Can't wait for this house to be our HOME

Only 24 days

Not that i'm counting

Till this house

Yup thats the one on the right

Becomes our home

Want to know how Dave calms me down when i stress about all the moving drama?

He whispers "granite countertops" and "sliding drawers in the pantry" into my ears

Works like a charm!

Want to know what i whisper in his ear when he gets overwhelmed by all we have going on?

CENSORED *$%*#*@($*$&(*$+#**&@*&^% CENSORED

Bahhahaa kidding!

I say "glass shower, man cave and flat screen tv above fireplace"

So on todays What I Wednesday

I'm going to show you a few pictures on how the house progress is coming along

New house stats
# of times we had to switch our lot - ONE
# of jokes our builder has made - NONE (this guy is made of stone, great builder but its a serious mission of mine to get him to crack a smile)
# of fights we had over hardwood - FIVE
# of contractors we have seen in the house - THOUSAND (slight exageration there)
# of times i've done the seal clap in glee over progress made - MILLION (no exageration!)

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So todays recipe is practice for yummy recipe i can serve visitors at the new house!

Salty Chocolate Lime Cookies

Follow basic vegan chocolate cookie recipe!
Add in sea salt dark chocolate and rind of one lime
Cook for exactly 11 minutes at 350 degrees

Drool over the deliciousness that is these cookies!!!
Then share with your parents who are grumbling over your dairy milk chocolate confession yesterday
If you get a sec you should read my mums comment on yesterdays post - as my friend Diane says she knows where i get my sense of humour from!


Have a great Hump Day and i'll see you tomorrow for some fitness fun xoxoxoxoxox

Let me count...

...The stupid* not so bright things i did today
                      *my mum hates when i use the word stupid
1. I let BF take ALL the vegan chocolate chip cookies i made last night to work!
Dumb move Donna, as much as i loved the snuggle i got for packing them in his lunch bag i would give it back to have another taste of the yummy cookie goodness (even though i might have had 3 tastes -aka: cookies) last night!

2. I went for another 5km run - second day in row, my shins hate me with a burning passion as do the blueberries i melted icing them down after my run, blueberries are re-freezable right? Never mind, if the answer is no, i don't want to know, ignorance is bliss!


3. I wore that broken skirt to work again, what can i say its my favourite, lets just hope the wardrobe malfunctions stay to a minimum today, and if i have a gaping hole in the back of my skirt that my coworkers will be kind enough to point it out discreetly, though if you know my coworkers they will probably laugh about it for a good hour before kindly pointing it out :o)

Last but certainly not least


4. I might have signed up for a race, a race that is in 5 freaking days!!!

Oh yes i did, told you i wasn't so bright!

So that is the What I did, of What I did Wednesday, its a doozy!So the race i signed up for is the Brantford Classic, just the 5km - not the 10km, i'm not that ridiculous

Its taking place this Sunday and i've hopefully convinced my friend Lesley to race it with me!

Katie, my sister and running partner in crime has a christening to attend even though she could totally have rocked that new Lululemon running jacket she bought yesterday (swoon)!

Sorry i totally digressed into Lululemon talk, i do that sometimes, i like to spread the love that is supportive, wicking luon :o)

You want to know the worst part of me signing up for this race? That i did it mostly for the bib, i've never run a race before where i get to have a bib so i'm super duper excited, even if my shins are cursing me out at this very second!

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Since i don't get any more cookies, i thought i would share with you instead!

Best Chocolate Chip Cookies

i'm serious, they are shockingly good considering they don't contain any animal products aka: Vegan!
adapted from: Dreena's Vegan Recipes

Ingredients:

1 cup of wholewheat flour

1 tsp baking powder
1⁄2 tsp baking soda
1⁄4 cup organic unrefined sugar
1⁄4 tsp sea salt
1⁄3 cup pure maple syrup
1⁄4 tsp molasses
1 - 1 1⁄2 tsp pure vanilla extract
1⁄4 cup organic canola oil
1⁄3 cup non-dairy chocolate chips

Directions:

1. Heat oven to 350 degrees
2. Sift all the dry ingredients into a bowl

3. Mix wet ingredients till mixed
4. Add dry and wet together with chocolate chips and don't over stir! Thats an order!!!
5. Makes 12 Cookies, about the size of a heaped Tbsp on cookie tray and flatten them a bit
6. Bake for 11 minutes exactly!

You would NEVER know these were vegan, so delicious and they aren't super greasy like you think they might be - make these asap, another order from Donna!

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So what crazy things have you done lately?


Me?  Well i signed up for a race thats happening in 5 days!!!!!!!!!!!!! 
But i'm pretty sure i mentioned that xox

Roses and Peanut Butter

Last night I was excited to get home as it was lululemon delivery day!  I had bought a couple of water bottles that were priced wrong for a little while on the lululemon.com website $10 off each, a present for m.d. and the new black roses cool racer back tank - the tank has been a little hit and miss, each one looks totally different due to the placing of the pattern i've seen pictures on the lululemon blogs showing bad placement of logos, and as much as i love lulu and their symbol i don't want it highlighting my booby region :o)  So my tank arrived with no headlight highlights, it was a little off centre which the OCD part of me didn't like but after texting a pic to m.d. he said he liked it as its a bit more edgier then the candyland colours i usually buy

I then wore the tank to Physique where i decided i loved it and then to Zumba (2 classes in a row, i was dead by the time i got home at 8:30!), it really held up well during Zumba were i get ridiculously sweaty - very happy I have decided to keep it, here is the pic...

This morning I woke up and ran a couple of kms before walking the rest of my route, my body said enough so i listened, i then came home and made 2 kinds of peanut butter cookies, i'm obsessed with peanut butter lately!

I'll take some pics and post the recipes once i've actually tried them both tonight and to end the blog today, here is a pic of one of my fav mugs that my sister gave me, i don't ACTUALLY need people to speak slowly but as a natural blonde i do lots of stereotypical blonde things, the other day i was talking to my bff on my cell and freaked out because i couldn't find my cell, yup, thats me :o)