May 2009

Glad It’s Tuesday

May 26, 2009

I’m so happy it’s Tuesday today! I don’t think I could have handled a full work week after the 3-day weekend I had! Holy busy! I started my day with a delicious Strawberry Vanilla Chai smoothie, which was made with fresh strawberries, yogurt, vanilla soy milk, ice, and a packet of Vega Whole Food Health Optimizer [...]

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Celebrating with Birth Year Wine

May 25, 2009

And Mal’s birthday celebration continues! For dinner tonight, we through together an easy meal before our guests arrived to enjoy Mal’s Birth Year Wine, a tradition that Mal’s French family participates in. Mal grilled-up a couple of Praeger’s veggie burgers on our Griddler while I put together our side salads. I topped my veggie [...]

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Celebrating Mal’s 27th at Fire & Ice

May 25, 2009

Mal’s birthday celebration started on the eve of his actual birthday with dinner and drinks at Fire & Ice surrounded by 11 of his closest friends. The meal was reminiscent of high school– mostly because 9 out of the 11 friends graduated from the same school as Mal and me. It was also particularly reminiscent [...]

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Run to Remember Race Recap

May 25, 2009

I’m SO SORE today! But, I suppose it was worth it! My official half marathon time was 2:06:04, which isn’t too shabby considering my hip hurt for almost the entire 13.1 miles. I think if I had kept on schedule with my training, I could have easily broken the 2-hour mark. I hadn’t run in [...]

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Half Marathon Success!

May 24, 2009

I did it! I ran the whole half marathon without stopping to walk. I stopped at 2 out of the 4 water stations to rehydrate and refuel, but other than that, I trucked along at a steady pace! Here are my sister and I (with our guys) after completing 13.1. miles. I’m so …