Canada friends

[Deb]

Originally Posted by cindym

Happy Monday ~ Enjoying our BC Family Day holiday.

Yes, I've been thinking that I need to get some tanning minutes. Always makes me feel fabulous.

yes yes....i am all for new stat holidays

tanning always makes me feel a bit better..kinda like booking holidays

i am dusting off my juicer..reading up on some recipes because i havent juiced in a long time

[hockey_gal]

Happy family day everyone!

Sorry I've been away skiing up in Kelowna (as you can see by my new profile pic!). So my workouts were skiing and skating for hours every day.

But usually I play ice hockey 1x/week, skate another time with the kids, do home floor exercises 2x/week (pushups, situps, squats, etc) and I'm adding 2x60 min session at the gym when I have time (the university gym now that I am taking FT classes).

Hubby and I did a juice fast once - we actually enjoyed it. Felt like we were cleaning out the pipes...DH lost 11 lbs in 6 days and kept 7-8 lbs off.

[Deb]

Deanne good to see you

sounds like you did get lots of exercise and had some fun!

i see kids in your avi

[cindym]

Me too Deb

[Deb]

Cindy have you been working out?

Im off to yoga at the YMCA

till dark at 6am but i need to get back to everyday workouts and the Y is 1 block from home...shouldnt be any excuses for sure.

[Deb]

Happy V- Day all

Last night i went for a after dinner walk..sure wish my man would go with me but...na
This morning i had a outside run..fist one in a long time.

The sun is shinning and im sitting on the deck thinking about what kind of new deck furnature i want this year

Steak on the grill tonight with steamed broccolini/mushrooms/asparagus and prawns in garlic butter

Rum with vanilla 0-coke

[hockey_gal]

In the user panel, the ski trip pic shows...I dunno what is up with that...

V-day was laid back here, we both worked and just ordered a pizza & put the boys to bed early.

Dh is willing to try cauli-rice for the first time tonight! Big step for him, LOL. I am going to try to get the kids to eat it too. This would go a long way to reducing all the extra meals I have to prepare.

[hockey_gal]

I figured it out! I was putting the pic in "profile pic" instead of "avatar".

[Deb]

I have never made cauli-rice..

our cauliflower is so expensive right now

im getting ready to have a pot-luck in our hall tomorrow for the tenants

windy......hope we get a storm

[cindym]

Sorry I've been MIA .... home computer is fried again and because we are in the middle of moving the office .... IT guy can't even look at it until first week of March and my tickets for the Heart concert in Penticton were in it .... I hadn't printed them or done a back up because my computer had just been repaired

Yes, I am working on Sunday. I'm still not caught up from when I was covering for my employee who was sick.

Deb ~ I've been doing Leslie Sansone "Walk Away the Pounds" 3 miles. Of course, I can only get to 1 mile but I've got something to work towards. How was the potluck?

Deanne ~ Nice photo. I have also never tried the cauli-rice.

[Deb]

Cindy tell me how you make your cauli-rice

so nice and sunny here today

Pot-luck is tonight
i am just about to make the punch

Cindy good for you on the walking dvd's....i hear they are great !!!

I got a real good bow-flex session in this morning
my new plan is Monday/friday run wed yoga and bow-flex tuesday/thursday

[Deb]

good monday morning

our pot luck turned out great..had some laughs and some good food

of to run a 5k at the Y

[hockey_gal]

Cindy said she never made cauli-rice so I'll answer if that is okay ?

I use my food processor to turn the rice in little pellets that resemble rice (I use the hard grater). The I put it in a bowl with lid (you can use cling wrap if you don't have a suitable lid) and micro for 4-7 mins depending on whether I am using the whole head of cabbage or just a portion. No water!

We used to eat TONS of rice. Curry chicken over rice, stir fries over rice, etc...so we can still use all those favorites recipes over cauli-rice. I also took my fave pasta recipe and eat it over cauli-rice (roasted red peppers, tomatoes, chorizo, garlic, onions & seasonings in olive oil)...

[cindym]

Happy Monday

Deb ~ Glad that you had fun at the potluck.

Deanne ~ Sounds I've tried them mashed but I don't love them.

