Its official

Today we are officially legally married.  The certificate FINALLY arrived in the mail.  Now I can go and take care of all my crap...SSI, DMV, bank.  I'll do it Monday after we go to the gym.

So the last couple days, I...maybe Kurt but he isn't here at the moment for me to ask...but I have had such a sweet tooth.  I am craving sugar like mad.  And I'm trying to be really good and use fruit as a sweet substitute, but it isn't working.  And that leads me to where Kurt is right now.  He's getting ice cream for me (well, us, but mostly me).  But only because we just came back from a 2.15 mile walk...that was the deal...walk a good distance and you can have ice cream.

Today was an off gym day...so we got up...and were a little lazy, but Kurt had to go to class at 10am this morning (only one more day of school for him - yea!!) and so after I watched Teri Hatcher on Regis and Kelly - which I've started watching regularly because its one of the shows on at the gym when we go - I did 40 minutes of Wii Fit with most of the emphasis on aerobic and balance.  I am trying to work harder on my balance so that I don't have such a hard time with holding the Yoga positions.

Then I had a hard time sitting still...so I went out and cut the grass.  It was such a beautiful day outside.  Then, I didn't have such a hard time sitting for a little while.  For dinner we had chicken and broccoli.  I've been a bit snacky today...I think that's part of my not wanting to sit still for too long.  But I've been trying to be good and snack only on fruit or string cheese.  I made some granola yesterday which is really good - but very hard to eat as a snack...and I also made blueberry muffins (recipes will follow).  And right now I have bananas in the dehydrator...which will be done in the morning.

And so after dinner we walked...with the dogs, who are a little out of it at the moment.  We saw two geese with three chicks and one of the adult geese was bleeding...it was sad.  We have Buttonz tomorrow night through I think Sunday, so long walks are not planned for the weekend, since he has a bad leg (but maybe a short one on Saturday, since Kurt says that he really enjoyed them).

So I've realized as typing that really I've been blogging about what's going on in the day, and that hasn't really left anyone much to comment on, although we've been appreciating and enjoying the support.  So I'm going to try to ask a question as often as I can for advice on something we've been thinking about.

There are two things we've discussed in the last couple of days, but I think I'll save one for tomorrow in case I have nothing to ask then.

If I'm feeling bad about having the ice cream after eating it tonight, does it seem logical to try to push myself a little further tomorrow at the gym?  The plan is to do the same as yesterday - 25 minutes plus cool down on both the bike and elliptical trainer.  Kurt and I both think that if we try to push ourselves longer than an hour, we're only going to regret that, and give ourselves excuses not to go...but what do you guys think?

Recipes:

Granola -

2 cups rolled oats 

2 cups french vanilla cereal 

(I had some for another recipe I never made that I got from the bulk section at WinCo...the original recipe asked for 4 cups of rolled oats...so I might try that next time)

1/4 cup brown sugar

1/2 cup coarsely chopped walnuts

1/4 cup sunflower seeds

2 tsp cinnamon

1/2 cup apple juice concentrate

2 Tbsp honey

2 tsp vanilla extract

±1 cup of your favorite dried fruit (raisins, cranberries, apricots, bananas, etc)

(I used raisins, because I had them available)

Mix oats, cereal, brown sugar, walnuts, seeds and cinnamon in a large mixing bowl.

Mix apple juice concentrate, honey and vanilla in a small mixing bowl.

Drizzle wet mix over dry mix and stir to coat.

Spread on baking sheet and cook for 20-25 minutes at 375* stirring every 5 minutes until crisp and golden.

Move to container and add dried fruit

Blueberry Muffins-

3/4 cup milk

1/2 cup applesauce

1 egg

2 cups all purpose flour 

(it asked for 1 cup all purpose and 1 cup whole wheat, but I don't have whole wheat in the house right now)

1/3 cup sugar (it asks for a 1/2 cup but I wanted to be good about the sugar)

3 tsp baking powder

1 tsp salt

1 cup fresh blueberries

Mix flour, sugar, baking powder and salt in a large mixing bowl.

Mix milk, applesauce and egg in a small mixing bowl.

Create a well in the dry mix and pour in wet mix.  Stir until all dry mix is moistened.

Fold in blueberries.

Bake for 18-20 minutes at 400* for 12 muffins or 10 minutes for 24 mini muffins.