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I made one of my top three favorite breakfasts this morning, French toast. (What are my other two? Eggs Benedict, or some variation there of and biscuits and sausage gravy). Of course, I use Alton Brown's recipe. I really think his method of pan frying then baking is the way to go and resting it after soaking it in the custard and before it goes in the pan makes a big difference as well. The only thing I do differently is add a pinch of ground cinnamon and nutmeg to the custard. I didn't really care for French toast much until I adopted this method.
To top it off, I dumped a bag of frozen mixed berries (blackberries, raspberries and blueberries) and a bag of frozen pitted dark sweet cherries into a sauce pan with enough sugar to just sort of "frost" the berries. Turned that on medium high or so and let it simmer with the lid on until the berries softened a bit and started to get saucy. Then pulled the lid off to let it thicken a bit, stirring occasionally to break up some of the berries.
( Mmmmmm, I wish I was eating it right now! )
After breakfast, I got to relax a little more than I was expecting. I thought Katherine's baby shower was at noon, but no, I read the invitation wrong, it was at 2pm. Jonah grabbed a nap before we went, which was a very good thing. We had fun, though I'm not used to being around that much estrogen (there were at least three pregnant women there, probably about five moms with kids all under the age of 2, myself included and then of course other women as well). Jonah loved the cantaloupe (err, musk melon) and wasn't really interested in eating much more than that, except maybe some cherry tomatoes. The hostesses home was freakin' massive and quite lovely. She lives up in Hendersonville, actually nearly White House. They had a couple of large rooms where we were without any furniture in them, and looking around, I kind of thought to myself, "I wouldn't know what to do with these rooms either!" But it was beautiful and nicely decorated. They had a life sized plastic statue of Jack Daniels. It really did look like concrete.
I did manage to fit in another hour of yoga yesterday. Jonah slept really late, so I fit it in before he woke up yesterday morning. It was much easier this time, relatively speaking (I still shook through poses and sweat a lot, but I didn't feel like my ass was kicked). I felt a lot better afterwards and I'm not very sore today at all. I did get a tire repair kit for the stroller as well, so next week I should be able to pick up the running. Tomorrow we plan to go on a day hike, though we haven't settled on where. I was thinking try out a 4.6 mile loop in Percy Warner Park, right down the street (I think it's called Mossy Ridge Trail). Chris was thinking drive to Savage Gulf. We'll have to figure it out this evening, I guess. So far, the exercise is the only focal point I've managed to stick to and even then not in its entirety. But I'm just starting this new plan and it will take a few weeks, I think, to integrate everything together.
To top it off, I dumped a bag of frozen mixed berries (blackberries, raspberries and blueberries) and a bag of frozen pitted dark sweet cherries into a sauce pan with enough sugar to just sort of "frost" the berries. Turned that on medium high or so and let it simmer with the lid on until the berries softened a bit and started to get saucy. Then pulled the lid off to let it thicken a bit, stirring occasionally to break up some of the berries.
( Mmmmmm, I wish I was eating it right now! )
After breakfast, I got to relax a little more than I was expecting. I thought Katherine's baby shower was at noon, but no, I read the invitation wrong, it was at 2pm. Jonah grabbed a nap before we went, which was a very good thing. We had fun, though I'm not used to being around that much estrogen (there were at least three pregnant women there, probably about five moms with kids all under the age of 2, myself included and then of course other women as well). Jonah loved the cantaloupe (err, musk melon) and wasn't really interested in eating much more than that, except maybe some cherry tomatoes. The hostesses home was freakin' massive and quite lovely. She lives up in Hendersonville, actually nearly White House. They had a couple of large rooms where we were without any furniture in them, and looking around, I kind of thought to myself, "I wouldn't know what to do with these rooms either!" But it was beautiful and nicely decorated. They had a life sized plastic statue of Jack Daniels. It really did look like concrete.
I did manage to fit in another hour of yoga yesterday. Jonah slept really late, so I fit it in before he woke up yesterday morning. It was much easier this time, relatively speaking (I still shook through poses and sweat a lot, but I didn't feel like my ass was kicked). I felt a lot better afterwards and I'm not very sore today at all. I did get a tire repair kit for the stroller as well, so next week I should be able to pick up the running. Tomorrow we plan to go on a day hike, though we haven't settled on where. I was thinking try out a 4.6 mile loop in Percy Warner Park, right down the street (I think it's called Mossy Ridge Trail). Chris was thinking drive to Savage Gulf. We'll have to figure it out this evening, I guess. So far, the exercise is the only focal point I've managed to stick to and even then not in its entirety. But I'm just starting this new plan and it will take a few weeks, I think, to integrate everything together.
