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Dirt bikes + Operation Christmas Child

November 21, 2009 by Whit

Well, I didn’t end up having a dance party by myself all afternoon. I did give in to Meredith’s request and went and hung out at the dirt bike track.

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Fun pictures!

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I think I am the unofficial track photographer.

After the sun went down I headed over to Super Target [!!!] to pick up some items for my shoebox + I stopped at Starbucks. I was so hungry I could have chewed my arm off. Not that I would want to do that.

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Non fat latte w/ 1 pump gingerbread syrup + the most fabulous thing on earth, aka the Cranberry Bliss bar. Get it.

Wanna see my shoebox?

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PINK!

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Every year our family stuffs shoeboxes for Samaritan’s Purse, a great charity that takes holiday gifts to kids in need. I get so excited to do mine each Thanksgiving. This year I did a box for a 2-4 year old girl. I think every little girl needs a baby doll on Christmas, don’t you?

This year they added a cool feature where you get a bar code to put on your box, and you can track where it goes! I can’t wait to see where mine ends up. I hope it makes some little girl very happy.

I also ate more food, but I was really hungry [again!] and didn’t take any pictures. Think Kashi cracks, brie and craisins. Among other things.

That’s what 20 miles will do to ya! I swear I am a bottomless pit today!

Does your family have any fun holiday traditions?

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I just wanna dance…

November 21, 2009 by Whit

I did it!

Today I ran 20 miles, and it felt SO AWESOME!

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10 + 10 = 20! [PS: Don’t you like my free Elevation tee?]

I was up at 5:30 and fixed a banana w/ PB for breakfast.

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Glory in a skin.

Then I was off to the Dowd YMCA to meet up with the other ‘marathon preview runners’ for the second half of our Thunder Road preview run. Good news Sarah + Emily! The last half is pretty much flat! It was so awesome!

The first 13 miles I ran today went through uptown, NoDa [!!!] and Midtown, some of my favorite areas of Charlotte. I’m really excited for the second half of the race now!

I lucked up on the last 7 miles. I thought I was going to have to run it alone, but I had my iPod, and I was gearing myself up for it when I got back to the Y. As I was walking to my car for more water a guy said ‘Good job!’ I noticed he was filling up his water bottles, so I inquired as to whether he was running extra. Guess what? HE WAS!

I ran the last 7 miles with David, his wife Katie and their friend Evelyn. Evelyn had a Garmin, so it made it SO EASY. [I really HAVE to invest in one of those!] They ran about the same pace I did, and it was really nice getting to know them. I hope to see them at the marathon! Maybe we can encourage each other in the race too. David was a great motivator! He certainly kept everyone’s spirits up, which I needed, especially in those last two miles.

Thanks guys, for letting me run with you! I really appreciated it! :D

I came home took an ice bath and fixed up some green power:

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Fave cup.

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Green goop.

  • frozen naner
  • MORE PB
  • 1 scoop protein powder
  • almond milk
  • ice
  • spinach [green power!]

Now what to do with the rest of my day? Mere is at the track, and she wants me to come watch the boys do their thang, but I just wanna dance.

20 mile run!

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[Twi]Hard Questions

November 20, 2009 by Whit

Hey, hey muffins!

Unfortunately I did not have muffins this morning. :(

But I did have CHOBANI!

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Anne P., the Chobani has arrived!

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I topped mine with granola and called it breakfast. Sadly, I had to make do with Strawberry, because those Chobani peeps did not see fit to send me pineapple. Much sadness. :(

I don’t allude to this much on the blog, but I am quite a forgetful person. Mama D. says I would forget my head, were it not attached to my neck. I planned to eat my tuna salad for lunch today, on a bed of romaine lettuce. So lovely, right?

I packed lettuce + a banana + PB.

No tuna salad.

I quickly rebounded though, when I realized this meant I could order lunch! Like a kid in a candy store I pored over the menu for Ajimi, a local sushi place.

I settled on seaweed salad + spicy tuna roll.

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Got my tuna!

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Epic. I haven’t had sushi in months. Way too long, if you ask me.

