Looking back through my photos for April, I can't believe the Pumpkin Carnival was at the start of the month as it feels like it was such a long time ago now. We also celebrated a friends 60th birthday, helped with the running of our big Lions Club fundraiser, attended a city bike ride workshop (in the rain!) and finished up the month with a great day of running and yoga at Wanderlust 108.
Meals
Meals took a bit of a nose dive this month and there were a little too many purchased meals and take outs. There were a few home cooked meals in there though and here are some of them:
// Meals |
2) Vegan lentil and barley stew - I made a big batch and froze the leftovers.
3) This is supposed to be enchiladas. I wrapped vege chilli in tortillas and covered with enchilada sauce and smoked cheese - it was really tasty anyway :)
4) Smoked fish pie with parsnip, carrot and kumara.
// Ginger loaf and pumpkin muffin mix |
Miles: 22.6km
Running has felt a little uninspired this month and most of my runs have been about 4km and half-hearted. I'm feeling the motivation creeping back in though and I'm looking forward to a nice morning run tomorrow.I went to 2 yoga classes and I've started doing sun salutations in the mornings. I also did 6 strength training sessions and I really noticed the difference in my yoga.
Books
I read two books this month as well the non-fiction book The Truth About Style by Stacy London.I finished Eleanor & Park by Rainbow Rowell at the start of the month and I really loved this book, and it got me interested in the music that it references. I found a couple of Spotify playlists and I made one of my own from these.
Towards the end of the month I finished Uglies by Scott Westerfeld. The story itself is fine and it was a quick read but I found myself thinking about some of the ideas it brings up, especially the unplugged back to nature versus high tech urban life, long after the book was finished.
// Images from Good Reads |
Looks
I have one "look" and the rest are life snapshots :) My look are these red pants I got from Esprit last month! I am getting braver :)Life looks are: Kane and I at the start of the 5k at Wanderlust 108 - that was such a good day; Me playing in the crunchy leaves I swept up on the driveway; Kane and I looking a bit soggy after biking in the rain during the city ride workshop - quick drying pants and a rain coat might have been better than jeans and a hoodie though!
// Life |
I love those red pants! I have a pair that are the same color! I had to pack them away, though, as they are too fall/wintery for the spring and summer season. Those red pants look great on you so I am glad you bought them!!
All of your meals look delicious! That lentil soup sounds really good - I love soups like that! I did not cook much in April either as I felt like I was so scattered and busy. I made 3 different meals this weekend and froze them so we'll have food to eat when I'm recovering from surgery. Phil is not much of a cook and he'll have so much else on his plate when I am recovering so I wanted to stock our freezer so he wouldn't have to worry about meal prep on top of everything else!
I loved Eleanor & Park! I just finished Rainbow Rowell's other book (Attachments) which I loved too.
Your meal looks delicious. Looks like you did a lot of good cooking :)
Now I am hungry after those food pictures :)