I Walk In This World

Ahhh…the suspense. 

1. First you must baby me for still being mega sick. 
2. Second you must read my eats for Wednesday. 
3. Third you must tell me who your favorite of the crazies on Housewives of NJ is.

And only then, young grasshoppers, are you allowed to see who won the VT Maple Peanut Butter!!!

Last night’s dinner was total comfort food.  It’s weird.  When I’m sick, I’m craving carbs.  Must be my body telling me it needs fuel.  Hubz dished up my plate and told me to eat the whole thing.  I didn’t argue!

• baked rotini
• romaine + spinach salad
• water

We ate this and watched SYTYCD.  I am so in love with this year’s dancers.  SO talented.  Way more talented than the drivel on American Idol.

Yesterday I didn’t do much.  Mostly laid on the bed, blowed my nose, and cuddled with my dog.  I watched ohsomany epis of Sex and the City.  This is the dvd equivalent of comfort food.  Comfort tv. 

Lunch was more soup.  I managed to get some veg in there with carrots from the farmers market.  And a few fire roasted Dr. Krackers.  I watched the finale of Real Housewives of NJ.  Woah.  Dey some crizAZY b’s.  I totally hope they do a 2nd season.

 The morning was quiet.  Just tryin to get healthy. 

Breks…

• half a ww english muffin with eggwhites and peppers + LC cheese + hot sauce
• berry smoothie with Stonyfield ff yogurt, half a banana, half a cup of cranberry juice, half a cup of frozen berries, 1/4 cup of fresh blueberries
• lobster coffee

I’m now wishing I had brought home more than 1 extra jar of the peanut butter for the GIVEAWAY.  There’ve been 100+ entries and I wish I could give you all this jar of deliciousness!!

*drumrolllllllllll*

And the winner of the VT Maple Peanut Butter GIVEAWAY is!!!

Anne from Harping on Fitness!

Congrats girl.  Email me your mailing information.

Hi bloggies!  We’re in NH now, after spending most of today in VT.  Wow, is VT beautiful or what?  Holla Green Mtns! 

I’m blogging from bed in our Inn here in the White Mtns of NH.  Our Inn is kinda coolish, I guess.  We are IN the mtns!  Kinda beat tho.  Weird, given what we’re paying per night.  Thank goodness only here  1 night.  Caution to you guys traveling with pets…you WILL sometimes book what you THINK is an awesome country Inn…and then when you get there and check in, your room smells like cat pee and the room is circa 1978.

I had a minor panick attack.  So, like a good husband, Hubz took me to the local brew pub for dinner and beers to get my mind off it all.  This brewery was great!  Moat Mountain Brewery in North Conway, NH.  They make Good Beers!  We were starved and got a LOT of dinner foods.

• New England hush puppies served with maple syrup (so good, battered in something like funnel cake batter…I ate 1)
• spinach salad with goat cheese/ranch dressing (so good, I ate it all)
• special pizza with feta, spinach, basalmic reduction (ate many pieces, not all, but many)
• Old Mike’s Pale Ale (which was supa hoppy and tasted, lucky for me, like an IPA)…I had 2

From there we drove to a nearby 7-11 and found candles and carpet Febreeze for our inn room.  Thank all that is good and holy.  I was tempted to sleep in Hubz’ car otherwise. 

This evening, we drove into NH from VT, and follow the “K” which is the Kanckamagus Scenic Highway that winds thru the White Mtns with beauts views, following the Swift River.  Don’t worry, I kept an obsessively keen eye out for Moose.  I mean, there are Moosing Crossing signs EVERYWHERE in the White Mtns.  I’m still baffled that we didn’t see one.  I even kept my braking foot hovered over the brake pedal Just In Case.

And if karma exists, I suspect I’ll be seeing a moose within 24 hours to make up for this shitty room we’re staying in.

We drove up to VT from our inn in MA, and took all country back roads.  Very gorg!  Stopped for lunch in Woodstock, VT which is a supa chill cool town.  Lunch was take out from here…

We ate next to the stream running thru town…

I got the local, hormone-free, free-range roast beef.  I ate half and 1/3 the chips.  Hillydog ate bugs on the ground.

We walked around town and got coffees from a local/fair trade/organic coffee shop.  Great!  From there we drove out to Long Trail Brewery in Bridgewater, VT.  Did the tour and had some samples.

All the beers were good, IMO.  I am guessing the master brewer likes citrusy light yet hoppy beers.  I liked them all, but Hubz said there were all too similar in body and taste for his liking.

Then we went to a local maple sugar farm/cheese farm.  It’s a family working farm, and you walk into their farmhouse and they’re all working to make/wrap cheese.  I also learned ALL about how to make maple sugar, and you’ll be delighted to know there was a farm store and I bought a little something to offer in a GIVEAWAY once I’m home from vaca.  Let’s just say, this item is a true local gem!

Breks at the inn this morning was Fantastic and yes, the pear pancakes were outta sight.  I also had a giant plate of fresh fruit, and only ate 1 of those pancakes.  And you can see I’m sweaty and wearing running clothes, which means I DID go running this morning. 

Ok, time to take a pill and try to sleep.  Tomorrow takes us thru the rest of the White Mtns and into the Lake District of ME before we drop down into Portland.

Peace.

Er