Posted by Carrie on 21 Feb 2010 | Tagged as: Completely random, Fitness and Health, Food and drink
I took an “unscheduled” rest day from running (”unscheduled” because I haven’t started my formal training plan for Devil’s Lake yet); I’ve been very slowly amping up the mileage for the past several weeks, for no particular reason except that I felt like it, and after kissing fifty miles per week for the past three, [...]
Posted by Carrie on 14 Feb 2010 | Tagged as: Food and drink, Items of Interest, Warm fuzzy
Okay, first I ran just under thirteen miles with running club, the first five of which I did with a very fast runner who (lucky for me, not for him) was recovering from surgeries, so I could keep up. (Until he challenged me to a sprint up a hill. ) [...]
Posted by Carrie on 21 Jan 2010 | Tagged as: Completely random, Cooking, Gabriel
Fact: on MOPS mornings, I don’t ordinarily have coffee, since I know I’ll have coffee there.
Fact: I don’t ordinarily eat breakfast those mornings, either, since ditto.
Fact: I can’t cook without caffeine of some sort in my system.
Fact: I was on tap for a “hot dish” for this morning’s meeting.
Results: I had several large mugs of [...]
Posted by Carrie on 19 Dec 2009 | Tagged as: Completely random, Food and drink
I might have jinxed myself a couple days ago, when I posted to Facebook, “Unless something changes in the coming days (don’t bet it won’t), it actually doesn’t look good for having a white Christmas.” At the time, there were only a couple of snowshowers – not even with any measurable accumulation – forecast [...]
Posted by Carrie on 11 Dec 2009 | Tagged as: Completely random, Familial things, Food and drink
I’m using this in my coffee this morning, after I found it at the coop grocery store yesterday. It’s pretty good! I don’t usually drink soy milk (I prefer almond milk, when it comes to alternative “dairy”), but I was in the mood for something seasonal, and you just can’t chug eggnog in [...]
Posted by Carrie on 18 Nov 2009 | Tagged as: Fitness and Health, Food and drink
Jeez, what the heck?! I just finished what was a fairly typical meal for me: leftover stew in an acorn squash. Not a huge helping of stew, due to the smallish size of the squash, either. But for some reason, I now feel very Violet Beauregard, post-gum-incident. Oof! What on [...]
Posted by Carrie on 15 Oct 2009 | Tagged as: Completely random, Cooking, Familial things
It’s all dark, and I have no inclination to turn on a light to disrupt my slow waking. Coffee mug in my hands, terry bathrobe on my body, sleep in my eyes. Silence in the house.
I’m up this early not for the usual reason – that is, to go running. It’s a [...]
Posted by Carrie on 21 Sep 2009 | Tagged as: Completely random, Cooking, Gabriel, Samuel
There are dark clouds hanging low in the sky. It’s not supposed to rain anymore (it did yesterday, and it might again tomorrow), but it feels like it should, in more ways than just appearance. The part of my brain that demands chaos, action, SOMETHING, is wanting those clouds to split open and [...]
Posted by Carrie on 20 Sep 2009 | Tagged as: Cooking, Fitness and Health
Starting Week 13 of this marathon training cycle; only about four weeks to race day. A 23-mile run is scheduled for this Saturday (ought to be fun; they’re predicting rain ), and then (weekend long runs only) a 12, a 14, a 10, and then…there we are. I really, really ought [...]
Posted by Carrie on 08 Sep 2009 | Tagged as: Cooking, Gabriel, Samuel
Sam watched President Obama’s address this morning at school. Leaving aside all debate, I asked him what he thought of it. “Pretty cool,” he said. So, what did the president say to the kids watching? “Um, he said to…never give up, never surrender.”
(Something tells me that movie made something of an [...]
