Meatballs

Tonight Andrew and I will be making spaghetti and meatballs. It was a recipe I found on recipezaar and both of us love it. It's fool proof. The meatballs are formed into balls and then cooked in simmering pasta sauce for about 4o minutes. Tonight, instead of using hamburger we will be using Italian seasoned turkey burger. I am interested in seeing how they turn out and if they maintain their shape. I would like to try making zuchinni noodles someday to cut down on the carb count.

Our anniversary dinner at La Grolla was delicious. We started the meal with crab cakes and a bottle of white wine. (That reminds me, I was going to look for crab cake recipes). Andrew ordered the Fillet Mignon and I ordered veal with a tomato sauce, Kalamata olives, and capers. Both of our dishes were served with potato scallops, squash, and radish. We finished our meal sharing a slice of chocolate cake. It was the perfect evening. Both of us dressed up for the occasion. I purchased a brown paisley print dress from Kohl's and Andrew purchased a blue shirt to go with a yellow tie I gave him for Christmas. I was hesitant on the dress, but later in the evening a woman exclaimed "cute dress!"

I went for approximately a seven mile run around Lake Nokomis yesterday. I think it was less than seven miles, since I had no way to measure a certain portion of my run. I felt decent; my calves were tighter than normal and lately my right hip becomes achy around 50 minutes into any run. I'm sticking with my run/walk approach: 4 minutes running at ~12 minute mile pace/1 minute of walking. This approach has allowed me to run these longer distances. My muscles are not like they were prior to coming down with Guillain-Barre Syndrome in December 2007, but I am proud of my accomplishments.

I don't know if I would ever want to or could physically run a full marathon, but I would like to consider a half marathon. Perhaps this will be something I try to accomplish in the fall of 2010 or spring 2011. If I keep running about seven miles once a week I may be able to begin training for a half this summer.