Wow- I have motivation today but I feel as though I need more. Last week was not a good one for the runs. I had my oldest home from school for an extra 2 days due to sickness and then today I have my 5yr old home due to sickness. I pushed my runs back a day and then we ended up going out of town for the weekend; hence all runs were not completed. I am stressed but at the same time I am not- weird ?? I really want to get in an 'extra ' run today, but we will see if I can pull that off.
The weather is so nice outside today- I am really hoping that spring is around the corner. The weather has to stay nice or at least nice on the weekends so that I can get my long run outdoors. The treadmill is getting quite boring for long distance.
Even though the spring marathon season isnt even upon us yet, everyone is already signing up the Fall races- I have made a decision. No marathon for me in the fall!! Well that isnt exactly true, I am just not running it on my own. This fall I am going to participate in a Marathon relay, not sure which one yet- either Grand Rapids or Detroit. But I am so excited, I think this will be so much fun!!!!
Monday, March 7, 2011
Sunday, February 27, 2011
Super Sunday
First off, sorry I have not been blogging lately, continual craziness around here. It doesnt help when we had an ice storm ealier this week, which yielded to having the kids home for an extra 2 days and then mid winter break was Friday. Makes for a crazy week when the kids are only in school for 2 days!!!
Proud to report that I got all my runs in this week ( all on the treadmill due to the yucky weather) But 25.1 miles are in the books for the week.
3,6,3 and 13.1
Yes, I ran 13.1 miles on the treadmill this afternoon. I stuck in "Titanic" and went running. It was a really awesome run. So much better than last week. This week and last weeks run took the same amount of time 2:05:01, but this week I ran 1.1 miles farther. YIPPEE. To bad for me I didn't run a real half marathon today because that is a PR for that distance by 1 minute.
Sorry, so short but I still have a few things left to get organized before the night is over. Hope everyone's training is going well.
Proud to report that I got all my runs in this week ( all on the treadmill due to the yucky weather) But 25.1 miles are in the books for the week.
3,6,3 and 13.1
Yes, I ran 13.1 miles on the treadmill this afternoon. I stuck in "Titanic" and went running. It was a really awesome run. So much better than last week. This week and last weeks run took the same amount of time 2:05:01, but this week I ran 1.1 miles farther. YIPPEE. To bad for me I didn't run a real half marathon today because that is a PR for that distance by 1 minute.
Sorry, so short but I still have a few things left to get organized before the night is over. Hope everyone's training is going well.
Saturday, February 19, 2011
Spectacular Sloppy Saturday
What a Spectacular day here in MI- it is so beautiful out for being the end of Feb. ; sunny, blue skies , high of about 45, low wind. PERFECT for today. My kids were out playing in the yard; wanting to pull out every toy they could find. Sadly though, we had to tuck them fast away as we are under a winter storm warning starting tomorrow for snow and ice. Oh well the few spring days were nice while they lasted.
What was sloppy- my run!!! I ran 12 miles- that is spectacular in itself. But it was really sloppy; it entailed some walking breaks. Here are my excuses for the sloppy- a) wasn't planning on running until tomorrow but then saw the forecast b) ran at 3pm ( after eating during the day) and c) my left hip and knee kept bothering me during the run. Not sure what is up with that , need to check the amount of miles on my shoes. Really though, I cant complain 12 miles in 2:05
Amy K. asked yesterday for the Green Lake Casserole recipe because she vacations in Green Lake, WI. . Well, not sure if it from that town or not but the recipe is my husband great grandmothers/ grandmothers and they live in WI (Green Lake is only about an hour from where they live, so this is very possible). We normally refer to this casserole as "Grandmas Casserole" but when I got the recipe that is what it was called "Green Lake Casserole"
So here we go
4 Cups of Diced chicken
2 cups of diced celery (saute)
1 Tpsn diced onion (saute)
1 can sliced water chestnuts
1 cup mayonnaise
2 cups cooked rice
1 Tpsn Lemon Juice
1 tsp salt
2 cans of Cream of Chicken soup
Mix all the ingredients together and place in a 9x13 pan. Melt 4 Tpsn butter and mix with 2 cups crushed corn flakes or Wheaties or almonds; toss over chicken mixture. Bake at 350 for 45 minutes
This is one of our family favorites. It also freezes very well.
Have a wonderful rest of the weekend; I will see if I can find web links for the rest of the recipes and put them on my blog.
