Total Lack of Conservation of Mass

I followed a recipe from my CSA farm which had me grate cabbage and carrots and onions and fry it all up a bit and then bake it with some egg and cheese. Somehow, a big food-processor bowl of vegetable matter ended up a slim layers of baked goodness in a small pan.

It was tasty at least.

The Carrot Challenge

The carrots from the CSA basket have been vanquished in a most flavourful manner (nom nom):

Indian Spiced Carrot Soup with Ginger

The basket is almost all used up; all that's left is a bit of the squash and some apples. I might just make the squash apple soup again.

This Week's CSA Basket

apples
pears
carrots
sprouts
grape tomatoes (greenhouse)
mixed greens
mushrooms
butternut squash

Tonight: apple squash soup with nutmeg + a simple salad
Tomorrow breakfast: mushroom omelete with sprouts on the side

The challenge: what to do with all those carrots

Funny Instructions

I love the last picture of the instructions. Now every time I empty my portafilter into the knockbox, I have to make that sound. (You know the sound I mean.)

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It takes only 10 lbs

We had a small class in Body Trim yesterday (Reading Week) and so I decided to use body bars, just to add a little challenge. (Normally we don't have enough body bars to go around.)

We did the usual lunges and squats, but this time I was holding and extra 10 lbs above my head. Today: ouch ouch ouch! What a difference that makes! I have to stop myself from moaning every time I get up out of a chair. My poor quads and glutes are so very sore.

I hope my participants are alright!

That's Mr. Auxiliary Game Warden to You!

B. found this is a box of bits and pieces left from his dad:

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I'm sooooo average...

... and I love it!

I spent a good part of my life having a hard time shopping because I didn't fit into any off-the-shelf clothing. But now, having settled into a comfortable weight, I'm actually a totally average size 8, or medium. For the most part, clothes just fit. I always have to get pants hemmed a bit, but that's okay. It's not expensive and not much trouble.

This weekend I needed a suit. I walked into Winsmoore (at The Bay in MicMac) and walk out with a well fitting suit (pants to be hemmed) in about 45 mins. Halleluia. I am normal, average, and all that. When it comes to sizes, that's great news.

I Think it was the Coffee Table

I think what was stopping my ankle from recovering completely was me putting my feet up on the coffee table.

It's like this: For a long time, I had a tib. post. problem. That was nearly fixed when out of nowhere I started having a problem with one of the little ligaments in my ankle. (The tibio-talar one I think.) The physio said it was probably because my foot got a bit out of alignment and that put unusual strain on it. We worked on fixing it (while the tib post problem pretty much went away) but it kept coming back, and it was very unpredictable.

Over the holidays I was over visiting relatives and the ligament problem pretty much went away. I figured it was because I wasn't exercising. But then I got back home, and still didn't do anything, just lazed around, and it came back. WTF? The only things I was doing differently at home (that I wasn't while I was away) was walking barefoot on carpet, and putting my feet on the coffee table.

Waittaminute. The ligament problem started _after_ I moved to my current place and started putting my feet up....

So I stopped doing that, and voila, the problem is almost gone. It got a bit irritated when I taught two fitness classes in one day, but it's okay again two days later. And the original tib. post. problem is ... not a problem any more. I can feel that if I over-do it I can still overwhelm it and make it hurt, but just doing a step class doesn't hurt it.

So yeah. It turns out the problem was resting. I'm a gal that's happiest when she's moving. :-)

Coffee Mania

As part of my Christmas drive to save the economy, I bought an espresso machine and a good grinder. What fun! I've had a bit of trouble sleeping because of the increased caffeine in my life, but it's great fun making espressos and cappucinos and cafe au lait and all that. (I haven't tried a latte yet.) I'm pretty happy with the way the espressos are turning out, but I'm still working on being able to froth milk properly. I want to get it all nice and even and thick so that I can do latte art. :-)