Stromboli | Will Run For Pizza

Pizza. Rest day = pizza. We have tried Buckeye pizza before, but we weren’t “rating” the pizza places yet. So when The Hus, myself, or my mom didn’t feel like cooking today, The Hus mentioned Buckeye pizza. Then retracted his idea saying, “well, we just had pizza the other night…we’ve had too much pizza.” Uhhhh, hello! You can’t even say “too much” and “pizza” in the same sentence because it isn’t even grammatically correct, so again, I don’t even know who I’m married to anymore! When my mom and I started getting all upset and talking in high pitched tones, he quickly realized what a mistake he made.

We ordered a pepperoni and cheese stromboli and a 1/2 margherita pizza and 1/2 pepperoni (since Philco is “so original”).

Besides the pizza Philco and I had in Tennessee, I think this is our fave – well, at least mine and my mom’s fave. Perfect crust, perfect sauce, perfect amount of cheese and toppings. NO grease. Cooked perfectly. And the margherita was THE BEST margherita pizza my mom and I have had! CHUNKS of fresh garlic and tomatoes. Ohmygosh I think I might even dream about it tonight.

Will Run For Pizza –

The Hus –

The Mom –

(These ratings are for the pizza…I’d probably rate the stromboli an 8, The Hus rated the stromboli an 8, and The Mom rated it a 9.)

Then I stole Hungry Runner Girls idea for adding coconut M & M’s to chocolate chip cookies. I finally found the coconut M & M’s at Target yesterday, so today was the day to make the cookies! I used my usual vegan chocolate chip dough ball recipe. It really is my go-to chocolate chip cookie recipe now. And adding the coconut M & M’s was genius.

Caught the m & m thief red-handed! MOOOOOOOMMMMMM!!!!!

And that’s my rest day. 🙂

What’s your “go to” sweet tooth recipe?

What did you do on your last rest day instead of working out??

We. Are. SO. chaotic and CrAzY ’round the G’s pad. I’m not even kidding. This Friday night was an 8 mile run for me. Followed by a cup of coffee in a mug that is the size of my head. Followed by mint chocolate chip cookies. Followed by pizza from our first “new pizza place for pizza night”. Followed by wine. Mixed with visiting with my mom and baking MORE cookies – the peppermint ones. I know. I KNOW. I KNOOOOOWWW! We so crazy! I loved my Friday night. Like not just a little either.

GREAT running weather tonight.

GREAT run.

Sad that I don’t even know how I forgot my headband that covers my ears and my face froze like an ice glacier in Alaska. (Yes, I know what these look like because one of my cousins lived in Anchorage and I visited her there. And visited some glaciers. And yes, my face was THAT frozen.)

I should actually visit her now that she lives in Cali…

GGGGREAT mug-o-coffee-the-size-of-my-head. And cookies.

I know I look like a crazed person, but I JUST RAN 8 MILES IN 30 DEGREE WEATHER! don’t judge. These 2 things were making me happy at the moment.

GREAT pizza and Stromboli from Buckeye Pizza! No, there was no chocolate and peanut butter on the pizza. We got the House pizza that had pepperoni, sausage (i’m a total meat-eater today), peppers, onions, mushrooms, and banana peppers. And a pepperoni and cheese Stromboli. We would go there again. But we have about 5555 other pizza places to try before we can go a 2nd time to one.

GREAT peppermint cookies!

Ohmygosh did I eat cookies TWICE tonight?!?!? yes. I did.

K. Enough of the greatness. For now. I guess I was on a “everything-is-great” kick for a minute there…

So I’m reading Kara Goucher’s book called ‘Running for Women’. PUT IT ON YOUR MUST READ LIST!! She might be my new girl crush and i’m still on chapter 1. Here are 2 things I liked. They were GREAT paragraphs! 😉

Exhibit A – you don’t have to tell me twice to buy a new running outfit. I do this weekly. I will GLADLY buy a new running outfit JUST to run a new route. I like you Kara.

Exhibit B – REWARD YOURSELF at the end of each week!! SERIOUSLY! Why do we need to be told to do this anyhow?! In all seriousness here, I think we can start to feel guilty about “rewarding ourselves”, but come on now, so many of us have a TON of stuff on our plates! Not just women, or moms, or dads, but ALL of us and in order to be the best we can be at being a wife, a mother, a friend, a dad, a grandma, a grandpa, an aunt, an employee, etc…we HAVE to take care of OURSELVES! This isn’t selfish! Yes, it can be selfish if that is ALL we focus on, but taking care of our bodies by eating healthy and working out is going to make us feel better, relieve stress, keep our bodies working the way they should be – fighting off sickness and colds the way they should be. The only way to achieve these things is to take care of our bodies. We only have ONE after all! Stress shows it’s ugly face in our lives in CRAZY ways – headaches, obesity, mental breakdowns, cancer, depression, colds, etc, so it’s NOT selfish to take care of yourself by working out or relaxing in a hot bubble bath or getting a massage or unwinding before bed with a glass of wine. These are all HEALTHY stress relievers! (Some done in moderation of course…) So don’t feel guilty for needing – and taking – a couple hours – or even just an hour – a week to take a bath or get a massage after you’ve given it your all in your running and workouts (or job or family obligations) for the week. YOUR BODY AND THE PEOPLE IN YOUR LIFE WILL THANK YOU. And love you for it. And come on now, you are teaching your kids and family how to respect themselves and take care of themselves! Do you want to spend your hard-earned Benjamin’s on doctors and medicine?! Or on fun activities with your family and friends?

K. I’m done with my sermon. I dunno where that came from. I hadn’t planned on that whole presentation, but there it is people! Your welcome.