July 2010

Whooooa! Crazy morning here at Casa de Boyle (as well as Clinic de Boyle).  Like our sign?  The Husband designed it himself.  :)  So although the Hubs isn’t seeing patients yet, his father (who he co-owns the practice with) is treating people, and it was rush-rush-rush to wrap up some last minute details.  I ended [...]

I nearly forget to tell you – I spontaneously signed up for a race!  It’s a 4-miler (which I’ve never done) and is next Saturday. I’ve been having trouble with my “running MOJO” and, among other motivating tricks, I knew the best thing I could do for myself was sign up for a race!   [...]

One of the advantages to being married to an acupuncturist:  free treatments! I was feeling absolutely terrible this afternoon, so the Husband and I drove to the clinic so he could give me a treatment.  That makes me the first person the Husband has treated in the new clinic!  Whoo-hoo!  He gets his official license [...]

I was starving for lunch by 11:30 AM!  Not sure why my breakfast didn’t hold me over as well as it normally would.  I ate an early lunch and all was well in the world again.   So, I used to think that leftover salad always went gross, but I recently discovered the key is [...]

I’ve got a fun, special request for YOU today!   But first… breakfast: Isn’t it amazing what a splash of salt will do to a bowl of oatmeal?  It really brings out the flavors. My bowl contained:   1/2 cup oatmeal 1/2 cup water 1/2 cup hemp milk 1 sliced banana Toppings:  blueberries, sunflower seeds, [...]

I had a great night out. :)  My dates were Diana and Cindi, who are both so sweet and fun to hang out with!  I really appreciate all the Charlotte bloggers + readers taking me in and showing me around. Before dinner, I snacked on Pomegranate Greek yogurt + cereal. And then Diana came over [...]

Over the weekend, I figured out what was “wrong” with my Speedy 5K training plan.  As I wrote last Friday, “I need to find a way to get over the hump – I feel a little stuck at my current level.  I know I have it in me to be faster and run longer without [...]

We were all out of bread this morning, so I decided to drive to Great Harvest bakery and pick up some goodies.  Maggie drove. Cinnamonnnn buns smelled so good.  However, since I apparently have no self-control around Great Harvest cinnachip bread, I opted for the Honey Whole Wheat instead.  Ingredients:  Freshly Stone-Milled Whole Wheat Flour, [...]

True that. I don’t know, friends – just a rough day.  It happens to the best of us, right?  But my day was turned around by a spontaneous date night with the Husband, which included him realizing his shirt was on inside out as we walked to the restaurant.  Public stripping = the little things [...]

Today I had the opportunity to explore Uptown (really downtown)!  It was really fun to see the “city” during daylight hours when it was full of activity.   I actually went to a PR event for Ball (the preserving cans) with Kath and Emily.  It was a last-minute invitation, and I was really excited to [...]

Do you have an appliance that you rarely drag out, but when you do, you wonder why you’ve been putting it off for so long? (source)   For me, it’s my Oster food processor.  It’s heavy and a pain to clean, so I hardly ever use it.  But when I do, it’s like magic! What [...]

Occasionally, I throw together weird sauces and spices to see if it will work.  Sometimes it does (case in point:  Noodle Dish with Simple Almond Sauce)… and sometimes it’s just weird. So, this dish started off as my desire to do something with baby bok choy and tahini sauce (sesame seed sauce), neither of which [...]

There are some crazy storms going on in Charlotte right now – I feel like I’m in Orlando again!   Luckily, I squeezed in a 4.5 mile run this morning before the rain began.  Reading over your suggestions for busting through an exercise hump really helped motivate me!  I’ve summarized my favorites at the end [...]