I can do that

No wait...  


I never got to finish this post before taking my hiatus


I DID THAT

Yup

I am woman hear me roar

Okay i'm not that cute of a roarer (real word?)

But Sydney defintely is

She must be hungry in that picture

Because thats exactly what i look like if i'm not fed every 2.5 hours :o)

So during my hiatus we packed up and said goodbye to our house

*tear*

However

No matter what challenge would arise, arose, arouse, come up

I greeted it with I CAN DO THAT

Obnoxious?

Yes

Necessary to maintain my sanity?

Definitely

Here are a few photos to catch you up on what went down during my week of

Operation: Get Out of House without Physically Harming Each Other

aka: Daves first move

aka: Donnas 12th move

aka: *&%$# (*&^% *&*%$#@* move

Sydney took care of the food in the freezer so we didn't have to pack it

This is the house we said goodbye too, can't wait to recreate these gardens at the new one

Made sure the sydster felt loved

Left messy notes on the boxes

Beer motivated a lot of our packing

We were happiest exploring the new house

Making sure the shower is big enough to wash syd in

Used moving as an opportunity to get rid of kitchen items i'm scared of - such as the automatic can opener

We went out for thai as a treat for packing

Our chauffeur

Fathers day was celebrated - as was chocolate cake

Doodle was attached at our hip all the time, laundry soothes her though

Empty house

More kisses for the monkey

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Random moving information

Yummy takeout food discovered: Harveys veggie burger with whole wheat bread

Number of times no one remembered to feed Donna resulting in this face: 5 consecutive days, will no one ever learn to carry some peanut butter with them for this exact reason???

Items broke: None that we know of, i'll let you know when we move again in a month

Items i wanted to break: a lot, Dave wasn't down with the opa party i wanted to throw that would have consisted of me and him throwing plates we no longer wanted onto the deck - spoilsport!

Tears shed: I don't remember any but thats probably mental blockage, i'm sure BF will tell you i whimpered and sobbed on more then one occasion

Rooms filled at my parents house with our crap stuff: Too many

Temper Tantrums: One, but sitting on an air mattress at the time took a lot of the effectiveness away

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So before the move was finished a business client dropped off some straight off the truck mangos for the branch to enjoy AND i visited my friend Christinas gorgeous old (in a good way) home to see all the renovations they have going and she totally let me raid their herb garden and i got some glorious mint - these two fresh items inspired my perfect summer dinner

Mango Mint Salsa

Ingredients

Chopped fresh mango

Torn mint

Garlic

Juice of 1 lime

Chopped red onion

Dash of sea salt

Directions
Chop everything up and stir in bowl, best if you leave it for a while but since i have the patience of a goat (i assume goats have no patience they are always ramming things, oh crud, maybe its a ram i'm thinking of? isn't that a sheep - oh gosh i said i would never mention sheep on the blog again!!!) i ate mine straight away

So paired with chicken breast, topped with goat cheese, a hunk of fresh multigrain bread and a glass of wine - this dinner was HEAVEN!

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So i missed you all BUNCHES

Can't wait to catch up on all your blogs and start commenting again!
Thanks for sticking with me while i make this huge transition

28 more days and we are in our new home

Want some pictures of it? Sorry you will have to wait till Wednesday - i'm still a tease :o)

Stay tuned for tomorrow - i'm hoping to give you a tour of our temporary casa aka: my parents house!

  

Bibs aren't just for babies

Hi Hi!

All i can say is thank goodness i write posts the night before because i have a nightmare headache today and all i want to do is bond with my duvet and pvr :oP

Here is my Weekend Recap!

Lookie here a picture of me post run, i did it!

So how was everyones weekend?

Thats really great!

So now we have caught up

Lets talk about the 5K I did this weekend!

Can i get a woot woot?

Its okay i'll wait while you woot (new AWESOME phrase i just created, you can thank me later)

Alright, i'll quickly sum up the rest of the weekend so we can get on to the race

Friday I went for a run and then went to work and then this might have happened :oS  

Its okay, sometimes you just have to go with what your body wants, especially when its PMSee

LRT Movie Review

The Dilemma

This movie was alright, Vince Vaughn is starting to annoy me though, his ramblings are just a little much now he is a grown up

Pretty heavy subject matter with a few laugh out loud moments 

Not super good movie but not super bad

How was that for a helpful educated movie review? Sorry!

This helps mellow stressy PMSee Donna out, mmmm beer!

