tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17807450102912106822024-02-07T02:53:10.964-08:00Yogi BearMake once good choice at a time - and see what happens!Lindseyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08822325780482227125noreply@blogger.comBlogger65125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1780745010291210682.post-31675895114531444412011-10-13T08:53:00.000-07:002011-10-13T08:53:36.891-07:00Three Things Thursday<div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Workout</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">: </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">30 Day Shred + extra cardio and abs</span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div>Before I hop right in to my three things...<a href="http://yoghibear.blogspot.com/2011/10/three-things-thursday.html">my boots</a> came and they're waiting for me at my grandparents house! We leave in less than 4 weeks now - how crazy. It's going to be <i>so</i> good to see my family. Have I mentioned I miss my sister?! People used to ask all the time if we were twins, but we're actually five years apart. <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">(That means I'm going to look like an old woman long before my time. Ugh.) </span>It stinks not to be able to just send her a text or call whenever I feel like it.</span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Ok, so down to business...</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
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</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">2. The guys got a call from the game officer here asking for help to take down a couple of hippo not far from here, so this evening the boys are out doing that. Hippo is <i>very</i> good meat! I'm not a meat lover by any means, but it doesn't have the slightest hint of a strange taste. It's tastes almost exactly like pork, but maybe even more mild. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Also, I <i>do</i> have a Dad. I never have pictures of him on the blog because he doesn't like his picture taken, but I was able to convince him to let me take one. Lookin' good in the camo, Dad!</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
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</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">3. Now that I've been doing the Shred, my biceps have been getting pretty big...I might even have to cut back on it. See what I mean?</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
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</span></div>Lindseyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08822325780482227125noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1780745010291210682.post-62337904637084094362011-10-10T08:56:00.000-07:002011-10-10T08:59:14.044-07:00Granny Bikes 101<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><b>Workout: </b>6 mile bike ride + ab work</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Some things just make the start to your week that much better...</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Anyway, even though I haven't posted too much lately, I'm on my way to becoming one of the big bloggers. You better hold on, you guys. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">I earned a whole 17 cents from Foodbuzz. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> That's right. Keep your eyes peeled for my blog to be featured in a magazine soon!</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Remember <a href="http://yoghibear.blogspot.com/2011/08/facts-about-folic-acid.html">this post</a> about Folic Acid? Well, I thought I'd give y'all an update. Most of my diet consists of vegetables, but I guess there was still some things lacking in it. The biggest symptom I had was insomnia. Bad. (<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">Another symptom is paranoia, but I blame that on watching too many episodes of Criminal Minds...)</span> This is the girl who never used to be woken by a huge thunderstorm, and could sleep in any bed as well as her own - aka, insomnia, what's that? Now that I've been taking supplements, I don't really have it. It could be coincidence, but I'm going to keep taking the supplements just to be safe. You could see my dark circles coming from miles away!</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">That picture reminds me of the time when I used eye shadow to fake a black eye and briefly tried to convince my dad that my sister had done it. Of course he didn't believe me since that was <i>not </i>likely, but it looked real enough to make him think I actually had a black eye for a few minutes. "</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Just joking, Dad - look, hahaha!" </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I don't think he thought it was quite as funny as I did. Hmm</span>.<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">My mom and I have started doing the </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">30 Day Shred</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">. I found out that it <i>is </i>true - it makes you do more when you feel like Jillian is standing over you telling you that your last pushup wasn't deep enough. I was reaching up to do my hair the other day when I realize a strange swelling on my arm. I was about to call an ambulance when I realized it was just my bicep that had grown. False alarm!</span><br />
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</span>Lindseyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08822325780482227125noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1780745010291210682.post-35939384675245915912011-09-14T12:06:00.000-07:002011-09-14T12:06:41.110-07:00Yum.<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I made this the other day</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
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</span></div>Lindseyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08822325780482227125noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1780745010291210682.post-46844040728919250662011-09-13T10:34:00.000-07:002011-09-14T12:07:29.176-07:00Malawi: Part 2<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">And here's part two! Where did I leave off? Oh yeah, staying in the village for three days.</span><br />
