Archive for December, 2009

There is nothing like the holidays when people get the free time from work or fly across oceans to see you, so that you can all come together to play games like Just Dance for Wii and feel satisfaction that you (and a three year old)  kicked their asses…

…granted one of them has a respiratory infection and the other was partly missing a thumb…

but that is not the point.

I won.

The highlight of the evening,  after a few furious games of slam scrabble and bananagrams, was dinner.

Good friends, good food…and  some gloating. Well, until i lost the other games, then i played nice…

ARRZO CON POLLO

1 1/2 cups long grain rice

6 chicken breast cubed

3 tbs olive oil

1/2 onion chopped

3 cloves of garlic minced

1 tbsp + 2 tsp of oregano

2 tsp ground cumin

2 tsp chili powder

1 1/2 tsp salt

1/4 tsp pepper

1  (280z) can stewed tomatoes – hand crushed- with juice

2 1/2 cups chicken stock

In a large rimed pan, heat oil and cook onion and garlic. Add chicken and continue to cook until almost done.

Add spices and salt and pepper

Add tomatoes and stock and heat to boiling

Add rice, mix and cover. Turn down heat to low. Mix occasionally and let simmer about 40 mins until rice is cooked – all the juice should be absorbed.

*Note to self

So good i should have doubled the recipe…

I write this post while wearing my new Christmas snuggie…

If my mother in-law is reading this post please continue on to paragraph 6… actually… stop reading altogether and come back tomorrow for Wednesdays post – it will be far more exciting…

The hubby and I have three Christmas’s. In a lot of ways it can be like that movie with Vince Vaughn, except both our parents are still married. However, at times, it can be just as dysfunctional…case in point- that year I had a titch to much to drink and remarked how my mother in-law and her Shitzu had surprisingly similar hair cuts…

I think this year marked the first Christmas I was not reminded of the incident.

I digress… I also no longer drink at the in-laws…

This year, in true Christmas form, Alanna (I say it in the third person for flair) did not disappoint.

Every year (give or take) we have spent Christmas Eve with my in-laws. Usually when we celebrate at their house, I tend to find the house is always very warm.

This year, was different.

I cannot be certain if in these “economic times” we were opting to conserve energy, relying only on the heat of a turkey cooking in the oven to keep us warm, or if in fact someone just forgot to set the thermostat.

The jury is still out, but I have my theories…

Perhaps it was the full body shiver that gave me away or the little puff cloud that came out every time I spoke, but somehow it was made known I was cold. Honestly, I think I just announced I was freezing in my usual, joyful Christmas time manner…

Something like…’fuck its cold in here’…

Within an instant, my mother in-law provided me with – TO MY HORROR – wait for it…

…a snuggie.

For those of you who don’t know what a snuggie is – either

A: you live under a rock

Or

B: you live under a rock with no cable.

In a nutshell, it’s a blanket with sleeves. Because we all know a blanket needs sleeves…

Where was I? …Ah yes, recoiling in horror…

Imagine, in a split second, a 105lbs woman retracting her feet so fast it was as though a house had fallen on her head… now picture me doing it.

Followed by secession these words:

“OH MY GOD A SNUGGIE!!” *Gasp*AWK*Gasp*

I could have added ‘I’m melting, I’m melting’ but that would have been bit much.

It was one of those moments when your eyes couldn’t believe what it was seeing; a person actually bought a snuggie…and USED it!

All of a sudden I had pictures flash in my head of my mother in-law laying on the couch, bedazzeled, with her arms in these sad, overly long sleeves reading a book (with the free pocket book light of course) thanking god she could answer the portable phone while petting a Shitzu because her arms were not tangled up in a…”blanket”…

In retrospect, I’m sure I didn’t come off as badly as it is thinking about it now…

To my benefit, I was using the cute/funny sarcastic voice – the one Ms O. has been using mercilessly about EVERYTHING, and the one my husband claims I use in front of people in public settings to get a laugh…

I don’t actually do that, he just doesn’t realize I am funny

All.

The.

Time.

Needless to say, I shunned the snuggie.

It wasn’t my fault my body, naturally, was far to cool for its thin fleece form to so much as touch it.

I opted to freeze.

Again, in hindsight, this probably was a bit much on my part… especially as only a few hours later I opened up a neatly wrapped Christmas gift bag with all the anticipation of a three year old, only to find a pair of freshly packed light blue snuggies with free matching book lights, for me and the hubby.

