Lots of baking, NUUN ambassador

c Happy first day of winter!!!!

And for my fellow runners

I miss the snow from Pennsylvania, it makes Christmas more fun, just my opinion.  It would be perfect if it snowed from December 21-December 26. That would be just perfect.

Baking was in full swing until the heating element melted, so bummed I was so close to being done, now I have to wait to tomorrow afternoon.  Mind you I have to mail these to family. So far I have made:

  Chocolate chip normal/chocolate white chocolate chips

  Mexican wedding cookies

  Ginger cookies aka "crack cookies"

  Almond sugar cookies

  White chocolate covered pretzel sticks

  Oreo balls

  Peanut brittle 

  Reindeer munch

I have to make vanilla crescents, Italian anise cookies, pfefferneuse and that should be enough!!!!

I was selected by NUUN to be an ambassador. Which basically means I endorse and promote their product and I get free stuff.  I was really praying for this to happen, because I drink LOTS of NUUN. 

This week has been a great week for running, I have surpassed my fifty mile a week goal, by twelve miles.  I am starting to feel confident again, I had seriously doubted if I would ever get back to where I was.  It has not been easy, lots of tears, lots of pain and a lot of kicking my own ass.

I donated so much lately and it makes me feel so good to do it.  First I donated my hair to locks of love, took two bags of puzzles and personal hygiene items to the VA hospital (mental ward)  and last stop was Goodwill with various items.  It makes my heart sparkle when I do nice things. 

Have a great first day of winter!!!!

Do you bake around the holidays? Or all the time?  I bake all the time

How to you donate items?  I do it all the time

Are you ready for Christmas?

Baking, running, and donating

I have a Christmas tradition of baking tons of cookies, and giving them out as gifts.  When I say tons, probably about 15 different types.  It feels bettter to give something that you spent time and love on.  Plus, the easiest way to a persons heart is through the stomach.  I've heard that for years.

After buying all the supplies which took about an hour, I get home and my oven stopped working, it refused to heat up.  I tried switching the breaker.  It was like it knew it was getting ready to be used for an insane amount of time. I had to call the repairman.

They were not able to "fix" it so they rigged it for now.  

The days are just not long enough lately, between cooking, running, blogging, hanging out with Zachary the day is gone.   Did I mention that he will be out of school for two weeks?  I wonder how many times I will be beckoned to the kitchen because he is hungry? I really do not mind though.

I have two weeks before my first race of 2015.  It is an eight mile race called Hill and Dale, which in itself leaves me to wonder what I was thinking registering for a race with the word Hill in it.  I was going to do a race near Nashville, but changed my mind.  

Well today is my long run day 15 miles so have a great Friday.

Nothing better than baking, rest days suck

Baking has to be one of my favorite things to do in the fall.  I love the smell of baking in the house. I am sitting here loving the smell of banana bread baking in the oven.

  I used a recipe from Flours bakery.  I will post it tomorrow. It is the moistest banana bread I have ever had, because they use sour cream in the batter.

Taking a rest day today, stomach not feeling it today.  Tomorrow will be my last speed work before the Turkey Trot on Thursday.  I hate rest days, I know I need them but I feel so lazy.

I did a marathon yesterday, lol.  Do you people watch?  I am guilty, I watch people too much.  So as I was sitting in the theater I had a great opportunity to watch people. What did I see?

1) Obesity is real,  I could not help but to notice for every one average sized person there were five    obese people.  Bad enough, but do you really need that large popcorn, large soda, and candy? It is not funny to laugh at yourself because you can barely fit into the theater seat.  That is called a sign, to do something about it!!!!!

2) Sagging.  I have never heard anyone say "look at that man with the sagging pants isn't he sexy."  Why not? Because that has to be the most ridiculous thing ever.  Sagging actually started in the prison system as a way to let other inmates know you were "available."  Police officers love sagging because when a "sagger" tries to run, they can't.

3) Obnoxious people. Seriously must you rattle that effing bag the entire movie? Must you chomp food so loud I can hear it over the movie?  Are you so important that you have to check your phone every five minutes, I doubt it.  Where was this guy yesterday?  

Mockingjay was an awesome movie, the ending left you hanging on the end of your seat. Can't wait for part two.

What are your weekend plans? 

What is your favorite thing to bake?

Do rest days make you feel lazy?