I put on some work out clothes, drove to the grocery store and bought a 24 pack of bottled water. I filled a cooler full of ice and shoved the bottled waters down in there so they would get nice and cold. I then proceeded to drive to the greenway, set up my cooler near the front and hand out waters to everyone that was exercising that morning. It was 8 a.m.

I could have stayed in bed. I had a million other things to do that day, but I wanted to give back in a small way. I wanted people to have a small reward for getting out of bed themselves and making the choice to exercise.

At first I got some really weird looks from runners and walkers. Like: Why is she just giving out water? A few people couldn’t believe it was free and offered to pay me for it! Others called me sweet and said “Thank you” many times over. And that made me happy One older lady was extremely nice and kept telling me what a sweet girl I was and I think she was about to start pinching my cheeks until her husband caught her attention, haha!

It took 45 minutes to give out all of the waters, which was a little shorter than I had planned (I had even brought a snack with me!). Once it was over I packed my cooler back in my car and drove home. With a smile on my face It made me feel so great to give to others. Even if it was only a bottle of water. I felt like, in some small way, that I had encouraged them to get up early and exercise again next weekend.

I got to thinking that day.

About how wonderful our bodies are, and I’m not talking about look-wise. I mean, I have imperfections everywhere. One huge birthmark on my leg, another on my stomach. A few pimples on my face every now and then. Stretch marks on my hips and maybe a little cellulite on my arse (:D). But inside, I think my body is beautiful.

I think I’m sounding pretty hippie-ish right now, but that’s okay

My body carries me day in and day out. It allows me to place my feet on the floor in the morning when getting out of bed. It gives me the strength and flexibility to do a back bend during a yoga session. It allows me to chug uphill on a long run. And sometimes at the end of the day it tells me to relax and soak my muscles in a hot bubble bath.

And so….I try to do things that will make it happy.

Like staying active…

Feeding it ice cream when the craving hits…

or going the other way and loading it up with veggies…

My body loves that first sip of coffee in the morning..

(source)

and it also loves the many cups of water that follow throughout the day!

(source)

My body is happy when we take Trixie for a walk in the park…

or when I take it up the mountain for a hike..

It’s also happy to get the occasional beer or glass of wine

And did I mention dark chocolate? It goes crazy for the stuff!

(source)

It’s happy when we complete 13.1 miles together

My body loves getting hugs from my fur-child…

…and from my not-so-furry boyfriend

It’s happy to stand in the kitchen for long periods of time while I cook up a  nutritious meal to feed it..

..and it’s always happy to get some rest when it can…

I’d like to think my body is pretty happy with me and the way I’ve been treating it It may even stick around for years to come if I keep up the good work!

My Philosophy?

Put good things in so that good things will come out. Challenge your body on a regular basis. Test your strength and go beyond what you think are your limits. Find new boundaries and discover a whole new comfort zone that you never thought could exist. Buy a new vegetable that you have never cooked with once a week. Experiment in the kitchen with healthy baking recipes. Find time to try something that you have always wanted to try. Explore. Discover. Experience.

What have YOU done to make your body happy today?

[I am getting glasses today! A happy body is one that can see where it's going, right?? ]

I’ve missed you these past few days! My to-do list seems to keep getting bigger and bigger but I am determined to take a little time for myself every day.

How was your long weekend? Here is how I spent mine:

• Rolling in the grass with my dog (and becoming very itchy afterwards!)
• Playing with my nephew and niece at the park
• Eating at an outside cafe with Jason (<–and having eggplant for the first time! Wowza )
• Running 4 miles
• Trying out a new mexican recipe
• Watching “Man on Wire” on instant Netflix (BTW, if you haven’t seen it…go see it NOW. Philippe Petit is such an inspiring, lively man.)
• Oh, and buying carpet for our house. <–Fun stuff, I tell ya.
• OH, and I also indulged myself in a serving (medium, being a serving) of french fries from a fast food place

So what did you do? Tell me! Tell me!

