Wednesday, February 1, 2012

Baking, boyfriends, and winning bids

I forgot yesterday to tell you all about my scone-making adventure! On Saturday I used Gina's recipe for pomegranate orange scones and made cranberry orange scones instead. I couldn't find fresh or frozen cranberries in my local grocery store, so I used Craisins. It wasn't exactly ideal, but next time I'll head to Harris Teeter instead.

I'm using Gina's picture because mine wasn't this pretty.













The scones turned out pretty delicious! Next time, however, I need to roll out the dough a little thinner before putting it in the oven. The very middle was a little undercooked, but that was user error. The two people who tried the scones were pleased (ok, so one of those two people was me, but I think I still count).

Saturday was not only long run day, but it was also National Blueberry Pancake day, and so, my post-run meal was blueberry pancakes. Saturday was basically an awesome day.












And now, since it's been inquired about, a relationship status update. I've mentioned Hot Gym Guy in several posts (like here, here, and here). Well, things have...progressed and we are now "together". I normally get annoyed when people refer to people on their blog by nicknames, but "Hot Gym Guy" (or HGG) has proven to be such a popular nickname, that I'm pretty sure I'm sticking with it on here. You're welcome :)

Yesterday I set out to do my 4-mile run outside since the weather was incredible. I started out feeling a lot better than I normally feel during the first mile or two, but I knew that I'd get tired out fast if I kept at that pace, so I walked up the first hill, and then kept on trucking. I literally couldn't slow down. It was like I was running with someone else's legs. At the two-mile mark I decided to see if I could blow my previous 5k PR time (30:40) out of the water. When I finished and checked out my Garmin time, BAM! 26:50; a pace of 8:39! That's a 1:10 improvement. It may be time to register for another 5k.











And now, did you win any items in my auction? I've followed up each numbered comment with the winner. Go check it out! (I still need email address for a couple of you).

15 comments:

  1. Emily and Lukie sitting in a tree, k-i-s-s-i-n-g....

    Yeah I went there.

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  2. Awesome job on the run!!
    .....first comes love.....

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  3. You still should have posted a picture of the scones, otherwise it's like you didn't make them.

    I'll leave HGG alone since Kara already took care of that ;).

    You ran at my robot pace! I like it!

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  4. Congrats on snagging HGG! Yay for love and before Valentines day, way to go.

    I think the auction worked out pretty well since I ended up just checking out your website and ordering. Can't wait to get them :)

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  5. Oh yeah.. yes you should enter a 5k and I bet you could PR! Nice job!

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  6. Great job on your run! What's your next race going to be? Sasha is going to be very excited to get her new manly green football collar. At least she will have her pink Scout ID on it so no one thinks she is a boy dog!

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  7. Thanks for the relationship update! It's not official until you blog about it. :) I bet you can't wait to bring him to the next family gathering.

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  8. You picked up a hot guy from the gym? Way to go Emily! Did you use any cheesy pick up lines? :)

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  9. So when are you going to show him the blog? He knows you call him HGG, so there's nothing to hide, right?

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  10. It's blog official AND facebook official - it doesn't get more real than that!

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  11. Yay for you having a hot guy. And OMG, I read Rachels comment and I sweat I was reading did you use any protection! My mind is always in the gutter! :)

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  12. Oh man, I have been away from blogging for awhile and had no idea about HGG. That is awesome and congrats! And also congrats on the great PR!

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  13. It's Blog official! Congrats! Great run too!

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  14. Woohoo! HGG actually is working out! Its awesome you met someone with similar interests to you! Great run!

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  15. Holy smokes, your legs got speedy!
    Glad to hear you and HGG are official! :)

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