tasted like chocolate...
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What A Weekend
Whew, it’s been a busy but fun weekend! Yesterday began with Linda and I creating our own cooking show in her kitchen. I nominated her for the chance to win a kitchen makeover and yesterday we created our applicant video.
We put on some fun, girly aprons and cooked french toast with apple compote. Here’s Linda taste testing our final creation!
And Chris our lovely videographer and...
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Half Marathon #5
I signed up for my 5th half marathon yesterday! I am running the Country Music Half Marathon in Nashville, TN on April 30th. Woohoo!
I am super excited about this one and honestly I can’t believe that I’m actually doing another race of this distance. Never in my wildest dreams did I think I’d ever run one half marathon, let alone five. I’m really pumped about it though and I’m glad I have...
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I Can Be Shy
I have been craving peanut butter as soon as I wake up for the last few days. Today’s craving was cured with peanut butter toast with a little ground flax sprinkled on top. Half a grapefruit drizzled with agave nectar. And a refreshing glass of knock-off emergen-c.
I didn’t pack a lunch today because I knew we either had free lunch Friday at the office or that I’d go out for a bite with...
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The Power of The Burrito
As Chipotle says it best, never underestimate the power of the burrito. And don’t you worry Chipotle, I never have and probably never will. Especially tonight!
Tonight I was in desperate need of a burrito and if you had been around me you would have known it (sorry, Chris!).
Chris and I usually go to the gym on Thursday nights, but tonight Chris had an idea for a workout at home. Not...
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Rustic Pizza
Tonight was doubly great. We got our weekly CSA box AND made pizza!
We got all sorts of good stuff including rainbow chard, broccoli, lettuce, oranges, a green bell pepper, potatoes, and some weird potato/root thing.
What in the world is this thing??
The rainbow chard is really pretty this week. So much so that we used a little on our pizza tonight.
Tonight we didn’t make any ole...
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Proud
I’m proud for several reasons today. First, Moose ran two whole miles with me this morning!
Normally he won’t go further than 1.3 to 1.5 miles, but today he had an extra pep in his step. Goooo Mooser!
I am slowly trying to increase his distance. Unfortunately Moose can be very stubborn so when he wants to stop, he stops. And when he wants to go home, well we go home.
Sorry, I guess he...
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Greatest, Easiest Dinner
If Chris and I could eat Chili Cornbread Casserole for dinner every night we totally would. I guess technically we could eat it every night, but then you’d think we were weird. Plus I wouldn’t really have much to write about on my blog, would I?
So although we don’t eat this casserole every single night, we love having it in our rotation. It’s not only a great treat, but it’s also so quick...
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Second Attempt
Since yesterday’s rain scared Linda and I away from running, today we made a second attempt at running the six miles on our training schedule.
Why did it have to go back to being cold though? It’s been reaching well into the mid-sixties for the past couple weeks but for our run today it decided to be really windy and in the low forties! What the?!
Other than it being a tad bit chilly, we had...
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Shopping Over Running
It’s been raining on and off all day. Linda and I had scheduled to run 6 miles this afternoon after checking the weather and seeing that things should be letting up about that time.
Before heading out, I tweeted this:
Sure enough it started raining as soon as I backed down the driveway. I continued on to our meeting point but the rain wasn’t letting up. Once we both arrived we decided...
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Knock-Off Emergen-C
You know what I’m excited about? That it’s Friday! And that Chris and I are going out for Mexican food tonight. Mmm, I can’t wait to chow down on some chips and salsa. It feels like it’s been forever since we went to La Fonda. It’s actually only been 20 days but to us, that’s forever.
First up, my day: My half marathon training schedule had me running 5 miles today. Moose and I woke up nice...
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Secret Dinner
I incorporated last night’s Sweet Potato Soup leftovers into my oats for breakfast. I made overnight oats by combining uncooked rolled oats with the soup and a little almond milk. Those sat in the fridge all night just waiting for me to chow down this morning. To really top things off, a dollop of dark chocolate peanut butter was necessary.
Since last night’s salad was so incredible I made...
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Fresh CSA Dinner
Not long after picking up today’s CSA box, I got cooking. The box was another pretty one with lots of items we used for dinner tonight.
The tomatoes are so red and pretty this week. And I got a grapefruit! I haven’t eaten one of these in probably over a year. I can’t wait to dig into it.
The lettuce was so full and pretty that I had to make salad tonight.
Lately Moore Farms and Friends...
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Purely Decadent Indulgences
After running five miles this morning (the first 1.5 with Moose) I made myself a purely decadent smoothie for breakfast.
In the mix:
1 frozen banana
1/3 cup frozen berries
1/2 cup coconut milk
1 tbsp chocolate protein powder (I used Vega Choc-a-lot shake & go smoothie)
1 tsp ground flaxseed
For lunch I packed a big bowl of homemade vegetable soup (recipe to be posted soon) and a...