Christa
What was sloppy- my run!!! I ran 12 miles- that is spectacular in itself. But it was really sloppy; it entailed some walking breaks. Here are my excuses for the sloppy- a) wasn't planning on running until tomorrow but then saw the forecast b) ran at 3pm ( after eating during the day) and c) my left hip and knee kept bothering me during the run. Not sure what is up with that , need to check the amount of miles on my shoes. Really though, I cant complain 12 miles in 2:05
Amy K. asked yesterday for the Green Lake Casserole recipe because she vacations in Green Lake, WI. . Well, not sure if it from that town or not but the recipe is my husband great grandmothers/ grandmothers and they live in WI (Green Lake is only about an hour from where they live, so this is very possible). We normally refer to this casserole as "Grandmas Casserole" but when I got the recipe that is what it was called "Green Lake Casserole"
So here we go
4 Cups of Diced chicken
2 cups of diced celery (saute)
1 Tpsn diced onion (saute)
1 can sliced water chestnuts
1 cup mayonnaise
2 cups cooked rice
1 Tpsn Lemon Juice
1 tsp salt
2 cans of Cream of Chicken soup
Mix all the ingredients together and place in a 9x13 pan. Melt 4 Tpsn butter and mix with 2 cups crushed corn flakes or Wheaties or almonds; toss over chicken mixture. Bake at 350 for 45 minutes
This is one of our family favorites. It also freezes very well.
Have a wonderful rest of the weekend; I will see if I can find web links for the rest of the recipes and put them on my blog.
Christa
Friday, February 18, 2011
Five things Friday
1) First off, wow did I not follow through on my post that said I would be back posting. It has been almost five days. Life this week was a crazy one. Monday (Valentines Day); this ment making 3 kids worth of Valentines cards; 2 Valentines Boxes; and Valentine Cookies for all 3 classes. Tuesday ( My oldest 10th birthday)- wow, could that be. Where has the time gone?? Wednesday - relax and visit a friend Thursday and Friday - extra child home from school sick. BLAH BLAH BLAH. I think we all have crazy weeks like this.
2) Today I got what I needed , A RUN OUTDOORS!!!!! I took full advantage of the warm weather that melted all of our snow and ran 6 miles out doors. I have no idea how fast I ran because my stopwatch died 3 miles in- but I do know that it was a wonderful run. Sadly, the cold snowy weather is in the forecast so I will be back on the treadmill. I hope that it holds out so that I can do 12 miles outside- because that would be pretty rough on the treadmill. BUT I will do what needs to be done. 2 runs down for the week 2 to go (running both Saturday and Sunday)
3) My marathon is only 11 weeks away. Wow, why does that sound so close!!! Why do I feel so under prepared; even though I am right where I should be at this time.
4) Through all of this we still have been eating healthy. Dinners have been really good
* everything is from scratch nothing out of a box*
Meatloaf ( with oatmeal and pureed zucchini)
Homemade Macaroni and Cheese ( with pureed yellow squash)
Beef and Barley soup
Vegetable and beef Minestrone soup
Lasagna
Cheese stuffed pasta shell
Chicken Nuggets and Homemade Fries (dinner tonight)
Chicken Corn dun Bleu (I think that is how it is spelled)
Chicken Chimiganas
Green Lake Chicken Casserole
If you want the recipes I will post them
5) Looking forward to a nice relaxed weekend . Nothing planned (well except for 2 runs) but nothing major, which is always nice . Between myself, my husband and our 4 kids we seem to always be doing something and this weekend there is NOTHING on the calendar.
2) Today I got what I needed , A RUN OUTDOORS!!!!! I took full advantage of the warm weather that melted all of our snow and ran 6 miles out doors. I have no idea how fast I ran because my stopwatch died 3 miles in- but I do know that it was a wonderful run. Sadly, the cold snowy weather is in the forecast so I will be back on the treadmill. I hope that it holds out so that I can do 12 miles outside- because that would be pretty rough on the treadmill. BUT I will do what needs to be done. 2 runs down for the week 2 to go (running both Saturday and Sunday)
3) My marathon is only 11 weeks away. Wow, why does that sound so close!!! Why do I feel so under prepared; even though I am right where I should be at this time.
4) Through all of this we still have been eating healthy. Dinners have been really good
* everything is from scratch nothing out of a box*
Meatloaf ( with oatmeal and pureed zucchini)
Homemade Macaroni and Cheese ( with pureed yellow squash)
Beef and Barley soup
Vegetable and beef Minestrone soup
Lasagna
Cheese stuffed pasta shell
Chicken Nuggets and Homemade Fries (dinner tonight)
Chicken Corn dun Bleu (I think that is how it is spelled)
Chicken Chimiganas
Green Lake Chicken Casserole
If you want the recipes I will post them
5) Looking forward to a nice relaxed weekend . Nothing planned (well except for 2 runs) but nothing major, which is always nice . Between myself, my husband and our 4 kids we seem to always be doing something and this weekend there is NOTHING on the calendar.
