Relax

With the bathroom repair looming over my head, I've been doing more yoga breathing lately than ever.

To foment some of this stress, I've been practicing yoga more [solo], and grabbing new recipes to cook. Eric's been into his new book, Think Smart, which told him to (1) Eat more fish (2) Play more video games (3) Drink more red wine.  ... 2 out of 3 isn't bad :) So with this in mind, on Friday night I did a nice 75 minute Yoga Practice at home via Podcast with David Farmer and then headed out to the ranch to make my Crab Stuffed Tilapia.

Thanks to my Mom for my Simple and Delicious magazine (the Christmas gift that keeps on giving).

Crab Stuffed Tilapia

Ingredients

• 1 small onion, finely chopped
• 1 celery rib, finely chopped
• 2 packages (3.53 ounces each) premium crabmeat, drained
• 1/3 cup dry bread crumbs
• 1/3 cup mayonnaise
• 1 egg, beaten
• 2 tablespoons Mozzeralla cheese
• 1/4 teaspoon seafood seasoning
• 4 tilapia fillets (6 ounces each)
• 1/4 teaspoon paprika

Directions

• In a large skillet, saute onion and celery in some butter or EVOO until tender. Remove from the heat; stir in the crab, bread crumbs, mayonnaise, egg, pimientos and seafood seasoning. Spread 1/3 cup crab mixture over fillets. Roll up each from the pointed end; secure with toothpicks or lay the fillets flat and stack the crab mixture on top (I did the latter).
• Place seam side down in a greased 9-in. square baking pan. Melt remaining butter; drizzle over fish. Sprinkle with salt and paprika.
• Bake, uncovered, at 400° for 25-30 minutes or until fish flakes easily with a fork. Discard toothpicks. Spoon pan juices over fish. For 2 Fillets - I cooked for 20 minutes.

Eric actually liked the fish - he is slowly learning to eat healthy. We picked up a ton of frozen fish at Trader Joes yesterday (Mahi, Ahi Tuna, Salmon, and Talbot). E cooked dinner for me -- Turkey Sloppy Joes/Salad/Chocolate Chip Cookies for desert.

Hope everyone had a nice weekend!

O U C H

Tough loss last night for FL yesterday and very sore legs today from my first [awesome] Bikram class at Yoga Oasis.

Great News - Jalepenos have sprouted at casa de emily! Lilies might bloom soon too. Eric and I spent friday night transplanting the cucumbers and tomatoes to the "big boy" pots. The 2 days of rain we've had should help the garden a ton (and the rain barrel). I'm VERY excited to hear how much Walt harvested with his homemade gutters :)

It's going to be a busy week with the Clothing exchange tonight at Molls' house and leaving for Cooper on Thursday.

Off to get a run in before the rain starts again...

Celebrate

Brad and Wen are engaged! It's turning out to be the year for weddings with Emily and Odis in May and Brad and Kacey sometime late this year [or next]. Couldn't be more thrilled at the news :)!

..they also had an excellent BBQ last night at their adorable home last night.

Eric/Huff/Tudor/Kev and crew had amazing runs Saturday (1/2 Marathon). Big thanks to Stacy putting up with monster puppy (aka the #1 Barking Fan) and I traipsing around town cheering everyone on. Sails pushed up her milage to 7.5 on Saturday - very proud of her! She got more "HI SAILOR" calls than Stac or I did ... humph. Guess she's a celebrapuppy. Shout out to Kev for his 1:27 PR ... way to go ... you're a mere blurr on my camera.

Eric and I got a LOT done on the garden (pictures to come). Carrots, Broccoli, Spinach, and Lettuce are in the ground. Tomato's (3 varieties), Peppers (Sweet, Banana, and Hot), Cucumbers, and Squash are all germinating now as well. E won the battle with neighbor-Mike's tiller and got the compost/10-10-10/soil mixed in with the [awful] Carolina clay. I have a new appreciation for the dirt I grew up playing in.

Itching to get to the weekend and have another fun filled time @ Mike and Sarah's.

Beer Mile prizes for Thursday have been acquired as well as some fab volunteers.
And...thanks to Molls, I have 5 yoga sessions at The Yoga Oasis to use --- feeling very lucky and more open a. Thanks for the sweet/thoughtful/awesome gift, Molls!