Saturday, April 23, 2011

Here Comes the Sun, Doot n' Do Do

Well it's been a heck of a day I say, a heck of a day. It's the first nice day of weather we have had in months. Yesterday Cassi and I spent a good few hours cleaning out our closets. We got rid of 5 trash bags full of clothes that I donated to Goodwill this morning. Our closet is so organized, we got rid of all that extra stuff we've been trying to cram in our drawers that we just don't wear. It's a good feeling to donate all those clothes too!

After I dropped Cassi at work and went to the Goodwill I came home and put my running shoes and ran the Lake Union loop again. It was the first time I was able to run it without a sweatshirt and there were so many people out running and enjoying the weather, we've all been patiently waiting for far, far too long. When I got home I sat on my balcony iced my knees, and drank water and then made myself lunch.

For Lunch: Green leaf lettuce with carrots, purple cabbage, pecans and crimini mushrooms with a simple homemade Dijon-Honey vinaigrette. Oh yeah and I had a couple eggs and coffee for breakfast.

Cassi came home from work and we walked down to the park and played frisbee. I plan on playing a lot of frisbee this year. I am feeling great and am so excited about the summer and my plants and my plans to get in top Triathlon shape, and also, excited for Cassi, she starts Nursing school at UW very soon!!!!! Wahooo!! Go Dawgs!!!

Happy Easter Folks!

Monday, April 11, 2011

Let's Get Physical

Well, it's been a few days and I have been very busy and I have a lot to fill you in on. Last Wednesday Cassi and I ran the Lake Union Loop again and beat our time by another 5 minutes. 6 1/2 miles is starting to feel okay, not easy yet, but easIER. The next day, I woke up and did a balance ball workout that really kicked my butt, Later that day Cassi and I met up with my mom and  we went for a nice bike ride. About 12 miles all together but boy was it chilly!! I woke up and sent Cassi to work and I went on the run again. 6 1/2 miles, three times in one week, plus biking and working out!

Friday night Cassi and I went to an event with her parents, it was fun and the food was catered by Tom Douglas the company I work for, it was really good. It was a really long night and after running the loop I was ready for bed pretty  quick. 

I worked at 9am on Saturday morning it was busy, but I worked in the biscuit bar and was the barista for the morning, I probably made 100 lattes. After work, later on that night I met up with a friend Ally and we went to the new Tom Douglas Gastro-pub, Bravehorse Tavern, we tried the food, burgers, oven baked pretzels, Bravehorse Ale and even the onion rings. All were fantastic. Mom and Dad went there a few night later and said that the fries were there best in the city, something my mom has been on the hunt for, for many many moons.

Sunday I worked a double and met up with Cassi and her parents later on. Alan and GiGi were the guest judges at a Karaoke contest downtown and we sat with them while they judged. 

I just got home from work and am sitting on the couch, I just made myself dinner and am ready for bed soon. I work a double tomorrow and I am so sleepy.

For Dinner: Tofu with Sauteed green beans and caramelized onions. 

I transplanted some of my plants to outdoor large pots today, I hope they survive!

Wednesday, April 06, 2011

My little ones . . .

This is my spring line up, this is the first time I have ever planted anything from seed and so I tried a whole bunch of different things to see what was going to come up. I am excited to tell you that everything has come up! We will see how everything goes!
Sage

 Cilantro
Dill, and some sweet basil. 
This picture has dill, marjoram,  and some basil
Italian flat leaf parsley
More parsley

Tuesday, April 05, 2011

Spring Time, Time For Grillin'

Today I spent a lot of time on my balcony. I prepped all of my planting pots with new organic soil and got my beds ready for transplanting the seedlings I have inside in egg cartons. I also made dinner on the grill tonight.

For Dinner: Grilled mahi mahi and grilled veggies in the grill top pan, onion, bell pepper, and zucchini!

However before dinner I met mom at Greenlake and we jogged the 3 mile loop together. After the quick three miles mom had to get home but I decided to roller blade the loop. It was great, tiring after running 3 miles but I definitely felt like I wanted a bit more.

Cassi came home after work and I fed her dinner and we watched a movie and made out way to bed pretty quickly.

Sunday, April 03, 2011

Weekend Update

First of all I have to tell you that I did the Lake Union Loop again, this time with Cassi. We ran it on Friday, pretty awesome that I wasn't too sore to do it two days in a row. Our time was almost the exact same as when I did it by myself on Thursday.

I decided to go on up to Arlington with my parents and hang out with them. Cassi was working Friday night and all day Saturday so I figured I could get out and she wouldn't miss me too much! We ate a fantastic dinner at "The Bistro San Martin" in Arlington. It is honestly the only nice place to eat dinner around.

For Dinner: I started with a spinach salad with strawberries and onion and for my entree I had fresh Alaskan Salmon with fresh veggies. It was perfect.

We went home to the house and lounged around until bed time.

In the morning Mom and I got up and ran some errands and in the afternoon we come down to Seattle and dropped Dad off at the airport, he's off to the UK for business.

Mom and I were on a mission to find her new running shoes and we stopped first at Super Jock n' Jill and it was the best costumer service I have ever witness. The guy was amazing and Mom found shoes that were perfect.

Let's see . . .  then we spent two hours being indecisive about where we wanted to eat dinner and we finally stumbled upon a little place called Nettletown right in Eastlake, up the road from my apartment. All I can say is that is was decent. I really like the concept, mostly foraged and found edibles, fiddle head ferns, nettles, local wild mushrooms, etc. It seemed like there wasn't a lot of culinary creativity to match the ingredient creativity. Things were good, but not awesome and in Seattle, every meal can potentially be awesome, I prefer awesome.

We called it a night pretty quick, Cassi finally got off work and Mom went back to the condo and we went to bed.

Now I am on a quick break from work and wanted to come blog real quick. I worked at 8:30 this morning and am back on at 4:30. I hope it's mellow because I am real tired. Depending on how late I get off work tomorrow I really want to run the loop again, Mom and I already have plans to run it on Tuesday! I'm lovin' it!