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What I took from Vegan-4-A-Day:

I really enjoyed eating Vegan 4 A Day yesterday! It was fun to challenge myself and see how a vegan diet can work for my lifestyle. It gave me a new appreciation for all who follow a vegan diet, but it also made me realize that veganism is not for me. I am not one who really likes restrictions on my diet, although I did dabble in vegetarianism for a while this summer. Yesterday solidified the fact in my mind, that flexitarian diet is the one for me! I enjoy the freedom of choosing yogurt for breakfast, sushi for lunch, and hey, maybe tuna salad for dinner?

I do believe though, that a vegan diet is a very acceptable diet, and if done properly you can be very healthy on a vegan diet. Most vegans I know of practice veganism for health issues or because of animal rights issues. I think it is awesome to be so committed to a cause that you would give up meat, dairy and the like.

Me? I love my dogs and horses, but I do enjoy my sushi and tuna salad as well!

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TWILIGHT!

I don’t talk about it quite to the extent Caitlin does, but yes, I am a Twihard. ;) I read all the books, as soon as I could get my hands on them, and I waited anxiously for the first movie to come out. I think I saw it three times in the theater.

I am not, however going to see New Moon tonight, or probably even this weekend at all.

Why?

Because I really cannot stand the crowds + screaming teenagers. I know, I am a crochety old lady.

I’m fine with that.

What about you?

Are you going to see New Moon tonight [as in bought your ticket a month ago]?Could you care less about vampires and don’t get what all the hype is about?

Do tell.

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Vegan-Fur-A-Day

November 19, 2009 by Whit

[Sorry, I couldn’t resist. Rather PETA friendly, no? ;) ]

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I almost forgot about Katy + Michelle’s Vegan-4-A-Day challenge this morning. I was just about to fry up an egg when it popped in my brain.

So pumpkin oatmeal shall have to suffice.

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It did.

  • 1/2 cup pumpkin [Libby’s!!!]
  • 1/2 cup oatmeal
  • 1/2 banana
  • water
  • pumpkin spice
  • agave syrup

Licked the bowl in fact.

Lonchi was a little harder.

I reeeeaaaallllly [yes that bad] wanted my leftover tuna salad. But I packed black beans instead. I didn’t really want them cold, so I made a makeshift black bean burger on the spur of the moment.

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Messy bowl of Heaven.

  • salsa
  • black beans
  • romaine
  • ketchup [it was vegan!]

After scarfing that down I boot scoot n’ boogied over to the barber shop. Ok, not really the barber shop. It’s a legit hair salon where I get my locks trimmed. I ♥ my hairdresser. Seriously, if you are in the area and need a hair stylist, convo me. [Convo me?!?! Regretsy much?] She has been doing my hair for 2+ years now. That’s longer than my longest romantic relationship. She informed me that I had not gotten my hair cut since August 11th! I did a little researching of my own, and guess what? She was right! I guess that’s why I’ve been sporting Medusa-like locks for the past month and a half.

It’s looking much better now!

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I’ll have to do something about that camera in my face later. Also we may need to do something about the lighting in our bathroom at work. Fugly, it is.

Handy dandy fact. There is a Starbucks within spittin’ distance of my hair salon. I picked up a peppermint mocha for my coworker and a soy misto for meself. I’m nice like that.

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New love.

And I noshed on a pear.

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Juicy.

After work I ran to the gym and ran on the treadmill. 6.2 sweaty miles later, I was done! True fact: My feet have been hurting me pretty badly since my long run Saturday, but I didn’t want to complain about it on here. I figured with me being sick that was enough complaining from the peanut gallery. Anyway, I was a bit worried about it, perhaps overly so. Good thing for me, my run today was lovely. It felt like a little massage on my feet the whole time. LOVE.

I was struck with a dilemma for dinner.

What was quick + vegan? And then I saw the shiny lights of Chipotle!

[Insert generic picture of Chipotle sign here]

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Vegetarian Burrito Bowl, you shall be mine!

  • rice
  • black beans [twice today!]
  • corn salsa
  • regular salsa
  • guacamole
  • lettuce

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History. I tucked that away in about 5 seconds.