I remember sitting there, in the cold living room, with an unwrapped snuggie splayed out on my lap, thinking for what felt like hours about what the appropriate response of appreciation would be.

‘Wow, thanks, that’s really great – I always wanted one’ just somehow no longer fit.

Instead I opted for one of those, red faced, award winning smiles, and a gritty ‘best gift ever’ sneer.

My mother would have been proud.

Ah the joys of Christmas…

*Note to Self

Wait until all the Christmas gifts are opened before you open your mouth…

If you could see my bedroom, my office, the bathroom drawer…the top of the microwave… the top of the entertainment unit… the top of the lamp…my purse…inside the stroller…and the laundry room…

…You would find a book, or 10. Most of which i have started to read but found myself too distracted by life to finish.

I have finished some! – For those i deserve a medal.

That moment between, work, kids, husband, dogs, extended family…and episodes of The Jersey Shore just sometimes isn’t long enough to go find a book and re-read the opening paragraph for the eight time.

But this year will be different (yes i say that every year – but i mean it this time…)

12 months in 12 books – how hard can that be?

And so begins, (said with glorious exclamation) “the Nuttermother Bookclub“.

It’s easy, everyone can play along. We read a book, and a month later i post a long winded critique and we chat in the comments box.

No one needs to leave their house, make appy’s or brush their hair. If you’ll notice i added a new page at the top of the menu bar called ‘bookclub’ under which you will eventually find all twelve books as they progress. The idea here being – you can always add to a current or past book – as not all of us are fast readers, or start at the same point. Either way it is an opportunity to try something new…

(I will take book suggestions and recommendations)

And now to announce our first book…

The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova

From Publisher’s Weekly

“In 1972, a 16-year-old American living in Amsterdam finds a mysterious book in her diplomat father’s library. The book is ancient, blank except for a sinister woodcut of a dragon and the word “Drakulya,” but it’s the letters tucked inside, dated 1930 and addressed to “My dear and unfortunate successor,” that really pique her curiosity. Her widowed father, Paul, reluctantly provides pieces of a chilling story; it seems this ominous little book has a way of forcing itself on its owners, with terrifying results. Paul’s former adviser at Oxford, Professor Rossi, became obsessed with researching Dracula and was convinced that he remained alive. When Rossi disappeared, Paul continued his quest with the help of another scholar, Helen, who had her own reasons for seeking the truth. As Paul relates these stories to his daughter, she secretly begins her own research. Kostova builds suspense by revealing the threads of her story as the narrator discovers them: what she’s told, what she reads in old letters and, of course, what she discovers directly when the legendary threat of Dracula looms. Along with all the fascinating historical information, there’s also a mounting casualty count, and the big showdown amps up the drama by pulling at the heartstrings at the same time it revels in the gruesome. Exotic locales, tantalizing history, a family legacy and a love of the bloodthirsty: it’s hard to imagine that readers won’t be bitten, too…”

*Note to self
Happy reading!

Cookie Recipe Swap Day!

Today is our first annual cookie recipe swap, and I would like to thank EVERYONE that contributed a recipe.

You all get a high five.

If anyone one else would like to join in the party late… please post your recipe in the comments box.

Now where were we?

Ah yes…. COOKIES!!!!! … and a bunch of creepy elves…

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LEMON CRISPS

1 stick unsalted butter, room temp
3/4 cup sugar
1 egg, room temp
1  1/2 Tbsp lemon juice
1  1/2 Tbsp lemon zest (lime zest or orange zest mixed in is really yummy too)
1/2 tsp vanilla
1/2 tsp baking powder
1/4 tsp soda
1/4 tsp salt
1  1/4 cup flour

Preheat oven to 350F.
Cream together the butter and sugar, then add the egg, juice, zest and vanilla. Sift in the dry ingredients and mix until just combined. Drop by 1 1/2 tsps onto lined baking sheets and bake 10-12 min until lightly golden around edges. Let cool on sheets one minute before placing on racks to cool completely. Makes about 2 dozen.

Lemon Icing
You probably won’t need this much icing, but it depends on how much icing you want to put on the cookies. I used around 3/4 c icing sugar and just enough lemon juice to make a thick paste.
1 c icing sugar
4-6 Tbsp lemon juice
Just beat together and drizzle over cooled cookies!

