December 2010

Not everyday someone hands you a giant $10,000 check!  Or that John Tesh hugs you tightly in front of 1,300 people.  :) Hubba hubba!   (The real check is made directly out to Girls on the Run International! But fake checks are fun.)   THANK YOU for helping me win the grand prize from Amway!  [...]

I’m getting pretty excited/nervous for the Amway Positivity Project Awards tonight.  I’ve met the other 9 finalists, and they are all awesome.  Everyone’s charity or idea is so deserving… I’m pumped that we all walk away with at least $2,500. But I’m pulling hard for Operation Beautiful and Girls on the Run to get the [...]

When my alarm went off at 4:45 AM, all I could think was, “Is it a race day?!”  Because I only wake up two hours before dawn for races.  :)   Well, and flights. The drive to the airport was… interesting.  Up at 4:45 AM, and dousing the car with hot water to melt ice [...]

Greetings from Knoxville, Tennessee! We drove to Tennessee today to drop off the dogs.  Tomorrow, we are flying to Hagerstown for the Amway Positivity Project Awards to see if I won the grand prize.  If so, I walk away with $10,000, which I will donate to Girls on the Run to form an Operation Beautiful [...]

I tend to get bored with breakfast grains:  cereal, granola, and oatmeal.  It’s that or toast, pancakes, or waffles.  Yawn.   Staring in my fridge this morning, I decided to mix it up with a little brown rice. Not just any brown rice – Chinese rice!  AKA already prepared and packed in a cute little [...]

By running with Diana, I ended up having an awesome time at the Thunder Road Jingle Jog 5K.  It was her very first race EVER, and I loved experiencing it with her! Nicole also ran the 5K but she was super speedy!   It’s well documented through my 31 other races that I suffer from [...]

World, meet Liam. Liam was born two and a half weeks ago to Nate and Kate! He is precious.  :)    Tonight, we brought over dinner and all stared into his eyes while he got milk drunk. I even got to feed him! I’ve never held a newborn before, let alone fed one!  He was [...]

1) Tweeted this: 2) Ate this (salad with feta, hummus sandwich, Christmas cookies): 3) Downloaded this (LOVE): 4) Contemplated registering for THIS:   5) But realized it conflicts with this (recap 2009 and recap 2010): 6) Realized that Crooms is 10 hours away from Charlotte and decided the odds that I’ll do it again are [...]

After all that sugar late last night, I wanted a stabilizing breakfast. Spelt toast with an egg… The Husband recently bought a loaf of spelt bread and I really love it.  It has an interesting texture! And 1/2 a banana with a bunch of cherries. GOTR $10,000 Prize Update   On Sunday, the Husband and [...]

I was so excited for the Christmas Cookie Exchange this afternoon! I wrapped up work as soon as possible, munched on some toast and hummus (spinach flavored!), and ran 3.0 miles.  Then, it was time to go to my very first Cookie Exchange!   Brittney was kind enough to host the event at her house.  [...]

I took a writing break to prep the dough for my Mixed Berry Jam Thumbprint Cookies.   I am going to my first-ever Christmas cookie exchange party today and will be bringing 4 dozen jam cookies!  I am so excited (and am mentally preparing myself to be in a sugar coma tonight).  My cookies are [...]

I think I peaked recipe-wise when I created Pancake Truffles.  Luckily, the variations are endless. I couldn’t sleep last night so I was brainstorming what to cook for breakfast (does anyone else do this or is it just me?).   I thought of the wonderful bag of cherries that I’d just bought from the store and [...]

Another day under the belt. :) Today was a pretty normal day – not much to report.  I do have to say that my body was definitely feeling the 5.0 miles from earlier!  I feel like I had run 20.0 miles instead of 5.0 miles.  My knee is a little achy, and I’m so dehydrated.  [...]