Archive for July, 2009

17 kinds of produce in the HOUSE

Friday, July 31st, 2009 by Val

Hi everyone!
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I hope you all had a fun Friday!
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I spent today hosting Day 1 of a 2-day garage sale with my MIL and grandmother-in-law. We had the garage sale at Mike’s aunt’s house, so let’s just say there was enough Greek going around today to fill the Acropolis! Not too lucrative though…….. today’s earnings was [...]

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My shortest post ever (I'm serious this time!)

Friday, July 31st, 2009 by Val

Ok, on your mark, get set, go!*Seawood and cucumber salad at Triad, a fabulous sushi joint if you are ever in Chicago’s South Loop…….. although I wasn’t super impressed with the salad unfortunately. But it looks pretty!
2 Avocado rolls, 1 order cucumber and sesame maki rolls, a 3 serving of avocado rolls ordered [...]

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Groats 101

Thursday, July 30th, 2009 by Val

Here are those elusive Luna Moons that managed to escape from this morning’s posting!

Breakfast was a very refreshing juice of 4 stalks celery, a few handfuls spinach, 1/2 lemon, and 2 apples. Delish!!!!

I spent the morning doing laundry and cleaning, and then for lunch decided to have some of the soup I made from yesterday, [...]

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Runners do the darndest things!

Thursday, July 30th, 2009 by Val

So I had an interesting run today. I love running in the city for so many reasons, and one of them is for the people-watching!

Today I saw this……….

It was my first time seeing a running dress!!! I searched high and low on the internet to find out WHY one would wear something like this and [...]

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Chicago Diner, you've got some competition!

Thursday, July 30th, 2009 by Val

Thank you to Jen Strait for her generous donation to Ceasefire!!! Jen and I trained for and ran the Chicago Marathon in 2007, and she was truly the best running buddy a girl could ask for. I miss running with you Jen!!*******************************************Look at this loveliness – really whets your tastebuds am I right?!?!?Haha, I [...]

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Oat groats, she wrote

Wednesday, July 29th, 2009 by Val

Hi there!*I slept in today until about 8:30…. love it!!! It definitely helped my energy level and mood to get caught up on sleep *An apple for breakfast…….. And then it was time to head to the gym! Spinning again… and for the first time since last week I truly loved it! I find [...]

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Oops I did it again……

Wednesday, July 29th, 2009 by Val

Yet again, I forgot to do my Gratitude Journal – both yesterday and today! I would say “shame on me”, but shame is counterproductive and so I’m going to forgive myself with a smile
Today:1. I’m proud of myself for completing a training run in VERY high humidity2. I’m VERY proud of Mike for [...]

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Busted blender :(

Tuesday, July 28th, 2009 by Val

A lot of people have been talking about freebie products recently…….. speaking of, I forgot to mention this lipgloss from Kath – it was part of her swag from the BlogHer conference this past weekend! Thanks Kath! I also forgot to mention how much Mike LOVES all things Newman’s Own Organics. [...]

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I'm scared of Twitter!!!

Tuesday, July 28th, 2009 by Val

Hi friends!
After eating too much bad-stomachache-inducing, nonvegan food yesterday, I woke up still feeling sick.
BUT, I knew just the thing to get myself feeling back to normal – banana soft serve!!! I used two bananas which took forever in my teeny little mini-FP, but boy was it worth it Today’s training plan called [...]

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Food miscombining and Running shenanigans

Tuesday, July 28th, 2009 by Val

Hi guys!

I have to admit, after eating a high-raw diet for a few weeks now (with few exceptions) and for the most part feeling AWESOME, breaking the “rules” today made me feel like crap. Really, really, really crappy.
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For those of you who eat meat, or don’t know or care what “raw” means, you [...]

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