I had a super busy week/weekend. I was out of the city at a conference for a few days and got to meet up with some pals for a yummy vegetarian dinner. I haven't been to this particular restaurant in like a year and totally forgot that almost every dish has mushrooms which PP hates. Oops! We ordered a whole whack of dishes and had lots of leftovers nom nom nom!!!

Hot and Sour Soup (with mushrooms)

Three Kinds of Mushrooms and Veggies

Some kind of Curried Noodles (yay no mushrooms!!!)

Tofu and Veggies (yup you guessed it MUSHROOMS!!!)

"Duck" made with bean curd sheets (Jennifer and I love this one!!!)

We also had some spring rolls which PP dissected and carefully discarded the fungus inside! I ate two like a gluttonous pig and also ate up her castaway yumminess!

The conference was great and I really really enjoyed the guest speaker at dinner. He used to play and coach a local football team in the city. He just exuded happiness and love and was soooo inspiring and engaging! I kept texting myself points that he made "are you the fence or are you the bridge" "drop the puck" none of which will make any sense to you guys of course but he was essentially talking about helping people, breaking down barriers and having a positive attitude regardless of ones situation.

(Please note this is not me nor my photo, this girl has a lulu blog and it's the only photo I could find of my hoodie)

We had a bit of a break one day and I booted it to the nearest lululemon to try and find this particular jacket that I've been looking for. I've had a hell of a time finding it in the colour that I want in my size. I love black and would have even gone for the charcol one but no dice! Then I was told it was one of those limited items and they may not get any more in SHIT! So I ended up with a light gray one which I must say is a nice change from my dark brooding black. I do have the option to take it back within the next 14 days and can order one online with free shipping in my colour of choice. I do think it might be time to lighten up a bit though, what do you folks think? Yay or nay on the gray? Pfffff ha!

I met another friend after the conference for a drinky poo and had a great chat with her as per usual! I also had several drinks at a stag and doe recently which I have not done a lot of lately and now I remember why.......can you say headache!!! I put some ballots in for this Greens Plus basket and did not win however the girl who put the basket together (and is a rep for the company woo hooooo!!) knew how much I wanted it and had an idea. We went over to the winner and she was like "sooooo do you take multivitamins?" and the girl said she did not. She told the girl that I did and that I really wanted the basket "She'll give you 20 bucks"! SOLD!! The girl handed over $200 worth of greens plus powder, multivitamins, Omega 3's, protein bars a smoothie mix and a book for $20 freaking dollars! I was ecstatic!! I just bought a small container of the Multi Vitamin powder last week for like $30! This stuff ain't cheap!

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I'm super excited about tomorrow night, Jlee will appreciate this!!! I am going to a taping of So You Think You Can Dance Canada YIPPPEEEEEE!!! I'm such a nerd, cheap powder and standing in a studio for 3 hours watching people dance excites me!!!!

Random Thoughts:

I often get ideas from other blogs, it may be something the writer has posted or perhaps a comment that myself or someone else has written in regards to a particular post. This week a few got the wheels a turnin!

Yrautca recently posted about a 5 km race that he ran and checking his race time. It reminded me of the time my friend and I were looking up times and photos of various people on the net after a race. I had told him that while it would be fun to run a race I would be mortified not only to come in last but to come in last with a beet red face as mine always turns when I do any type of activity. I can't even imagine those images for all the world to see at the click of a button, it would seriously deter me from running a race.

Rawbean posted yet another hilarious video and someone asked "where do you find these things?" I often think the exact same thing when a person posts a funny video. Take for instance my friend D, he always posts these random ridiculous videos on his FB page. The latest was "Indian Men Pole Dancing" which I have pasted below for your viewing pleasure. Seriously though, how does one find such comedic gold??






Enjoy the weekend!!

I read an article in the paper recently about this vegan author/triathlete which piqued my interest so I thought I would try to find this book they discuss. I find it odd that there is a "newly released edition" because all of the book stores around me do not carry nor can they order said book. It appears to be out of publication and the cashier suggested ordering a used copy online. I decide that I'd rather check out his writing style before I commit to an online purchase and head over to the library to borrow one of his other books.

I look up the catalogue number on the computer and off I go down the aisles in search of my treasure. Piece of paper in hand I stand and stare at the same shelf for a good 5 minutes as I'm determined to find this damn book. I'm in section 613.26 searching for BRA but to no avail. As some of you may know I'm the WORST looker EVER! Seriously, there could be an elephant standing on my foot and I'd still be like "I CAN'T find the elephant, where IS it"? I swear my eyes went to the 614's and 615's and everywhere in between but I could still not find the bloody book. Didn't we learn the Dewey Decimal System in like grade 2? Luckily the librarian was able to find it in ohhhhh about 5 seconds (which made me feel stupid) but in my defence she went down the wrong aisle to begin with. I was like "ummm it's over in this section"!

