I'm a Total Pansy/Turning Over a New (Basil) Leaf

so i didn't go to my reunion. i stayed home and hung out with my family watching our team win a baseball game instead. and i don't feel the least bit bad about it. i was hemming and hawing about whether i should bother driving the two hours to get there and then when we got on the road there was construction everywhere, so i just saw it as a sign and came back home. i also did not want to have to get dressed up and wear special underroos and nylons just to look slick in my pencil skirt. and i didn't want to have to make small talk with a bunch of people i barely knew then and certainly don't know now....like i said- total pansy. so i'll catch up w/ the few people i missed at a later date and will amuse myself with all the facebook pics that have been posted. it appears that everyone is as slim and pretty as they used to be, so that fact alone would have spoiled much of my evening's enjoyment. (evil).

and i'm taking control of my health. i decided this weekend that i am (oh geez) training for a half marathon in october. yikes. the BHE and i have also decded that we've been taking all kinds of shortcuts with our diet lately. not only are we not as balanced and low fat as we should be...but we're being poor vegetarians by eating tons of fake meat soy products (fake burgers, fake chicken, fake lunch meat, etc), eating out a lot, and making only super quick, simple meals. so now that our herbs in our herb garden are falling over they'e so huge- we're starting to cook healthy veggie food from scratch again. you should have seen the produce haul we got from the grocery store this weekend. like garden of eden.

Day #1 Vegetarian Stuffed Grape Leaves (Dolmades)- totally delicious. rather time consuming. 2 WW pts for 3 of them- recipe came from WW cook book. used lots of our fresh dill. hmmm....

Day #2 Bowtie pasta with Basil, Cilantro, Spinach, and Goat Cheese- mixed the basils i've been growing- fresh purple, spicy, and sweet basil, plus fresh cilantro (coriander). very tasty. made huge amount for lunches this week.

...and now i'm craving peanut butter ice cream. must fight impulse. eat an apricot. that'll be just as good...yea, that's it....