Saturday i worked some more and then came home and iced my leg while giving Sydney cuddles

Okay that was pretty dull - its okay, i acknowledge it

Lets move on to RACE DAY!!!

First there was Race Day Breakfast, just looking at this picture makes me hungry again!

This is Whole Wheat Flatbread topped with Peanut Butter, Apple Butter, Sunflower Seeds & Raisins

Then i took Fur baby for a walk and tried to ignore the wet sidewalks

And focus on the spring around me

It was hard having to tell the Doodle she wasn't going to race with me! I made up for it later with a fabulous game of chase mr. rhino!

So once i was ready i acted like a idiot in front of the bathroom mirror like usual

Do i look excited and a little bit rapper??

Well this is how i really felt!  That and i noticed how badly i needed to tidy up our bathroom, teehehee

So off i went to pick up Lesley this is us getting ready in the car!

My stomach was a little wonky but i was more excited then scared

So let me tell you about this race

It was the Brantford Classic and there was a 5K and 10K which raised $ for Brantford Schools

Compared to the Terry Fox run that Katie and I ran last year, this race was way more advanced

We had bibs, yyyaaaaayyyyy (i've always wanted to run a race with a bib), and we also had timing chips!  i got a free tshirt and a drink and lunch but i didn't feel like partaking in  a burger and pop so i skipped that part :oP

We warmed up in the car then ran into our friend Hilary who ran the race with her hubby and adorable daughter Ali

Since Dave had to work and my parents were puppysitting Alice, Lesley's husband and kids stalked us via minivan along the course, i'm really excited to see some of those photos since we didn't always see him before he had taken quite a few photos!

And we were off, soooo many people

HAD to take a running shot for Katie & Lynsey who dropped by work Saturday and said i must must must take ridiculous photos and blog about them (lol, like its ever a question, we all know i like to make a fool of myself!)

We kept a steady pace and walked for 1 minute for every 10 we ran, and even though i got a cramp, i ran through it, i think it was from not keeping a steady pace as we were constantly weaving in and out of runners and people who would just randomly stop running and start to walk creating a crazy game of dodge and weave!  The last 1km was a hill and towards the end i was definitely starting to wilt but adrenaline kicked in and we raced across the finish line at 36:50 and 261 out of 970 runners :o)

Somehow we missed the water station so we were dying of thirst by the time we finished but i'm SO proud of us, we only decided to do this race on Tuesday!!!!!!!!!

After a long drive home where i got stuck in race traffic, i made lunch

Old cheddar and apple butter on multigrain bread with balsamic bbq sauce for dipping, mmmmmm

Drank coconut water

And then the medal and i went out with my mum!

It was the Brantford new homes tour

Medal loves fake food in show homes, just wish it had warned me before i tried to take a bite of the garlic bread

Medal wanted to show the new house off to my mum, even if it meant me getting soaking wet

Medal was in desperate need of caffeine so we hit up Starbucks

Once home i decided to make Katies yummy home made granola and Medal wanted to take photos

So the answer is yes i wore the medal all day and even though it makes me a total dork, i'm a proud runner dork and i'm 100% okay with that!

Alright so recipe for the day is another Buckwheat Bake and its magically delicious (don't worry its not lucky charms, hahaaaaa)

Strawberry Banana Buckwheat Bake

Inspired by Edible Perspective

Ingredients

• 1/4 cup + 1 Tbsp of buckwheat flour 
• 1/4 cup of almond milk
• 1 large egg
• 1/4 tsp baking powder
• 2 tsp maple syrup
• 1/2 cup of strawberries chopped
• 1/2 banana
• 1/2 tsp of cinnamon
• 1 tsp of vanilla extract
• 1 Tbsp of chia seeds

Directions

1. Preheat that oven to 350 degrees
2. Grease 2 ramekin bowls
3. Mash the banana and then mix in other wet ingredients
4. Mix in dry ingredients until combined.
5. Add in the strawberries.
6. Pour into bowls
7. Bake for 30 minutes exactly  
8. Top with anything you like, i used bananas, strawberries, coconut butter and agave nectar

Hope you enjoyed the race recap and you all had a great weekend

Tell me what you got up to!!!

*** Blogger update: My Friday post is still missing, i am going to rename the blog and move it to WordPress, won't be for a little while, we have SO much going on right now but i'll only move it when i figure out how to export all my posts and have a redirect so I don't lose all my lovely readers :o)