A red, lazy Sunday!

So I had a knock on the door today...   11am on a Sunday - Guess who it was!!

THE POSTMAN! (poor guy, working so much right now) 

He delivered something super fun.

take a peek inside!!

Lots of Starbucks RED Christmas goodies from Kris @ Iheartwellness! 

LOVE it... so super fun!! 

Inside the little dove package was a GIFT CARD!!

THANK YOU KRIS. you are fantastic!!

What a great Sunday Christmas Surprise! 

Rewind to yesterday.

I tested out yet another Amy's Soup!

(sorry it's blurryish and flashy)

We love Minestrone Soup in this house.

It was full of lots of goodness and very tasty.

I prefer my home cooked stuff, but this was a very close second!

Then I went to Starbucks for another fantastic visit with a WONDERFUL friend.

She was just home for a super quick visit, but it was great as always.

I brought my camera to snap a picture (we don't have one since we were about 16) but I forgot! 

Then I did some last min running around,

with an expectation to pick something up for dinner - FAILED

way to busy out there.

So we ordered pizza!

I got whole grain crust with assorted veggies, no cheese...  Good and pretty healthy

And amazingly enough, it didn't bother my stomach at all !! YIPPEE

Then I packed up some treats

And we headed over to our friends place to play games!

We played this one, so much fun!!

Sorry for the flash!!

A hit for sure, and there were some good scandalous answers (from unsuspecting people too!)

What are your favorite board games?  We could use some new ones!

I've spent all of today just puttering around.  My goal was to clean up my "Zen Room"

EEK!  I'm not even sure what happened in here.  Not very Zen like that's for sure. 

It just became the "catch all" while I was organizing Christmas

Close the door- I haven't gotten to it yet, but I will!

Now I'm just hanging out... with my hot lemon/honey drink...

Watching "Must Love Dogs"

So yummy!

Don't forget to enter the STARBUCKS giveaway! 

I will leave you with some "Holiday Wisdom" from the cup I got from Kris!!

"We invite YOU to LISTEN to your DESIRES and to RENEW your HOPE.

To SEE the world not as it is, but as it COULD be.

Go ahead, WISH.

It's what makes the holidays the HOLIDAYS.

Off to create a gingerbread house with my hunny! 

Stay tuned for pictures!! 

Jessica

Run awayyyyyyyyyyyyyy!!

So I have been sitting here all morning contemplating running again!   I used to love it and have ran quite a few races - the longest one being 10km!!

The thing with my previous running history is having running buddies.  I love running with other people, but I don't really know many people who run anymore (at my slowish speed).  Which makes me wonder about Lance being my new running buddy, it would benefit him and me.   The only down fall... we ran this Fall together, and he tripped me...  Picture this - running down the road, feeling good... lots of cars driving by and a bunch of people walking on the other side of the street and Lance runs infront of me...  I fall OVER him - I got major road rash from my knee upto my chin...  I was soooooo humiliated that I got up and kept running... blood and all..    Ever since then I've been scared to run with that nutball, as I DO NOT want to recreate that situation. 

There are a bunch of races coming up in April/May here... I might look into them and get my butt going!!  They have to have shirts though, or I won't do it!! HAHAHA

I had some SUPER yummy food yesterday -  I cooked all day - and felt the need for a healthy boost of food!!

I took some spinach and cooked zucchini and cauliflower,

cooked up some falafel mix I had... and made some tahini dressing (tahini, lemon juice, nutritional  yeast, and a dash of honey)  and drizzled it over.. (and then took 6 hours of taking pictures)

Not bad for a point and shoot huh?

Here it is all mushed up

It tasted amazing, and because it was warm, it was kind of like comfort food..

Unfortunately it made my stomach upset. :(

There seems to be something else bugging it lately, as after I eat, it hurts :(

To make my tummy feel better and to get off my feet...  I painted my toes!!

I had a cute picture of them, but then I figured feet + food might be icky!!

  I love crazy colors like this in the winter... It's like wearing scandalous undies..

No one knows what fun is going on under your sox!! :) haha

Then for dinner I was craving burgers.. I finally tried one of these little hunnys

mmmmmm...  I loaded it up with carrots, cucumbers, sun dried tomatoes, mustard. 

 

Served with a side of sauteed kale and carrots.

It was good!!  I wouldn't eat it alone though, it needed some extra love.

I will buy them again though!!

I have also forgot about reviewing one of the clif bars I received the other day!

Chocolate Chip Peanut Crunch.

It was about a 6/10... not fantastic but not bad either.

I prefered the last flavor I tried for sure!!

That's all from me today!!  We have a big to - do list today!!

~Take clothes donation to Aids Vancouver Island - click for my post about this!! 

~Play squash - yay.... (maybe)

~Visit with a girlfriend I haven't seen FOREVER (miss you Neva)

~Finish up Christmas food shopping - eek

~Take the dog for a walk

~Visit Grandma and clean up her china cabinet.

~Go pay for school!! (and drop out of a few classes due to scheduling issues)

Before I forget... don't forget about my STARBUCKS GIVEAWAY!!

Please go to that link and comment there about it!!

If I get to 100 comments on that post - I will up the cards up to $10 each!!! 

Have a great Friday everyone!!

Jessica

Yummy eats and fun treats!

Howdy Bloggy World! :)

First off... you MUST check out this link it is from me to you!!   (Seriously, if you don't, you are missing out on a great laugh)  It's me sending you some Christmas love!!  

On to delicous food!! 

I won't bore you with my regulars - green monsters and pb & celery, but I did have a fantastic dinner last nigh! 

Sorry it's fuzzy... I was hungry!!  

Amy's Lentil Vegetable - SO GOOD!!  One of the best soups I've had.

With some of these crumbled in...

and half a whole wheat bun!

Mmmm that was some yummy soup! 

It was also really filling, I only ate 1/2 the can... and 1/2 my bun!!

So I went today and bought all the flavors I could find - They were on sale 2 for $5

Regular price $3.89 each!

Yummy, so excited!!

Then I went to work and made crafts!!

Fun fun!! 

Then today the kitchen was working double duty...

 

Breaky, peanut butter cups (I made 100 today!)  plus I made these new little yummies.

Marshmallows dipped in chocolate dipped in coconut - Super yum

Smore Marshmallows 

Marshmallows dunked in chocolate, then in graham cracker crumbs and rice crispies for crunch.

The kind of happened by accident, I had left over marshmallows and left over chocolate, so I figured I would play...  they are super yum.. I'm going to buy some more marshmallows tomorrow!

I had to make sugar cookie dough last night for work... and I stumbled upon these little time savers yesterday.  Best part, they have NO DAIRY!! 

The ingredients may not be the most wholesome, (pretty bad really, how do they come up with this junk?)

but honestly, way easier than messing with real dough! 

And... side note - a FEW may have slipped into my mouth- they were so super yummy.  

That is what I am making tomorrow - probably chocolate dipped too!! 

That's all the food pictures for now... but in other exciting news... 

I stopped at Dollarama today and picked these up.. 

$2 each - SCORE!

 

This is way cuter in person! :)

These will be perfect for serving dishes for Christmas.. which for the record is 

9 sleeps!! :)

Peace out homies!

PS.  Thanks for all the lovely comments about my "Challenges of Living Dairy Free" Post.

If you haven't checked it out, do it NOW... Yes NOW

he he he... ho ho ho!