False Start

Whoops.  Monday not off to a great start activity-wise!  Remember how last night I said I wondered how I would get out of bed without FH here?  Ya, um, well…

So I made myself a deal at bedtime last night that if I saw snow when my alarm went off then I would get to sleep and work out later.  Well there was no new snow but I went back to sleep anyway.  Can you say exhausted?  Yesterday’s ridonkulously early morning and hectic day totally caught up with me.

Now it’s 3pm and I still haven’t worked out for today (let alone made up for the missed workout on Saturday).  Gah.  I wonder if I have enough stuff around the house to do Intro to Iron Day 1 here?

What I have done is eat.  Of course.

Breakfast…something new & different!  Pineapple quesadilla!!  with light cheddar and ancient grains tortillas…

I used to work at a cafe where we included pineapple on the nachos.  Don’t knock it til ya tried it.  :)

With yogurt, strawberries and more pineapple…

And coffee…duh.

Followed a few hours later by lunch! 

Carrots, celery, and yellow pepper…

With the return of hummus! 

And Kashi Honey Sesame…which are rapidly replacing multigrain Wheat Thins as my favorite crackers. 

Of course I had to taste test the Chocolate Cranberry Almond granola bars…

Um, while typing this I just made an agreement with Jess that I will indeed run 3 miles 5km tomorrow morning.  She’s checking on me!  Guess I just found my incentive.  :)

Date with Myself

630am: drive FH to work

700-900am: drink coffee, check email/Twitter, setup uTorrent finally, blog

900-1000am: dishes, clean & tidy kitchen, dust & polish living room furniture

1000-noon: clean downstairs bathroom, vacuum main floor, strip beds and start laundry

noon: make pancakes!

Trader Joe’s Pumpkin Pancakes to be exact.

(using UVAB instead of milk and a drizzle of canola oil instead of melted butter)

Topped with real maple syrup and caramelized bananas…

With a scrambled egg on the side…

12:30-100pm: fiddle on the internet, realize torrents take VERY long time

100-300pm: wash breakfast dishes, clean upstairs bathroom, scrubby the tubby, vacuum upstairs, swap laundry

300: make smoothie!

Very Berry Smoothie to be exact.

In the blender: 1/2 cup frozen raspberries, 1/2 cup frozen strawberries, 1/2 frozen banana, Amazing Grass Wild Berry Kidz Superfood, 1 cup UVAB, water to thin

315-330pm: make self presentable for public (ie: blush and jeans)

330-530pm: get groceries, run errands, get take-out sushi!

530-630pm: commence sushi coma

With edamame…

Spicy tuna roll…

California roll…

630pm: smile contently, wish for more sushi to appear

630-730pm: vegetate and hope for something on TV, doomed by Superbowl Sunday, realize HIMYM is not downloading for tonight, start another torrent and cross fingers

730-830pm: finish puttering, put groceries away, polish kitchen table, arrange new centerpiece, swap laundry, fold towels, remake bed

830-900pm: Booty Camp Fit DVD Ab-Solute Abs!, pack gym bag for tomorrow morning, wonder how I’m going to drag my butt outta bed without FH here

900-945pm: make batch of Chocolate Cranberry Almond Granola Bars

945-1000pm: wash baking dishes, fluff new pink Snuggie in dryer

1000pm-now: cuddle up in previously mentioned Snuggie, realize plans for HIMYM are not going to happen, watch mindless TV (Modern Family anyone?), blog

1100pm: stare at TV for hour

midnight: collapse with cat in gloriously clean and comfy bed, zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

Big Night

When I threw out the Saturday night dinner question FH offered to make pizza.  I agreed…with the caveat that this time we have his and hers sides.  Honey makes a mean pizza but I like more veggies and less cheese on mine.

It’s truly comical. 

 

His side: pepperoni, canned mushrooms, quadruple cheese, Italian sausage…

Her side: 1/2 as much pepperoni, spinach, pineapple, 1/2 cup cheese, sprinkle parmesan…

Hilarious.  And tasty!  I had two pieces…

We finally got to put the Pampered Chef pizza stone into action too.  The crust did indeed turn out perfectly browned on the bottom, with no extra oil needed.  Nice.

Earlier I had a bowl of Stonyfield organic vanilla yogurt with fresh strawberries to tide me over until dinner.  My oatmeal actually kept me full for HOURS.

And apparently no Saturday is complete without another cupcake!  FH had a craving all day so we took a run down to Susie’s to grab dessert.  Parking was non-existent so I waited in the car and told FH to surprise me.

Flavour we hadn’t tried yet…Toblerone!

So good, but I pulled about 1/3 of the icing off…it was just too much. 

So I think I’ll be waddling myself to the gym today to burn that cupcake off.  (Especially since Mr. Generous bought me TWO cupcakes…so there’s actually another one for devouring later tonight…eeeeek!)