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</span></div>Lindseyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08822325780482227125noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1780745010291210682.post-43119682730264067452011-09-06T11:19:00.000-07:002011-09-06T11:19:42.925-07:00Malawi: Part I<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Sorry for being a bit late in getting this post up - our internet wasn't working, and then out power went out...anyway, finally here it is! I missed all of you and reading your blogs while we were gone, but we had a really great trip. We visited Malawi in 2006 and it was so good to go back again.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">We left at <b style="color: #0b5394;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">3 a.m. </span></b>on the 12th, and got there at around <b><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">7:45 p.m</span></b>. We drove for a <i>long </i>time... </span><br />
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<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">It's interesting because Malawi is one of the poorest countries in Africa, and yet because of foreign funds Lilongwe, the capitol, is actually quite a modern city. Compared to Tanzania, anyway. See, there was even this modern pizza place in town we went to on one of our days off. <span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">"Pizza Inn - It must be the pizza!"</span>...I guess it must be since that's all they serve. I guess Luke wasn't feeling too good. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">I just can't help myself. This pup went <b><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">wild</span> </b>when I got back home - isn't it nice when pets miss you like crazy?!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">If your diet is lacking in certain vegetables, you have celiac's disease, are obese, an alcoholic, or are pregnant or breastfeeding, you might be prone to deficiency. The elderly have an increased risk as well. </span><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">The recommended dietary allowance about 400 mcg\day, but can vary from person to person - especially women. For example, women who are planning a pregnancy or are breastfeeding should take in a little more than the average adult. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Since Vit. B9 is water soluble, any excess is usually flushed out of the body, so the risk of toxicity is low. However, if a patient is taking anti- convulsant medication, there is evidence that extreme levels of the vitamin can produce seizures, so those patients should be sure to check with their doctor before taking any supplement! As a general rule, you shouldn't consume more than 1000 mcg a day.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">What really brought this post on is that I've been having a few symptoms of low levels, so I've started taking a supplement...I'll give it a month or two and I'll let you know if I see a difference!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">I need to get outta here and get some sleep...hopefully I'll get everything on my to do list done, and have an <span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">informative</span> post ready for y'all! Well, if you want to know about Folic Acid. </span><br />
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</div>Lindseyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08822325780482227125noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1780745010291210682.post-54699039904234766892011-08-05T00:27:00.000-07:002011-08-05T00:27:08.373-07:00Sock filth, soft pretzels, and trips to different countries<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">I've been MIA a bit lately, but the past week or so I just haven't had energy to do much on here...for some reason the last week all I've felt like doing in the evenings is hunker down, sitting on my neck, and watch Man vs. Food. I'm pretty sure it's because insomnia has been worse lately, but thankfully the last couple of nights I've been able to sleep better!</span><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">One 4 mile run and this is what my socks looked like</span></div><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Soft pretzels, oh yes! These are <b>so </b>easy, and quick to make.</span><br />
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<div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Dissolve yeast in warm water. Add salt, sugar and flour to make stiff dough. Knead 5-8 minutes. Shape into twists, brush with egg whites, sprinkle with coarse pretzel salt. Bake at 425º for 5 minutes or until golden brown. When taken out of oven, brush with butter.</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br />
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</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">We leave for Malawi on the 12th! The plan is to leave at some horribly early hour since it's going to be about a 15 hour drive. I have my lesson done, though, and am getting final stuff together to teach a children's class one Sunday morning</span>. <span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">We're planning for a minimum of 50 kids. Yeah, 50! We'll be gone for two weeks, but hopefully I can get a post ready and set it for while I'm gone. Heh heh, real tech savvy.</span></div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Mom has been needing to make a trip to visit her parents, so we made the plans for her and I to go to California to visit them, and then also to visit my sister in Tennessee! I am <span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">so <span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">excited to make a visit to the States! We'll leave in the beginning of November, and spend a month before we come back.</span></span></span></div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"> </span>Lindseyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08822325780482227125noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1780745010291210682.post-77878562277896134892011-07-28T11:14:00.000-07:002011-07-28T11:23:55.498-07:00Your questions answered!<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Today was a really good day, complete with a super run! We went on a new route and did a 4.4 mile trail run. The entire way out is uphill, and it is <i>tough for me. </i>But the view and scenery is so beautiful, it's worth it! Plus, even though things are hard and we might hate it at the moment, we often find ourselves doing that very thing as soon as possible, right?!</span><br />
