Yesterday

i've been getting up in the mornings with shane.

rather, half an hour after shane.

we have a cup of coffee together and rush out the door.

it's 5:20 when i drop him off at the train station.

butter and i drive across the bridge to the matsqui trail to do our morning run.

i have this little run to do, remember?

it's always dark when we start, with only the faintest light on the horizon.

we run to it, it's like a magnet.

the air can be damp and the fog thick, 

but sometimes i can see for miles.  

we love it.

yesterday i tried yoga out at a studio here.

awesome, i love yoga.

i'll be going back.

darn the $$

i started cooking at 6am yesterday morning.

and somehow successfully managed not to have the smoke alarm go off, unlike every other morning

i left the door wide open, i think that helped.

i made: chocolate pudding

coconut, tomato and squash soup

baked chocolate doughnuts

dill pickles (stop with the cucumbers! where were the zucchini this year?

i like zucchini, i don't like cucumbers!)

crockpot beer chicken

and granola bars

i picked up my csa in yarrow and had coffee at mom's house.

i dropped off four boxes at the thrift store.

four more!

the in-laws were over for dinner

i made bbq enchiladas

incredible that we've never made them before.

sooo good!

must make again!

to balance the bad i made a carrot salad.

no picture but here is how it goes:

about 10 heirloom carrots peeled with a vegetable peeler to make ribbons

chopped parsley

lemon zest

juice of half lemon

splash olive oil

handful of pepitas

half handful of cranberries

a bunch of chopped chives

s&p

finely sliced red onion

holy man it was good.

today all my wisdom teeth come out

(notice the pureed soup and the pudding i made)

so i am currently very hungary and with a caffeine headache

no food for 8 hours.

boo!

bear with the quiet for a while?

my new kitchen