Healthy Chicks

me & my sister Krista

When I saw the sign “New Year’s Resolution: Check somewhere between mile 12 and mile 13 during the More / Fitness Women’s Half Marathon, I couldn’t help but tear up a bit. All of the sudden memories from years/months/weeks ago rushed to my mind. They were so real, so crystal clear. The time I couldn’t run a mile on my 16^th birthday, so I gave up and walked home. The time I cried on the first 5K I ran with my dad because I couldn’t believe we were only half way. The time I ran my heart out for the first time after the death of my grandmother. I felt as though I could run forever.

Then the most vivid memory of all: the time I wrote down that I would run a half marathon this year on January 1, 2011 as my New Year’s Resolution. Some thought I was crazy, but I knew in my heart that I could do it and that I would do it.

Three months, 60+ training runs, a couple doubts and a whole lot of sweat and anticipation later, I suddenly found myself standing at the start … Read More!

Today I started my part time job as a barista at the cutest little cafe. I won’t lie: it was pretty stressful at first, but I think I can get the hang of it. I spent 7 1/2 straight hours learning to make the perfect cappuccino, macchiato, latte, Americano, iced latte & more. Not to mention slicing sandwiches and trying to find the coffee sleeves in a room as big as my basement. I have to say, at the beginning of the day when I could barely screw the espresso cap onto the machine, I had my doubts. But now I’m feeling pretty good and think I can pick it up rather quickly with just a little practice…and lots of patience. Practice makes perfect after all, right?

From work, I went straight to a sushi lunch with The Boy. We both ordered the Roll Combo which includes Miso soup, organic salad with ginger dressing, a Spicy Tuna roll and a California roll for just $10. How’s that for a bargain? After that, we worked on my parent’s salon website and snuggled a bit before his departure. With such a busy day, I nearly forgot to post my Hump Day post. … Read More!

This morning we had banana pancakes for breakfast up here in our cozy New Hampshire Condo. Everyone in the family conveniently brought about a dozen bananas each, so clearly we had to do something about the excessive bananas. Banana pancakes was the absolute perfect solution: they were moist, fluffy and absolutely decadent. As I’m sitting here sipping on my Baccio (Chocolate & Hazelnut flavored) black coffee and nibbling on banana pancakes, Jack Johnson’s hit song naturally came to mind.

Enjoy your Sunday ladies, and remember to allow yourself to sleep in a little longer today…relax a little more…and just simply enjoy the day!… Read More!

I am going through a phase of weather shock, and it’s absolutely terrible.

I mean, when you go from this:

to this:

…it takes some getting used to. OK the second picture is a bit of an exaggeration as it was taken during the blizzard two months ago. But STILL it SNOWED the other day and we’re expecting 3 inches tonight. It’s the end March, for goodness sake! And I get it, I get it. I shouldn’t complain because at least I had my week of fun and am all tan and shit. But let me tell you: it doesn’t make the adjustment any easier.

So while yes, a vacation to Florida (or the Bahamas or Mexico or whatever floats your boat) sounds enticing – as it is – you must be prepared to pay the consequences upon your return. And if you don’t have any warm, fun vacations coming up, you can laugh at all your friends who get a bad case of the Weather Shock. It aint good.… Read More!