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</div><div style="color: #073763; font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; text-align: left;"><a href="http://gourmetrunner.blogspot.com/">Vanessa@GourmetRunner</a> asked: "What is your plan for the future? How did you end up in Tanzania, and how long will you plan to stay there? </div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">We had visited Africa before (although not Tanzania specifically) and wanted to do mission work here. We met people who had connections here, and everything worked out for us to come, so here we are! We made a 5 year commitment, which is up in April, so we're planning on moving back to the States sometime next year. Plans aren't set in stone yet, but the guys will get jobs, go to school, etc., and I'll still be around helping and working at whatever I can. I definitely want to nanny, though!</span></div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="color: #073763; font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; text-align: left;"><a href="http://neonblonderunner.blogspot.com/">Neon Blonde Runner</a> asked: "How many countries have you lived in"</div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">That would be two - I've only lived in the U.S. and Tanzania.</span></div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="color: #073763; font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; text-align: left;"><a href="http://painprideperseverance.blogspot.com/">Julia@PainPrideandPerseverence</a> asked: "Where have you lived and where do you hope to live in the future? What is your favorite activity to do with Panya? What is your favorite hike?</div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">My parents grew up and lived in California, so we lived there when I was small, but then we moved to Iowa where we spent all our time before moving to Africa a few years ago. We're trying to work things out to move to Tennessee (anyone in Blogland live there?), but we're not sure if that will work out quite yet.</span></div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">My favorite activity to do with Panya would probably be cuddling. I mean, everything's better when you have a little pup snuggled up by you. But she also LOVES to play fetch and tug of war...she could do it all day long!</span></div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div style="color: #073763; font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; text-align: left;"><a href="http://firstinphilly.blogspot.com/">Coy@FirstInPhilly</a> asked: "Are you running towards any race?"</div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Since there aren't any races whatsoever around here, I'm trying to build up a solid mileage base, and then work on speed. I suppose it's a race aganst myself since I'm always trying to beat my best times, though! But I'm so excited to do a "real" race when we move back to the States!</span></div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">The scariest thing? That is a really tough one. It doesn't have necessarily do with being in Africa itself, but Jacob and my Dad were just driving outside of Arusha one day, when they were hit from behind by a Greyhound size bus. It sent them flying off the road, and flipped the Land Cruiser (which was completely and totally wrecked). Besides bad bruises and a broken rib, they weren't really hurt, which is amazing, because looking at the Cruiser you wondered how they were even alive. In the moments when I didn't know if they were okay, or even alive were the scariest moment of my life.</span></div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">I did get malaria, which was NOT fun. We were able to get medicine and once it was treated I was totally fine, but when I was in the middle of feeling like I was about to die - the fever and not being able to even stand without vomiting - was a bit scary.</span></div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="color: #073763; font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; text-align: left;"><a href="http://happyhealthystrong.blogspot.com/">Danielle@DEM</a> asked: "If you could have one...what would your superpower be? On a scale of 1 to 10, 1 being chill as a icycle and 10 being sweating like an inferno, how nervous were you delivering that baby?!"</div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; text-align: left;"><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">When we were driving home from church last Sunday we hit a bump, and when we landed, my foot came down and got cut open on something in the floor. I'm not really sure what it was that I cut it on, but it was gouged pretty deep.</span><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">So, last week meant no running for me! I did do a bunch of core work though, so that was good.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">On to the more interesting news, the guys (minus Luke - he has to stay for school :( ) are leaving tomorrow to go hunting for a couple days. They're super excited because it's been about a year and a half {pretty much a record} since they've gone. Meat here is insanely expensive, so hunting helps alot. They were going to go a bit earlier in the week so they could all go, but found out that there was already a big group in the area they were headed for - so they postponed it. It wouldn't have been a problem, except that most others that go out have absolutely no problem with poaching and will shoot at almost anything that moves. Poaching is a <i>huge </i>problem, and it's <span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">so</span> sad and wrong</span><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"> This is Luke holding part of an elephant jawbone they found last time they went. We have one of the back teeth from that, and it's <i>enormous. </i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrMZBCy9a2lf8Zxor1JW29dTviM6CBV67BXhyphenhyphenjzmjhbn1Ds-CcRQYZmRpAzkG9PgaVwspJe3V43iDNgCxPXXRFOYOnfowQDdQpdfQC9lo1AxNTtJr3QgqTrHavH1m3GIG_OTV-yFNSGRbY/s1600/2" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrMZBCy9a2lf8Zxor1JW29dTviM6CBV67BXhyphenhyphenjzmjhbn1Ds-CcRQYZmRpAzkG9PgaVwspJe3V43iDNgCxPXXRFOYOnfowQDdQpdfQC9lo1AxNTtJr3QgqTrHavH1m3GIG_OTV-yFNSGRbY/s640/2" width="480" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">It's cool, because we've gotten to eat cape buffalo, wildebeest, gazelle, warthog, and eland. A guy we know does taxidermy, and here it's <i>super </i>cheap, so we do have quite a few on our wall. Including a cape buffalo in our living room. Wouldn't that be fun to sleep under?!</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Since JaketheRunningBuddy will be gone for the next few days, that means I won't get a couple of runs in this week, but we'll get right back on it! I'm itching to get out for one. :)</span><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">That leads me to something I've been thinking about quite a bit recently. When I very first started running, I went out purely for the fun of it. I didn't know or care how fast\slow I was going - I just went. Then after a while it was still my fun, but I started worrying about my time, and how I "needed" to hit a certain mark. If I missed a run, I'd get emotional and uptight. I want to get faster, and better at it, but somewhere along the way I started to put so much pressure on myself, it wasn't quite as fun anymore.