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Walk Away Day

Where oh where did the day go?

It walked away!

Tate and I ran errands this morning on foot.  I love that I can walk to the Downtown Mall and go to the library, post office, bank, and CVS! So convenient and car free, more points for C’ville!

We also swung by the Holiday City Market, the December version of the Saturday farmer’s market, to eye the produce.  Nothing jumped out at us and we still had a crisper-full of veg at home so no purchases.

Lunch was thrown together without a plan of attack but it turned out to be a mighty fine mountain of food!

Red Curry Tofu-Veggies topped with a drizzle of peanut sauce.  It was super satisfying!

I opted for yoga over studying and enjoyed most of this Vinyasa routine (my current exercisetv favorite!) before it was time to meet Kath for another errand walk.

She and I walked to an awesome local health food store, Integral Yoga, that is a mile or so from my house.  Our mission was chatting, exercise, fresh air, perusing the sales in the bulk bins, and grabbing a few items for dinner.

And before I knew it, it was time to get ready for dinner!  I did manage to finish the final 10 minutes of yoga before heading over to Matt+Kath‘s for a dinner date.

Dinner was a lovely of butternut squash and mushroom soup.

The soup was delicious but the real highlight of the night was the SNOW!  Little, icy flakes started coming down just before dinner and it was so pretty!

SO pretty in fact, that we had to get out in it and take a walk after the table was cleared.  It was chilly but I love that excitement of the first snow of the year.

Back at the house, we warmed up quickly with steaming cups of Pero and it was time to break out the Plum Crumb.

The Crumb was decent but Kath totally one upped me by making fresh whipped cream with bourbon in it!  Yep, it was as good as it sounds.  And, no, all of that white stuff is not whipped cream, just the bottom dollop, the rest is homemade plain yogurt.

The Crumb disappointed a little.  The plums are so sweet raw that I thought cooking them would do amazing things but they actually lost a lot of their sweetness.  I think this is a better suited breakfast crumb than dessert.  No problem, there’s plenty left for tomorrow morning!

It’s 10pm on a Saturday night and I am DONE!

Goodnight.

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Good Choices

This year I am giving thanks for the power of choice.

Last Spring I got really hooked on the mantra “make good choices”.  I would repeat this phrase to myself whenever I was making small daily decisions, like whether to exercise or not, eat something or take seconds, or say something snarky (and usually unnecessary) to my amazing husband.  It really helped me pause and take time to consider what was best for me in that moment (the “good” in the choice).

Lately I have been overeating. Often.  Over the last week I have wound up too full nearly daily.  I used to do this a lot but over the last year, through “making good choices”, I have been able to stop when I am 75% “full” more often than not.  And feel I feel a lot better when I do that (surprise, surprise).  Besides the obvious (excessive calories) it just feels gross to be truly full.

So, on this day of feasting I am going to celebrate my choice to eat or not eat, drink or not drink, every bite and every sip.  I love food and have always had a hearty and healthy appetite.  I have every intention of eating a nice full plate of food, or maybe two, but I will make every bite a conscious choice, taking my cues from inside rather than outside.

I woke up to the sound of my sister rubbing the turkey with butter.   Coffee, an apple, and a small banana later and it was yogatime.

What you can’t see in these pictures is my sister’s mother-in-law watching us from the couch and my sister’s nephew sleeping on the other couch!  He only roused briefly as we performed a very intense “breathe of fire” exercise.  If you’re not familiar with “breathe of fire”, he managed to mumble, “you sound like panting dogs”.  He’s 17.

We flowed along with Shiva Rea for just over an hour.

Breakfast number two.

Pumpkin and plain yogurt topped with cardamon, garam masala, and a kiwi.  This will hold me until 2pm “dinner” time.  It was delicious and satisfying and I enjoyed every bite.

There were 10 of us at my sister’s house last night and we expect the remaining 4 guests around noon (my parents, stepmom, and step sister).

The decorations are made

After yesterday’s run I was not planning on repeating that adventure today but the dark clouds have parted ways and I would love to get out in the sunshine for a while.  Hmmmm, make a good choice, what would be best for me right now?  Braving the dogs, hunters, and cars or pumping some (5 pound) iron with Jillian?

I’ll decide over another cup of coffee, now that is definitely a good choice. 😉

Happy Thanksgiving!  Enjoy good food, good company, and good choices!

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