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Happy Valentine’s Day (I Burnt Your Tupperware!)

To go out to eat or to stay in? It was a hard decision.

I am a nightmare to go out to eat with because of my gluten allergy, asking the waiter for dozens of substitutions and tweaks. For this reason, Jesse and I rarely go out to eat and often cook together instead. We decided to do the same this Valentine’s Day.

We both got dressed up and went grocery shopping for our items. He planned the main course, I planned dessert. As far as the appetizer, it is always just understood that we will have prawns. It is a throwback to when I lived on the coast in England and we made the most delicious prawns in butter every night for dinner.

It was after 9 until we got cooking but we cranked * the music and got to work and proceeded to eat for the next three hours.

First, there were the essential prawns:

Then, Jesse whipped up lamb chops that were one of the best meat experiences I have had up to this point in my life.

And for dessert, a Primal Chocolate tartlet that was too rich for words.

We (read: I) had an eventful time making it. Never leave tinfoil bits on dark chocolate then place them in the microwave. Happy Valentine’s Day, I burnt your tupperware!

Anyways, needless to say, we had a ball making gorgeous food and eating for hours. I LOVE to be training long distances again because I am back to having the metabolism and food consuming ability of an adolescent boy.

The festivities continued to this evening. Jesse was horrified as he made a wisecrack about Bubba’s Shrimp Shack last night that I had never seen “Forest Gump”. So tonight we sat down with a box of chocolates and strong coffee and watched it. Yes, I realize we eat enough sweets to create an early onset of diabetes but I would like to think about it as fuelling for our weekly cross country ski trek tomorrow.

I am so happy to be on Reading Week break. It feels like I can breathe again.

*So one of my very close friends happens to be dating this ridiculously talented musician. I am just throwing a plug in for him because I bought his newly released album this week and have it on repeat. He is doing frequent shows in this area and I would encourage you to go hear him! Or at least buy his album. Support good music!!!

19th February 2012

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January

January can be a depressing month with empty pockets from Christmas and the unrelenting freeze and thaw.

Luckily for me, I found ways to avoid the winter blues.

1. I started a new job.

Where I create my brilliant ideas..

Where I aimlessly stare when I have no inspiration

2. Jesse tried (again) to teach me how to cross country ski.

He had just finished saying he had dreamed all summer about having the skis in the back of the truck and to be headed to the woods

Still expecting a good time as we headed out

Skiing complete! Jesse is a tad more hesitant than he was at the onset. He is a good man for putting up with my crashing through the trees.

3. I went to Wisconsin to my cousin’s wedding. (So technically it was the beginning of February but you are going to have to bear with me…not much happened in January)

Guava juice and greens plus...before I mixed them.

Near by family members choked with alarm when they saw me gulping this down in the wee hours of the morning. I sent a picture to Jesse to show him how scrappy I was being and he simply responded with “Atta girl.”
Cheers. To the only boy I know who would drink green guava juice.

Gold star

I went on a gorgeous 15 km run the morning of the wedding. I always love taking pictures when I go on a new route. This is Wisconsin’s finest.

And then the wedding. And some people I love. (I stole these pictures.)

Nessie! Who popped by from her too-long-for-my-personal-comfort stay at Bible School

Probably the only purely Canadian table at the wedding. Anti-social and fabulous.

Ensuring we remained alone. We created a wedding gift out of common household items and crafted a quality wedding gift for Tom. Named Tom.

The cousins. And Danae. I searched for a childhood photo of the three of us to show time does change much, but to no avail. I promise there are many in existence.

Dallas and I being gleeful

8th February 2012

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Triple Tangent

1. Today I was leading an assembly for Team Up at an elementary school in Cambridge. We go through the Six Steps to Success and share our personal experiences and what makes us so obviously successful. (What? They ask us for autographs, they clearly think we have accomplished something worth while..) Anyways. I was asking them who their role models are and the cutest little guy in the back raises his hand and said: ” My dad. Without the smoking part.”

Congratulations, sir, on ALMOST being a role model!

2. Speaking of smoking, Jesse and I have moved into a new, more drug filled life in the role of Courtney Love and Kurt Cobain.

Actually, we went smoke-free to our friend Kaitlyn’s birthday party which was a ridiculously fun time. (Don’t judge it by the looks on our faces, we were in character!!) I loooove themed parties and we have another Trailer Park themed one this weekend. I am obviously going to go pregnant and missing a few teeth.

3. I am training with the Cross Country team again! It feels good to be back and injury free (ish). Last night I went to practice and my friend and I sprinted around Waterloo Park which is surprisingly beautiful in the dark and cold of January. I am settling into a more realistic workout schedule this term. Instead of running copious amounts every day of the week, I am swimming, running, biking, cross country skiing, body flowing and weight training on alternating days of the week. Here’s hoping I can emerge into the spring racing season as an uninjured beastly force of athletic power!

17th January 2012

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