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">I don't run for weight loss...it's my hobby. It's my biggest hobby, but not an <i>obsession</i>. I always have to have a buddy to be able to go out, so it can be unpredictable at times. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">The thing I had to realize was that if I have to skip a run or two (or four), <span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">the world isn't going to <i>end</i>. </span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">When I think of it that way, I still usually get all of them in, but if I have to miss one, it's easier - and it makes doing it alot more enjoyable! <span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">Sometimes I just have to remind myself of that. <span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">I can improve without the stress.</span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;"></div>Lindseyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08822325780482227125noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1780745010291210682.post-72151733560373463892011-07-11T13:46:00.000-07:002011-07-11T13:47:58.360-07:00Distance PRs<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">I've gotten some new followers lately, so if that's <u>you</u>, welcome! I have already been trying to catch up on everyone's blogs, which has been great, but leads to a slight attack of the hair horns. What does hair horns have to do with anything?</span><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Just reading blogs shouldn't give you hair horns, right?</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">The fact that I usually do it like this is the problem</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Last week was a huge milestone for me, because it was a <span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">distance pr</span>. Yes, I realize that 7 miles is just a walk in the park for most of you, but the farthest I'd previously gone was 10k. My "long run" for last week ended up being 7.18 miles. This was so exciting, because I never would've dreamed that I would be able to run that far. A few months ago running 3 was a <i>huge a</i>ccomplishment for me - something I never thought I would hardly be able to do. For the next few weeks, each week will be a new distance PR!</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Next month we'll be making a trip to Malawi to do some Bible teaching, and I've been working on a lesson to teach some girls. We actually went there 5 years ago, and that was the first time I'd ever been to Africa. I'm excited to go back and see the people, and also see how my perspective has changed in the time that we've lived here since then. Anyway, my lesson is almost finished, and I think it will be really good!</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Also, give me your opinion on the new header! <b> </b> </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br />
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</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div>Lindseyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08822325780482227125noreply@blogger.com17tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1780745010291210682.post-6497891216841036272011-07-05T10:42:00.000-07:002011-07-05T10:43:19.662-07:00A newborn, and a weekly recap<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">I've been absent from the blog world for a little bit, and I've missed reading and commenting on your blogs, but I just haven't had the time.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Before, I mentioned in passing that our neighbor\friend\fellow missionary Bonnie was due to have a baby at any moment. Carey and Bonnie had to decide what they were going to do for the delivery at the beginning of the pregnancy, since we can't just run 10 minutes to the nearest St. Jude. Well, they weren't going to be able to go back to the States to have the baby, and the hospitals here are....horrible, horrible. Filthy, unsanitary, and who knows (well, sadly we do!) what else. The nearest decent hospital is probably in Nairobi, Kenya. That being said, <span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">Bonnie picked my Mom to be the midwife, and me to assist at a home birth. <span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">I know you're probably thinking how <span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">crazy</span> that is, but it was the best option available, and Bonnie has always had <i>extremely</i> good, easy births with no complications whatsoever.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Friday night at 8:45 p.m., Carey called and said Bonnie was in labor. Mom and I gathered our things together, and got there at about 9.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">After a quick, problem-free delivery, Kylie Elizabeth was born at 12:14 a.m., on July 2nd. She gave a healthy cry immediately, and was cute as a button! The next day when the used-to-be-baby, Ryan, came in and looked at her he said, "I like that one, Daddy!!"</span><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"> This is her at around 3 days old *weeping*</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Her head is starting to turn brown</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"> </span> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglDFrdbwTqvmKxc2lyh1MJb-9Q-02kgh-4SRAjh_fSVLi9bsiqes6Oiz6ZKLk5BMzJEEYKcuSN76BDX9zLss86c0_w5wVQK1tp2iZaz-1-lMkxb3I8pLdAwmUCZcQ0cixXd0rlwgdDyxvq/s1600/22.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglDFrdbwTqvmKxc2lyh1MJb-9Q-02kgh-4SRAjh_fSVLi9bsiqes6Oiz6ZKLk5BMzJEEYKcuSN76BDX9zLss86c0_w5wVQK1tp2iZaz-1-lMkxb3I8pLdAwmUCZcQ0cixXd0rlwgdDyxvq/s640/22.jpg" width="476" /></a></div><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Panya, on the right. She loves her naps!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"> </span> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXBa0T7TvG1B1e6R2eyqPrJRgOLE1-zUNzrcQqBWxmNaHOpyqpaf3HM0DxOGBab9NabgX2nwTUMVQ0ihT3JUvkA6uzdCKZzH7UNy2p3-QV48tyBJD5-JnPQpIkJxJO47b-K4gVekzfLueE/s1600/33.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXBa0T7TvG1B1e6R2eyqPrJRgOLE1-zUNzrcQqBWxmNaHOpyqpaf3HM0DxOGBab9NabgX2nwTUMVQ0ihT3JUvkA6uzdCKZzH7UNy2p3-QV48tyBJD5-JnPQpIkJxJO47b-K4gVekzfLueE/s640/33.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">"Look at how big my eyes are...does this mean we can cuddle all day long?"