So there you have it ladies + gents! My vegan eats for the day, plus the added bonus of my new haircut.

And that’s a wrap!

[Disclaimer: I am not, nor do I plan to become a vegan in the near future. This was just for fun!]

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CharlotteONE Rocks Out w/ David Crowder!

November 18, 2009 by Whit

Oh thanks for all the well wishes, my loves!

I am all better now, ‘twas nothing but a 24 hr thing! :D I was so productive today at work in fact. Loves it! I should be sick more often, me thinks! ;)

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Cause maybe then Mama D. would bake me more muffins. Yes that is three muffins consumed today. What can I say? I am a muffin fiend. I ♥ muffins.

I skedaddled home from work and mixed up this lovely plate of munchies:

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cracks, tuna salad, carrot.

Tuna salad has not been consumed by me in many months, due to my flirtation with vegetarianism. We were happy to be reunited, tuna and I.

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Glory.

I wish there were more green, but alas there was not. I had no time to cook up any peas or such. I had plans, as you recall.

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Yeah, CharlotteOne hosted the David Crowder Band tonight at Forest Hills Church. It was the best christian concert I have ever attended! If my feet had not been killing me, I would have danced around or something. Of course my dancing skills leave something to be desired, so probably not. Anyway, they were awesome in concert! I loved how they interacted with the crowd and even tweeted! ♥ [Follow that link, my arms are in that crowd somewhere!]

So if you have not guessed by now, CharlotteOne is basically one of the best things to happen to Charlotte in a long time. Did I mention that they hosted Charlie Hall + Steve Fee last week? No? Well they did. For free. Yeah, CharlotteOne pretty much rocks. If you are in the Charlotte area and not attending, why not? And if you don’t live in the Charlotte area why not come? We can be pals! ;) [I am only partially joking there!]

See you later love muffins [muffins!!! mmmm] I’m going to hit the hay!

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back in action

November 18, 2009 by Whit

Hey, hey!

Sorry I went M.I.A. there for a minute. I was struck by an almighty stomach flu late Monday night. Suffice it to say that I spent yesterday in my bed noshing on saltines and ginger ale.

But I’m back in action today!

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Mama D. baked and sent these cupcakes to work with me today. I had one two + a banana that I did not photograph. Muffin love is reignited!

I didn’t really feel like packing lunch today, so I called for Chili’s.

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Chicken sandwich + vegetables, also known as one of the lesser calorie menu options. I took it out of the box to try to make it more blog worthy, but I think that effort gets a huge FAIL on my part. At least it’s green, no?

Good thing I am feeling better today, I’d hate to miss out on the David Crowder concert at CharlotteOne tonight! :D

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Things

November 16, 2009 by Whit

Things making me happy this Monday:

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Candles.

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Pretty fall trees + sunshine!

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Plain ol’ oatmeal.

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Turkey sando.

My Pictures

Reminiscing about the weekend.

 

What’s making you happy this Monday?

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At the track

November 16, 2009 by Whit

Hey, hey!

:D
Fun concert Saturday night!

Meredith + I got glammed up and went to see Gary Allan.

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Diva.

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Crazy lady.

We danced to our little hearts content until we called it a night at 11:30. We ain’t what we used to be, ladies and gentlemen! ;)

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This morning I burned some pancakes…

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Oatmeal pancakes. I ate around the burned part. They still weren’t very good.

Then pops and I went to church. LOVE Pastor Scott, the youth pastor. He preached today! :D

After church, I zoomed home, and Meredith and I set out for THE DIRT BIKE TRACK!

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Windshield salad I ate on the way. [PS: Check out that cop. Totes had someone pulled over. Am I good with picture taking or what?]

At the dirt bike track there were lots of things going on.

Dirt bikes, obviously.

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Linden’s fiancé Matt rides motocross, so since it was such a lovely day she went out to take pictures of him and we tagged along.

At the track, everyone has a job.

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Linden took pictures of Matt.

I took pictures of my shoes.

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Chucks, what what!

Matt’s mom took pictures of us ladiezzz.

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Tori took videos.

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Meredith cheered.

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And wore funny glasses.

