Happy weekend. I’m sorry I have been MIA…lots happening right now – it’s been a weird couple of days.
Quick check in…Saturday started with an early 90-minute yoga practice followed by a massage appointment for my hamstring. This was so not the relaxing kind of massage but rather very focused on recovery and rehabilitation. I was a little bummed because after my appointment my hamstring was suuuuper sore but it’s already feeling TONS better tonight. A noticeable improvement. I have two more sessions booked. Hoping for continued healing.
I was famished when I arrived home so I had peanut butter, honey, banana and cinnamon on Great Harvest Whole Wheat Cinnamon Raisin Walnut.
Brandon and I decided to check out the big regional farmer’s market today (we usually go to the smaller market in town).
This market was a mix of local farmer’s and vendors who buy produce and resell. We targeted the farmer’s and local meat vendors.
We came home with beef short ribs and ground beef from a local grassfed cattle farm, peaches and heirloom tomatoes. It was fun to wander around. Brandon was drawn to the Great Harvest table on the way out and this happened…
S’mores bar…he was kind enough to share a few bites and oh my god…it was one of the best things that I’ve had in a long time.
I worked the afternoon away at Starbucks…more details on that later.
I snacked on a Kind bar while I was there and had a Soy Awake Tea Latte.
To say that I was thrilled to come home to find dinner cooking and the house picked up would be an understatement. My husband is amazing.
Brandon braised the beef short ribs. I whipped up some rosemary garlic mashed potatoes and sauteed kale. Quick note here…I don’t eat a lot of red meat but last week Dr. Matz suggested that I try to incorporate a little more iron in my diet (from animal protein…not spinach!) in order to help my body recover a bit better. I’m pretty much willing to try anything at this point so that’s the motivation behind the meat purchases today! Brandon is not complaining. 😉
Do you ever purchase local meat?
Well, my just over one year old iPod has completely, 100% died with no hope of coming back to life. I took it to the Genius bar and they told me to restore it…yeah didn’t work. It’s actually worse now. Looks like a new iPod is in order. In the meantime, I’m off to figure out how to get a playlist on my iPhone for yoga tomorrow morning. Then crashing…I am exhausted.
Enjoy your Sunday!
Sorry the Apple store didn’t help you out 🙁 You should just use your iPhone for playlists all the time! It’s easy! I actually have tons of iPods… I had a refurbished nano for running with Nike+ until I got my Garmin, then wanted the shuffle because it is so small. I also have an old ipod touch that I got free with my computer a few years ago… I know.. I’m addicted to Apple!
I have an ipod touch that I never use- I’ve been wanting to give it to someone who will get use out of it, so if you’d like it just say the word! I take your classes at y2 so I’m more than happy to help- as long as you promise to keep playing Avett bros! 🙂
annie – you are so incredibly kind to offer. of course i would love to have it and of course i will keep playing the avett brothers…have some on this morning’s playlist! 😉 thank you a million times!!!!!!!
if you ever try ostrick steaks, they are super lean and very high in iron. I like them a lot. rest up today friend.
lindsay – i have not tried them! thanks so much for the pointer! happy sunday to you and enjoy your day.
Hope all is okay, Jen! Thinking of you, Brandon, your recovery and your blog! Have a good week and see you on Tues!
I don’t buy meat very often either, but when I do, I should get more local meat. There’s a farmer’s market across the street from where I work and they sell local, grass fed beef.
I just love farmer’s markets in general. There are a ton around Boston but I’ve only been to a handful of them.
Hope you have a good Sunday! 🙂
Glad to see Brandon up and around again! Looks like he’s feeling better. I want to second the poster above who mentioned ART. During my tri training, we had an ART specialist come talk to us and do a couple of demos and it is amazing. I’ve been trying to get Joe to go see him to address all of his little injuries but he hasn’t made it yet. And we try to buy mostly local meat – our tailgate markets always have local livestock farmers selling their goods so we try to get stuff there if the timing works out right. Hope you feel better soon.
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