Rants, Recipes, and Running

The subject of this post may lead one to think something adventurous has occurred in my life recently. Maybe I tried rock climbing? (Which my crazy husband is trying to convince me to do. He's crazy. I don't even climb past the 3rd rung on the ladder.) Maybe I've signed up to go sky diving? Or base jumping? Or maybe I'm stepping into a jumping castle full of a large group of wild children during flu season. (another persistent fear of mine...bouncing, germs)   How about........     Connor Jaeger in the Olympics?   No...he doesn't scare me.   It's what he's perched on!   Swimming blocks .      Let us all take a moment to let our heart rate come down. Wipe the sweat beds off our face.    I don't know about you all, but the pure thought of diving off a platform that is whopping 1-2 feet above the a pool of water sends shear terror through my spine!!!   I have swam my entire life, but...

A few months have managed to pass since I did my last post like this. So here are my current "Currently's"  :) Current Book : "Me Before You" by Jojo Moyes. It's about a women taking care of a quadriplegic. It sounds like a sad book, but it's actually quite funny at times - as the character has a funny and dry sense of humor. It also really opens my eyes to things I've never really thought about with being w/c-bound. Current Excitement : My Friday night date with 2 of my girlfriends. We are having dinner and going to a movie based of a book we read --  "If I Stay". Excited to see it! Fully prepared for tears, since I cried during the book! Current Fashion : Well, In 4 days I will begin wear jeans again. (September 1) Even if it's 100+ degrees out. It's September. I'm ready to boycott summer! I miss jean and sweaters so much....... Current Drink : I am currently drinking a lot of Bigelow Green tea with Mint. I made a...

Ryan and I have few weekends where our schedules align...and this was one of them. Therefore, I try packing in as much possible! I had a 3 day weekend - so mine started bright & early Friday morning at 5 am with masters swim, followed by a 24 mile bike ride! I had some technical difficulties with my bike, on a crazy-steep incline, and it was scary. But I managed to fix the chain on my own!! * insert fist pump * The rest of Friday was spent cleaning house, grocery shopping, and making deserts for the party we were hosting Saturday night. Ryan and I ordered in thai food and watched "God is not Dead" while I made white-chocolate truffles. It was a productive, but nice night in! And green curry always makes me happy.... Saturday I needed to sleep in past 4:30....so we "slept in" until 6 am! We had 10 miles to run, and I knew we had to get somewhat of an early start. We were on the trail by 7 am, and it was already 84 degrees F. * insert tears * Unfortunat...