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25 Things For My 25th Year

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I love making goals and lists and plans – just ask The Hubz it drives him nuts but he loves me anyways.  Since I am now (tomorrow) in my 25th year of life I figured what better than a list of 25 things for this 25th year.

  1. Run a 5K
  2. Try Bikram Yoga
  3. Do an overnight hike on the Long Trail
  4. Visit Montreal (again)
  5. Visit Ottawa (again; first time ever with Hubz)
  6. Visit Toronto (again; missing my bff)
  7. Visit Key West because the Hubz
  8. Visit Chicago- a place the Hubz and I have both never been
  9. Attend the Healthy Living Summit
  10. Start my Health Counseling Business
  11. Create an e-book of my recipes
  12. Laugh more.
  13. Do more yoga.
  14. Work on my writing skills.
  15. Get all the stamps in my VT Brewers Passport Stamped
  16. Go to a driving range and hit some balls
  17. Read 10 new books.
  18. Update my blog with a new fun look
  19. Eat more oatmeal.
  20. Drink more green monsters
  21. Call my girlfriends more.
  22. Get a massage*
  23. Get a pedicure
  24. Get a facial (see the trend- love the self care)
  25. Final outfit our house so that it is “grownup” and organized.

*To start crossing things off the list the Hubz and I will be visiting Jivana Holistic Spa this afternoon for some body treatments which includes a Balinese Massage. Here are some photos from the Jivana Holisitc Spa sight since I probably won’t be able to take any photos inside.

The Sauna

Birthday Dinner #1

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As I see it a good start the morning can usually result in a good start to the day and what better way to start the day than with toast and tofu scramble?

We have to improvise a bit lately since we no longer have a toaster but it can be fun using our $2 camping toaster for fun.  We had left over cheezy tofu scramble with lots of broccoli which was delicious before our crazy days started.

After a getting a cracked tooth filled and crazy day at work and prepping for another crazy day tomorrow I met up with my mom for a drink and a snack.

After we finished our drinks we met up with this guy:

C.V.L. Dad! (cook.vegan.lover. dad)

Then we did a little shopping and headed to A Single Pebble for dinner.

Double Garlic Broccoli

Dry Fried Green Beans

Vegetarian Pot Sticker

Vegan Ants Climbing a Tree

Buddha's Sesame Beef

Also if you heckle the food blogger for photographing the food  you suffer the consequences. Welcome to the blog post hall of shame:

Meet C.V.L. Mom who on the evening of August 25, 2010 who knowing the consequences decided to heckle the food blogger regarding her photographing the meal. Welcome to the hall of shame. XO MAMA just j/k all in good fun.

Meet the Hubz who decided to join in the heckling fun. love you lots but welcome to the hall of shame.

Disclaimer: the blog post hall of shame is all in good fun don’t worry.

Rain Crashed Our Camping Trip

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This Charming Couple Joined Us Friday Night

Sauteed Veggies

Fire Up the Grill Fajitas

Gucacamole

Tortillas

Delicious Organic and Vegan Beer

Nicobella Truffles - So delicious

The Best Coffee Of Your LIfe

The boys getting things working

Rise and Shine!

Morning!

Morning walk on Stowe Mountain Ski Resort before the rain and heading home a night early

The Great Outdoors

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That’s right folks the old man and I are headed to the great outdoors to test our camping skills.  Now this won’t be easy with our nice new tent, camping mattress and of course that newish camping stove but I think we can tough it out and survive. I will hopefully be back on Sunday with a nice post, unless of course a bear eats us, so until then here are a few things for your enjoyment (oh and don’t forget that there is still time to enter the Care Package Swap of 2010:

hmmm is this thing on?

Q: How many Canadians does it take to light a Camp Stove?

A: TWO (and no those aren't mine or my husbands if you were wondering)

Oh and I almost forgot to mention that I am participating in Project Food Blog check it out!

Stir-Frying Things Up & A Tour

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Last night the husband and I had a cleaning/prep night for our first guests to our new home.  We are so excited to have people over however I wish that we had more furniture so that things didn’t look so empty and that our style was displayed more.  I honestly just wish that Young House Love pair would just stop on over and make everything look amazing. Until then here is a sneak peak of our “before” pictures- I hope that within the next 6 months I will bee able to show you the “after” photos. I am open to your ideas at inexpensive ways to improve our living space so let me know!

The LIving/DIning Area

Dining Area

Sitting Area

Entertainment Area (I know it's a mess)

My not so great attempt at putting both sides of the room together- no our home really isn't crooked

Office/Workout Room

Office/Workout Room

Guest Bathroom

Master Bathroom

Bedroom

Balcony

Not photographed: Laundry/Storage Room, Pantry, all of the closets, and entry way.

After all the organizing and cleaning/prepping for our guests I felt a lot like this:

So I decided it was time to make some dinner, enjoy a glass of wine and some chocolates.

For dinner I decided to keep things easy with a yummy veggie and tofu fried rice.

Ingredients:

  • 1/2 head of kale ripped into small pieces
  • 1 cup mung bean sprouts
  • 1 corn cob of kernels
  • 1 small onion minced
  • 1 clove of garlic minced
  • 1/2T sesame chili oil
  • 1/4t white pepper
  • 1/4t chili flakes
  • 2T low sodium soy sauce
  • 1T mushroom soy sauce
  • 2 Cups of cooked rice

Directions:

In a wok heat the oil over high head and toss in all of the vegetables; cook for 1-2 minutes.  Add in the remaining ingredients and toss together until heated and evenly coated. Top with baked tofu.

After spending a little time hitting the books the Hubz and I sat down with a glass of wine and some delicious chocolates.  Again I whipped out the Ravi Wine Chiller and enjoyed a glass of vegan wine; a great suggestion from the wine shop in downtown Burlington.

Coco-Zen sent me a sample of their Truffles-To-Give: 2 Tier Chocolate Orange & Chai to try and the hubz and I are in love.  These are the most decadent, creamy, delicious truffles I have ever tried.  I am absolutely hooked and can’t wait to buy these as treats again and for gifts fro friends and families.

Don’t forget From now until August 16th you can save 25% of your total purchase when you use coupon code EXCITE25

Disclaimer: Coco-Zen provided me with a free sample of this product to review, and I was under no obligation to review it if I so chose.  Nor was I under any obligation to write a positive review or sponsor a product giveaway in return for the free product.