Sunday, February 13, 2011
Short and Sweet Sunday
Just wanted to let you know, I am alive (and well, cross my fingers as hubby and children are fighting colds). Sorry that it has been almost 2 weeks since my last post, but we have just been crazy crazy busy. I will be back up posting soon- with how my running has been going ( haven't got all my runs in, but most of them are complete) and with a list of some great recipes.
Have a great rest of your Sunday- and Happy Early Valentines Day!!!!
Have a great rest of your Sunday- and Happy Early Valentines Day!!!!
Sunday, January 30, 2011
Super Sunny Sunday
It is sun-shining here- I know to some this may seem like no big deal, but here it is absolutely amazing because normally it is permanently gloomy from now until the end of March. That is what my husband and I have nick named this time of year "Permagloom". So, this is a totally unexpected thing. I don't know about you but the sunshine just gets me going.
Got my long run in- yippee 9 miles!! Wow, that felt nice!! I haven't ran that far in a long time. I was actually dreading it; until I got going. The first few miles were kind of rough- but once I got in the grove I felt GREAT. I finished and I still had energy left, that is always a nice feeling. I know that probably means that I need to run faster but I am training for a marathon, so trying to keep the pace at an even kilt. 9 miles in 85:42. This week complete- all 4 runs for a total of 19 miles.
This weekend I feel as though I have lived in the kitchen ( I do spend ALOT of time there). I have just been baking / cooking away. Here is what we had
Friday: Grilled Ham and Cheese Sandwiches on left over Quinoa Bread and a HUGE bowl of apples. I kid you not my kids ate all the apples before the sandwiches and asked for more. I said "Can you eat the sandwiches first?" Keeping apples in this house is a major accomplishment- I buy at least 10lbs a week. CRAZY I also made a double batch of homemade bagels. Still trying to perfect these, but I figure they have to be better than the store bought kind. I did mix them half and half- whole wheat flour and all purpose flour. I froze half the batch right off
Saturday - We made some Oatmeal Raisin cookies- oh my they were so good!! We just followed the recipe on the Oatmeal box with a few alterations. Did you know that you can substitution 3/4 of the shortening for applesauce? We did that, with some homemade applesauce. Also, you can substitute 1/4 of the sugar for dried milk, did that too. And of course I substitute half whole wheat flour and half all purpose flour. For dinner we had Pizza ( our normal Saturday movie and pizza with kids)- we make homemade pizza. We make our own dough ; I do mix half whole wheat and half all purpose flour and the other thing I do is add in 3 Tablespoons of Flax-seed. We used our own homemade pizza sauce , some cheese and pepperoni. Normally I make a supreme pizza for my husband and I but didnt have all the ingredients for that. I also made ( which I haven't in a long time) made some Garlic Bread sticks ( of course I mixed flour and added flax seed)
Sunday- Today made a triple batch of waffles ( lots to be eaten throughout the week) . Tonight for dinner we are having sloppy joe / with some sort of veggie. But the best part of my sloppy joe is all it is this- 1.5 lbs of ground meat, tomato soup , pureed zucchini and spices.
Have a Super Sunday!!!
Got my long run in- yippee 9 miles!! Wow, that felt nice!! I haven't ran that far in a long time. I was actually dreading it; until I got going. The first few miles were kind of rough- but once I got in the grove I felt GREAT. I finished and I still had energy left, that is always a nice feeling. I know that probably means that I need to run faster but I am training for a marathon, so trying to keep the pace at an even kilt. 9 miles in 85:42. This week complete- all 4 runs for a total of 19 miles.
This weekend I feel as though I have lived in the kitchen ( I do spend ALOT of time there). I have just been baking / cooking away. Here is what we had
Friday: Grilled Ham and Cheese Sandwiches on left over Quinoa Bread and a HUGE bowl of apples. I kid you not my kids ate all the apples before the sandwiches and asked for more. I said "Can you eat the sandwiches first?" Keeping apples in this house is a major accomplishment- I buy at least 10lbs a week. CRAZY I also made a double batch of homemade bagels. Still trying to perfect these, but I figure they have to be better than the store bought kind. I did mix them half and half- whole wheat flour and all purpose flour. I froze half the batch right off
Saturday - We made some Oatmeal Raisin cookies- oh my they were so good!! We just followed the recipe on the Oatmeal box with a few alterations. Did you know that you can substitution 3/4 of the shortening for applesauce? We did that, with some homemade applesauce. Also, you can substitute 1/4 of the sugar for dried milk, did that too. And of course I substitute half whole wheat flour and half all purpose flour. For dinner we had Pizza ( our normal Saturday movie and pizza with kids)- we make homemade pizza. We make our own dough ; I do mix half whole wheat and half all purpose flour and the other thing I do is add in 3 Tablespoons of Flax-seed. We used our own homemade pizza sauce , some cheese and pepperoni. Normally I make a supreme pizza for my husband and I but didnt have all the ingredients for that. I also made ( which I haven't in a long time) made some Garlic Bread sticks ( of course I mixed flour and added flax seed)
Sunday- Today made a triple batch of waffles ( lots to be eaten throughout the week) . Tonight for dinner we are having sloppy joe / with some sort of veggie. But the best part of my sloppy joe is all it is this- 1.5 lbs of ground meat, tomato soup , pureed zucchini and spices.