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ORANGE DARK CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIES

1/2 c butter
1/2 c butter flavor shortening\butter makes it better (that is all I use in baking)
3/4 c white sugar
3/4 c light brown sugar
2 eggs
2 tsp mexican vanilla
grated rind from one orange
juice from one orange
2 1/4 c all purpose flour
1 tsp baking soda
1 tsp salt
2 cups Hershey’s Special Dark chocolate chips

Preheat oven to 350.
Silpat cookie sheets, use parchment, or grease lightly
Cream the butter, shortening, brown sugar, white sugar, orange juice, and vanilla until light and fluffy. Add eggs one at a time beating well after each addition. Combine the dry ingredients and the orange peel and stir in to the creamed mixture. Fold in chocolate chips lightly and chill for 20 minutes or so.
Drop by rounded teaspoonfuls on baking sheet and bake 8-10 minutes until light golden brown and still soft, but set in the middle. Let cool on the cookie sheet for 5 minutes and then remove to cooling rack or counter. 3-4 dozen cookies.

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MEGAN’S COOKIES

1 cup melted margarine
1 cup brown sugar
1/2 cup white sugar
2 eggs beaten
Generous dash of vanilla
2 cups flour
1 tsp baking soda

grape nuts cereal; minimum 1 cup

Chocolate; as much as possible, be sinful

Chocolate chips: a variety of sizes
eg. chippits jumbo 350 gm and slab of white chocolate in chunks

Combine all ingredients in large bowl, drop Tbsp sized mounds and garnish with almond, cherry or chocolate

bake precisely 10 minutes at 375

let sit for 1 min and then transfer to cooling rack

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WHIPPED SHORTBREAD

1 2/2 cups Butter
1/2 cup margarine
3 cups flour
1 cup icing sugar

With a hand mixer, cream butter and slowly add dry ingredients.

Once all blended, beat for 5 mins.

Drop teaspoon size cookies on baking sheet and decorate with colored sprinkles (if desired).

Bake 350 for aprox. 15 mins.

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PECAN BALLS

Butter or margarine, softened 1cup
Icing sugar 1/2cup
All-purpose flour 2 1/4cups
Ground pecans 1cup
Vanilla 2tsp

Icing sugar 1/2cup

Combine first 5ingredients in bowl. Mix first with spoon then by hand to work it until it holds together. Shape in to 1inch(2.5cm) balls. Arrange on ungreased baking sheet. Bake in 325F oven for 20-25min.

As soon as balls have cooled enough to handle, roll them in icing sugar. Makes about 6 dozen. Freezes well.

***ALMOND BALLS: Use almonds instead of pecans.

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BROWN SUGAR CHEWIES

1/4 cup ( 1/2stick ) butter
1 cup packed light brown sugar
1egg, beaten
3/4cup all-purpose flour
1teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/4cup pecans
Icing sugar for dusting

1. Preheat the oven to 350F. Spray an 8-inch square pan with vegetable oil cooking spray, or line with parchment paper.

2. Melt the butter in microwave. Add the brown sugar, and stir until smooth.Stir in the egg. Sift together the flour and baking powder and stir it into the brown sugar mixture. Add the vanilla and pecans.

3. Pour the batter into the prepared pan and bake for 20minutes.

4. When cool, dust the top with a sifting of confectioner’s sugar.
After cutting into squares, remove from the pan and store in a plastic container with a tight-fitting lid.

*** I also used walnuts instead of pecans, and added unsweetened coconuts. Very good!

This recipe is soooo easy; you can make a big portion of this chewies all at once! They are like cookies after cutting them into squares. I made x10 recipes and made bunch of Christmas treats much in advance so you are not stressed out about baking during December!!! My family’s favorite!!!

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CHOCOLATE MINT BISCOTTI

1/2 cup butter, softened
2/3 cup white sugar
1/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
2 teaspoons baking powder
2 eggs
1 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
1 cup of mint chocolate chips – or 5 mint Aero bars

In a large mixing bowl, cream butter and sugar with an electric mixer until light and fluffy. Gradually beat in cocoa and baking powder. Beat for 2 minutes. Beat in the eggs one at a time. Stir in flour by hand. Mix in mint chips. Cover dough, and chill for about 10 minutes.

