Febuary Totals

Keeping in mind that my tready isn't accurate, and my bike totals were a little off due to a flat tire issue making it rather easy to hammer it out... and really it just isn't right.

Swim- 6.7km.
Bike-150km
Run- 173km Thought this number would be higher, however I was sick for a few days and missed two runs- including a long one. Still disapointed.
Other- Downhill skiing x5hrs.

In the future

We think Maya has a strong future in middle management.

We have taken to calling her bossy bureaucrat.

She isn't very happy with us.

On Food

On family day our church had a little gathering for families to play games and have potluck. Sounds fun right?

Except I felt kinda stressed. There was snacks. There is always snacks. No matter where we go there is always food. Do we really need to eat at hour intervals...... I say no.

Sure it was only popcorn and juice* but it represents a problem. Historically perhaps yes we needed to eat more, where as now we do not have near the amount of physically taxing work to do thus we simply do not require the fuel, but we still eat, eat and eat.



*Juice- I'm guessing it wasn't fresh squeezed, so it is some chemical/ sugar concoction.

Safety?

At the grocery today I saw a person driving a minivan while talking on a cell phone, which is a forgivable offence. However, I also saw a infant car seat in the front passenger seat. I did a quick glance and saw that there were unoccupied seats in the back as well as noting that the seat belt for the front seat was dangling and not at the very least securing that seat. What I didn't notice was if there wasn't an actual baby in that seat. Soo I let it go.

Naughty Boy

One of the children's favorite games is to move the little table into the living room, move the cushion in front of it and jump off the table on to the mat.

There is a rule that in our house anything that I like gets broken. There are countless examples.

Do you see where this is going?? I asked Luke not to jump, I said he has broken other things by jumping ie. Our blanket box which remain unfixed.

He jumped. He broke the 35 year old table my siblings and I played with. He broke the table I lovingly refinished for my children. He broke the table.

I really do not know why he is smiling.

Cause everybody else has one

Maya NEEDED a seat cover for school cause everybody else has one.. well like three people. Fabric from Sally Maddock and who knows where the quiting batting came from.

Carrot Muffins

I had a craving for cream cheese icing. So I made vegan carrot muffins to go with. I used chia seeds instead of flax, and used grape seed oil instead of coconut oil.

On another note, our camera sucks.

Curried Sweet Poato Fritters

Super Yummy meal, this is the last one left. Simple and fast. From 2009 Vegetarian Times Magazine again.

Whisk together
-3 eggs
- 1/2c Cornmeal
-Curry powder
-1t grated ginger

Stir in
- 4c Grated Sweet potato
-1/2diced onion
-1/2c frozen peas
-1/4c Mango Chutney

Then fry up 4-5min per side. Preferably in a cast iron fry pan. FYI- bought mine at garage sales. Were rusty and yucky but cleaned up nicely.

Groundhog Jog

Little fun local race to help celebrate the rodents prediction of six more weeks of winter.... and winter it was!
The children went to Mary and Dwight of Wosley, and Luke and I did this little jog 'together'. I say together loosely cause Luke doesn't want to run with me :(
It was incredibly cold and windy. Some short stretches of snowdrifts on the roads, the driving snow was a nice touch. At several points I tucked in behind other runners to get a break from the wind. Reasonable crowd for a race that was put together in a month and a half on a cold winter day, we think about 75ish runners/walkers. I did it in around 22:57- 2nd female overall.
Luke did really well with around 25- 26min mark. Received a metal for my efforts, I already have a bronze in the same pattern so now I need is a shinny gold. Oh and best Engraving ever on a metal. Seriously can not stand metals that have no details.

The true highlight were the porta poties. The Cadillac of movable sanitation. A delight!

Mommys Boots

Were else can you get -40 warmth and waterproff to your knees for $40. Rubber Boots!!!

Maya Dressed Me

But I wear shirts and pants....

Dinner Tonight

A friend and I were recently talking about our blogs, she wants to make money and I just want to make mine interesting. Sooo here is dinner tonight.
From October 2009- Vegetarian Times which I got free from the hospital. Chickpea Croquettes with Greek Salad Topping.

Settling

As Luke and I got married at the rip young age of 20, I had to sit on the sidelines and painfully watch my friends and acquaintance discuss the 'perfect man'. In one particularly painful episode some woman in our bible study were talking about men and their desires to be married, and I piped up and said..." Ummm maybe do you think you are asking for too much? That didn't go over well.

Today I'm reading the Toronto Star, and it seems some single sad 40 year old is publishing a book with a movie deal in the works advising woman everywhere to ignore the annoying qualities and Marry Him! Well that is a few million dollars I didn't make.

Oh and thanks to Facebook, those woman appear to be quite happily married.

Comments

As you probably have not noticed. The comments system on our site is changing. Apparently Haloscan who we have used for comments for years (before blogger had their own) will be defunct in 2 weeks. So I will be fiddling with the templte and comments to see if I can get everything moved over to bloggers comments.
About time we changed things up in this thing anyway.

January Totals

Just for fun... not entirly accurate, estamations especilly since I am the only runner on the plant without a garmin, and my treadmill is not calabrated at all, and mybike computer is off. My bead method of counting laps is dead on though.

Swim-8.050 km
Bike- 48km
Run- 163km
Other- P90x- x2, Yoga x1

Cost of a Date

So dinner and a movie isn't really our thing, and really how is watching a movie at all interactive, and in fact it is IN- ACTIVE, and since everything in this house has to be active, last night Luke and I went skiing.
The last time we had been skiing was five years ago, how sad is that. For us to go skiing we had to pay for:
- My skis to be sharpened and waxed.
- The gas to get to/from Blue Mountain.
- Lift tickets
- Little plastic thingies for the end of Luke's poles. Little racket BM has going there I tell you.
- Junk food at Macs on the way home.

Grand Total.....I don't want to know. Is it worth it....well going once every five years doesn't do alot for my form, and comfort of flying down the hill. Apparently Luke's boots have gotten smaller, and although It was nice to spend time together, it was cold. Especially on the south side- which is where I like to ski best. Verdict- Undecided.