Today has been a long day and I feel like posting, but not about food or anything like that. Today, I want to post about my most memorable exercise moments. Nope, not just running, but exercise in general (though a lot of it will be running related  ). There will not be photos for some of the moments-obviously!-but I’ll do my best to create the picture for you

Let’s get started! BTW–I’m all about bullets today for some reason, so I’m going to be boring and use them again

My Most Memorable Exercise Moments

•  Eating a huge bowl of bean chili and tortilla chips the night before my first (ever) 5k. Jason and I spent the first 30 minutes before the race  in the Port-A-Jons that were lined up along starting line. Definitely not my best race. Lesson learned: Bean chili is not the best pre-race meal!

• The first time I was able to do 30 consecutive push-ups, and the feeling of strength and accomplishment that washed over me afterwards! (This was actually only a few weeks ago!)
•  When I was coaching a Girls on the Run team last spring, we were running our first race. Some of the girls were having a hard time, so I stopped to walk with them or help encourage them. As we rounded a corner that led to the finish line, there was a boy (probably about 10 years old) out on his lawn with an electric guitar playing “More Than a Feelin” by Boston! He had these huge speakers set up next to him! The music made us want to finish strong, plus, he was extremely talented. Wish you guys could’ve seen him playing! It looked sort of like this:

Except the kid wasn’t that skinny, and he also had a little more color to him as well

• The first time I tried out Jillian Michael’s 30-Day Shred–I quit. My muscles were aching, every part of my body was screaming and it just wasn’t what I had expected! But, the week after that episode, I popped the DVD back in and decided to just do it. Change is never comfortable…just get it over with! (I was sore for 3 days after doing Level 1) I can now do Level 3 without crying or cussing out Jillian under my breath

• During my first half-marathon, I ran beside a woman who had been diagnosed with brain cancer a few weeks earlier. She is in her 30′s and a mother of two. Her friends formed a team that would run the race, in order to raise money to help with her medical bills. And I ask you: How freaking awesome is that? It almost brings tears to my eyes! She was such a nice lady. She chit-chatted with Jason and I for a few miles before speeding up to find her friends, but I think I’ll be forever touched by her story. To have brain cancer and be running a half-marathon is just amazing. You go girl.

I also admired her for wearing pink and white tube socks to the race Not only is she a strong woman, but she is fashion-forward too!

•  My second half-marathon (oh where to being with this one!) was a trail race. We were basically put in the woods and told to look for pink and black flags, or “markers”-as they called them- that would tell us if we were going the right way. Yep, I wasn’t going the right way. In fact, I ended up running 16 miles instead of 13.1 because I got lost about 5 dozen times. I ran out of fuel (food), but luckily, I did not run out of water. It was the most confusing race of my life. I managed to win 3rd place in my age group, but I’m thinking that’s because there weren’t a lot of people in my age group to being with! Oh well, I’m not complainin’

• Also, in said race, around mile 3..a girl was running behind me and she stopped for a second. Naturally, I turn around to make sure she’s okay. She says “Yeah, I think I just need to stop for a sec.” And then she proceeds to puke everywhere. Lovely. Hopefully it wasn’t because she ate a bowl of chili for breakfast that morning!  I felt so bad for the girl, but her friend was coming up behind her, so I kept on going. (Yeah, I’m thinking a pic is not needed for this memory–>moving on)
• I also remember how muddy I got during that race too! My shoes, legs and arms were covered in dirt. My running shoes were also soaking wet There was a part of the race that required us to jump over a pond, and of course, instead of jumping over it, I ended up jumping into it. Booo. Stupid water. Running the rest of race with wet socks and shoes totally sucked–and the blisters that came afterward weren’t that great either!

