tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18874387223398737942014-03-19T01:11:25.776-07:00Having fun in the Northwest, one weekend at a time.Annehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04908248779057476345noreply@blogger.comBlogger100125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1887438722339873794.post-32227372311221789982010-12-21T21:16:00.000-08:002010-12-22T15:26:43.786-08:00

Ho ho ho and holly jolly and all that cheery stuff! 2010 has been a pretty good year for the Winters. We both have jobs, we have a teenager who still likes us and our cats only throw up occasionally! Moving into 2011 James and I hope to keep our jobs, buy a house, keep up the exercise and really nail down some diet/food changes. Nick's working on A's (he's currently around a 3.0 gpa) and his

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Oh my goodness, these biscuits were so good! We put some honey inside and ohhhhhhh, yummmmm. They look kind of flat in the picture but I think that's because I didn't make them thick enough. I rolled them thinner than the recipe calls for. Biscuits 2 ½ cups blanched almond flour, plus extra for dusting the dough (I used Bob's Red Mill) ½ teaspoon sea salt ½ teaspoon baking soda ¼ cup butter (

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Lol, well, I always pay attention to food! What I really mean is I want to stop taking shortcuts and start eating more REAL food rather than processed pre-packaged food. I really feel like I could do better with my choices of food and I know I can provide better foods for Nick. I'm stuck in a rut of buying pre-made stuff: meatballs (full of meat and god knows how many other fillers and

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Nick and I ran the Jingle Bell Run together. We put bells on our shoes, Santa hats on our heads, drove to downtown Portland and had a holly jolly good time. We arrived at a parking garage that was about 4 blocks from the starting line. I had pre-planned this so new exactly where to go....off the 4th street exit, straight down 4th to the Smart Park (street parking is free on Sundays but there

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Late last May I was forced to quit running because my knee was behaving badly. So badly in fact that there were some days I struggled to even walk. Then I went to physical therapist who recommended ASTYM along with specific exercises and I recovered. Slowly. I walked most of July and didn't start really running again until August. Since then I've been running regularly, haven't had so much as a

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In Portland there's a mysterious place near the airport and the Swedish furniture store that is hidden on a hill, behind a forest of trees. I've always known it was there, you can see the giant cross lighting up the night. In fact, the cross is visible from Washington. A long time ago my mom mentioned as we were driving by on the freeway that she went to a Catholic retreat "up on that hill". I've

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I went on a run along Ruston Way this morning. Enjoyed the peace and calm before the Thanksgiving feast. One of the things I am most thankful for is my health, and the fact that I CAN go for a run.

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The best day when you're a kid! Who cares that it's only an inch of snow?

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This is the spot on the computer desk where the cpu goes. He'd never fit in there now!

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Love this bed....love it!

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Not so much a picture but a video this time. And not so much one but two (hey, bonus!). Nick, James and I always go to a Trans-Siberian Orchestra concert every year around Nov./Dec. They are part hair-band rock and part Christmas and we are always happy we went. The second video below is one of my favorite songs. Christmas Canon Rock:

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Granted this photo is a week or so old, but I really appreciate these cute holiday cards. Finding one in the mailbox is like finding a hidden Christmas present that you didn't know was left under the tree! I appreciate the fact that someone went to the trouble of buying, addressing, stamping and mailing the card. We don't tell the person enough how much we love receiving them (So thank you Mary!)

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I have a really bad habit of feeling sorry for myself and seeing everything as glass-half-full. Lately I've been spending a substantial amount of brain-power comparing my life to everything around me and I need to stop and just realize that I have a lot of blessings. I need to spend time counting them. So I have two goals. Call them pre-new year's resolutions if you want because I'm starting

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Last week James and I finally were able to do the Fit Right Northwest First Thursday Urban Adventure Run. It happens the first Thursday of every month from March-September and we were always busy or out of town and could never go. In September they added an additional event on the LAST Thursday of the month so hurray, we could finally go! What a great night. The last day of September and it was

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I finally decided that spending money on new running shoes wouldn't be a bad idea. I've been needing them for a while and keep hearing how shoes really are the most important piece of equipment a runner should have. (Great justification for spending money, right?!) I went to my favorite running shoe store, the one where they put you on a treadmill and make you run barefoot while videotaping your

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This time of year has a way of bringing on that HOLY CRAP IT'S ALMOST CHRISTMAS WHERE DID THE YEAR GO feeling. The summer's gone, and we're on to school stuff and cooler weather and changes in routines. It's always a little unwelcome, to lose the carefree feeling of summer, but also a little bit refreshing to settle into the old schedule again. There's a couple fun constants in September, that

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