Lovin’ My Crack Wrap

July 31st, 2011 | Posted by Alison Spath in Lunch - (3 Comments)

As a family of four living on one income, part of my role as our Domestic Engineer is to be frugal and cut corners whenever I can. Given that we love to read, I get the majority of the books we devour from the library. It saves us money, clutter – and saves me time …
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Days Like This

July 30th, 2011 | Posted by Alison Spath in Healthy Habits - (4 Comments)

Yeah, there’ll be days like this.  Mom was right. (why yes, that cucumber did come from the CSA share. thank you for noticing.) Your Thoughts are Very Powerful We all inevitably have times in our lives when we’re feeling less than stellar.  The next time you’re laying there with cucumber slices on your eyes because …
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Brains for Breakfast

July 28th, 2011 | Posted by Alison Spath in Morning Craziness - (3 Comments)

I didn’t come up with this, but I wish I would have. Found it here. And a response. Oh great, now I’m hungry. (The real plate, in case you haven’t seen it.)

We just returned from a child-free vacation/mini-adventure.  Our travel itinerary included a wedding, an Ironman, plus two additional carefree days with zero parental responsibilities and a bunch of down time thanks to the generosity and support of some very loving and caring family members. (did you hear the tires squealing as we tore ass out …
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Sea of People

July 24th, 2011 | Posted by Alison Spath in Fitness - (4 Comments)

Zak and I are in Lake Placid today to cheer on a friend who’s participating in the 2011 Lake Placid Ironman. (click pic to enlarge!) All those green and pink round things in the water are the athletes who were waiting to head out on their 2.4 mile swim at 7 AM this morning. (The …
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The coffee maker is cranky. Coffee Maker cannot figure out why all these baking supplies are out at such an ungodly hour of the morning. Coffee Maker is cranky and hot and does not like to be crowded. But you see Coffee Maker, it’s all because of the zucchini from yesterday’s CSA pick up. This …
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It felt like I was on a mission trying to collect all the ingredients to make The Brendan Brazier Salad. Good thing a salad mission is exactly my kind of mission. I already had a bunch of the usual salad suspects on hand: Spinach, kale, a variety of greens (including arugula!) cucumber, avocado, beets, hemp …
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In the Flesh

July 19th, 2011 | Posted by Alison Spath in Good Reads - (6 Comments)

Want to know where I was last night? Well, photographically speaking – I’m at the bottom of that picture of a really cool sky. Technically speaking, I was at a seminar given by a really cool guy. The best selling author of Thrive and Thrive Fitness, vegan pro Ironman triathlete – none other than Brendan …
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Green Smoothie Revolution

July 18th, 2011 | Posted by Alison Spath in Good Reads - (3 Comments)

I’m about to put Green Smoothie Revolution in the library book drop, but thought I’d write a little something about it first. Written by Victoria Boutenko and published in 2009, Green Smoothie Revolution is a fairly quick read. (it’s only about a half inch thick.) The first 1/4 inch is ten short chapters filled with …
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The Pizza Show

July 17th, 2011 | Posted by Alison Spath in Dinner Time - (1 Comments)

(with some behind-the-scenes extras.) Ladies and Gentlemen, Boys and Girls.  Tonight we’ve got quite the performance lined up!  Allow me to present to you the summer time rendition of: The Homemade Vegetable Pizza Party Show! (this is where you cup your hands around your mouth and do that faux screaming/crowd-goes-wild thing.) The Yeasty Boys are …
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