Showing posts with label Valentine's Day. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Valentine's Day. Show all posts

Tuesday, February 15, 2011

Take Two

Happy Tuesday all,

          How was Valentine's night? Mine  was, well, blah. We ended up having a little "tiff" and so it wasn't the most happiest night ever. But hey, that's life and you grow from it. It's all good now, just in case you were wondering:)

We are having dinner #2 tonight and who can argue against that:) Besides I'm excited to try some different recipes tonight anyways. Plus I'm so making another chocolate dessert which in itself is worth it right there lol!

Take 1...

A simple salad with dried cranberries, apples, sunflower seeds, spinach, cucumber, NOOCH, and hemp seeds served with a balsamic vinaigrette dressing.

Angela's 15 Minute Creamy Avocado Pasta. This was okay but I screwed up by mis-reading the recipe. I thought I was supposed to cook the sauce when in fact I was only supposed to put all the ingredients in the food processor. Oops! I think I cooked most some of the flavor out of it so I'll have to give it another try sometime.


The other half of the pasta went into a standard tomato sauce...from a jar...eek!! It was good and together with the avo pasta it was quite tasty.

Dessert was banana softserve with Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Balls. The cookie dough balls were good but I used quinoa flour which was a bit too strong for this cookie. I think dipping them in chocolate would have made them amazing. Should have gone with my gut haha!

Now for some interesting eats! My mom just returned from Kona, Hawaii and brought back some pressies:)



Macadamia nuts!!!


These babies sure do have a hard shell. Ry tried to crack one with the nutcracker but nearly got a sprain lol! A hammer is indeed a requirement

I haven't tried it yet but I'm sure it's going to be awesome!


If you look closely you can see that it contains 21.5 grams fat per 28 ounces.
This one is definitely an "in major moderation" butter")



Macadamia Nut Blossom honey:)


I'm not a big fan of energy shots or whatever other names they come up with, but I'll try a sip.

I'm going to go for a run today after work! How are you moving your body today?
PS I tried Jillian's 30 Day Shred Level 2 yesterday and it was awesome!

Have a great rest of your day!





Monday, February 14, 2011

7 lives

Happy Valentine's Day Everyone!!!

            I know its a commercial holiday, but it doesn't hurt to have more love in the world right? I think Valentines should be more than giving your sweetheart a chocolate heart, it should be about loving ourselves and all the special people in our lives. That includes you my lovely readers♥




Ry and I don't go all out on V-day. We might go and workout together which NEVER happens so that should be fun:) I will most likely make him a meal that he loves and some kind of chocolate dessert for us to share. Time together is very precious and because it's been pretty limited lately, I'm happy with staying home and getting in some quality snuggle time:)

Anyone going big today?

I'm rather giddy today for another reason. Guess who came home yesterday?

Mr.Oddie!!!

Ryan was up at 6:30 getting ready to go to work and he opened the door to let Nemo outside and I heard this high pitched meow right after. Then heavy footsteps up the stairs. Ry came around the corner and said "look who's home" and put Oddie on the bed. It was surreal. Okay, maybe it was because I was still asleep. But you look and you look for the little guy EVERYWHERE and you almost give up hope and then BAM he's at the front door. I'm so happy!!! I did a lot of crying on the weekend which left me feeling pretty drained so I'm elated that he's home!! Oddie is fine, no injuries. He did have some black soot or oil on his neck so he most likely was hiding under a car for awhile. He ate and he ate and then had a long nap with Nemo:) I guess 5 days in the "wild" will do that to you. I tried to get in some studying last night but he just couldn't stop snuggling and giving me kisses:)

And this morning Oddie is at the vet to get snipped and to get a tattoo. I'm not messing around now that I've been given a second chance to make it right! He is now down 2 lives!! I'm coming to think that the saying, cats have 9 lives, is true.


This pict was taken in my office as he had to come with me to work before going to see the doc!

 On Sunday morning I went for a run and took down all the posters I had put up in the hood. One guy I talked to said that he was looking out for him but he was concerned because there have been quite a few coyotes in the neighborhood recently. Eeeek!

Question for all you pet owners out there. Do you vaccinate according to what the vet suggests or do you have your own schedule? The vet is requesting Nemo and Oddie get over $100 worth of shots each and I'm a little skeptical if they need that much. Also, I'm getting Oddie tattooed but Nemo has a chip. My logic tells me that people are more apt to bring an animal to a shelter if they see a tattoo. Since they cannot see the chip, they might just think it's a stray and keep them:( What are your thoughts.

Also Nemo and Oddie LOVE to be outside and so I don't think I could ever deny them that. Some people said to keep them indoors from now on but I just don't think it's fair to them especially since they are used to being indoors AND outdoors. They are inside when we are at work or on big outings but in the morning and afternoon when I get home they make their rounds. Oddie usually following Nemo which is good because Nemo stays close by.

Moving onto blog related stuff, I just wanted to thank you for reading and commenting as I know my posts have been pretty erratic and the content not too exciting. Love you all!! Lately tons of ideas for posts have been popping up in my mind so I'm going to pumping out some good reads soon. These will include, but are not limited to, new fitness ideas, gardening, crafts, juicing, running, travel, races etc etc! Of course food is going to be a topic I'll never stop talking about:)  I'm very excited!

Have a great rest of your V-day and don't forget to do something for yourself today! You deserve it:)

Coming up tomorrow: Hawaiian treats and V-day re-cap:)