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Puppy Bear

February 7, 2010 13 Comments

Last night was a lot of fun.

Really how can you go wrong with good wine, good food, and great people?

Today I used my runmeter again and ran another 5 mile loop.

Then I decided to take Pepsi to a local park that has an extensive trail system.

It is also very dog friendly!

I am not sure why I don’t take her here more. It is only about a 5 minute drive from our house and she loves it!

Today I kept an extra eye on her because these signs were posted everywhere:

Scary!

This is what I call her “puppy bear” pose:

After our outdoor adventures, we ventured to Trader Joe’s. Not a good idea on Super Bowl Sunday when everyone is picking up snacks for their parties. Actually, any Sunday at TJ’s is a mess. I wish we had some other stores in this town! We don’t have Whole Foods, Sprouts, or anything! Grrrrrrr…….

Anyway, I picked up a new item to try:

So far I have not tried it but I did use it in my vegan energy bars instead of normal almond butter.

I doubled the recipe and made half of the bars in a cupcake tin. I have finally tried the reusable cupcake liners my sis bought me a long while back-thanks sis!:

They are cooking now as I type and boy does the house smell divine!

Hope you are all having a lovely Sunday.

Thanks for reading and enjoy the Super Bowl if you are watching!

Filed Under: Fitness, Food, Fun 13 Comments

Small Joys

February 6, 2010 7 Comments

There is something about sitting in bed, drinking coffee, reading blogs, and knowing I have no where I HAVE to be……..

To me that is something special!

I love lazy mornings. Do you or do you like to get up and go?

I am going to get up soon though.

I have plans to make some oatmeal.

Walk Pepsi to the park.

Go for a run with my new Runmeter application on my IPhone.

Go to Target.

Get a pedicure.

Hang out with hubby.

Have wine and dinner with some lovely friends.

It looks like a great day…….

I will posts some pics later!

I hope you enjoy your day too.

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Step Away From the Electronic Devices

January 24, 2010 4 Comments

Here is Pepsi saying, “Mom get away from the iPhone”!

This thing is addicting:

Pepsi is right though. Too beautiful of a day to be chained to some electronic device-no matter how “cool” it is.

We went to the dog park. Then I did a four mile run. The beach was beautiful today. I took a pic with my iPhone to show you but I don’t know how to transfer pictures from my phone to the computer.

Can anyone help me with this?

After lunch it was errand time.

Bill and I went here:

Now the fridge is full and we can eat for another week!

We picked up a little something fun and decided to give it a whirl while we made dinner, packed lunches, and baked up some energy bars:

It was pretty tasty and so was this yummy dinner of pasta, spinach, garlic, sun dried tomatoes, feta cheese, and broccoli:

Tomorrow I will share the energy bars I made. They taste like oatmeal raisin cookies!

Have a great night.

I am off to finally read the Sunday paper.

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Entering the 21st Century

January 23, 2010 4 Comments

Today has turned out to be a fun and technologically savvy day!

Breakfast was a delicious bowl of oatmeal with rice milk, almond butter and organic preserves:

Then I walked Pepsi to the dog park. This is the view from the park:

After that I went for an hour run. I so wish I could take Pepsi with me. But she is getting up in age and it is too much for her.

So I left her on her bed with her bone:

I felt pretty good on my run. Could it be the Bovine colostrum I have been taking?

Then I came home and had lunch and some snacks:

Then the fun began!

My husband came home and we went to the AT&T store and FINALLY got iPhones!!!! Finally us old folks got with the 21st century! Taylor thank you for all of your help and patience. We are super happy!