June 2011

Name: Ali from Around the Veggie Table Location: Maryland Age: 20-something Race: Frederick Running Festival Half Marathon Personal Tidbit: Owner to two kitties named Tootsie and Roo, hater of raisins, lover of Mandoline slicers. We walked out the door a few minutes before 6, and made the half-hour drive to the race.  Traffic was backed [...]

A weird side affect of blogging about your life is that you accidentally end up appearing happy, shiny, and perfect.  I can only talk about my own experiences with blogging, of course, and it’s not that I don’t want to ‘be real’ on the blog, it’s just that sometimes, it’s really hard to be totally [...]

It’s well-documented on this little bloggie that I hate strength training.  I have tried time and again to get into a strength training routine that I enjoy, but it’s really hard for me to stick with it (yet I can log six to ten hours a week in cardio if I have an exciting race [...]

For as long as I can remember, the Husband has been into cooking.  I suspect it’s because his big sister, Sophie, had a significant hand in raising him, and she is the best cook!  He prefers to make dinners (he loves stir-fries) and was pretty proud of this yummy creation: This meal was a combination [...]

My favorite TV show is probably House Hunters.  You see, I’ve been dying to own a home since I was a little kid.  Yet we couldn’t afford to even think about buying until the Husband finished up with grad school, we moved, and we launched the clinic.   I thought buying a house would be [...]

Good morning!  This is how I feel about Monday: Laying in bed > working.  Obviously.   After a fun Saturday (guess what? I didn’t drown during my Open Water Challenge race!), Sunday was kind of blah.  I didn’t feel very well, emotionally or physically, and spent most of the day laying on the couch or [...]

Morning!  This morning had a very slow start – not necessary a good thing.  It may be a Sunday, but I have a ton of work to do… Ugh.   Perfect Sunday breakfast, if you ask me! Scrambled eggs, toast, Moringstar sausages, orange, and berries.  Mmm. Actually, today’s breakfast got me thinking about Vegetarian-Fed Eggs.  [...]

I have a lovely casserole recipe to share!  And you know how I love casseroles. This recipe is actually a twist on my very favorite recipe – the Santa Fe Casserole.  This meal is cheesy and flavorful, yet packed with good stuff, too.  Cheers for Brussel sprouts! I made a small version of this recipe [...]

“Do one thing everyday that scares you.” – Eleanor Roosevelt I came, I swam, I survived.    Today’s Open Water Challenge Race (800 meter swim and 5K run) gave me a HUGE confidence boost about swimming in a lake.  Now, I feel so much better about my sprint triathlon next weekend.  As you may know, [...]

Tomorrow is the Open Water Challenge (800 meter lake swim and 5K run).  It’s the precursor to my sprint triathlon next weekend (750 meter swim, 17 mile bik, 5K run), and I am very, very nervous.  This will be my third attempt to swim in an lake during a race, and so far, I am [...]

Last week, Nicole and I were on a run, and I almost cried I was so happy!  It was wonderful to run (and rungossip <—new word) with Nicole again because I’ve been out of running commission for the past two months.  Before that, Nicole and I ran about a hundred training trains together since I [...]

Last night was the second meeting of the Charlotte Blogger Book Club.  This was the first time we discussed a book because we picked the book at the first meeting. Our book club selection was A Friend of the Family by Lauren Grodstein.  This book tells the tale of a upper-middle class doctor named Pete.  [...]

I already mentioned how HOT it is in Charlotte today, but now… it’s positively roasting.  90 degrees and humid.  Getting in the car was a miserable experience, like sitting in an oven.  Hopefully, things will cool off soon! I think the weather is impacting my mood a bit – everything feels slooow and draining.    [...]