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Happy Cabin Fever

Friday mornings snow flurries didn’t last long but I sure feel like I got snowed in!

I stayed at my sister’s house from Tuesday night through last night and only left the house to go for a walk or run.  No driving, no stores, no one besides family.  Just lots of quality time with my niece and sister, lots of studying (Personal Training certification C.E.C’s), lots of yoga, lots of leftovers, some good runs, and a few movies.

It was really lovely!

But it’s good to be home.

Tate and I spent the afternoon driving home because we decided to take the scenic route (after he made a wrong turn ;)).  We drove 45 miles on the Blue Ridge Parkway and even stopped for a super-quick “hike” along the way.  Our 2 hour drive turned into 3 but it was really beautiful and much better than risking sitting in traffic on I-81.

The last of the leftovers were consumed as lunch today and not a moment too soon, I am sick of stuffing!  I ate it 5 days in a row if you count Wednesday’s tastings as I cooked and, although it was super tasty, I am good on stuffing for about a year.

Dinner is done and laundry is in, now I am contemplating my daily yoga.  Today is the final day of my 5 sessions for 5 weeks and tonight’s session is looking like it may be one of the shortest and gentlest of all.  I am tired!  But down on my mat I shall go and 15 minutes later I will be glad I did.

Hasta manana!

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Let’s Eat

Oh yeah.

Appetizing

Pickled carrots and peppers, homemade by my dad.

A co-worker recommended this sparkling wine as a tasty value.  Cristalino Brut Rose.  Very tasty.

And now…

…the real deal…

…the meal!

Homegrown roasted beets.

Chard, pure and simple.

Whole wheat and homemade.

Green beans, steamed and topped with freshly shelled black walnuts.

Cranberry plum sauce.  I made this one!   I cut the sugar down.  WAY down.  It was nice and tart.  Into a saucepan went about a fourth a cup of sugar, two tablespoons of lavender honey, the peel from one orange, two bags of fresh cranberries, 2 cups of water, cardamom, and garam masala.  It all boiled away for about 10 minutes and that was that.

Wild salmon topped with grated ginger and preserved Meyer lemon.

The bird.

This was actually post-meal snacking and no, that’s not me digging into meat, that’s my sister!  (I KNOW I’m not actually a vegetarian but really, who says Pescatarian?)

My plate.

Yum, yum.

I slowly worked my way through about 2/3rds of this plateful then covered it up and set it aside for later.

The table.

After eatin’, 5 of us headed out to tramp through the woods.

This year was my first Thanksgiving in West Virginia since 2000!  It was a super lovely day filled with family, food, and activity.   Tate and I did indeed go out for a run this morning, 35 minutes of heart pumping did the body good. (Good choice!)  The dogs weren’t quite as vicious today, Tate claimed they could smell my fear yesterday.  And I wore a bright red shirt to keep the hunters for mistaking me for a graceful doe. 😉  After the run I did 15 minutes of strength training and stretching.  Lots of good choices.

I have been working on this post for hours!  Internet can be sucky here in the mountain state.  While the pictures load I have watched more than a few episodes of The Amazing Race with the fam and eaten the rest of my plate of food from “dinner”.  Time to unplug.

Once again, Happy Thanksgiving!


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