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Wednesday, May 11, 2011

Sunday morning I finished week one of the Galloway 5K training. Then we drove down to LA for the funeral of my oldest friend's father. A very sad occasion but I did get to see my sister and have a Mother's Day dinner with her. After the funeral, I took my husband to my parent's wall crypt. I'm surprised I remembered the number as it's been 10 years since I was last there.
The funeral was on Monday but I knew I wasn't going to be in any shape to drive back up here, so we stayed the night and drove back on Tuesday.
Tuesday morning we were all set to use the tiny hotel gym. Just as we were going to ask at the front desk for the key, two people entered the gym. It only had 3 pieces of equipment and some weights, so we knew we were out of luck. We decided we'd just run/walk on the street. So down Sepulveda Boulevard we went and around the corner onto Ventura Boulevard. I was listening to my Galloway app and it ended when we hit Land Rover Encino (about 1.9 miles away from the hotel). Then we walked and did a little running back. A very nice workout. After a relatively good breakfast at Denny's (I got egg whites, English muffin dry, chicken sausage and turkey bacon...I ended up having only 1 slice of the bacon) we headed back home.
It was definitely nice to be back and see my kitty and sleep in my own bed. I totally did not want to get up and go to work this morning. I ended up not doing my workout this morning but that's okay. It ended up being a sort of short day because we were trying to draw blood from the fellow that I work with but we couldn't get enough tubes..her vein collapsed (as sometimes happens). We'll try again tomorrow. Since I didn't have to do all the spinning in the cold room today, I was able to leave a little early. I did Jackie Warner Xtreme Timesaver Training with 3 pound weights since I haven't done any weights for a while. Whew...I forgot how much that workout made me sweat. Then I hosed myself off and went to the Chiropractor for an adjustment. A little sore now, but that is to be expected. I will be getting up in the morning to do my run..It's pretty warm around here and it's much better to get the exercise in during the early morning hours.
Happy to be back. I've got some whole wheat spaghetti on the stove and turkey meatballs in the microwave (no time to go shopping). Have a happy Wednesday night. I missed you all.

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Yes, I'm Still Here...Just Busy

Saturday, May 07, 2011

Friday morning I did do my Galloway walk/run for 2 miles. The back felt good. I was tired, though. I only got about 4 hours of sleep the night before. Work was busy and had lots of trips to the cold room. Only slight tingly from that.
I saw the chiropractor that afternoon and he showed me the x-rays. I have mild scoliosis and my spine is also twisted making one hip higher than the other. The plan is to go 2 times a week for 2 weeks and then once a week for a month as long is there has been improvement. That sounded reasonable to me. It was definitely weird having an adjustment.
On Thursday night I had dinner with my best friend for her birthday. I baked her some gluten free chocolate chocolate chip cookies:

Friday night I baked the gluten free red velvet cake for the party today.
Here it is with just the middle frosting:

All frosted:

And decorated:

We just got back from the party. Everybody had a good time and the cake was a success :-)
I am going down to LA tomorrow for a funeral on Monday. The father of one of my oldest friends died on Wednesday. A very sad time. But also nice because I will be seeing my oldest sister tomorrow and can celebrate Mother's Day with her.
Have a great one and I'll talk to you on Tuesday (or Wedesday).

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Busy Day Yesterday and Today

Thursday, May 05, 2011

I had no time to blog yesterday so here's the recap.
I thought about doing run/walk in the morning but I was exhausted so I slept in.
Lots of running around at work and then it was off to see the chiropractor. He asked a lot of questions and took some standing x-rays. He did some pushing me around to see if it would make me hurt..not happening. He did say that my hips are uneven and that he thinks one leg is longer than the other. He also thinks that some of the back soreness may be from the arthritis. Not sure about the butt yet. I will go back on Friday to go over the x-ray results and hear what his plan is. He did say that I should do what I usually do, so I went home and did day 2 of the Galloway ultimate 5K (somehow the app skipped day 1 and I didn't realize until I was done). It felt great. No pain at all while running...a little sore this morning but not sure what it's from since it's all very random.
We had some Trader Joe's Chinese type foods for dinner: pork bun (yes, I bit in before the picture was taken..I was starving), stir fry veggies and chicken wontons. Very tasty.

I mixed up some gluten free cookie dough..chocolate chocolate chip with a little added cinnamon and cayenne for my BFF's birthday today. I will bake them when I get home and get a picture then.
I'm fasting for a blood draw right now. I hope my boss comes in soon so we can do this already. I'm starving.
Have a good one!!
Happy Cinco de Mayo!!

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It's Tuesday

Tuesday, May 03, 2011

Another cold and busy day at work. The warmer the weather outside, the colder it is inside. Definitely true.
My butt definitely feels sore when it's cold. Very odd. I made an appointment with a chiropractor tomorrow for a consultation. Hopefully he can figure out what is going on.
Even though I didn't do any elliptical or treadmill, I still have managed to get in over 11000 steps so far today. Lots of walking up and down the stairs at work. Then I had to deliver some samples to somebody at Stanford. The parking lot was at least 1/2 mile from the building so I got it a bit of walking there as well.
For dinner tonight, we tried Trader Joe's Chicken Asada. We had it as tacos on Trader Joe's corn and wheat blend tortillas. Vegetarian refried beans on the side. Quite tasty.

Then I baked some low carb spice muffins for my husband to take for breakfasts.

Time to go and roll my butt and back. A little sore right now.
Have a good night!!

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What Happened to the Weekend?

Monday, May 02, 2011

For those of you wondering, yes, I did do the elliptical on Sunday morning. I originally planned on 30 minutes which turned into 3 miles which turned into 3.5 miles (42) minutes. I definitely felt good while I was on it, but somehow I don't think it agrees with my back/butt. Later in the day they were a little sore but by bedtime I felt fine. This morning and most of today, they've been sore. Not sure if it was caused by the elliptical or because I slept funny (I woke up with a cat on my chest and I was kind of in a weird position). My plan is to rest today and maybe walk tomorrow. If I'm feeling good on Wednesday, I may try running. My back may just prefer it. It's different muscles and not a twisting motion like the elliptical.
Yesterday morning we took Malika in for her rabies and FVRCP vaccinations. Unfortunately, she also had some worms...maybe picked up in the garage. We don't let her out of the house otherwise. She was not a very happy kitty when she got home but is doing fine now.
We decided to go to House of Falafel for lunch. I had my usual, the falafel plate. We also got some fries (not pictured).

I only had 3 falafel balls and my husband had the rest.
I baked some superdoodles (snickerdoodles with cinnamon chips). Some I kept as is to give to some of my dialysis guys. The rest, I added chocolate chips to for a cinnamon and chocolate cookie extravaganza. We tasted them last night...yum!!

Another busy, cold day at work. At least I did not need to go into the cold room. It seems the hotter it is outside, the colder it is inside the hospital. Crazy!
I finally tried out my Cricut cake with some frosting sheets that they sell. I still need some practice but at least I've got an idea of how to use it. The sheets are very fragile, so I tore some of the edges accidentally. I'm hoping to get some good designs to put on a cake this weekend.

Tonight's dinner is a rehash of last Tuesday. Trader Joe's jalapeno chicken sausages and Alexia sweet potato fries. Maybe another veggie. I'll ask my husband when he gets home.
Happy Monday!

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