• Jason is big into cycling so in 2009 he decided to buy me a bike so that he could share his passion with me

Our first ride was a hilly 20 miles through Kings Mountain State Park. When we got home, I crashed on the couch, next to the space heater, and slept for 3 hours straight

• I finished my first 10k trail race winning second place in my age group! It was definitely a surprise when they called out my name because I hadn’t been trying to place at all! I also won a watch in one of their raffles

(Again with the tomato-face!) The part that I would like to forget happened when I was about to cross the finish line! I was about 30 feet away and this guy that comes running up from behind me accidentally spits on my leg!!!!!! EWWWWWWWW. I had to finish the race with it making its way down my leg. It was disgusting!  Once I crossed the finish line, I found a bathroom so that I could wash it off. Major yuck-o

• Not all of my memories come from running.  A lot of them come from hikes that I have been on. Specifically, the 7 mile hike that Jason and I went on when we were camping last month! The scenery was so beautiful! The air was crisp and fresh, like only mountain air can be

Ahhh, I love it.

• Experiencing FitBloggin! ‘Nuf said
• Being able to hold side Crow’s Pose for about 5 seconds last week! Woo hoo! That’s five seconds longer than usual, haha. I’m still working on it!

Now I want to know your most memorable exercise moments   Time to get cookin’ in the kitchen. Have a wonderful week you guys!

Can you guess what I did this morning?? 

I ran! After 2 months of not being able to run (due to torn ligament fibers in my knee), I can finally run. Allow me to start from the beginning: 

Jason and I have been hiking an awful lot these past few weekends, me-without any knee trouble. So this weekend after we completed a 7 mile hike on Crowders Mtn (4 of the miles were strenuous), I was convinced that I should try to run again. And I was right! Last night I set out my running skirt, my Nike top and a pair of socks. It felt very ‘first day of school-ish  

The sleep was here and there, but I was more anxious than anything. Fifteen minutes before my alarm was set to go off, I was out of bed and leaving a note on the dry erase board for Jason. Then it was off to the greenway! 

I started out faster than usual (out of pure excitement!) and ended up running 3 miles (and walking .5 miles back to the car) without any knee pain! I can’t even put in words how wonderful it felt to be running again. I felt elated and on top of the world.  

I’ve got to remind myself that I should start slow…no planning a 10 mile, hilly run for the weekend just yet   I think my plan is to run two 3-mile, flat runs for the first couple of weeks, and then go from there…but, YAY! I CAN RUN AGAIN Ok, enough beaming…on to the rest of my day! 

Once home, I dove into a huge cup of coffee (thanks to the boyfriend for making it!) and searched the cabinets and fridge for breakfast items. 

(I heart my Tree Hugger mug ‘Twas a $3 find at T.J. Maxx) 

And for breakfast, I decided to make my own “Egg McMuffin”, except without the “Mc” part! 

A whole wheat english muffin, with a fried egg and a Morningstar spicy sausage pattie. Nom nom nom. Good. Chewy. Delicious. All together now: 

An hour later, it was off to Chemistry (boo!). I don’t mind the lecture part of it, but on Mondays, I also have a 2 hour lab that goes with it..ughhhhhh. 

In between lecture and lab, we get a whopping 10 minutes to eat a lunch…whoopee! Scarfing down my food in a cold room that is full of vending machines that are tempting me with their sweets is not my ideal lunch time…I’d much rather sit outside under a tree or something. But it’s only on Mondays, so I can be a big girl and suck it up  

Today’s 10 minute special consisted of a PB&J (with creamy pb and cherry jam <–a surprising find at my local grocery store! Love it!) on an Arnold Thin wheat bread, a sliced peach and peppercorn Sunchips (<–another downfall of mine. Can’t seem to keep my hand out of the bag..) 

