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Vegetable Lasagna: Eggplant and Squash

Sometimes at night, after dinner is eaten and cleared away, all chores have been done or put off until some other time, there is nothing more to do except lie on the bathroom floor with your dog. Zoey was sleeping as I washed my face. As I looked at her, I thought how she doesn’t allow me to nap like that. She licks my face or tosses a toy at my head. It was time for revenge. At first, I brushed my hair, hovering over her to get in HER FACE! Then I got down next to her and got [...]

By Joanne|2013-11-08T14:34:21-05:00November 8, 2013|Vegetarian|2 Comments

Take A Breath and Cucumber Salad

From Shambhala Sun: “Slow Down, You Move Too Fast” Speed comes from being overly ambitious. We aren’t content with our own mind, so we become aggressive in how we conduct our life. In an effort to match a concept of what success might be, we fill our calendars and spend the whole day holding on to our “to do” list. We chase after appointments, phone calls and meetings with jealousy, competition, fixation and irritation—whatever it takes to get us where we think we need to go. When life still won’t match our concept, we get mad—mad that others are late, [...]

By Joanne|2013-10-04T15:20:53-04:00October 4, 2013|Salads|2 Comments

Frisbee Fun Day

This is what happens when we play Frisbee with the dogs in the yard. Zoey is poised and ready to leap from the porch to chase the Frisbee. Both Zoey and Shane return successfully catching their toys. Zoey is easily distracted by the tree which she is 100% sure hides that squirrel she’s been chasing. No sign of the squirrel but she is SO DARNED certain it’s up there. In the meantime, Shane returns with both Frisbees in his mouth. *See Zoey in the background (upper right corner)? She is still after that darned squirrel! I decided to toss the [...]

By Joanne|2013-09-20T14:57:55-04:00September 20, 2013|Video|Comments Off

I Felt A (Capital “A”!) AMAZING!

Why do we have those truly wonderful totally energized days? I had the best, I DO mean the best workout Sunday morning. A 12 mile run at 8:54 pace and a 19.7 mile bike ride, average pace 13 mph. After all that exercise, I didn’t feel as if I had done a thing! What happened?! Why was my endurance level so good today? I want that EVERY DAY! It might have been the massage yesterday. I was worried about that a day before a mid range run. My legs could have felt heavy. But no, the legs felt GREAT. It [...]

By Joanne|2012-07-22T13:37:23-04:00July 23, 2012|Running|4 Comments

No Fireworks, Just Smooth Sailing

Getting started on our July 4th celebration there were no fireworks but smooth sailing or rather running and riding. It was already 70 degrees when we got up late on this holiday. We stayed up until 11:30 pm (quite the accomplishment for Ted and I) watching the DVD “Safe House” with Denzel Washington and Ryan Reynolds Does Denzel ever make a bad movie? I haven’t seen one if he has. When we finally got our lazy behinds out of bed, Shane and I went for a 5 mile run. We made a couple of water stops because Shane and his [...]

By Joanne|2012-07-04T12:24:51-04:00July 4, 2012|Exercises|5 Comments

Summer Sizzler 5 Miler and CNYEats A Taste of Utica Blueberry Muffins

These guys are keeping me entertained. Everyday they do something that gets me giggling. Look what they bought Ted for Father’s Day: Shane sent his “pennies” my way and I helped him order a 6 bottle bucket of international beer plus nuts, crackers and sausage. A MAN’S bucket of goodies. Love Shane and Zoey. SUMMER SIZZZZZZZLER 2012. 5 Mile Race at SUNY IT. Results from last year here. Before I tell you about the best blueberry muffins in upstate New York, let me share my 2012 Summer Sizzler experience. I wasn’t looking forward to this race A T A L [...]

By Joanne|2012-06-17T11:41:03-04:00June 17, 2012|Taste of Utica|17 Comments