Preheat oven to 375 F. Divide dough into two parts, and roll each part into a 9 inch long log. Place logs on lightly greased cookie sheet, about 4 inches apart. Flatten slightly.
Bake for 20 to 25 minutes, or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool on cookie sheet for 5 minutes, and then carefully transfer to a wire rack to cool for one hour.
Cut each loaf into 1/2 inch wide diagonal slices. –DO NOT CUT WITH A SERRATED KNIFE- Place slices on an ungreased cookie sheet, and bake at 325 F for 9 minutes. Turn cookies over, and bake for 7 to 9 minutes. Cool completely, then store in an airtight container.

Melt semi sweet chocolate chips ion the microwave with 1 tsp of peppermint extract and drizzle over cooled biscotti

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NO BAKE COOKIES

2 cups white sugar
1/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
1/2 cup milk
1/2 cup butter
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 pinch salt
1/2 cup smooth peanut butter
3 1/2 cups quick cooking oats
Measure out your vanilla and peanut butter.

In a saucepan over medium heat milk and margarine. Add sugar and cocoa. Bring to a rolling boil, stirring occasionally. Boil for 1 minute, stirring constantly and then remove from heat and stir in the vanilla, salt, peanut butter and oats.
Drop by rounded spoonfuls onto waxed paper. Allow cookies to cool for at least 1 hour. Store in an airtight container.

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GINGER SNAPS

1 cup packed brown sugar
3/4 cup vegetable oil
1/4 cup molasses
1 egg
2 cups all-purpose flour
2 teaspoons baking soda
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon ground cloves
2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
2 teaspoon ground ginger
1/3 cup white sugar for decoration

Preheat oven to 350 F
In a large bowl, mix together the brown sugar, oil, molasses, and egg. Combine the flour, baking soda, salt, cloves, cinnamon, and ginger; stir into the molasses mixture. Roll dough into 1 1/4 inch balls. Dip each ball in white sugar before placing 2 inches apart on ungreased cookie sheets. (Keep the bottom of the cookie sugar free so it will not stick)
Bake for 10 to 12 minutes in preheated oven, or until center is firm. Cool on wire racks.

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GRAMMA ‘STORIES’ SHORTBREAD  (BTW, that’s MY great grandma!)

1/2lb butter
½ cup icing sugar
2 cups flour

Cream butter and sugar, add flour gradually
Cook in a moderate oven 350F
You can cook these as a slab and slice into strips, or roll into balls

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CAKE MIX COOKIES

1 (18.25 ounce) package chocolate cake mix
1/2 cup butter, softened
2 Tbsp vegetable oil
1 Tsp vanilla
2 eggs
1 cup semisweet chocolate chips

Preheat oven to 350 F
In a medium bowl, stir together the cake mix, butter and eggs until smooth and well blended. Add oil and vanilla. Mix in the chocolate chips. Drop by spoonfuls onto ungreased baking sheets.
Bake for 8 to 10 minutes in the preheated oven. Allow cookies to cool on baking sheet for 5 minutes before removing to a wire rack to cool completely.

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‘BETTER THAN SPRITZ’ COOKIES

Use with a cookie press

1/2 cup butter
1/2 cup shortening
1 (3 ounce) package cream cheese, softened
1 cup white sugar
1 egg yolk
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 teaspoon orange zest
2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon

Preheat oven to 350 F
In a medium bowl, cream together butter, shortening, cream cheese, and sugar. Beat in egg yolk, vanilla, and orange zest. Continue beating until light and fluffy. Gradually stir in flour, salt, and cinnamon. Fill the cookie press, and form cookies on ungreased cookie sheet.
Bake in preheated oven for 10 to 12 minutes. Remove from cookie sheet, and cool on wire racks.

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DEE’S GRANDMA’S SHORTBREAD

1 cup butter
2/3 cup packed brown sugar
2 cups flour

Cream butter and sugar, add flour gradually
Cook in a moderate oven 350F
You can cook these as a slab and slice into strips, or roll into balls

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JOSE CUERVO CHRISTMAS COOKIES

1 cup of water
1 tsp baking soda
1 cup of sugar
1 tsp salt
1 cup or brown sugar
4 large eggs
1 cup nuts
2 cups of dried fruit
1 bottle Jose Cuervo Tequila

Sample the Cuervo to check quality. Take a large bowl,
check the Cuervo again, to be sure it is of the highest quality,
pour one level cup and drink.

Turn on the electric mixer. Beat one cup of butter
in a large fluffy bowl.