There is one cool thing about eating in the student lounge: The student bulletin board! I read some very interesting articles while sitting all by my lonesome  

Hmmm, a marijuana posting? Nice. I love reading about narcotics when I’m on my lunch break Not. Most of the posts were about Health issues, which leads me to believe that other Diet Tech students have been in the lounge lounging Here is my favorite posting: 

This was a really interesting article on the importance of being able to do a push-up. The key points: 

• Push-ups not only work your chest and arms, they also work your hips, butt and abs.
• Push-ups may be hard to do, but they are the ultimate strength workout.
• Every person should be able to do at least one push-up.
• If you can’t do an all-out push-up, start with your knees on the floor and then work up to doing them the normal way.

It even listed how many you should be able to do at your age! Cool! 

How many push-ups can you do? Are you able to do as many as you should (according to the above table)? 

When I first started doing push-ups, I could only do about 10. These days, I am able to do 30. The first 20 are easy, the last 10 are hard  

Oops! I spent so much time looking at the bulletin board that I was late for lab Oh well. It went by slowly and painfully. All of these measurements and conversions, yadda yadda yadda. My brain was about to blow a fuse in there! 

I finally made it home around 3:30, and after walking Trixie around the block, I made myself a mocktail  

I also heart POM juice..especially the blueberry, pomegranate blend. Along with Sprite Zero…. 

…and in go a couple of cherries! Ok, so I also had 2 dark chocolate squares with this…it’s dessert from lunch of course  

There is Chem homework to be done, laundry to be folded, carpet to be vacuumed…but I don’t feel like doing ANY of it. Perhaps it’s the Monday blues? Or maybe I put all of my energy into my run this morning?  

I can already tell ya what’s for dinner though! Manicotti fo’ sho. 

This was last night’s dinner and there are a ton of leftovers, which I knew we would be having tonight, so I took pics! 

(Before going into the oven! No after pics because we were too hasty about eating it!) This recipe is super-easy to make..except for stuffing the manicotti. That’s the worst part. It feels like it takes forever, or maybe it’s because I use a spoon like a weirdo or something. I dunno. What do you guys use to stuff manicotti with? Oh, and you can find the recipe here. 

Phew. I could so use a nap. Or a beer. Something along those lines I have a ton of cool recipes to post later on in the week, and also make sure you check out my Books I Heart page! I’m looking for a new book to read, suggestions are welcome. 

Now, I’m outta here..but first, if you’ve never done a push-up, I challenge you to go try one out now! Okkayyyyy….Ready-Setttttt-PUSH-UP!

Today was my first day back to school! It’s been over year since I’ve had a class that required me to be on campus at a certain time. Most of my classes have been over the internet or out at different work sites.

I started my day by eating a bowl of cereal in my pj’s, and watching Spongebob on the telly. (We have it on instant Netflix, much to Jason’s dismay ) I have to admit, I <3 that show! It makes me giggle every time I watch it. And who says you can’t watch cartoons at the age of 25?!

Anywho, once breakfast was over I got ready for big-girl school The hallways of the campus were abuzz with fresh, young faces. One could just feel the eagerness and energy of the freshmen wandering around! I loved it.

My organic/bio/general chemistry lasted for an hour and then I thought we were going to be able to go home, but nope! We had lab!! I hadn’t packed a lunch, and the only thing I had to eat with me was this granola bar:

..eaten while on break

Lab lasted for 2 hours and I didn’t make it home from school until 3:30. As you can imagine, I was pretty ravenous. I ate a few random, boring things (peach, cornbread, more cornbread and a handful of chocolate chips.) and began getting my ingredients together to make Double Chocolate Biscotti!! Yum yum.

The batter was extra, super crumbly and hard to work with. I had a hard time making loaves out of the mixture, but I did my best and I think it turned out pretty great!

So mine don’t look anything like the picture that goes with the recipe, but man, oh,man…they taste awesome. Chrunchy, chocolatey goodness. Munch munch munch I ate three right out of the oven.

Once Jason was home, I felt the need to get out and go walking. We contemplated going on the greenway, but I argued that I wanted hills added to my walk…so, we decided to climb Crowders Mtn! It’s so nice to live 10 minutes away from hiking trails

It’s a strenuous 1 mile up. My heart was just a-thumpin’ by the time we climbed all of the stairs to the top. But the view is totally worth it!

