Brrr..., but beautiful

That was my general feeling about the little 20 mile ride I did this afternoon, cold & sunny-gorgeous. 31-38 degrees is just not comfortable (especially when this amateur doesn't layer properly). Actually, I was okay it wasn't THAT bad. I could see my fingers, I just couldn't feel them. When we started up a few little hills though my blood got warm and pumping and my phalanges were working again. A nice man loaned me a warm little skull cap (my knitted one was too bulky). It was so clear and pretty out today; Mt St. Helen's was clearly visible to the north and to the east we could see a Mt. Hood. I enjoyed the ride and owe Miss Brandy aka: Cyclemama-super-mad-skills-endurance-woman a big thank you for motivating me to get out there. I don't know if I'll be braving the rain and cold, but dry and cold aren't so bad. It was fun to see some familiar faces on the ride today. We had a good sized group of maybe 10-12 riders. Fun day!

Another wardrobe malfunction

So I had a major wardrobe malfunction (it's not the first). I bought a new sports bra which is totally useless when running. By the first 1/8th of my 2 mile run it crept up to my neck. Wearing a sports bra around your neck is just totally asinine when your running up and down hills. Doah! I think it has high hopes of being a scarf or some new fashionable lycra neck warmer. Blasted thing, but if you were a very small person and were looking up under my sweatshirt you would see some mean reverse cleavage ;) Upside down cleavage is better than nothing (or so I'm telling myself today). So my question is: Should I return the vile article? Would you?

Yay me :)

I ran today. I haven't ran for months and I started back to my exercise routine last week. I have been itching to have a run/jog and even though I'm so out of shape I did it. Labored breathing, cursing, and aching knees were my only distraction. All hilly 2 miles (check)! About 5 minutes after I got home it started pouring (frozen ice/hail/rain). Thank goodness I headed out just 5 minutes before or I would have been crying a bit ;)

So, Yay me!

I've never!

Left a comment on a blog for an author, but tonight I did. I recently read Apathy
the book was very entertaining and I read it in 2 nights which for me, well it was that good. Tonight I asked my 2 yr old what "Apathy" meant, yes I did because sometimes all I have to talk to is my 2 yr old.

Me: What does Apathy mean little child that came from my very being (yes I should have said loins, but so what)?

Little child: Oh, it means you are older like this...(she holds up 4 fingers and nods uh huh).

Me: No, not really you should have shrugged your shoulders and had NO OPINION! We have work to do my child, much work to do.

Kidding, I gave her a hug and a kiss and did all the right things that make me Mom of the year while my mind wanders off into the land of subtitles.

See how random I can barely write. This my friends is why I enjoyed this book: articulation! Of which I have nada.

Sharing the bread love

In the fall and winter I do two things consistently, I bake bread and I knit. This year
I have been making the kids this cottage cheese bread and they LOVE it, plus it has a bunch of protein because of the "secret" ingredient :)Just don't let them see you make it if they have a cottage cheese aversion. The stuff just melts into the loaf, they'll never know its in there. Clever Mama's unite!

I make this yummy loaf in my Oster 2lb Expressbake, but am going to attempt it in my new oven soon.

Here is the recipe:

Cottage Cheese Speltish Bread

3/8 cups water
1 cup of cottage cheese
1 egg
2 TBSP of butter, margarine or olive oil
1 TBSP Molasses
1 TBSP Honey
1 tsp. vanilla extract
1 and 1/2 tsp. salt
1 cup of Spelt flour
2 and 1/4 tsp active dry yeast
1 cup of wheat flour
1 and 3/4 cup unbleached flour (i use King Arthur Brand)

Measure and add liquid ingredients to bread pan. Measure and add dry ingredients (except yeast) to the bread pan. Use your finger and form a hole in the flour where you pour in the yeast. Go do that. Yeast should NOT touch the wet ingredients. Snap the bread pan into the breadmaker and plug it in, press select and choose the sweet setting. Press the Crust color button and choose the color crust you want, then push start. Easy peasy....3 hours later yummy goodness.

A new crop

of hats...

Here are a bunch of chilly heads that are now happy for the new year.