Add one peastoon of sugar. Beat again. At this point
it’s best to make sure the Cuervo is still ok, try another
cup just in case.

Turn off the mixerer thingy.

Break 2 leggs and add to the bowl and chuck in the cup
of dried fruit.

Pick the frigging fruit off the floor.

Mix on the turner.

If the fried druit gets stuck in the beaters just pry
it loose with a drewscriver.

Sample the Cuervo to check for tonsisticity.

Next, sift two cups of salt, or something. Who geeves
a sheet.. Check the Jose Cuervo. Now shift the lemon juice and strain your nuts.

Add one table.

Add a spoon of sugar, or somefink. Whatever you can
find.

Greash the oven.

Turn the cake tin 360 degrees and try not to fall
over.

Don’t forget to beat off the turner.

Finally, throw the bowl through the window, finish the
Cose Juervo and make sure to put the stove in the wishdasher.
Cherry Mistmas !

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I’m hoping everyone has a wonderful holiday season

PS

Every time i make cookies, this always pops into my head…

Wow, this week is the busiest week ever.  I’m either making dinner, baking cookies, freezing appetizers or planning when or where we are all going to be at any given moment. So far this week i have spent probably a total of 5 hrs at home to either sleep or change… actually i think I’m still wearing yesterdays underwear.

Speaking of my underwear…

I feel like ever piece of underwear i have been picking up lately has been eaten by the dog.

Well… I’m assuming it’s the dog.

Here’s the weird part – he’s not eating the crotch (yes mom i said crotch). He’s been eating the sides. You cannot imaging how many pairs of underwear i put on only  to find myself wearing a really thick thong.

Please stop picturing that, it’s not pretty.

Seamus is quickly becoming a furry Che Guevara, revolting in my absence, secretly destroying my clothes, and eating Barbies. If he starts wearing a beret i know i’m in for it…

*Note to Self
I feel like I should be on CSI, I now spend my evenings picking up pieces of pink plastic and trying to decipher which toy they were, and whether or not they are important enough to replace before Ms. O notices they are gone…

For all of you who missed it… here is  my little number 1 sending out Christmas cheer from preschool…

Oh and how about just one more…

*Note to Self
Yes, she is the cutest of them all… She gets that from her mother.

This is an awesome appetizer for any of your up-coming parties – they are a little time consuming, but the recipe makes about 150 – depending on the size of your circles.

It also freezes really well, so make a big batch and use it all year.

PARMESAN ROUNDS

2 loaves of bread

2 8oz pkgs of cream cheese – softened

1/2 cup butter – softened

1 120 g can of crab

1/4 cup plus 2 tbs mayonnaise (like hellmans – not miracle whip)

6 green onions

Grated fresh parmesan cheese

Butter for toasting

Using a round cutter, cut (approximatly three) circles out of each slice of bread – no crusts. Or you can square the bread by cutting all the edges off and cut each slice into four squares.

Butter one side of the bread, arrange on a cookie sheet and broil in the oven.

Flip over all pieces of bread and broil the non-buttered side

Cool

Combine cream cheese, butter, crab, mayo and green onions in a bowl. Mix well.

You can either spoon the mixture onto each piece of toast  OR you can pour the mixture into a large ziploc bag, cut the corner off, and pipe it onto each slice. I prefer that method – its far less messy and time consuming. Use about a tsp of the mixture on each.

Dip each heaping bread slice into grated the parmesan cheese.

(If you were planning on freezing these, return the slices to the cookie sheet and freeze them on the sheet. Once firm transfer them to a container or freezer bag)

To serve – return each round to the cookie sheet and broil until bubbly and golden. You can broil them from frozen as well.

*Note to self

So much baking so little time…

I am in the process  of creating a chocolate mint biscotti recipe, sampling is a very difficult job.

Next week is my cookie swap recipe post – so if you have a cookie recipe you would like to contribute please email it to me!!!

a_morley@live.com

Short post…

I’m having one of those pre Christmas weeks, where you are super busy but you can’t seem to get anything accomplished…

On top of that, Ms. O turns three on Saturday, so I have yet another party to plan…

However, this year will be a little different. Let’s just say it involves some very large – yet enthusiastic- princesses who will be tagging along with her to a new Disney movie…

Okay, it’s just an excuse for a bunch of thirty year olds to go see The Princess and The Frog… whatever.

