Gourmet Runner

I've been asked by a few readers what's going on with my house---I mention it occasionally, but I leave all the details to my hubby over on his blog . So here's the deal: Hubs and I have ZERO experience doing something like this, but it's a dream to have our own home, exactly the way we want it, on our land in NW Georgia. We moved here from a tiny studio apartment (350 square feet!) in a highrise in Hong Kong, so this is a crazy difference. Here'e what has happened so far: -pre-fab panels went up -roof put on -siding around the house put on -electric -plumbing -drywall ...and here we are. With me getting in trouble for playing on the "important builder man stuff." Lame. It's not like I'm ridiculously clumsy and fall over all the time or anything. Oh, wait. Right.  Moving on.... There is no room in our house I'm more excited about than the one we can just call "the awesome and amazing perfect Vanessa room." It has a ni...

Before I let you get to the amazing Peanut Butter popcorn, you'll have to endure me blabbing on about my speed workout today. Or...you could just scroll down. But I'll know . Don't ask how, but I'll know. It was done on the treadmill, so I could control the pace, and essentially I matched each length of "recovery pace" (6.0) with the same distance at a hard/tempo pace (7.1-7.4). I really loved this! When I do longer intervals (i.e. a mile) I need a longer recovery time, so this worked. One mile slow, one mile fast. 3/4 mile slow, 3/4 mile fast, and so on down the line. I can't remember sweating this much EVER on the treadmill. That's always a sign of a good workout to me! Since you were so good and read all of my running nonsense you may now proceed to the good stuff.  Lately two of my favorite snacks have been PB and popcorn. It was only a matter of time before I figured out how to combine the two.  EASIEST RECIPE EVER: -Pop microwave popcorn -...