Trixy being mean

I video taped Trixy being mean to Oreo. Watch as he comes up to Eric to give Eric the ball to toss for him. (Sigh) my dog can be such a meany.... a b-word comes to mind and it would be accurately used in this case, but I still won't say it. ;)

Chicken breasts with homemade tomato sauce

The past few days I had a recipe pop up in my head. It involved goat cheese, tomatoes, and basil over some chicken. So, since my brother just brought me roma tomatoes from his own garden, I went to the store to get the rest of the ingredients needed: fresh basil, herbs to season the chicken, chicken breast (mistakenly bought chicken tenderloins), fettucine noodles (or whatever noodle you desire), garlic, olive oil, white wine.

I put some olive oil on the chicken, then sprinkled herbs on them and salt. I let them sit there for a little bit while I got the water boiling for the noodles and prepared the sauce. I got a medium pan, put about 2 tbs of olive oil in it and then once it was warm, I added about 2 garlic pieces, diced up. Then added the roma tomatoes, sprinkled it with salt and added about 1/3 cup of white wine. Then after tomatoes got all saucy and mushy, I added the chopped up basil. I would say

about 1/3 cup of basil.

I put the chicken on a broiler pan to broil in an oven at 450 which might be too hot or I cooked the chicken too long because it was a tiny bit dry. After everything was ready, I placed noodles on the plate, fanned out the chicken tenderloins, covered it with the chunky sauce and placed little slices of goat cheese on top. Voila!!

New craft

I'm hooked!!! I needed a yellow necklace and while I was out on a search for something else not even closely related, I stumbled upon some beads at the craft store. My creative mind started thinking and I thought "how hard can it be to make a necklace?" So, I bought beads, called my mother in law who owns beading tools and made sure she would lend me the tools and stuff I needed. After work, I drove to her home and waited for her to arrive so I could pick up the tools and get a quick tutorial. Then I ran home, kissed the hubby, and spread out my new goodies. After trying a few bead combinations, I realized I should keep it simple and 1 color. Lo and behold!

It's not that hard to do it. You just need patience and a workspace that can be untouched by curious fingers.

Fell off the wagon (not literally)

Well, as you have noticed, there are not any new posts about jogging outside. That's because it's been extremely hot and I've gotten occupied with various other things. So, have I lost any weight? Technically, I'm not sure. I have not weighed myself and my clothes don't fit diferrently, so I don't think I lost any. :(
But I'll get back on the wagon. I'm going to try (like always) to eat a little more healthy. Maybe I will try the Special K plan next time I go grocery shopping.

Jogging in my neighborhood - good or bad idea?

Tuesday night, I tried for the first time to jog outside in my neighborhood in the evening since the morning just wasn't going to work out. It was 8:30 but there was a little bit of light left. I was able to do about 15 minutes and did about a mile.

Wednesday night (last night) I went longer. Despite getting followed (not necessarily attacked) by 3 dogs, I continued on. I half-jogged, half-walked for about 30 minutes which was an accomplishment for me. So, in total I went for about 2 miles.

After speaking with a new neighbor (who happens to be a retired cop) I learned some great things that I thought I'd share about jogging around:

• Take your cell with you in a fanny pack. I wasn't taking my cell in my pocket because it would get covered in sweat (eww!) and I thought after a few runs, my phone might go ka-put on me. I know, I know- fanny pack??? But seriously, who's trying to look trendy while jogging and covered in sweat!
• Carry MACE brand pepper spray with you. Unlike other pepper sprays, it's in a gel form so if it's windy and you have to spray it, it won't spray back on you and it comes out like hot gum. The perpetrator cannot easily take it off of his face which will allow you time to run away. Shake your pepper spray regularly and test it out just to make sure it's still good every once in a while. It works on vicious dogs, too. We were laughing at some people we've seen walking in our neighborhood with a stick. What can you do with a stick? Won't it make the dog more mad at you?
• Use your ears! It's best if you don't take your ipod with you (sigh) because you need to hear what's going on around you in case someone's coming up behind you or dogs are coming at you. This one's going to be hard for me because the music keeps me jogging.

That's all for now. Be safe out there!

Run Faster Without All the Work at Runner's World

Run Faster Without All the Work at Runner's World
I saw this article and thought it had some great tips for those who are jogging. Did you know we'll perform better if we exercise first thing in the morning rather than in the evening? And it encourages us to eat yogurt or some kind of immune-building supplement because exercise does take a toll on your immune system.

Not bad!!!

Welcome back from a day off! I hope all of you had nice weekends. I did. Even though I didn't get out to jog all weekend, I did walk ALOT yesterday at The Galleria. Walked so much my feet hurt a lot! There's nothing like trying on clothes to get you motivated to lose some pounds!!!

How did I do this weekend? Well, I was not too bad. If I ate something heavy or calorie-filled, I skipped dinner or only ate a snack. And even my "calorie-filled" food choices weren't that bad.

I am going jogging this evening after work around the campus. I brought all of my stuff and I'm prepped.

Old movie
We watched the movie, Shane, this weekend. It was an OLD movie that I had watched with my parents a long time ago. It was really neat to watch it again and my husband really enjoyed it. The young boy in it is really funny.