</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"> </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXGFlCdxOm9wV1KR2gjKD16uado3Fk8KOURsJSSQ2wy1Utj9rA3MVA1I_3GtOqMlSAlinUVT1v9vxhNydtYIHlBYIHcF9O1G9H1ob68N0w2ftFjy_gAF19wJVzzNHBbGYRUKOUNdHV6eR1/s1600/1.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="424" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXGFlCdxOm9wV1KR2gjKD16uado3Fk8KOURsJSSQ2wy1Utj9rA3MVA1I_3GtOqMlSAlinUVT1v9vxhNydtYIHlBYIHcF9O1G9H1ob68N0w2ftFjy_gAF19wJVzzNHBbGYRUKOUNdHV6eR1/s640/1.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">We got in our 4 mile run in today - and I almost didn't go, because our friend\coworker\neigher is due to have her baby at any second. We'll see if we get woken up in the middle of the night tonight!</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><b>Do you have a pet? What kind?</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><b> </b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"> </span></div>Lindseyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08822325780482227125noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1780745010291210682.post-52356027882340237202011-06-25T10:39:00.000-07:002011-06-25T10:45:04.150-07:00Birthdays, and blogger award<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">We're having a few birthdays around here this week! First, it's my Mom's birthday today! Happy birthday!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">There's not really much to do around here for fun\celebrating, but we do eat! We made homemade chocolate ice cream, and I made a coconut cake.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">I'm going to do a post for her birthday that'll most likely be completely filled with cute pictures of her. Pretty much along the lines of <a href="http://flounderinginflipflops.blogspot.com/2011/06/happy-birthday-dinah.html?showComment=1308806130742#c6435595355865344134">JC's</a> post!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Yesterday, Jake and I did our "long" slow run of the week - 5 miles. I'm so excited to be getting out of the 2.5\3 miler rut that we've been in lately. I felt really good, and could've easily gone farther! <span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">Week 3 of training = complete!</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Today, I also downloaded a Tracy Anderson Buns and Thigh workout, and <b><i>it <span style="color: #660000;">burned</span>. </i></b>I don't even remember the last time I felt that much fire - you should look it up on youtube. I do other buns\thigh workouts, and they feel good and make me work, but this was something else!<br />
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<div style="color: black; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">As a recipient, I share <span class="Apple-style-span">seven <span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">random</span> facts about myself</span> and then I get to recognize 5 other people with this award.</div><div style="color: black; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="color: black; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">1. I think it would be so fun to own a little cafe - I'd serve salads, soups, sandwiches, coffees, and a few desserts, along with a few select dinner choices.</div><div style="color: black; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br />
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</div><div style="color: black; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">4. I'm <i>hardly</i> <i>ever </i>called by my given name, Lindsey...I always go by Linz. </div><div style="color: black; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="color: black; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">5. I've always wanted to visit Greece, Italy, Ireland and Egypt. </div><div style="color: black; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="color: black; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">6. One of my {not so secret now} dreams is to work up to running a marathon.</div><div style="color: black; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="color: black; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">7. I can yodel. Yes, this is completely nerdy, but still fun!</div><div style="color: black; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br />
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</div><div style="color: black; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Whew - that was surprisingly hard to come up with random things about myself! Now, 5 bloggers I pass the award on to are:</div><div style="color: black; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="color: black; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Julia at <a href="http://painprideperseverance.blogspot.com/">Pain, Pride, and Perseverance</a> </div><div style="color: black; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Holley at <a href="http://lungesandlashes.blogspot.com/">Lunges and Lashes</a> </div><div style="color: black; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.blondeponytail.com/">Have Your Way With Me </a> (I just realized that I don't know your actual name, help!)</div><div style="color: black; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">JC at <a href="http://flounderinginflipflops.blogspot.com/">Floundering in Flipflops</a> </div><div style="color: black; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">DEM at <a href="http://happyhealthystrong.blogspot.com/p/about-me.html">Happy, Healthy and Strong</a></div><div style="color: black; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br />
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</div><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"> </span>Lindseyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08822325780482227125noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1780745010291210682.post-84000592800057802182011-06-23T09:28:00.000-07:002011-06-23T09:28:29.155-07:00Tortilla pizza recipe, and giveaway winner!<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">I know you all are waiting on the edge of your seats, with your nails bitten down to nubs to know the giveaway winner! Mwahaha, a recipe will come first, so you'll just have to wait. Or scroll down to the bottom. Either way. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">We can't buy tortillas here, so we always make our own. For making 5 of these pizzas, I halved the recipe, and rolled them out alot thicker than usual.