Weekend Recap

I had a good weekend! I got to sleep in both Saturday and Sunday which is a rarity in my life. Yesterday, I went to good friend Melissa and Denny's to celebrate their son, Dylan's first birthday:) I can't believe he is one already, it seems like he was just born! Afterwards, I went and voted and started some Xmas shopping, I didn't do too well with that. I was only able to find something for Jill but I have plenty of time to finish the rest of it. My sister had also called to see if I could watch my nieces while her and Rob went out to celebrate his birthday (its the 21st). I said sure, I rarely give up the chance to hang out with my nieces. So they met me at the mall and I got dinner for the girls and then we came back to my place to hang out. We all watched TV, I got them hooked on reruns of the Cosby Show and we also watched out they make Tootsie Pops an and other lollipops on a show called Unwrapped on the Food Network.

Today, I just did stuff around the house and went for a run. My sister wants me to run 8 miles with her on Nov.1 since we are training for a half marathon together in February. So I guess I should get back into running at least 3 times a week again. I also spent some time in the kitchen and made some eggplant parmesan. For those of you who don't know, I consider myself a vegetarian that eats fish/shellfish on occasion and rarely beef and never chicken. So I am always looking for recipes that I can cook up that do not involve meat. I love eggplant and this is a classic so I made it for the first time. It was awesome:) Kudos for me! The recipe is a bit long (but very easy) so here is the link for it: http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/juan-carlos-cruz/eggplant-parmesan-recipe/index.html. I hope you enjoy!!!

Here are some pictures from last night with my nieces:

Me with orange Halloween teeth:)
Linsey, Jordyn and Kalli

Kalli with her missing 4 front teeth....how cute:)