Rants, Recipes, and Running

It has been a long time since I've ranted! To be honest, I could probably throw down a rant weekly. But I worry way too much about offending others.  So I bite my tongue. My rant is not an angry rant. I rant with love. But if you would've asked me "how I feel" come 9:30 pm last night? You may have received a different answer. As I always do prior to any rant...here is my disclaimer:   **I love my husband. I don't think this even needs to be explained. You all know I'm head over heels for this guy! But sometimes, husbands do things to make us a little crazy. As do I create the same feelings to him.**  Where do I begin? It was a few weeks ago, my husband came home from work a little later than normal. I asked about his day, and his initial response was an inquiry about how I feel about backpacking. Hm. "Well, Ryan, I think backpacking seems pretty cool! Why do you ask?" He had stopped at REI to get sized for a backpack on his way home f...

I haven't done a great deal of recipe posts lately. Maybe because I haven't done a great deal of cooking lately! ;) I am just not good at cooking when Ryan is gone. It's so easy to just have cheese and crackers for dinner.....instead of a nutritious meal. When a man lives in the house - there are expectations to eat real meals containing grains , meat , & vegetables . So it's kind of exciting and liberating to say, "I'm going to have cereal and nutella for dinner!" But this is something I'm working on. I took Monday & Tuesday off this week to recover from the marathon. Therefore, spent my Tuesday making quinoa, butternut squash, and chicken breasts to prep my meals for the work week ahead! But my favorite staple I'm sharing is my favorite Kale Salad ever! My friend Kristin introduced this to me, and it's now my favorite. So fresh and delicious! And insanely easy. It's a great base, too..... Ingredients: 4 cups organic k...

Well, I finished! Now is the time where it is common for marathon runners to experience a phenomenon called the "Post Marathon Blues". (It's funny how many emotions occur around marathon training, that mirror the emotions that go into having a baby. ie: nesting pre baby/cleaning like crazy to burn off the taper-energy  Being super emotional before the race. I cried the day before the race over nothing, and I haven't cried in like 6 months! Not sleeping well. Post-Race-Blues/Baby-Blues In NO WAY am I comparing doing a marathon to having a baby. So please, do not misunderstand me. Having a baby = way more intense, strenuous, life-changing, emotional, ect. I just think it's interesting how some of the behaviors mirror. Anyways. I do not have the "Post-Marathon-Blues". In fact, I am kicking my heels in a fit of joy. Well, I would be, but I'm a bit too sore to move in that fashion. As my previous posts explained, I did not train like I shoul...