Random thoughts

So I've taken the plung and I've ordered a new bike, I'm uber excited about it and can't wait to see what she looks like!

This week was the first build week, which means more time in the pool with higher volume sets, no more boring drills.  Yippee!  It also means some pretty awesome intervals on the bike, this morning I did a tabata interval.  Pretty awesome, really tough stuff.  Love it.  It also means some Zone 2 work on the bike and run, yesss! 

On to the more important matters... Lentil soup.  I made a ridiculously awesome lentil soup on Sunday which was ready just in time for the Patriots to win the AFC Championship over the Ravens in a nail biter of a game.  Anyways, the lentil soup.  Super healthy and delicious with lots of veggies, carrots, onions and celery (you can add leeks, but that's the only vegetable I do not like, so I added more of the other ones).  Fat free low sodium chicken broth, 1 lb of lentils and we added some spicy jalapeno chicken sausage to the mix.  Because let's face it, if it ain't spicy, it's boring.  The recipe makes enough for an entire NFL football team so we were able to freeze quite a bit of it.  Easy dinner in a few weeks or months! 

Oh, and my mom also discovered what is surely to become the most popular salsa on the planet -- Mrs. Renfro's Ghost Pepper salsa.  OH MYYYYY.  You should be able to find it in your local grocery store, if not, you can order it here http://www.renfrofoods.com/Salsa-Ghost_Pepper_Salsa-P31.aspx  I'd personally like to thank whoever Mrs. Renfro is, she has created the Hot Habanero Salso as well as Ghost Pepper Salsa.  Pure genius right there, folks.  I immediately told my friend Erin (who introduced me to the habanero corn nuggets) about this salsa and she found it in Ohio.  If she wasn't able to, clearly I was going to ship her an entire case of the stuff. 

This winter here in NH, well it's been lacking.  We get a few inches of snow one day, then it reaches 50 degrees the next day.  What's up with that?  Not that I hope for zero degree days, but if it's going to snow, it needs to snow, give me alot of snow.  So far, this is the first winter at my job we have had zero snow days.  I will be honest, since it's higher education, I LOVE a snow day, we don't have to make it up like high schools do, and we get paid for it.  Who wouldn't love a snow day? 

It was also my friend Lisa's birthday this past Monday, since she has a crazy work schedule, we shall celebrate... one day... very soon... I hope!