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">4 C. flour</span></b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">3 tsp. baking powder</span></b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">2 tsp. salt</span></b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">1\2 C. shortening or oil </span></b><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">(I usually use oil since it's easier to work with)</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">Enough water to make soft dough</span></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">Mix dry ingredients and shortening\oil. Add enough water to make dough pliable. Knead dough. Roll out thin and bake on top of stove at medium heat.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">You want to add just a little bit of water at a time; it's alot easier to add more than have to quadruple the whole thing! It takes a bit of practice, too, to get them rolled out in a circle. I'm pretty sure one of mine once ended up in the shape of Texas...</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">After you have your tortillas cooked, top them with your pizza sauce and whatever toppings you'd like, throw them in the oven for a bit - and enjoy! </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">You want to add just a little bit of water at a time; it's alot easier to add more than have to quadruple the whole thing! It takes a bit of practice, too, to get them rolled out in a circle. I'm pretty sure one of mine once ended up in the shape of Texas...</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">So, on to the <b><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">giveaway winner!</span></b></span></span></span><br />
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<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">I love giveaways. I love entering them, and winning them are always super cool...but it was nice to actually <i>do </i>one! Hopefully I can give y'all more giveaways as time goes on. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
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</div>Lindseyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08822325780482227125noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1780745010291210682.post-48709128121999708822011-06-21T10:21:00.000-07:002011-06-21T10:21:48.315-07:00A disappointing salad<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">I've been a little absent from the bloggy world for a bit, and that's mostly because towards the end of the week I got a bit sick. I must have eaten something bad Wednesday afternoon, because I woke up that night really sick to my stomach. I spent Thursday pretty much sleeping and laying on the couch with some fever and still a stomachache. I woke up Friday and felt alot better, still just tired from hardly sleeping the night before. Slightly weird, but at least it didn't last long! Hmm, maybe I have some sort of tropical disease...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">It did, however, make me miss the rest of my runs, so we're repeating week 3 of <a href="http://yoghibear.blogspot.com/2011/06/week-2-and-my-first-giveaway.html">training</a> this week.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">I had a couple of posts planned for in that time, but I decided not to fry my eyeballs looking at my screen for longer than I absolutely had to, and one of them revolved around making <span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">Lemon-Cilantro Hummus</span>...Since I ate that on the day I got sick, I can hardly even bear to say it now, let alone eat\post about it. Plus, I don't even <i>like </i>cilantro. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">When we were visiting the States last year, a big group of us went out to Chili's for lunch, and I got a salad. It looked <span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">super</span> good. The Caribbean salad, I think it was. </span><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">The waitress comes and sets the salad in front of me. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">Me: <span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">This looks incredible, I'm so excited! {<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">takes bite<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">} "Cough-sputter-sputter-<i><b>g</b><b>ag</b>"</i></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">What I failed to notice that it was full of Cilantro. <b>Full </b>of cilantro<b>. </b>It was <i>disgusting, </i>and it was a little sad to finally go to Chili's and get a nasty salad booby-trapped with cilantro. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">On to today's run! I'm not going to lie - it was a bad run. I rode the bike for approx. 7 miles a couple days ago instead of running since I still wasn't feeling too great, but I hadn't <span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">run</span> in a week. That, plus the fact that my stomach has still been not too happy the past few days (which = not eating my normal 2 lbs of veggies and drinking 3 litres of water a day) meant I wasn't feeling too great on the run today. It's hard for a raisin to run, and that's how I felt today, I was so dehydrated! But now that my stomach is good, I eat a bunch of veggies and attempt to drown myself with my water intake!</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">We didn't do anything really special for Father's Day except eat. I made a quiche Saturday afternoon, and stuck it in the freezer to eat the next day. We had a yummy breakfast, went to worship, then came home and had a nice lunch. So nothing fancy, but a good day!</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Don't forget to enter the <span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://yoghibear.blogspot.com/2011/06/week-2-and-my-first-giveaway.html">giveaway</a>! <span style="font-size: small;">There's only a couple days left, so you better do it now!</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">Tuesday: </span></b><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">2 mile run</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><b>Wednesday: </b>3.65 mile bike ride</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><b>Thursday: </b>3.25 mile run</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><b>Friday: </b>4 mile run</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><b>Sunday: </b>6 mile bike ride</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">A good week, but I see a real lack of strength training. I have a 10 Minute Solution pilates dvd that I really like to do, so I'm going to try to incorporate more of that this week. We'll see how I do on that! </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Friday, our "long" run was a 4 miler, and I loved it. I felt so good and strong, but ran at a relaxed, easy pace. When we got back to the house, I was sad it was over, and wished we would've run a few more miles! I take that as a great sign! </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">I'm slowly getting faster, too, which I'm super excited about! If we would have run <i>two more</i> miles on Friday, I would've beat my previous 10K time by <b>10 minutes.