Who doesn’t want a little AliSUN in their day?
Anyone who doesn’t read this blog, apparently.
I ran to the soothing sounds of having New Moon read to me. Finally! Someone who reads to me!
I set out to run 5 miles and was back in about 40 minutes. I was ready to be done running but not ready to head back inside yet so I hopped on my bike for a 20 minute cool down ride and took advantage of the opportunity for a slightly longer work out today.
OK boys and girls stand up! It’s time to play Alison Says!
Alison Says… eat a giant salad for lunch EVERY DAY.
Woo HOO still standing!
Alison Says… figure out what to do with this giant winter squash you bought from the farm stand on the side of the road on Saturday.
Ohhhh I can do that! I can do that! Let's make soup.
Alison Says… peel that sucker and cube it up.
Done and done.
Dance a jig!!
Oh man didn’t get me! Totally NOT dancing a jig.
We had an errand to run this morning, and fortunately it landed us very near the library, so we stopped in for a visit. First stop: the bird cages.
Be sure to check out Maxine’s self selected ensemble. I just got those shoes for her at a thrift shop ($2!!) and no other shoes have been worn since. I kid you not that she threw a complete fit last night when I told her she could not wear them to bed.
Home from the library, I was thrilled to get the mail and find the new Runner’s World waiting for me!
When I make hummus – I might use canned chick peas, or might have more time and patience and cook my own beans.
There are two methods to cooking beans: The Patient Method and the Impatient Method.
The Patient Method: Soak dried beans completely covered water for 8 hours. The beans are going to expand so you’ll want to add enough water so that the water level is a few inches higher than the beans. 8 hours later, *drain and rinse, fill pan with fresh water, add beans and bring to a boil. Reduce to simmer for about an hour and you’re ready to rock.
So if Saturday was Ladies Night, that must make today Ladies Day! My same group of girls from Saturday went to the zoo together today – except we had the little ones with us and were therefore double the number. 4 adults and 4 kids. 1 : 1 – always a good kid : adult ratio in my book.
Although our nasal passages weren’t pleased with us, we visited the birds upon our arrival this morning. I was a little shocked to find these guys RIGHT THERE, feathers and all, not held back by any cage or fence, just a couple of free birds.
This morning I had a meeting at Ava’s homeschooled school. That’s right, my homeschooled kid will be going to school. Just once a week for 3 hours with a bunch of other homeschoolers, but still – we call it school.
Aunt Ellen stayed with the girls while I went to the meeting. I snacked on an apple on the drive there.
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And ate a Larabar mid meeting.
Home and more than ready to eat, I went with fast. Just your run of the mill everything-but-the-kitchen-sink gigantic tossed salad.
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Lots of awards to hand out today, let’s get right to it.
The award for today’s Best Accidental Lunch goes to:
Dates with Almond Butter! We’re going to need four awards, one for each of them.
The award for the Most Unoriginal Snack goes to:
Watermelon. Boring.
The award for the Messiest Watermelon Eater:
Oh! That’d be me! I’m honored. I don’t even have a speech prepared.
We’re presenting the Barbie with the Craziest Hair and Worst Tan to:
My three course breakfast did good by me today. Real good.
I was feeling slightly hungry when I made the girls lunch, I snacked on my favorite snacky snackerson as of late.
And a couple of banana chips too.
After my attempt at banana chips last week we’ve been living banana chip loco here. Even Maxine, also known as Queen of Banana Denial, will eat these. Score one for Team Banana!
What happens when you make juice but you take too long snapping pictures of it?
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It gets snatched.
What do you call a Chocolate Breakfast Cookie eaten at 11:30AM?
Chocolate Brunch Cookie.
What time to do you eat your curried chick pea sandwich and steamed veggies for lunch if you eat a Chocolate Brunch Cookie at 11:30AM?
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2:30PM.
What do you take out the door for a snack so you don’t grocery shop hungry and buy everything and anything that looks good?
Walnuts and Craisins.
Per our usual Friday routine, the girls went with Aunt Ellen today. I ran errands after dropping them off and was positively starving by the time I got home.
My latest trick – A LA Natalia Rose – is to snack on carrots while I prepare lunch/dinner if I’m really hungry. This keeps me from overeating when I finally do sit down to eat and it keeps me chewing my arm off or chewing anyone’s head off because I’m hungry and grumpy. Lucky for everyone, I was home alone and the only one who got his head chewed off was the carrot.
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