We may wear crowns…

It’s for the ‘party’…

So I am thinking about starting an online book club for the New Year.  One book a month, we could post and comment on the last Friday of the month perhaps?

New titles will be announced the last second to last week of every month…  I’m open to suggestions… I’ll work out the logistics for January… perhaps I will make a big book announcement on Boxing Day…

Stay tuned…

*Note to Self

Apparently new winter boots bought specifically for their ‘cute’ factor, are not necessarily puddle proof. Nothing like wet socks to get your day going…

I have a house full of snotty nosed and sick kids… ironically the hubby is not included in that total…

That being said… I always think of this clip from Man Stroke Woman whenever he is…

BEEF STROGANOFF

2lbs beef sirloin steak

8 ounces of sliced mushrooms

1 large onion sliced thinly

2 cloves of garlic

1/4 cup butter

1 1/2 cups beef broth

1 tsp salt

1 tsp Worcestershire sauce

1 tsp Dijon Mustard

1/4 cup flour

1 1/2 cups sour cream

4 cups cooked egg noodles

Slice beef against the grain in strips

In a large pan heat butter and cook mushrooms, onions and garlic until tender.

Add beef ,  1  1/4 cup of broth, salt and Worcestershire sauce and Dijon.

Heat to boiling, and reduce temp until meat is cooked.

Mix together flour and remaining 1/4 cup of broth, stir in to beef.

Boil and stir 1 minute.

Stir in sour cream – DO NOT BOIL, heat just until hot.

Serve over noodles while wearing lederhosen.

Note to Self
Mandarin oranges are the current equivalent to crack in this household.

The kids are feening for them.

So much so, it’s like a little covert mission to try and scam as many out of the little cardboard box as they can, without anyone noticing.

The baby will push the kitchen chair up to the counter and wander off in that little wobbling way, as though she just pushed that chair to push it, not for any other reason than because she’s 1, and that’s just what they do.

Ms. O will then crawl under the kitchen table, hide behind the dog, ascend the chair and steal three oranges – completely visible and making a ton of noise.

I’ll get one of those “I’m so cute you love me, pretend i’m invisible” smiles, with big doe eyes, as she hops of the chair, and runs off to her bedroom, where the baby is already awaiting her cut…

If they were not sick, i would seriously consider calling Dr. Drew…

Okay, unpon completling this post – i just found orange peels in a snowboot… do you see what i am dealing with here people!

Wow…

Standing on a cold and frosty, Stanley Park sidewalk, waiting for someone to yell out ‘GO’, surrounded by a sea of people, with weeks of training behind me and all I could think about were of the tight bums in front me…

To be honest, it was hard to keep from pinching one…

And then someone yelled ‘GO”! – bastards!

5km later, I was a hero.

Ok fine, it wasn’t like I cured cancer, but its close.

Remember, i had to log weeks of hard work of not only actual running, but i had to coordinate a cute outfit, and create the perfect iTunes playlist – these were all factors in the culmination of a successful run.

There were moments along the way when i wondered, ‘am i there yet…?, “or “OMG i want to die, this has to be way longer than 5KM!”, but Benny Benassi kept pushing me…

There were other moments when i realized i was looking way too cute to quit – it would have been obvious. Perhaps if i was in green i could have more easily blended into the foliage.

So by creating the perfect running trifecta – training, clothing and playlist – there was no way i couldn’t do it.

Perhaps, i should try applying this to more menial things…like doing laundry?…

no.

A lot of runners talk about a runners high. That euphoric state that happens only after running which is what keeps them inspired to continue in these types of events.

I too experienced a high after the run, it was while sitting in Starbucks, with a hot venti non-fat hazelnut latte,

it was exhaustion…

But I am not finished yet!

I decided I wasn’t going to lay around the house (because that’s what you do with two kids, you just sit and lay about, somewhere in between the screaming and destroying…) after weeks of running for no reason, so I committed to two more events, the 5 km Resolution Run and the Historic Half Marathon in Fort Langley (of which I am doing the 5km)

Perhaps this summer I will attempt a 10km… but let’s not get a head of ourselves… yet.

Note to self
Because I can’t see my own bum, I expect its tight as well, I am a runner you know…

PS
You get a jacket when you sign up for the Resolution Run! That’s way nicer than a t-shirt!

PPS
The Santa Shuffle was actually 5.8KM… but whose counting?