Am Proud

Am also sick at home today.  It has been nearly two weeks with this chest infection and I believe I am relapsing.

I called in dead this morning.

My cousin Geoff ran his ass off  last night.. today... what time is it in Korea again? and has made it to the men's 1500 metre semifinal at the 2011 IAAF World Track and Field Championships in Daegu, South Korea.

You can read about his qualifying heat at CBC's site.

You can watch him run on September 01.  If I have done the conversion right (Daegu is 15 hours ahead), he will be running at 4.55 am Mountain time or 7.55 pm, local time.  If I've done the conversion wrong, complain to Lord Google that you want your money back.

(totally ripped off the Internets)

If you don't try to win you might as well hold the Olympics in somebody's back yard. ~ Jesse Owens

Duck A La My Back Yard

(Originally posted on my old blog "The Domestication of a Punk Rock Foodie" on April 29, 2010.)

Look who came for dinner.

It amazes me how I can live in a city of about a million people and yet there is this abundance of wildlife in my back yard. At first it was only the birds. Then the squirrels and the bunnies showed up and the birds had to share the bird feeder. Now we have ducks. I had heard these two had been around the neighbourhood for about a week and tonight after I came home from the gym, this is what greeted me in the back yard.

Sigh.

Some days are fanflippingtastic.

Thank You Berry Much

I have a Saskatoon berry bush taking over growing in my back yard.  The berries are almost ready to pick and I can't wait...

In the meantime, I will continue to negotiate my way through what can only be described as a Costco sized Ziploc freezer bag full of frozen berries because I do like berries with my oats.  Oats without berries is, well, just naked oats a la blah.

OATS WITH BERRIES AND CREAM

Makes one serving.

Ingredients:

1/2 c. uncooked oats (I prefer Quaker)

1 tsp. Splenda brown sugar

1/4 berries of your choice

2 tsp. cream or milk

Method:

-prepare the oats as per manufacturer's directions

-when oats are done, add brown sugar to mix and spoon into bowl

-top with berries and cream

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