[Deb]

Originally Posted by hockey_gal

I use my food processor to turn the rice in little pellets that resemble rice (I use the hard grater). The I put it in a bowl with lid (you can use cling wrap if you don't have a suitable lid) and micro for 4-7 mins depending on whether I am using the whole head of cabbage or just a portion. No water!

wow super easy..

i dont have a processor

[hockey_gal]

You can just use a regular grater - just be careful with your fingers!!

I have done that before too.

[Deb]

a head of cauliflower at the stupid store today was $3.99

[cindym]

Did anyone else wake up to a blanket of snow?

I have a lump on my knuckle from grating cheese ... hurt like crazy and wow did it bleed.

[Deb]

Originally Posted by cindym

Did anyone else wake up to a blanket of snow?

I have a lump on my knuckle from grating cheese ... hurt like crazy and wow did it bleed.

NO snow here

Cindy we had to take a fast road trip from Kamloops to Summerland yesturday and there wasnt a cloud in the sky....

Vernon was beautiful

till our way home..big storm cloud right above Monty Lake..we seemed to out drive it about 5 oclock with a couple of sprinkles of snow but then coming down the hill Kamloops was still sunny

ouch on the knuckle

and a hard place to heal fast

[hockey_gal]

yikes, that knuckle sounds nasty!!!

I find the designs a lot better these days - we love our little IKEA grater/cup/storage set thing.

No snow here - POURING rain at times tho. Yesterday was gorgeous. The upside of the rain is that is getting warmer.

[Deb]

beautiful morning here so i went out and ran myself a 5k...

ran over the bridge

delightful

[cindym]

It was snowing again this morning and seemed colder than the past few days. Apparently there is a snowfall warning for the Highway. I'm glad that I'm not driving to the coast.

[hockey_gal]

During my training for the longest hockey game, I discovered a love of running. But I have ONLY done it on the treadmill!! I had little babies and couldn't leave the house...now I have no time.

But someday...

[Deb]

Originally Posted by cindym

It was snowing again this morning and seemed colder than the past few days. Apparently there is a snowfall warning for the Highway. I'm glad that I'm not driving to the coast.

yes...if you look at the pix on the bcroads you can see the connector is snowed in and dense fog....Merritt to Hope was closed too....ick

sunny here in Loops

Originally Posted by hockey_gal

...now I have no time.

But someday...

only takes 20 minutes...maybe set your alarm 20 minutes earlier??

You would love outside running

Im addicted

but she hope that now im turned 50 i can keep running with strong knees

[Deb]

you know....

this ticks me off......

Me and my man went to 3 grocery stores
to get deals



costco has the deck furnature out already and there is a set there i would really like

[TiaraTiffany]

Hello from Ontario ! To be more specific, hello from the Ottawa area.

We are supposed to get another dumping of snow next week. I'm totally exhausted and tired of this winter. Every second day it seems to snow - and lots of it.

I have done low-carb before and was quite successful. Cannot quite pinpoint as to the reason why I didn't continue. But, I'm back again and although it is coming off slowly, it is working.

For any of you who eat the Atkins bars, they are on sale this week at the Real Canadian Superstore. Savings of around $3.00/box.

Hope to get to know all of you better !

[Avy]

I LOVE the Island. I'm originally from NS, and this place is paradise.

[Deb]

Originally Posted by Avy

I LOVE the Island. I'm originally from NS, and this place is paradise.

isnt it funny ...

people either love or hate the island...no inbetween

[Avy]

I think it's the difference between loving the big city life or not. I could live in a big city, but I grew up in a town of 10k 3 miles from Halifax... so it sucked. Nanaimo is about 80k last I checked, and a hop over to downtown Vancouver in 15 mins or an hour drive to Victoria. Can't beat that. I wouldn't like it if I lived in one of the smaller towns....

Originally Posted by Deb

isnt it funny ...

people either love or hate the island...no inbetween

[Deb]

Relying on a ferry counts me out from living on the island..its a pain

I dont mind Kamloops ..but the low clouds all the time

Van gets too much rain

one day we will move back to the Okanagan im sure