I'm hoping it will be full of useful information but if nothing else I am excited to try some new veggie recipes as this particular book seems to have 100 tucked between the pages! Now I just have to read the book........how many weeks did they give me?!?

Ahhhh I love weekends! We spent Friday night out celebrating J's birthday over some good food, drinks and lots of laughs! Funny though the entire table was yawning at midnight, clearly we're getting OLD! I was very happy that the weather was still warm enough that we could sit outside on the patio all night long without needing a jacket!

We spent the next afternoon having a Jersey Shore marathon, yes you read that correctly, a Jersey Shore marathon. After watching several episodes I commented that I didn't think I could watch them all at once again like that. If I had to hear Sammi say "I'm done" one more time and then take Ronnie back 20 times in one episode, you can imagine listening to 6 episodes like that in a row.....I wanted to pull my hair out!

LD and I were meeting PP at the Vegetarian Food Fair so I mapquested my route to a parking lot close to the venue and off we went. Clearly mapquest did not take into consideration the Film Festival nor the Jesus parade and we ended up smack dab in the middle of both. It took us double the time to reach our destination but we did see Bill Murray walking down the street, a paparazzo running beside him and several people walking quickly behind him. It made me giggle.

I have noooooo idea what the Jesus thing was about but as we approached a very busy intersection there was LOUD music and singing, floats, people dancing and walking in the street and cops looking on. Dunno........

We finally made it to the Veggie Fair so I could hang out with my peeps! As soon as we walked in I grabbed this yummy kabob thing, again no idea what it was but it tasted really good!

There were booths with various items, vegan clothing, food, a sprout grower, you get the idea. We wandered around sampling treats and perusing pamphlets. I couldn't believe how chilly it got, seriously the temperature dropped like crazy in a matter of minutes, it was weird! I bought a few things that I'm excited about:

Coriander Chutney: oh YUM!!! I ate this with a samosa and my mouth was delighted! The woman gave me some recipes which I will definitely try. The only sucky or good thing about this chutney is there are no preservatives so it won't be something I can keep for a while, I'll have to eat it all up relatively soon, nom nom nom!

Madras Masala: I had a heck of a time trying to decide which blend of spices to purchase but finally decided on this one! I can't wait to make a yummy curry as they have a whole bunch of recipes on their website which I"m looking forward to trying. The people selling this product were sooooo lovely as well and I really enjoyed listening to them!

Spiru-tein: I've had this before at PP's place and quite enjoyed it. It's almost like a protein shake but with lots of vitamins and minerals. I put a scoop in the blender, add some ice, milk and half a banana and breakfast is ready! I'd say it's more of an acquired taste but not as acquired as my Vega protein powder! It also came with a cute bag and a gigantic shaker and it was super cheap! Yay!

This was our view for quite some time as we left the venue. There must have been a soccer game getting out, a concert perhaps starting and who knows what else but we were on this street for a good half an hour, creeping ever so slowly trying to get to the bloody highway!

Now it's back to reality and I start my very first physio appointment tomorrow bright and early! EEK! Wish me luck!

Did anyone out there actually do Labour Dayish stuff?? You know like camping or going up north or sitting around a fire and drinking far too much while wearing sweatpants?? I did none of the above and spent a quiet weekend stuffing my face and watching movies. I borrowed quite a few from PP and LD and managed to get through:

Rosemary's Baby: I would like those 2 hours and 20 minutes back please, super lame and boring! I actually thought it was supposed to be a scary horror type of film so I was quite disappointed!



Hottub Time Machine: Ummm yeah so both of the above ladies built this one up WAY too much! I was expecting tears of joy and a sore tummy from laughing soooo hard. Instead I had a few giggles annnnnnnnd that was about it. Two thumbs down!



Derailed: I really wasn't expecting much out of this one as no offence but it has Jennifer Aniston in it. I'm used to her doing cutesy type roles and figured it would be kinda meh. Instead I was pleasantly surprised, the story was good and it kept me quite entertained throughout with the twists and turns! Who woulda thunk?



Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay: This movie made me laugh and laugh! I was wondering if it would live up to the 1st one and for me it did!

I still have Across the Universe, 500 Days of Summer and a few others to get through! I rarely watch movies so it's quite surprising that I made it through 4 in two days!

As for this week there are no more concerts to speak of and oh yay (note the sarcasm) I start physio on my ankle at the end of this week! The Dr. twisted and turned it, this way and that! I wanted to cry it hurt so bad, I can only imagine what the actual physio will be like. I've never been before eek! Wish me luck!!