I am wiped out. Wiped out! Really long day today, so this is an abbreviated post.
Sounds like there are a lot of fellow cookie dough lovers out there! Yay! My mother and I had great success last night shopping. I do see why people purposefully wait to buy things. There were some great deals last night! I also was glad we went on a Monday night to the mall. It really was not very crowded. Mom and I had pretzels at Aunt Annies’ I haven’t had one of those in a few years, and it sure tasted good after a long shopping haul. Plus it didn’t have any sugar on it, so I was able to complete a no-added sugar day yesterday! It is so weird how sometimes it is so easy to not have any sugar and some days it is a real struggle. Guess that is because we aren’t robots, right?
I got up this morning and was going to go to the gym to hit the treadmill, but I really did not feel like going outside. Instead, I just hopped on the bike trainer for an hour and did 15 miles. Yay! I know you are all tired about hearing me yak about the trainer. 15 miles is what I consider a ‘maintenance’ ride. That would be a standard distance for me outside on any given day. I am going to be so ready for long rides right out of the gait come spring time 
John and I are already talking about another 100-mile ride.
Know what is good post 15-mile ride?
Cookies! Before breakfast even. These were a bit of a flop in appearance. They actually are not very sweet cookies. The dough is just butter, flour, cream cheese, vanilla, and 1 teaspoon of sugar. They are filled with jam, which is the only sweetener, so a good respite from overly sweet goodies. I had them folded up nice, but they unfurled in the oven. So the second batch in the oven just got made thumbprint style.
I made up some breakfast after eating said cookie. Pumpkin custard cream of wheat. I topped with eggnog honey, cranberry sauce, and a few toasted walnuts.
The walnuts were a nice change, but I do prefer pecans.
I was swamped with work today. I hit the ground running at 8:30 with work (while eating breakfast, I sadly admit). One account batched over 3 days of files, so we were asked to work as much extra as possible (aka whip cracking). So I basically worked a full day with one job and a half day with the 2nd. Kind of like I was doing early in the summer. I do remember now how I disliked that…
I pretty much worked right up to dinner and my brain just kind of melted into a pool of goo. So – it was dinner out tonight! I won the football picks this week – 2 weeks in a row now. (That is more like it). So time to make John pay up.
I chose a new place to us called Carl R’s. It is a tex-mex kind of place. Of course, that is upstate NY tex-mex. It was little heavy on the neon, though! Everything was glowing pink.
I had enchildadas.
They were quite good! Could have been spicier, but a decent meal at a decent price.
I finally get a night to relax now. I’m either going to wrap presents or bake cookies…
It’s hard for me to make good choices when it comes to Mexican food. I love it so much! I tend to over-indulge!
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Those enchilada’s look really good. I had some the other night that were not the greatest– those look so much better!
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Yum- I haven’t gone out for Mexican in a while, that looks delicious!
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Wow, those enchiladas look good! I’m having a ME day on Thursday, and I think I know where I’m going for lunch. 🙂
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O.k i’m drooling 🙂
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A hearty AMEN to Mexican food being the cure…well, to just about everything!
That cookie looks yummy! And only 2 Tbsp sugar? Wow! Can you please share the recipe?
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Nummers on the enchiladas, and I love your not-so-sweet cookies!
I hear ya on the fried brain today – tell me again WHY I wanted to work retail at Christmastime?
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Question for you – do you think your Schwinn bike trainer would work with my bike’s nubby, wider tires?
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I love Mexican food and enchiladas are my go to order 🙂
Jen
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Yay for relaxing!
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Nothing wrong with cookies for b’fast! I have them every day.. well my homemade protein cookies! 🙂 BUT, a treat cookie is good too! No rules about what to eat when in my house!
Is it busier at year end due to people getting all their appts in before the end of year?
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Well, my brain is totally fried and now I want Mexican!
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Lori, your food concoctions continue to amaze me….I love the breakfast bowls you make!
As for the bike trainer, I have one as well and I love to ride while watching TV – catching up on my stories! It’s awesome you can ride for so long! And you will so be ready for spring rides. You’re doing all the rite things to give yourself an edge.
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MMM…those enchiladas look great.
You are amazing Lori – I’m not sure a night of relaxing for me would include wrapping and baking! You are an inspirational ever ready bunny!! Have a great day!
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I love when dough has cream cheese in it. I have a recipe for mini shoefly pies with cream cheese in the dough and it is oh so good.
Yum to Mexican! I go once a week for enchiladas!
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Mexican food always makes things better! Glad you were able to catch your breath!
I love Mexican food.
Good luck with the gift wrapping and cookie making. I’ve just about had enough of both by this time.
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I love those pretzels. They always make me happy. Sorry about the super long work day but at least there was Mexican food (that you didn’t have to prepare) at the end of the day.
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