Good news and bad news!  Good news - according to the MRI, there is nothing wrong with my back.  Bad news - according to the MRI, there is nothing wrong with my back.  Sigh.  Back to the drawing board...

Since yesterday was the "warmest" day of the whole weekend, my friend Stephanie and I met in the afternoon after work to get in our long 8 mile run for the weekend.  Aidyn ended up coming with us in the stroller.  This is the longest run I've ever done pushing the stroller.  She fell asleep soon after we got going and didn't wake up until we were on the way back, which was nice.  I actually felt pretty good, but I was very aware of how far away we were from our starting point.  

Distance: 8.01 miles
Time: 1:22.18
Avg. Pace: 10:09 min/miles

It started to get colder on our way back but Aidyn was so good, I think she complained once that she was cold.  I promised her a little treat once we got back for being so good.  But, once we got back I realized just how cold she really was even with being bundled up.  I felt so bad that her little treated ended up being a chocolate milk, chocolate covered pretzels (she shared them with me), a rented Scooby movie and McDonald's for dinner.  Spoiled?  Probably, but if you had seen her little tears and heard her, "Mommy, I'm just so cold", you would have felt bad too!  Anyway, we both finally warmed up and I was forgiven.

Today, was mostly a lazy day.  Aidyn didn't sleep well last night and she actually ran a little bit of a temp this afternoon (no, I don't think it's related to being so cold on the run yesterday, but thanks for making me feel bad again).  We lounged around and had a movie day and I was able to get some things done in the kitchen.

I made some Vanilla Almond Granola:

Then, we did our nails:

Then I made some Chili-Roasted Almonds:

Then for dinner I made something called Bubble Pizza.  I don't know how I didn't know about this before!

I'll post recipes tomorrow, it's getting a little late tonight.  Sunday is suppose to be cold and possibly snowy, so we may just do more of the same as today.  I'll leave you with a fun pic from Friday night:



 Go Fish or Poker?