Sweat + Shop

by Marisa

Nothing exciting going on here in Gettingnothingdoneville!

I started off the day with a good breakfast to sustain me through the shopping attempts:  Chobani plain yogurt, a sprinkle of NuStevia, pineapple and Pumpkin Spice Granola…

I headed to the gym for a 25 minute stint on the elliptical, then a lower body weight workout including some hip strengthening moves .  I feel like those moves are really helping out my hip.  I don’t feel nearly as stiff  and barely any pain after running.

I hit the stores right after the gym in all my sweaty glory.  I got all the teachers’ gifts out of the way and some baking supplies for the cookie baking extravaganza this Sunday.  That was about all I could handle before heading home for lunch!  I’ve been keeping it simple and easy:  turkey and spinach wrapped in Joseph’s Lavash bread, pear and a few roasted potato wedges…

I fit in a shower and some cleaning before picking up the daughters, then it was off to religion class.  Which means me, too since I always get wrangled to volunteer!

Dinner was loved by all not.  A delicious meatloaf with more roasted potatoes and a side salad…

Little daughter hyperventilated at the sight of it.  I told her if she doesn’t knock it off, I will put a GIANT sign on our front door that says, “SANTA, SKIP THIS HOUSE”.  Desperate times require desperate measures ;P

I’m off to organize my cookie recipes for this Sunday.  It’s Cookie Day which is a tradition that my mom started.  Mom, Gram, the daughters and I bake a whole slew of cookies on this day.  My Dad even joins in sometimes.  It’s fun and I love trying out new cookie recipes every year!

What is your favorite cookie?

16 comments

1 Abby (Nibble, Nourish, Run) { 12.16.09 at 9:48 pm }

Love the tradition of Cookie Day! Sounds like such a fun (and delicious) day. My favorite cookie is probably either a plain old sugar cookie or a molasses one!

2 Michelle@Eatingjourney { 12.16.09 at 9:50 pm }

coconut butterscotch. I call them ‘crack’ cookies. they’re amazing.

3 Diane { 12.16.09 at 9:50 pm }

My absolute favorite cookie is Kolachki- a wonderful Polish filled cookie made out of a butter and cream cheese dough that is usually filled with poppy seeds, almonds, apricot or other fruit flavors. My mom is Irish and Ukranian , and her aunts used to make them for her. I was not going to make any cookies this year but my mom has Dementia and is going downhill pretty fast. I am going to make a bunch of these to bring up on Christmas in the hopes that it might help spark some kind of childhood memory and make her a little more present for a short moment. Have fun on your baking day !

4 Tiffani { 12.16.09 at 9:54 pm }

Mmmm..your food today makes me hungry!! Sounds so YUMMY!!

I love pumpkin chocolate chip cookies like no other!!!

5 Andrea@WellnessNotes { 12.16.09 at 10:58 pm }

Cookie Day sounds lots of fun! My favorite cookie is a sugar cookie – so simple yet so good!

6 Lindsay C { 12.16.09 at 11:03 pm }

My family does the annual baking of cookies on christmas eve… we love to make chocolate chip cookies, sugar cookies, and fudge!! YUMMY

7 Ann { 12.17.09 at 2:09 am }

Santa skip this house! Love it!!!! brilliant mama!

8 Joanna Sutter { 12.17.09 at 7:22 am }

I’m kind of a fan of chocolate chip cookies because I used to make them with my grandmother. Sweet, sweet memories!

9 Tami { 12.17.09 at 1:07 pm }

I love the cookie day idea. My favorite cookies are the peanut blossoms-you know the peanutbutter cookie with the chocolate star in the middle. It combines two of my favorite flavors together. My daughter baked up a large batch of these last weekend and we froze half of them to enjoy later.

10 Diane Fit to the Finish { 12.17.09 at 1:48 pm }

My favorite cookies are iced sugar cookies and oatmeal chocolate chips. I may have to make them right now. NO!! I resist Marisa!

11 Stephanie { 12.17.09 at 4:13 pm }

Well, I think your dinner looks great, especially the homemade french fries!!
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12 janetha b { 12.17.09 at 4:19 pm }

ahahah. santa skip this house!

13 Danica { 12.17.09 at 6:28 pm }

I LOVE the new site!!! It’s so clean, crisp and fun! I LOVED your old site too though

YUM to all your eats and I LOVE what you told your DD to get her to eat it funny!

Have fun on cookie day – we used to do that in our family too….I wonder why we stopped.

14 lynn @ the actors diet { 12.17.09 at 8:40 pm }

i love ginger chews….if they made them with chocolate chips i’d be in heaven ( i know, i could just bake them myself)

15 Jenn { 12.18.09 at 9:16 am }

Your cookie day sounds like so much fun! My favorite cookies are Pignoli cookies, my mom makes them for Christmas every year. So good!

16 Julia { 12.18.09 at 6:44 pm }

When my kids hyperventilated about what was for dinner they got another serving to enjoy – it put a stop to that pretty quickly.

Favorite cookie – white choc macadamia and shortbread.