Life since Sunday...

Since my half on Sunday, I've been taking a few days easy... no running. After lots of high mileage weeks, I'm sure my body is thanking me.

So what does a girl do when there's no training plan to adhere to? Lots of things!

On Sunday after the race, we hit up my favorite place in Columbus - Easton Town Center. We had a leisurely breakfast/lunch at Panera, and then followed up with some shopping. Although my legs were screaming at me for walking so much after the race, it actually ended up being good in the long run. My legs weren't nearly as stiff as they would have been if we had hopped in the car and driven straight home.

We went in a few shops, including Anthropologie. I love all their kitchen accessories. Seriously. I could drop thousands of dollars in that store. I have slowly but surely been acquiring a set of bowls from there. The perfect bowls for oatmeal, cereal, soup, ice cream... pretty much the perfect bowls for anything. We got two new colors Sunday.

This rainbow stack of bowls makes my heart happy.

The other big purchase at Anthro? New oven mitts!

So cute!

My old green & white polka dot mitts are cute, but so nasty. What can I say, I'm a messy cook/baker.

Hurtin' for certain.

Our next stop was one of my most favorite places ever.

Yes. And we stocked up.

Cranberry goat cheese, turkey, mandarin chicken, tomato bisque, hummus, brown rice, and frozen artichokes. That goat cheese is amazing.

Real maple syrup, salad dressing, instant oatmeal, shells & cheese, soup, coconut milk, and almond butter with roasted flaxseed. Just the best ever.

And my favorite treat from Trader Joe's?

So delicious. Last time we bought them, I accidentally dumped half of them in the sink. Which was full of water. I was not a happy camper.

Yesterday I went to Sam's Club (by myself) after school to get some K-cups for our coffee maker and for my Business Man's coffee maker at work. Yes, you can buy them elsewhere, but you get the most bang for your buck at Sam's. Unfortunately, they usually only have plain boring coffee. Boo.

But not yesterday.

Yesterday, I hit the jackpot.

Cuddling with coffee K-cups is completely normal.

Okay, not really. I don't think I can equate coffee flavors with winning the jackpot. But I'm really excited because this means we should have enough pumpkin spice K-cups to last us through Thanksgiving.

Typically I don't go to Sam's Club by myself, because I'm not really good at restraining the impulse buys. Case in point:

And yes, this flat was full yesterday afternoon. Whoops.

So delicious but so expensive at normal stores.

Last but not least, this afternoon/evening was spent baking cupcakes. Six dozen to be exact, for an order by a friend of a co-worker.

Strawberry, Red Velvet Cheesecake, and Cookies & Cream.

I love baking cupcakes. :)

Question: What do you do when you have unexpected free time?

I like to sleep, bake, and run random errands.

The Arrival of Something New...

Woo hoo for the last Friday of the school year! And only one more day of school next week. (And then a couple teacher workshops...) Another reason to be excited? Our fridge came today!! Isn't she a beauty? It is so nice to have a fridge again. You don't realize how much you miss a full-size refrigerator until you go a couple weeks without it. A bit bare... but that can be solved easily. Bottom-drawer freezer, containing the essentials: moose tracks & Diet Dew trying to get cold asap. Anyways, I'm just popping in to share my beautiful new appliance. The baking monster has taken over, and I'm in the midst of making 150 cupcakes for a graduation party tomorrow. First big baking project in the new kitchen! I'm loving all the counter space. Mmm... chocolate buttercream! Making good use of the baking nook! :) Adios!

The Essential Summer Dessert

Last weekend, my Business Man and I hosted a fiesta for some of our friends in the Bean Town. While everyone enjoyed the food, I think dessert was the biggest hit. (Surprise, surprise.) We had brownies (from a box, the horror!) topped with chocolate ganache, and fruit pizza . Fruit pizza is most definitely my "go-to" summer dessert. Since it's the official 1st day of summer, I thought I'd share the recipe! It's delicious without being too heavy or rich. And it's most definitely healthy, because you are eating fruit, right? The recipe I use is my mom's... she's been using it for years. It starts with a basic sugar cookie base, topped with a cream cheese-whipped topping, and then all the fruit your little heart desires! I usually go with strawberries, blueberries, kiwi, pineapple, and mandarin oranges. But raspberries are really good, too. Even better when you pick the fruit yourself! (Picking berries on our honeymoon last July.) ...

2011 Flying Pig Marathon Race Recap

Marathons are hard. But before we get to the actual marathon, let's rewind a bit to Saturday afternoon. We arrived in Cincy around 2pm, and hit up marathon expo. Goodness sakes, I had never seen a room so large filled with so many runners. Everyone was so excited, you could almost feel the energy. We weaved our way through the exhibitors and what they had to offer. (Think free dark chocolate almond granola samples! Yum! I also might have snagged some info on the Disney Half & Marathon in January... we shall see.) We also stopped for a few fun photo ops. Posing with a balloon flying pig. These were everywhere! Flying pigs with all sorts of themes. They were so cute! After the expo, we headed to our early-bird dinner. We had the luxury of dining at Maggiano's Little Italy (major carb-loading!), and it was a fantastic dining experience. The service was great , and the food was delicious as well. None of us had ever eaten there, befo...

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