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Marathon Monday was sure exciting to watch. Luckily I found a station on Comcast that was showing the race so I watched it all morning long. Amazing how those women and men can be that fast for so long. Craziness. It did get me thinking even more about doing one myself. I really wanted to compete in the Marine Corps Marathon here in Oct. but it is scheduled two weeks after our wedding. Both my mother and the boy advised against me running so soon after the wedding since I would be stressing enough about other things. They do have a good point. I am planning on running the Derby Festival Marathon next year. I have always watched the race at home and it would be the greatest high ever to compete in  my hometown race with hometown faces cheering me on

While I was watching the race I cooked myself up some Hogsdon Mills hot cereal. I’ve had this stuff in the pantry forever. I’m trying to get through the rest of it so it won’t be in there any longer!

Instead of Cinnamon I threw in some Cardamon. It’s good to switch up the spices. Tastes like chai. I also but some pumpkin, raisins, cashews , flax and almonds to beef it up.

I put it in my now empty cashew butter jar. Thank goodness it’s gone. That thing has been in my fridge for months. I liked the cashew butter but was not overly impressed. I am glad it is out of my fridge!

I used the marathon as motivation and did some strength and yoga.

Fast fast fast. After my workout I fixed up a green monster. This one was by far my favorite mix. It included:

• 1 frozen Stonyfield lemon yogurt cup
• 2 big handfuls of spinach
• 1/2 cup frozen cherries
• Chia seeds
• Soy milk

Green slush. In the past you may have remembered me getting a bit sick from these monsters. I think my stomach just needed time to get used to them. I’ve continued to drink them and have not gotten sick since. My body has always been fairly tolerant of the things I eat. I am never one to give up easily. In this instance it paid off

 A bit later in the day I pulled out a coconut cream pie larabar.

I am dying to try the new flavors they revealed. Boy got home a bit later and noticed the blender in the sink with green slush floating on top. He was a bit frightened and disgusted by my green monster leftovers I assured him that his smoothies would never be green unless he asked. lol. I then started to make dinner. Spaghetti with fake meat sauce.

The mix included:

• meatless crumbles
• broccoli
• mushrooms
• spinach
• oregano
• basil
• ground pepper
• sprinkle of salt
• remaining spicy green pepper pasta sauce from harris teeter
• A can of Muir Glen stewed tomatoes

I served it over a bed of whole wheat spaghetti, topped it with some fresh Italian cheeses from the Macaroni Co. and had a side of peas.

I washed it down with an Amberbock

For dessert I had some unpictured Easter chocolate pieces.

This morning I made an amazing breakfast. Chocolate covered strawberry waffles!

I pulled out some more Van’s waffles and topped them with strawberry Fage yogurt, fresh strawberries and  a drizzle of Maranatha’s crack Chocolate Almond Spread.

With it I had some English Breakfast Tea in my Louisville Stoneware local public radio mug from back home. Miss my radio stations

Mmmm.

Earth Week Goals

As I’m sure you are aware, Earth Day is this week. As with most people, I am trying to be more aware of my impact on the Earth. Some of the things I’m working on:

• Using reusable bags when I go shopping (not just grocery shopping)
• Buying organic when possible
• Buying local when possible
• Turning lights/electronics off when not using them
• Reduce paper towel consumption and use rags instead (really need to work on this)
• Try to eliminate plastic water bottles from the home (boy likes them, but I think we’ve turned a new leaf this week )
• Stop using dryer sheets
• Reduce water comsumption when doing the dishes

That’s currently my list. What are some conservation goals you are working on this week?

Now on to a 4.5 mile run! Have a beautiful day lovelies!