We rested and talked at the top for a bit, and then went the steep 1 mile back down. And guess what? No knee pain for me! AT ALL!!!! Woo hoo!

Which brings me to a next point, but first, I’ll announce the winner of the CSN store giveaway:

Random Integer Generator

 5

Here are your random integers, generated with replacement

I used Random.Org–Random Integer Generator option

So, the 5th comment down, not including my own is JaimeRuns! Congrats Jaime! Send me your email so that I can get that gift card to you

Now on to my announcement:

I’ve decided to run a race in every state of the U.S.A.

Te He. Can you see me on the edge of N.C.?   That spot is pretty close

 to where I live. Anyway, I decided to do this because it sounds like

an awesome idea. I only have 1 state down so far, but I am already

planning a race in S.C. for the end of September!

And I think that maybe Whit will be joining me on this journey too!

How fun is this going to be? Um, heck-of-fun!!!!!!

I'll keep you updated   As for now, I think there is

some leftover biscotti chili and cornbread calling my name!

Gotta go!

I kinda didn’t want to be back, but I missed my doggie too much to stay gone any longer.

We had tons of fun out in the ol’ country…surrounded by nothing but trees, abandoned barns and tons and tons of hiking trails! It felt more like home to me than anywhere else I’ve ever been.

Our trip started with a 2.5 hour drive towards the northern part of North Carolina. The campsite was near the town of Sparta, which (I think) is semi-close to the VA border.

When we finally found the campsite, we went into the office to check in, only to find that the office actually doubled as the owner’s home! There was an older man in the kitchen canning green beans and a woman puttering around saying “You should be staying off that knee Daddy!” They were such nice people! They even let us pick out our own spot…

…and so we got to setting up our tent

After setting up, Jason and I decided to walk around a little bit and check out the area. That’s when we realized that we were the youngest people staying there! Most of the other campers were a lot older and camping in their RV’s. There was only one other tent besides ours. That’s ok! A lot of the folks were very friendly. They would smile and wave, or say ‘Hello’ when we walked by, I loved it

Dinner time was next! We were starving <–that’s an understatement.

I’d brought spaghetti, a jar of pasta sauce and zucchini and squash along with us…just to make sure we get in some kind of veggie. And as I was taking a picture of this, I started to think: How many people actually take spaghetti with sauce to cook on a camping trip?? My guess would be not many. That’s how you can tell that I have no idea how to camp. The girl brings spaghetti.

Two bowls later my tummy was satisfied.

Jason started a fire and we sat around and talked for a bit while our food settled. Then it was time for s’mores!

Oops. That wasn’t supposed to happen. Guess I got it a little too close to that fire…let’s try that again….

..maybe having a worried look on my face helped me concentrate better..because soon, that marshmellow turned into this:

Nom nom nom..I’ve died and gone to heaven Times this pic by 2 please.

The sweet stuff was good, but oh my…that mixed with the two bowls of spaghetti gave me a tummy ache I was done for the night.

That evening the rain started and it didn’t let up until 4 a.m.–yep, we were awake until then because the rain hitting the tarp over our tent was mucho loudo. And I had to pee about 50 times during the night as well. And the aerobed that we were sleeping on decided to deflate on us in the middle of the night! Bummer. Good stuff for story telling though

At 7 a.m. I turned towards Jason and he was wide awake too. Let’s go ahead and get our day started, I said. And so we did!

Well, the planned breakfast was eggs with grits, raisin toast and a naner…but, um…the eggs..I will spare you the picture of those. They ended up getting water in them and turned bad and it ’twas pretty disgusting. The grits, toast and banana was still good though, not very filling. (Can’t find pic!)

We took showers and headed to Stone Mountain for a day of hiking I was so excited to be hiking! I haven’t had any knee pain for 1-2 weeks and I had a good feeling that I would be able to hike without pain as well.

