SamanthaMenzies.com Dream Vacation: Ranches in MontanaI’m really, really into planning dream vacations. I may have missed my calling as a Travel Agent. I’ve been spending a lot of time re...
SamanthaMenzies.com Conditioning Drills: Gut BustersI’m feeling much better after my bout of food poisoning from Friday night. I feel terrible for Matt’s friend who was over at our house ...
SamanthaMenzies.com How to Lose 10lbs OvernightSimple. Very simple. Fun? Not so much. 1) Obtain food poisoning from some obscure and unknown source. 2) Spend 3 hours hugging the toilet before bed. 3)...
SamanthaMenzies.com Chewy Espresso Chocolate Cookie I’ve been back to baking a lot of cookies again. It’s track & field meet season and Matt likes to bring cookies for his fellow coaches so...
SamanthaMenzies.com White Chicken Chili with HominyIt’s time for another Eating the Alphabet recipe link-up where each month we make a recipe featuring a fruit, vegetable, legume, or whole grain from...
SamanthaMenzies.com Beach Volleyball AgainMy Friday night beach volleyball league has been cancelled before it even started. I honestly couldn’t be happier. Between my pathetic skills, sand in ...
SamanthaMenzies.com Southwest Stuffed Peppers RecipeI actually got my easy run in last night. Granted, it was after doing hill repeat with conditioning drills, but still I took it easy and enjoyed it...
SamanthaMenzies.com Easy Run Saturday afternoon between cleaning the bathroom and baking cookies I was looking for something to do so I decided to go for an 3 mile Easy Run. Easy runs are short runs ...
SamanthaMenzies.com Windsor Essex County Community Wide Cleanse 2012This Sunday kicks off the week-long Annual Essex County Community Wide Spring Cleanse that focuses on healthy eating, avoiding chem...
SamanthaMenzies.com Conditioning Drills: Terrible TwentiesIn keeping with the theme of crazy conditioning drills last night I decided to bust out Terrible 20s. Terrible Twenties – a sprinting d...
SamanthaMenzies.com Stuff I’ve Made LatelyHere’s what I’ve been up to in my kitchen lately: Detox Salad with Broccoli and Currants from Oh She Glows I’ve made this recipe more times than I can ...
SamanthaMenzies.com Garbage Can Pizza OvenLast July Matt called me at the office, to ask me a very important question after spending much of the morning with Zack digging up our crab grass infested l...
SamanthaMenzies.com Sled Push SubstitutesFriday was a cardio day for me but I wasn’t in the mood for a run or a spinning class or a forgettable elliptical experience, so I tried busting out som...
SamanthaMenzies.com WWF CN Tower ClimbSaturday April 21 marks the date of the 22nd Annual CN Tower Climb for the World Wildlife Fund of Canada. In 2008 I was unwed and was working and living in Toron...
SamanthaMenzies.com Downtown Detroit Walking Tour Click any image to enlarge On Saturday, Matt and I went on our Date of the Month for April, a self-guided Downtown Detroit Walking Tour, focusing on ...
SamanthaMenzies.com Homemade Fig Newtons RecipeIt’s time for another Eating the Alphabet recipe link-up where each month we make a recipe featuring a fruit, vegetable, legume, or whole grain from a d...
SamanthaMenzies.com Happy 3rd Birthday Bagigis!Happy 3rd Birthday to my best friend and favourite dog, Bagigis! Bagigis at the Run for the Cure We got Bagigis in June of 2009 not long after buying ou...
SamanthaMenzies.com 6 Day Full Body Lift and Circuit RoutineI am on week 5 of this 3 Day Full Body Circuit Routine and I’m bored. Click Image for PDF Don’t get me wrong, it’s a real...
SamanthaMenzies.com Sugar-Free Lent My sugar-free Lent went fairly well. I cheated a few times with hard candies if my sugar craving was really bad and I started to get lax about the sugar-laden cond...
SamanthaMenzies.com The ‘Athletic’ Body TypeI read an article in The Gloss last week claiming “Athletic” is a stupid way to describe female body types. It really is. You’ve seen it before...
SamanthaMenzies.com Happy Easter 2012My favourite part about Easter is the Lebanese food. I spend all year waiting to eat these: Kabeb courtesy of my Aunt Randa. It’s like fried kibbeh but isn’t made...
SamanthaMenzies.com Fate and Yoghurt CheeseFate I went out last night with some girlfriends and listened to them talk about singledom, trying and trying not to find husbands, and how fate works in in...
SamanthaMenzies.com Okonomiyaki(Source) I spent the entire weekend watching the first season of Downton Abbey a period drama set in England in the years leading up to World War I. I love historical f...
SamanthaMenzies.com Are men really that egotistical?“If a girl talks to a guy or looks at a guy, he’ll think she’s into him.” Matt said this to me in regards to two strangers of the opposite sex and ...
SamanthaMenzies.com Gallo PintoSo after a week off running my legs are feeling alright and my stamina is through the roof. Today I killed 3.1 miles (5K) in 24 minutes and then I even kept running for...
SamanthaMenzies.com Cultured WeekendFriday night Matt, Tina, and I met up with some friends to check out the Hunger Games premiere. Normally I’m not one to go to see movies on opening weekend. I hate...
SamanthaMenzies.com On BabiesI started writing a post about my thoughts and opinions on children today. In my head it was going to be really sarcastic and superficial but once I started typing it mor...
SamanthaMenzies.com Running Pains and Other Updates I’ve been having some shin and calf pain lately when I run. It’s really weird. Besides the occasional muscle soreness, I’ve never had any pain from...
SamanthaMenzies.com Black Women are Heavier and Happier(source) “F.A.T. means fabulous and thick, full and tasty, fluffy and tender.” – Mo’nique There was an article last mont...
SamanthaMenzies.com Grenadian Oil Down RecipeSo how about that weather today? It would have been a nice day for, say, June but I don’t think I’m ready for 23 degree weather in March quite yet. It fee...
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