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Progress continues! I returned to work today after two glorious weeks off. While I wasn't quite ready to go back, I took advantage of a rare day with no meetings. My inbox is cleaned out, my to-do list for the week is ready, and late in the afternoon, I took an hour to get rid of a bunch of unnecessary desk items that I don't use. By next week, my goal is to do a quick review of the business magazines that have piled up so I can clear out a particularly piled up corner.

On the food side of things, the CSA veggies are treating us well this week. Sunday night, we tried a fantastic slow cooker stuffed cabbage casserole (the link will tell you it might be an "unseemly" site, but it's safe). We used ground turkey instead of beef and quinoa instead of rice. Absolute perfection if you need to use a lot of cabbage, and it was simple to prepare. Jonathan and I loved it. Aidan  hated it. I mean HATED it with a passion I've rarely seen from him. The meal quickly descended from a pleasant family dinner to a nightmarish temper tantrums that led to the kiddo being sent to bed an hour before bedtime. Lesson of the night? Aidan is not a fan of cabbage.

Pinterest is becoming my best friend for recipes with the strange CSA foods. I found tonight's recipe while looking for a way to use fennel - seriously, what is this stuff, and why do the cats love it?! We ended up having a vegetarian roasted vegetable quinoa salad with a few minor changes to the recipe. We used two zucchini instead of a squash combo, no dressing, and added a small potato. I didn't have Herbs de Provence on hand, so I mixed up basil, marjoram, sage, thyme, coriander and some of the fennel leaves. The mix turned out really well. I'm officially a fan of the fennel bulb. I'll figure out what to do with the stalk on another day.

As there was no cabbage involved, this was more of a success with the family child. He requested that we use wild rice instead of quinoa next time, and he would like us to add either kielbasa or chicken. But there were no tears, so I'm happy.

By tomorrow night, I'm going to set up a scoreboard for my Wildly Important Goals as they pertain to health. Tonight, I taught the family the 4DX concept of focusing on one or two primary goals, and while somewhat skeptical, Jonathan is willing to give it a shot (The man obviously loves me a lot). Aidan, on the other hand, is raring to go with his goal - increase the number of push ups he can do from 40 to 50 by March 24. I didn't know he could do 40, so I'm interested to see how this turns out …