the day after

so i know that a lot of people talk about this and you have probably heard it a million times but i am going t tell it to you again...because this is how i feel...christmas is not about giving stuff that you don't need to the people that you love just because the retail market tell you that you have to...so what matters to me is not the stuff it's the traditions and the kindness...so on days like the 26th of december and the day after thanksgiving...i boycott consumption...truly i don't buy anything...not even a stick of gum...and it makes me feel good...and refreshed from the gluttony of mass market holidays :) (sorry for the rant) moving on...

after what felt like a glutinous two days...i decided to go for a fast short run to get my miles in for the day and to see what i could do...i didn't feel like driving so i ran from home...down to the trail then to the east side of the trail...because i never get to do that...and i really like that side of the trail...and it was light out since it was later in the day than i normally run...boom...i rocked that 5.5 at some where close to an 8.30 pace...damn....that was hard and i have to keep that up for 26.2 miles...uhm...yeah that is going to be some work...and it's time i get focused again for my next goal...

after my run i cleaned up the house and put stuff back to normal...finished a few recipes for erin's cook book and got ready for our lesson...man...i had a lot of fun cooking soup at erin's and teaching her a few tricks...i love that soup looks like it is hard but really is super easy...and yes i think it is perfectly fine (when you are first learning or want to make something fast) to use store bought broth...really it is very good these days...

after cooking with erin it was time to cook with j...he had spent the afternoon making a table...a table to go in the studio that is not quite done yet...but man is that a sturdy table...he did a great job...and i am very proud of him and his new table building skills...our cooking project was moo shu chicken...i found a recipe on epicurious for moo shu pork and we adapted...and we decided we were not in the mood to make the pancakes...so we sub-ed in flour tortillas...even better than the pancakes since you can shove more in!...oh man...it was a super great recipe...and really not that hard...as with most asian cooking it is all about the prep work...and if you have a husband like j around...it is even easier...he's the chop-o-matic...love it...

ok so it is time to focus here people...cut out the treats...add back the veg...get lean and get fast...here we go!