pizza, finances and yoga

we tested out our new pizza stone last night. i think the water i used to make the crust was a little too hot, but the end result still looked and tasted okay! i also made my own energy bars last week so that i didn't have to take gels with me on my long training runs this weekend. i know that gels work, but i just wanted to put real food into me. that's tricky when you're going on a 4-5+ hour run though because a lot can go wrong with your stomach. i will spare you pictures of my energy bars because they aren't particulary beautiful but they taste like banana bread with walnuts (and are vegan!)--yum! i'm going to experiment with adding chocoloate and peanut butter chips next week.

i finished reading "your money or your life" by joe dominguez and vicki robin. its about finances and rather than telling you to make a budget you won't keep, they focus on teaching you how to be more aware of what you're spending your money on and why you're doing it. at the end, they have a really beginners guide to "safe" investing. i definitely recommend the book, particularly because of how it causes you to reflect on what you're doing, what you want to do and how it helps develope a financial plan to make it happen.

i've started reading "light on yoga" by bks iyengar. i started doing yoga when i was in high school and in the last couple years have settled into a more regular practice. i'm practicing on my own now, but want to keep learning so i decided to actually read a book on yoga. iyengar seems like a great place to start.