Have a Super Sunday!!!
Thursday, January 27, 2011
Three Things Thursday
1) Cross training has been pretty nill- unless you count pulling my boys to the bus stop everyday. Does pulling and pushing them up and down small hills count? How about throwing ice balls at the trees? I really need to get back to my core workouts but so far I have been a no go in that area.
2) My training plan has me run 4 days a week. This week thus far I have gotten 2 runs in- so half way there. Thank goodness last year we took the plunge and purchased a treadmill, it has been such a time savior. Time savior?? Yes, as in it gives me the availability to run whenever I want, despite the cold or hot weather that we may be having. Last year I either had to wait to run outside or head off to the gym. Now whenever- so this week 3 miles on Tuesday 27:41 4 miles today 37:48
3 and a 9 miler left.
I have so been lacking motivation lately (to run) . But you know what is funny, as soon as I found the motivation to actually get my run in, it has boosted the rest of my day and I am just moving along.
3) If you followed my blog from the beginning you would remember that my family had a HUGE garden that we canned and or froze. Eating healthy is a big deal to us. Dont get me wrong we do indulge every now and then but we try not to do often. As I have been cruising around bloggy land I noticed that alot of people have been talking about food and what they eat . So I thought I would start a new section, recipes/ meals that we eat. One of my kids new years resolutions was to try new foods this year- so far we have tried Rutabaga, Dried Apricots, Prunes, Kiwi, Guacamole and Quinoa. We have had mixed reviews on the above mentioned. I made Honey Quinoa Bread the other day- WOW, was it amazing, everyone really likes it.
We do make alot of things from scratch and in bulk (so that we can freeze them to be used later). Right now I have a double batch of Cinnamon rolls going . This recipe I altered a little and mixed it half white flour and half wheat flour ( no one can tell the difference). I am making and freezing most them to be pulled out one at a time. But to make them a little more healthier I dont put on the icing ( I know that is the best part, but I think that they are sweet enough)
Tonight's dinner, is Stuffed Pasta shells (using leftover chicken , ricotta cheese , Parmesan cheese) topped with homemade spaghetti sauce.
If anyone has any healthy recipes, I would love to try them.
Have a Thankful Thursday.
2) My training plan has me run 4 days a week. This week thus far I have gotten 2 runs in- so half way there. Thank goodness last year we took the plunge and purchased a treadmill, it has been such a time savior. Time savior?? Yes, as in it gives me the availability to run whenever I want, despite the cold or hot weather that we may be having. Last year I either had to wait to run outside or head off to the gym. Now whenever- so this week 3 miles on Tuesday 27:41 4 miles today 37:48
3 and a 9 miler left.
I have so been lacking motivation lately (to run) . But you know what is funny, as soon as I found the motivation to actually get my run in, it has boosted the rest of my day and I am just moving along.
3) If you followed my blog from the beginning you would remember that my family had a HUGE garden that we canned and or froze. Eating healthy is a big deal to us. Dont get me wrong we do indulge every now and then but we try not to do often. As I have been cruising around bloggy land I noticed that alot of people have been talking about food and what they eat . So I thought I would start a new section, recipes/ meals that we eat. One of my kids new years resolutions was to try new foods this year- so far we have tried Rutabaga, Dried Apricots, Prunes, Kiwi, Guacamole and Quinoa. We have had mixed reviews on the above mentioned. I made Honey Quinoa Bread the other day- WOW, was it amazing, everyone really likes it.
We do make alot of things from scratch and in bulk (so that we can freeze them to be used later). Right now I have a double batch of Cinnamon rolls going . This recipe I altered a little and mixed it half white flour and half wheat flour ( no one can tell the difference). I am making and freezing most them to be pulled out one at a time. But to make them a little more healthier I dont put on the icing ( I know that is the best part, but I think that they are sweet enough)
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| This is only half of what was made- the other half never even got cooked, they went directly in the freezer. |
Tonight's dinner, is Stuffed Pasta shells (using leftover chicken , ricotta cheese , Parmesan cheese) topped with homemade spaghetti sauce.
If anyone has any healthy recipes, I would love to try them.
Have a Thankful Thursday.
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