Pinterest

It seems like everyone and their mother is on Pinterest now. If you haven't joined head over their now and sign up, go on DO IT!

I have to say I'm pinhard. I rarely pin new things on Pinterest, because they are so many things just waiting to be re-pinned from the site. Also, for some reason, I've had trouble adding the Pin button to my mac and iPAD. Any other Mac users out there that have figured this out?

The purpose of this post was to inform all my faithful readers of something I recently pinned. I'm a "collector" of race memorabila. I run races for the t-shirts and medals, yes I'm that girl. I have saved all my t-shirts, bib numbers and medals from the races I've participated in. Ok, in all honesty there may be a handful of 5K bibs that have been tossed along the way. Anyway I came across this article yestarday on ideas on what to do with your old race stuff. If you're interested in the suggestions they had read the article here.

I'd thought of some tips before, but the one I was intrigued by the most was turning your bib numbers into coasters. I found someone's Etsy site who will turn those old bibs into coasters and thought to myself, now I think I could do that. I also think it would be cool to turn them into trivets or re-purpose serving trays with them. I know it may seem tacky, but for someone who is as sentimental as I am, this is the perfect solution to declutter some of my stuff.

Eventully when we move and decorate for Christmas again, I plan on turning my medals into Christmas tree ornaments.

What do you do with your race memorabila?

Missouri Basketball

I'll admit, during college I went to may 10 basketball games in my 4 and 1/2 years at Mizzou. This year it seems that I can't get enough of my Tigers. I've watched most games from our computer, since we don't have cable, and even though the quality sucks I've been happy to catch the games. I'm totally biased of course but I've been really impressed with our team this year. I attribute alot of our play making ability to "Flip" Pressey who has a ridculous sense of being able to see the floor and make incredible passes.

David and I are taking a spring break trip next month and someone suggested that we follow our team through the tournament. I wasn't sure how far we'd get, but now I thinking that it could have been a lot of fun. Especially if they end up playing in STL.

A New Recipe

One one of the many lazy Saturdays I've had in January (before my JLC duties kicked in) David and I would lay around the house and watch tv. Now without cable we have limited options and our options are even more limited because of our finicky antenna.

We stumbled upon the Live Well Network on one of our local stations and tunes into Food for Thought with Claire Thomas. I'd seen her show once before. I'm not one to watch cooking.food shows, so watching this was out of my comfort zone.

She invited a guest chef to show the viewers how to cook gluten free foods. The dish they made was Gnudi. I'd never heard of it, but it looked delicious so I wanted to give it a try even if it was gluten free. The problem was neither David nor I could remember the name of the tv show or the dish name later that afternoon.

I spent about 30 minutes on the web searching with recipes that started with "G". That's all I could remember. After a few misses I finally came upon the name. About two weeks passed between when I remember the named and when we finally tried Gnudi. There are many Gnudi recipes out there, but I was determine to find Claire's. After checking out a few websites I came across someone's blog and they had a link to the recipe I was dying to try.

If you are looking to try this recipe, check out the Kitchy Kitchen blog. I will say the recipe is rich, so I advise serving it as an appetizer instead of an entire meal. The thing I like most about the recipe is the number of variations you can make for the sauce and garnishes.

Here's how my Gnudi turned out.

Top 5 Movies I Want to See in 2012

Four out of the last six movies I saw in theaters last year were based on books I'd read. This year three of my top five must see movies are based on books. In no particular order they are:

1. The Vow




2. Hunger Games




3. The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part II

I couldn't find an actual trailer for the movie.


4. The Great Gatsby

See above.


5. Is a tie between Les Miserable, The Amazing Spiderman (I <3 Emma Stone) and What to Expect When You're Expecting.

Top 10 To Do List for 2012

Two post in one week. Is the world coming to end?? I'm borrowing this idea for a Top 10 list from Lauren Conrad. Yes the LC from Laguna Beach and the Hills. I don't visit her website ever, but when my friend was in town last week she was looking at it and I became interested.

So here's my list. Some of these things are carried over from the 30x30 list which I failed miserably to complete.

1. Move to San Diego and become a CA girl!
2. Go Hunting.
3. Finally finish reading the Bible.
4. Take a trip with my hubby to Costa Rica, a cruise or Vancouver. Our last trip together before he starts working as a liar I mean lawyer.
5. Take surfing lessons.
6. Finally get my Esty store up and running before SOPA shuts it down.
7. Buy a new SUV preferrably a Ford Edge or Nissan Murano
8. Take a yoga class.
9. Love my husband more.
10 ????

What do you hope to accomplish this year?