</b> <span style="color: #073763; font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">Each small victory adds up to make the big ones!</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: #073763; font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"></span>The other day I made <span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">tortilla pizzas, <span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">and I really liked how they turned out. I made flour tortillas, rolling them out thicker than I normally would, cooked them in the pan until I got some brown spots on them, added my sauce and toppings, then baked until they were warm, and the cheese was melted!</span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">I used:</span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"> • A sprinkling of cheese and meat</span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"> • Zucchini</span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"> • Pineapple</span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"> • Tomatoes </span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"> • Corn</span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"> • Snow peas</span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"> • Green pepper</span></span></span></span><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">We waited until about 4:45pm to head out so it would be cooler. Even if the temperature itself isn't extremely hot, we're so close to the equator the sun feels like it's 3 inches from your face, so it can get pretty intense!</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">My legs felt a bit tired today, and about halfway through the run I got hit with pre-menstrual cramps. I stopped to rest for a minute or two, because they were getting very intense. After a short breather, we continued on and I was able to finish strong! Time on your feet is the most important thing, I suppose!</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Okay, now on to my <b>GIVEAWAY! </b>I wanted to do something for you as a thank you for reading and commenting. Unfortunately, I can't give away any super cool gift cards, but I do know that alot of you bloggers use a digital SLR camera, so I'm giving away one of these camera straps!</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Yes, I did sew this especially for you! You can turn a boring black strap into something cute and fun just by slipping on this cover. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">It's approx. 25 inches long, and 2 inches wide, so even if you don't have a SLR camera, you can put it on anything you'd like that fits the measurements.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Here's what ya do:</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"> </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #073763; font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; text-align: left;"><b>Mandatory: Follow this blog and let me know in the comments</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #073763; font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; text-align: left;"><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><u><b><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">Weekly recap:</span></b></u></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><b>Tuesday: </b><a href="http://yoghibear.blogspot.com/2011/05/begone-bloodsuckers.html#comments">Hiking</a>, and 3.7 mile run</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><b>Wednesday: </b>3.6 mile bike ride</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><b>Thursday: </b>2.5 mile run, ab ripperx</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><b>Saturday: </b>3 mile run</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><b>Sunday: </b>2 mile run, 2 mile bike ride</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Not as many running days\miles as I wanted, but it's okay. My weekly mileage will really start increasing here before too long since we're following the half schedule. </span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Today I made <a href="http://www.foodbuzz.com/recipes/2552884-roasted-vegetable-galettes">Roasted Veggie Galettes</a> for lunch. Here's how mine turned out:</span></span></span><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">You all should try these and tell me what you think! Here's the recipe.</span></span></span><br />
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3/4 cups + 2 Tbsp. AP flour<br />
1/2 cup white whole wheat flour<br />
1 tsp. baking powder<br />
1/2 tsp. sugar<br />
1/4 tsp. salt<br />
1/4 cup water<br />
2 Tbsp. extra-virgin olive oil</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: justify;"><br />
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3/4 cup chopped carrots<br />
1 1/2 cups chopped cauliflower<br />
1 medium red onion, chunks<br />
1 cup mushrooms, sliced<br />
3 cups spinach leaves<br />
1 Tbsp. fresh thyme, chopped<br />
6 cloves garlic, unpeeled<br />
1 tsp. extra-virgin olive oil<br />
2-3 oz. goat cheese crumbles<br />
kosher salt<br />
freshly ground pepper</div><br style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;" /><u style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i>Glaze</i></u><br style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;" /><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">1 egg mixed with 1 Tbsp. water</span></div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: left;"> </div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: left;"><u><b>Directions:</b></u></div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: left;"> </div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: left;">1. Add dry ingredients from the dough to a food processor. Pulse for 30 seconds to mix up. Add water and olive oil, mixing until the dough forms a ball. Dough should be slightly tacky. Add more water or flour to get right consistency. Remove, wrap in plastic wrap, and refrigerate for at least 30 minutes.</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: left;"><br />
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2. Preheat oven to 400F. Place chopped carrots, cauliflower and onion in a bowl. Toss with some kosher salt and a little olive oil. For a lighter option, spray generously with cooking spray and toss--it works just as well. Spread out in a greased baking sheet.</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: left;"><br />
