We had a ton of pork left over from dinner yesterday. Damn you Costco and your giant portions of inexpensive, quality meat!  So, Gary took the helm and made us a taco bar for dinner.  We used up the leftover pork sautéed with onions and these goodies:



I hadn’t had this salsa before. I am a huge salsa fan and enjoy buying different kinds. It was spicy and not really that exciting. I didn’t think it tasted like tequila or lime.  However these kettle chips are the bombdiggity. I’ve written about them before, they are super salty and beany.  Good yums.  I took a picture of my finished taco, it was really pretty!  My camera ate it somehow.

I know I shouldn’t post a picture of my kids dimeslot, but come on how funny is this pic.


I went out into the sub artic temperatures and ran around the yard with the dogs after dinner.  I made it back inside without frostbite or upchucking my dinner from the frolicking.  I am bummed that I didn’t go out for a walk today, the snow is really deep. It would have been a good workout.

Being that it’s a new year, my gym has come out with a new schedule!  I am so pumped, I love when they move the classes around.  I have spent way too much time studying the schedule and here is what I think I am going to do.

Sunday: 9am power yoga, PM run with Fonzie 4-6
Monday: Weights on my own at gym,  PM run with Fonzie 4-6 miles
Tuesday: 10:00 Absolutely abs and then 4-6 mile speed work on dreadmill
Wednesday: 10:30 Beamfit (awesome pilates/yoga class on balance beam) and if I can get Harper to bed early 7:30pm power yoga
Thursday:  6 -8 mile Run,  Yoga at home
Friday: 9:15 Urban Iron
Saturday: Long run 8-13 miles

Now this is a perfect world schedule. I will obviously not always get these workouts in. Running is the main focus and I need to get 4-5 runs in a week, Yoga is next and I need to do it twice, then the Friday weights b/c I need to make sure I lift at least once.  How about you lovely readers?  What is your most important workout each week, which one do you put before all others?

Oh this weeks Somethin’ pretty is really pretty!  I love little knick knacky bowls. I buy sushi dishes a lot from places like sur la table and use them to put jewelry, etc in.  Look what I got from Elm Studio on etsy! 

I love it!  I picked it b/c it said Naturally Sweet and she surprised me by putting Harper’s name on it.  Sweet for sure.  It looks flat in the photo, but is actually a bowl.


Once I ordered something similar to this for a wedding gift and they loved it:




Erin is supremely talented and takes special orders, you should definitely check her out. 

Harper and I braved the cold for a trip to Whole Foods and TJs today!  I needed coffee from TJs and I wanted to go to Whole Foods and get some of the Amazing Grass for my Green Monster trials. I ended up buying a bunch of different single serving packets to try them out and see which I like best before I invest $40 in a canister.  I went for those 2 things, but ended up with a lot more of course!  Looking forward to roasting some of those brussel sprouts, I have never been very successful at veggie roasting, any tips? I picked up some of my fav frozen foods – Quorn Guyere patties and TJs chicken quesadillas.  Some of my fav yogurts – Liberte and Wallaby Down Unders.  And I got a bag of chicken meatballs from Whole foods, they are asiago and fennel!  Yum.