FH is on duty today so we were up at the unGodly hour of 6:30 to get him to work on time.  Blech.  Instead of climbing back into bed when I got home I decided to write my to-do list and enjoy my coffee while getting an early start on the day.  Let’s see if I can make it through the day without falling asleep on my feet.  :)

If you had $25 to burn at iTunes, what would you buy?

Whip it Good

Movie night was to involve a few snackies, so I threw together a quick salad for dinner a couple of hours before I went out.

In the big silver bowl: mixed greens, baby spinach, yellow pepper, cucumber, tomatoes, beets, raisins, pumpkin seeds…drizzled with olive oil and s&p…

Topped with a hard boiled egg…with extra s&p…

Side of Kashi crackers for crunch…

Garlic stuffed olives because…well, because I lurve them…

It was to be a comfy couch night with the girls so I opted for comfy pants and my new lululemon cheer gear shirt!

How cute, right?!!  :)

This is the 5yr pima cotton tee…and if you have never felt one of these t-shirts I recommend checking them out.  Soooo incredibly soft.  (and long…even on 5’11” me!).

We decided to watch Whip It!.  Thanks for bringing that, Sarah!  Who doesn’t love Ellen Page, especially while she’s kicking butt roller derby style?

While we chatted and watched, we noshed…(sorry dimly lit point & shoot shots)…

Hummus, crackers, cheese, spinach dip…and decadent little turtle brownies…

I brought Skinny Sticks and Lesser Evil Kettle Corn…

(Don’t be fooled…this are in the natural foods section, but they really aren’t any healthier than a lot of regular snack choices…and they certainly aren’t much better in the calories!  But they are super duper yummy!)

And Sarah lured us in with the first Mini Eggs of the season…

(haha, I tweeted about those and had quite a few comments back…Mini Eggs gettin’ some love!!)

It ended up being a later night than planned.  Us girls can talk tooooo much!  I didn’t get home until 2am, and decided to read for a bit so lights out wasn’t until 3am!  ooooops.

The plan this morning had originally been to get up and head to the gym for 10am so I could have my workout before my massage appointment…but with the late night I knew that I probably wouldn’t feel up to getting up.

Boy was I right!  My alarm went off at 8:45 but I must have actually turned it off because the next thing I knew it was 11:11!  Yoikes!!  My appointment was at 11:30.  Thankfully massage requires no make-up or hairdo so I washed, brushed my teeth, pulled my hair up and ran out the door…

For the most fabulous massage…ahhhhhhhhhhh,.  Hurts so good.  One day these shoulders of mine shall be free of stiffness & pain.

Along with the mandatory chug-a-lug of water after a good massage I stopped to get my weekend latte at Starbucks…

Double tall vanilla non-fat extra hot latte.

And made a big bowl of Chocolate Banana Coconut Oats to fill the hole left by sleeping through breakfast…

So it seems my first planned workout fail has occurred since starting my new fitness regime.  Ah well.  The massage was sooooo needed and a workout would just mess it up today.  I’m sure I’ll make up for it later.

And now to enjoy a relaxing Saturday with reading, relaxing, the boy and maybe a cupcake.  :)

Manzana

Hi again!  I know.  I’m early.  But I actually finished work somewhat on time today and I want to blog now so I’m not racing to squish it in before I head off for the evening.  :)

Has anyone ever even heard of a Piñata apple?  I never had until I picked up a couple at the store the other day. 

They fall into the same flavor/texture category that I would put Galas and Fujis in.  Me likey!

Sprinkled with a dust of cinnamon and drizzle of honey for an afternoon snack.

Actually I ate kind of backwards today I guess.  Had that snack at noon and lunch wasn’t until around 3pm.  I got caught up in some work things so I didn’t get to do my Booty Boosting until a bit later and didn’t want to do it on a full tummy. (It’s only 15 minutes, but activity and my belly don’t get along too well.)

Lunch was leftovers.  I love leftovers.  Last night’s Annie’s Mac & Cheese with broccoli topped with a couple of Pioneer Woman meatballs…

Honesty:  Annie’s mac was a little lacking in the cheese taste.  Anyone else notice that?

I might have zipped it up with some ketchup.  :)

And a glass of skim milk.  My dairy consumption (and therefore my calcium) has been way down since it got really cold out (less yogurt & cheese, more oatmeal) so I’m going to start including at least one glass of milk per day. 

My poor fingernails will thank me. 

Tonight I’m off for another girl’s movie night.  I plan to eat a salad with a hard boiled egg for supper, then grab some sort of snackie to take with me.  I’m thinking Skinny Sticks or Popchips.  We shall see!

Happy Weekend, kids.  I’ll see ya after my glorious (yet painful) massage tomorrow.  Buh-bye!