Obama and Penelope

Feb 22
Penelope with the podium behind her left ear.


The blurb is Senator Obama

Coach J

Yesterday, we had a lot of errands and then T's appointment. I stopped at Sonic (yeah yeah I know) and let the kids sit at the picnic tables. Their sitting looked more like running around so back into the van.

boychik saw his gymnastics coach at Sonic. Sweety pea didn't want me to say hi to Coach J and I kept playing like I was going to. "Mom, stop that! Moooom!"

Mom, can I tell my friends I saw Coach J smoking at Sonic.

Um, that's private. You can tell your friends that you saw Coach J at Sonic though.

Oh. okay. Can I tell them that Coach J met a guy and when the guy came then they left together.

!!! What about you just say you saw Coach J at Sonic.

okay Mom.

Hey, Mom, thanks for making us kids all in the ABCs. abcdefghI, abcdefghijklmnopqrS, A, A, abC. Our names are in the alphabet just like yours!

Sweet! I get props from the boy for using the english alphabet to create their names!

week 4 completed

and my knees are killing me. I wussed out on my last run. I walked some when I was supposed to run. So, I'm redoing today on Sunday. Tuesday we start week 5.
Day 1
Brisk five-minute warmup walk, then:
Jog 1/2 mile (or 5 minutes)
Walk 1/4 mile (or 3 minutes)
Jog 1/2 mile (or 5 minutes)
Walk 1/4 mile (or 3 minutes)
Jog 1/2 mile (or 5 minutes)

Day 2
Brisk five-minute warmup walk, then:
Jog 3/4 mile (or 8 minutes)
Walk 1/2 mile (or 5 minutes)
Jog 3/4 mile (or 8 minutes)

Day 3
Brisk five-minute warmup walk, then
Jog two miles (or 20 minutes) with no walking.

:whimper:

When I run I feel His pleasure

erm, not today. Probably not tomorrow. All I feel is nap's pleasure.

Sorry Eric Liddell.

Carrot Honey Cake

4 eggs
1 1/2 cups honey
1 cup oil
2 cups flour
2 tsp. baking soda
1 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp salt
2 tsp cinnamon
3 cups grated carrots
1 cup walnuts (optional)
powdered sugar

Beat eggs. Add honey and oil and mix well. Add dry ingredients. Stir
in carrots and nuts if used.

Grease and flour a 9 inch by 13 inch pan. Pour batter into pan and smooth it out.

Bake at 350F for 45 to 50 minutes.

CUPCAKES - (in liners) Bake at 350F for 25 minutes. Cool.

Just before serving, sprinkle liberally with sifted powdered sugar.

YIELD: 3 1/2 dozen cupcakes

*********************
I halved the recipe and it made 12 cupcakes.
Intead of egg I subbed milled flax seed. (1 T milled flaxseed to 3 T water)

I was going to use applesauce instead of oil but didn't want to experiment with what the right amount would have been. This is breakfast tomorrow.

Tallulah really liked the cupcake. She had one tonight. I think next time I'll use half applesauce and coconut oil.

i want to be bawdy when I grow up.

i hate running

it's so haaaaaaaard.

Week 2 Day 1
2 miles 25 minutes

my butt fat hurts when I run.:(