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There’s our boy, #27!

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Plus Izzle was there!

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Note: His mom and dad did not name him Izzle. Meredith and I did.

Those boys jump high.

High.

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High.

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Higher.

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HIGHEST!

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I LOVE motocross.

I am such a guy.

Actually, if I were a guy I would be doing this:

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Zoom in:

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Really?

You are watching a video of yourself?

Instead I was crafting my newest Etsy line:

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Hand painted [well Sharpied] plastic knives. I expect them to become a best seller. Linden and TJ, I will not be splitting the profit. Sorry.

Meredith and Linden washed dishes.

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We had spaghetti for dinner, obvs.

And played a rousing game of cards.

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I dominate.

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Oh, yeah. You’re scared. Very scared.

That concludes my weekend.

18 miles, a concert and some dirt bike spectatin’. Plus a little cards and crafts. ‘Twas fun. Very fun.

And now I’m off to bed. Monday comes too soon.

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18’s a winner!

November 14, 2009 by Whit

Hey, hey!

I went to bed at 9:30 last night. I know, I’m such a wild child.

I went to bed at 9:30 so that I could be up at 5:30 this morning to meet up with my marathon preview run group.

Before I left, I had an English muffin slathered with PB&J.

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Early morning light + paper plate. Can’t get much more lovely than that.

When I got to the Y I was surprised to see around 300 people had shown up for the run! It was like a mini race! Renegade, of course, since no streets were blocked off. It was the most fun training run I have had yet. The huge group of us were just tearing down the streets of Charlotte. We had one guy ask what race we were doing that no one closed the streets. :D I felt like a daredevil.

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The preview run was only 13.1 miles though, so the wonderful Stacy had agreed to meet me back at the Y for another 5 miles afterward. Thanks Stacy! I couldn’t have done it without you! I felt rather badly, because Stacy had fresh legs, and I was at the ‘shuffle’ stage by the time we met up. She was a good sport though, and as always a great running partner!

Afterward we treated ourselves to Starbucks!

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coffee cake + nonfat eggnog latte!

And I may or may not have made a pit stop at Ulta to use my 20% coupon on the eye shadow I have been lusting over.

Also I stopped at a gas station where I picked up a banana…

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+ 20 lbs of ice!

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ICE BATH!

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I ♥ ice baths now…only because I have little to no soreness after the fact.

The trick to a good ice bath is to have plenty of reading material + at least 2 hoodies on. I looked like the Unabomber going into that thing!

I did love running with the preview run group though, and I can’t wait to do it again next week…the big 2.0!

I mean look:

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Homegirl’s got some dank hangnails and scraped polish.

They even marked my hand like I was going to a club or something. And who doesn’t love going to the club?

Or a concert? I’m going to a concert tonight. Suppose I should do something about that hand situation. ^^^

Oh, and before I forget and go off about my nasty hands anymore. I should announce the giveaway winner, right?!?!?!

Right.

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Number accounts for tweet mentions that did not comment as well.

Per Random.org, that would be #114, Jacqueline!

Jacqueline says:

The Dragonfly Saucer! It’s too cute!
Thanks Whit!

Well Jacqueline, send me your address and I’ll get that dragonfly saucer sent over to you!

Everyone else, I would love for you to have won as well. :( Have a great Saturday though, and do something fun!

Like going to a concert…

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Friday 13th!

November 13, 2009 by Whit

Hey, hey!

Looks like the sun is thinking about coming out over here! sun

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I had a quick breakfast of toast.

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PB&J toast and Pear butter toast.

It was quite delicious + filling.

Since the sun hasn’t quite decided to come out yet, I felt that soup would be fitting for lunch.

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Chicken noodle to be exact!

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With a few Kashi 7 grain crackers on the side. These are really good! I had the miniature version of them, but the full size ones are much more fun. Plus you don’t run the risk of eating the entire box, because just a few are plenty.

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Perfect cloudy day lunch.

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Don’t forget, today is your last chance to enter my Muddy Muse Giveaway!

Giveaway ends at 11:59 pm EST, 11/13/09!

Happy Friday 13th!

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