adapted from Vegetarian Cooking For Everyone

4 huge leeks
3lbs potatoes (I used baking, because that's what I had)
4 cups of vegetable broth
3 cups water
2 tbs butter
salt and pepper

Slice just the white parts of the leeks and let them soak in water while you mess with the potatoes. Wash, quarter and slice the potatoes. Melt the butter in your soup pot. Add in the potatoes and leeks and cook covered for 10 minutes. Then add broth and water and bring to a boil. Then simmer for 35 minutes. Salt and Pepper to taste. You prolly add some milk to make it creamy. I didn't peel the potatoes because I'm lazy.

It was really good. I also made whole wheat muffins with goat cheese and a spinach salad. Perfect dinner.

See Ruby's blog for the big part of my day and why it has sucked.

We did go for a run this morning. Their were two dogs loose and running around. This man yelled at me for not having my dogs on a leash. WTF I don't even have a dog. I calmly told him they weren't mine. He then just stared at me. Anyway, 3 miles and some strength work. i have PT this afternoon, too.

Chris is setting up a new blog for me. Hopefully we;ll get it going in the next couple weeks. I'm kinda excited about it. I'm also excited about dinner tonight! Potato leek soup, goat cheese muffins, and spinach salad. After the day I've had today I'm sure some wine or a martini will also be involved.

I had a really good 6 miler this morning. We ran a relatively flat route becasue Saturday felt like I climbed Everest or something. My running partners kids were out school so she wanted to run at 6:30 instead of 5:20am. I begged Chris to feed Ruby breakfast. Sleeping in until 5:30 was so nice.

The only way Ruby will take a morning nap is if you go for walk. So this morning April and I walked 4 miles while pushing Ruby. This new napping development might just take care of the extra pounds. I'm not sure if the venti chia sipped during our walk will help.

I am definitely marathon training. Seriously I have been HUNGRY! I can't eat enough. I love it!
I do need to watch it, but it's nice to be hungry. After nine months of puking and then 3-4 more stress induced dieting I'm ready to be hungry.

I think I'm going to start a food blog. Stay tuned.

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So that sucked a big one. It wasn't my back. I was doing great then got a side stitch around mile 3. I would slow way down and it would go away. I was running like 10:45's. I'd speed back up to a 9:45 and it would come back. 16 miles of this sucked. I had to run really slow to keep the side stitch away. I've never had this happen before. I'm wondering if maybe the tightness in back is pulling everything else in my core out of whack.

I finished. I took my ice bath. I've had a smoothy, venti soy chia, low fat banana bread, and three potato, egg, and soy sausage breakfast tacos. I am going to drink a lot of water, bake some bread, and take a nap this afternoon. Then this evening I plan on drinking copious amounts of wine and eating yummy cheese.

I am about to do something stupid. My back (SI joint to be exact) is stiff. I'm not in horrible pain. I am however going to go for my 16 mile run. If I were one of my own runners, I would tell them to aqua jog or use the elliptical. I would tell them to be careful, knowing full well that they would attempt to run. We runners are bull headed and STUPID. So I'm running this morning, come hell or high water.

You see the thought of the equivalent of 16 miles on the elliptical or aqua jogging makes me want to drive nails into my eyeballs. When my orthopedic doc suggested this on Wednesday I nodded in agreement. When I left we both knew there was no way in hell I was going to get on the elliptical for 3 horrible hours. Aqua jogging and I aren't friends either. If I'm in the pool I prefer to SWIM. If I'm on land I prefer to RUN.

To recap. I am stupid. I might be causing myself more harm. I am however going to burn enough calories to consume my weight in French and Spanish cheeses and wines this evening. I'm not going to let a silly SI joint get between me and some brie.

Ah, the joys of marathon training.

I realized yesterday that my life is pretty damn close to how I wanted it. I love staying home. Some days are harder than others, but I in general I love it. I don't really miss working. Sure some days I do. I miss making big important decisions about things. I miss being important. I do make important decisions about Ruby. I guess that's something.

I do miss being a chemist. At the doctors office when I will filling out paper work I wrote Chemist under occupation. I then crossed it out and put Mother. This made me sad and happy at the same time. I don't really know where I'm going with this. I guess figuring it all out is part of the process of life.

My days are full of Ruby, cooking, laundry, knitting, and crafting. I love it. I am however aware of how much a second income could help us. We can't afford Montessori schools. We could, but we'd never go on vacation again or I'd have to get a real job. By real job I mean one that pays me what I'm worth. My goal is to have Ruby on wait lists by Christmas. Yes, we have to put her on wait lists 2.5 years before we want her to go. I want her to go 2-3 mornings a week once she is 3 years old.

On another note, I'm sending out the Holiday plan email today. I love rocking the boat.

Some people would see stale bread, over ripe bananas, and left over hot fudge. I see Banana Bread Pudding with Hot Fudge Sauce.





Remind me again why I am 7lbs from pre-pregnancy weight.

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