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What a funny study: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/9572187/Couples-who-share-the-housework-are-more-likely-to-divorce-study-finds.html So, according to this, Ryan and I should have a long, happy marriage!  Once in a while, I do hear others commenting on how chores should be split up because it just seems more fair that way, but in our case, I prefer to do the household stuff because a) I'm better at it b) I actually find it sort of therapeutic, as long as I'm not in a rush to get it done, and c) I technically have more time and energy to get it done since I work less hours than Ryan and am home more often anyways. In all honesty, I'd much more prefer to be a housewife any day than have a 9-5 job.  I totally love sprucing up the home, planning and preparing meals and enjoying the "quiet life" to quote the article. At any rate, I thought it was an amusing study.

I did the Hocking Hills Indian Run yesterday and unfortunately, I wasn't as excited about it as I was last year, AND I was 10 minutes slower than last year, too:(  Buuuut, on the up side, my being slower this time around may have benefited me in the end as today I am not really hurting the way I remember I was last year.  I could barely walk the day after last time. Another reason I wasn't feeling it was I ran it all by myself this time.  The same friends who went last year were up in the air about it, and my husband is on a 2-month break from running.  So, this is the second race I've done all alone (last one was the last 5K I did in August).  My little brother came with me, but even he wasn't really too excited about it, lol.  He pretty much brought a book and stayed inside the dining lodge the whole time I ran. It took about an hour to get there, and for us it was even longer b/c one of the main exits was closed off, so we got lost for awhile.  I started running an

I totally forgot to share the recipe for the beur blanc salmon--I got it from this lovely food blog Lake Lure Cottage Kitchen .  I don't even remember how I found it, but isn't that the way this blog world works: you troll blog after blog after blog and somehow you've amassed too many blogs to keep track of! Anyway here it is the link with much more appealing pictures!  Salmon with swiss chard and couscous I also made another Lake Lure recipe tonight-- Crockpot Teriyaki Chicken .  One of the easiest recipes I've ever made.  I dumped everything into the slow cooker, left to teach, came back this evening to enticing aromas, made some steamed rice and am enjoying every bite right now!  Mmmm, SOO much better than the stuff at the mall food court, lol! Enjoy!

This week--despite my icky illness--I've still managed to make meals at home.  Since I was home basically 3 days in a row trying to recover (still am, with a blocked left ear and cough), I had oodles of time to make dinner at a decent time, sometimes finished right when Ryan set foot through the front door!  Makes me feel like a 1950's housewife.  I should get a fancy apron to complete the picture. This week starting with my first day home: Monday-      Italian chicken soup/ Slow cooker Beef Chili Tuesday-      Jalapeno cornbread with leftover beef chili Wednesday-  Salmon with Swiss chard and couscous tied together with a beur blanc sauce Thursday-    Pasta w/ meat sauce I stole the salmon w/ beur blanc sauce from a food blog and it got high reviews from Ryan, although we both agreed the lemon was a little strong in the sauce, maybe not even needed.  And next time, it'd be interesting to try the sauce over crispy chicken, same greens and over roasted potatoes.

Ahhhh, I keep letting this blog-thing slip further and further away; before you know it, I'll be one of those bloggers that disappear for an entire year, pop in to say I'm still alive, and then disappear forever.  Eh, you know how it is.  Life has been pretty blah and I've been sick the last few days (canceled lessons today) so I've especially not felt like writing anything. I decided to make some chicken noodle soup since it's what you're supposed to have when you're going through a cold.  I simultaneously prepped some beef chili in the slow cooker for Ryan to have since he's more of a stew/chili kinda guy, and doesn't care much for soup or broth.  I picked an Italian chicken soup recipe that looked good on paper, but when I tried it, it was just 'eh'.  I think that the best chicken soup I've ever made, to date, is Rachael Ray's recipe from her 30 Minute Meals cookbook.  And I've only made it once, and it was for Ryan when he

It's always been a desire of mine to consistently make meals at home and never have to resort to take-out or fast food for dinner.  Sometimes, though, that's a lot easier said than done, and when a busy day gets even busier or unexpected things pop up in the schedule, an intended stop at the grocery store turns into a stop at the drive-thru.  I always hate it when that happens, not to mention it's just not good for you! This week was a good week in that I didn't cave into any last minute stops at a drive-thru or take-out meals.  I did one huge grocery trip and roughly planned out which days I wanted to make certain meals.  I didn't take into account, however, how much food would be leftover and one day this week consisted of purely leftovers for dinner. My parents came Thursday evening to help my younger brother move into a new apt. and they've just left; my husband also is out for most of the evening at another "nerd" party, so I'm left all alon