Had a FANTASTIC Thanksgiving and I hope you did as well! For the first time, I hosted a Thanksgiving ‘dinner’ at my place, and did almost all the cooking. Growing up, and continuing in that tradition, we tend to serve at 2 PM. First, my sister convinced mom and I to do a 5k that…
Thanksgiving has always been my favorite holiday. I loved having all our family descend onto our house, and it seemed that first snow always fell that day. So we’d be stuffed full and then snowflakes would begin to swirl. Thanksgiving is at my house this year and I’m REALLY in the holiday spirit! I now…
So I started getting a box of organic veggies and fruits delivered to my work place weekly, as described in this post. Also, I am happy to report I am now down 15 pounds and would like to lose up to five more. w00t. Now, this organic box has really broadened my range of veggies,…
I meant to eat well and exercise a lot after my thyroidectomy. I got one out of those two right. Even though I was training for a triathlon, working out all the damn time, I didn’t change my eating habits. In fact, I’d say my eating habits got WORSE. I work for a company that…
As mentioned, I’ve been training for a triathlon for quite some time now. In fact, it has felt like it’s been going on TOO long. So although I was nervous, I was very excited for the Big Day yesterday. The Nautica Malibu triathlon, which has been going on for 26 years now (!), has a…
Over a year ago, I was diagnosed with Papillary Thyroid Cancer. Looking back at my blog posts from that time, I can confirm that getting my slender neck back was the only “Pro” of having thyroid cancer. I’m coming up on the one year anniversary of my thyroidectomy. The past year has been interesting. Some…
OK I’ll be honest – I am madly in love with the show MasterChef. It’s one of those ‘cooking reality shows’ with Gordon Ramsay yelling at people (but not as many swears). I normally don’t watch these shows and never saw the other seasons before, but Season 3 sucked me in solely because of one…
What are the things you look for when going to buy a new bike helmet? As light as possible? Good air ventilation? A color other than white, grey or black? (I personally now have a white helmet to keep it from heating up in the sun) Or perhaps you always wanted a polka dotted pink…
On the edge of the story of thumbtacks at the Tour de France, check out this scary thorn that punctured my friend’s tire: According to it’s wikipedia page, this scary thorn is produced by a flowering perrenial called ‘Tribulus terrestris’. Since that name kind of sucks, it has some common names, such as “cat’s head,…
This delicious French cupcake currently rides for Team AG2R – La Mondiale. A little older (26 years old) than our two 2012 TdF hotties, he’s also 6’1″. This is his first Tour de France and dreams of the polka dot jersey. Un-fun fact about Cherel – he was hit by a truck in 2010 while…