3. Take your garlic cloves, still in their skin, and place in a piece of tinfoil. Add a tablespoon or two of water and seal. Place on baking sheet with veggies.</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: left;"><br />
4. Bake vegetables and garlic for 25-35 minutes, until browned. Check on them and move them every 10 minutes to prevent burning and sticking.<br />
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5. Cook spinach and mushrooms in a saute pan until all liquid has evaporated. This is important since you don't want soggy dough.<br />
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6. Place all of your cooked vegetables into a bowl. Mix in thyme and half the goat cheese.<br />
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7. Squeeze roasted garlic into a small bowl once it has cooled down a little. It should be soft. Mix in a teaspoon of olive oil to create a paste-like consistency. Add to the vegetable mixture. Salt and pepper your filling to taste.</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: left;"> </div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: left;">8. Divide dough into four pieces. Roll each one into a rough circle, about 6" wide and 1/4" thick.</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: left;"> </div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: left;">9. Divide the filling between the four pieces of dough, placing in the middle and leaving at least 1 1/2" around the edge. Press down with the spatula to help flatten the filling. Sprinkle the rest of the goat cheese on top of each galette. Then fold up the sides, pinching each section together.</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: left;"> </div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: left;">10. Brush with egg wash. Place on baking sheet and cook at 400F for 25-30 minutes until browned, checking every 10 minutes or so. Serve warm. </div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: left;"><br />
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</span>Lindseyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08822325780482227125noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1780745010291210682.post-55944001536772487432011-06-04T11:10:00.000-07:002011-06-04T11:14:14.800-07:00National Donut Day, Oatmeal, and morning runs<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">So yesterday was National Donut Day! I read that Krispy Kreme's give out free donuts on this wonderful holiday. *<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">drool<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">*</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">But since we're about a billion miles from any KK, we made our own! Super good, but <span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">super sugary<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"> so instead of having one of the leftovers for breakfast this morning I made <a href="http://www.healthytippingpoint.com/sweet-and-salty-vegan-overnight-oats">overnight oats</a>.</span></span></span><br />
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<li>1/3 cup oatmeal </li>
<li>3/4 cup almond milk (regular milk) </li>
<li>Banana (all ours were brown and attracting gnats)</li>
<li>Five heavy pinches of sugar (didn't actually use it)</li>
<li>Salted peanuts (used PB instead)</li>
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<li>In the morning, remove chia seed mixture and stir. </li>
<li>On a hot and greased griddle, place banana chunks and cook on high until it begins to brown. Flip once and sprinkle with sugar. </li>
<li>Mash half of the grilled banana and plate. </li>
<li>Top with remaining banana and nuts. </li>
<li>Enjoy!</li>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">This looks like a really yummy oatmeal recipe, but as you see in the ingredient section above I ended up having it majorly different. I tossed the oats and milk in a bowl and let it sit overnight, then pulled it out the next morning, added a teaspoon or two of the ol' PB, and called it good! </span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Jake and I got up early this morning to go on our run. We're attempting to start following the half training schedule again. Our plan is to be really relaxed about it, repeating a week if we need to. I just really like having a schedule to build my mileage, and know what days I'm going to do what.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">It was a beautiful morning, not hot yet...but even after stretching and warming up my legs felt like they were saying, "<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">Um, we're not awake yet...we're tired...what are you </span><i><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">doing</span>?</i>" Hopefully they'll get used to morning runs once time goes on.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Got back from the run, cleaned up, and then gobbled my oatmeal before we went down the road for our Saturday morning Bible class!</span></span></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I added just a <i>little</i> too much milk...that weird thing that looks like it's hanging from my nose is actually a drop of milk. I promise.</td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br />
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhb_8hiM-SPCUaMiqVLF0D2yZ9hlAaqgbn9j51xR13hc0OhEmd2u2lAXyodGdBTjg996Ne7YR2ZB7uXE93DIpIxs_2mK3gqBwlWOtCX4DVGb1RmVPv0WvR9wfFsrUp1Hx4EBZFKA_3SyFnY/s1600/Photo+on+2011-06-04+at+09.11.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhb_8hiM-SPCUaMiqVLF0D2yZ9hlAaqgbn9j51xR13hc0OhEmd2u2lAXyodGdBTjg996Ne7YR2ZB7uXE93DIpIxs_2mK3gqBwlWOtCX4DVGb1RmVPv0WvR9wfFsrUp1Hx4EBZFKA_3SyFnY/s400/Photo+on+2011-06-04+at+09.11.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"Yum, I know what I'm having for breakfast for the next 3 months!!!"</td></tr>
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</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Also, I used part of my <a href="http://yoghibear.blogspot.com/2011/05/running-biking-and-win.html#comments">itunes GC</a> to buy Despicable Me.</span></span></span><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><b>Did you eat a donut yesterday? </b></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><b>Have you ever tried overnight oats?</b></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><b><i>Please </i>tell me I'm not the only one who loves Despicable Me!</b></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Happy weekend!<b> </b> </span></span></span></span></div>Lindseyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08822325780482227125noreply@blogger.com10