The trail starts at the bottom of Stone Mtn and goes in a 4.5 mile loop…and I must say, the scenery was amazing, just simply amazing.

There are at least 100 more photos that I could post but I’d rather talk about “The Hike”.

Jason and I hiked a total of 7.5 miles on Saturday, no pain in my leg, no hot sun beating down on us..the air in the mountains is soooo clean. This trip caused me to do some serious thinking (what else can a girl do when there are no electronics around?!) about my life and how far I’ve come from the girl I used to be. 

I used to be in school for Psychology.

I used to sit in my living room on weekends with a pint of Ben & Jerrys in my lap, and a remote in one hand…and that would be my fun.

I used to stay up drinking with my best friend, only to sleep the entire day after.

I used to think: Why would anyone run 13 miles??

I used to be content on doing things alone.

I used to never see past myself being a waitress at O’Charleys.

I used to never think I could make a difference in anyone’s life.

Well, guess what?

That girl is gone. And sometimes when I look back on her, it’s like she is a stranger. Like she’s someone that I can’t even believe exsisted. No, that can’t be me…could it? Nah, never.

I’m now about to graduate from school and be one step closer to becoming the person that I really want to be. I want to be a dietician. I want to expand my knowledge in exercise science.

I want to help change lives, help reshape and cleanse bodies from the inside-out.

I want to be a great girlfriend, and maybe even wife, one day.

I want to spread my knowledge of living a healthy lifestyle (and WHY it matters) to other people.

I want to constantly challenge myself in new ways.

They say ‘better late than never’. They are so right (whoever “they” are!). The old me would’ve pushed these thoughts to the side and said “Yeah, that’d be nice to do that one day.”

The new me: Let’s do this.

And I’m glad I’m having this revelation when I’m 25. The world is still in front of me and I can just reach out and grasp it if I so choose too (And I do)

I guess what I’m trying to say is: Being out of society for a few days has caused me to really think about the kind of person that I am and the kind of person that I want to be.

For the first time, in my life, I know exactly what I want to do and exactly where I want to go.

And it feels really great

Tomorrow: I go vegan for a day! (Oh, and speaking of ‘new me’..I have my internship interview tomorrow at the YMCA, wish me luck!)

And about that giveaway: It’s coming, just tying up a few loose ends/details! Stay tuned                                                                          

It’s only Sunday mornin’, but my weekend so far has been pretty great!!! Or maybe I’m just in a really good mood because of the two cups of coffee and diet soda I’ve had already??

Yesterday morning I woke bright and early to get ready for my day of coach training for Girls on the Run. I was a tad nervous because I’d never met any of the girls that were going AND because I didn’t really know what was in store for us. Since they were providing breakfast I had a vitamin and a spoonful of pb before leaving the house.

I was glad I waited! When I got there, they had an assortment of bagels and cream cheeses, fruits, coffee and soda. Yummo

Here is my plate:

And my caffine fix:

I ended up not drinking the coffee…it was hazelnut flavor…blegh

After breakfast and socializing, we settled down to watch a movie on how GOTR got started, and also to learn about the mission and goals of the program. It was really informative and inspiring! I felt like I could change the world after watching those videos Then we took a break, and anyone that wanted to get lunch could…Their lunch options included: 3 sub sandwiches (turkey, roast beef, ham) with Lays Chips and cookies. Since there were no vegetarian options, and since I wasn’t that hungry, I opted out for a peanut butter cookie and some water:

Then it was game-time! We had to go out into the hallway and split into two teams. Each team had to practice one game that we, as coaches, will be instructing our girls to do…it was really fun My team had a little trouble with our game, but we eventually got it. After the games, we were handed a t-shirt and told we could leave so we could savor the rest of the day!

I drove back home and immediately ate some veggies! (I was so excited about having them that I forgot to take a pic ) After having a big ol’ salad for lunch, Jason and I got ready to hiking! For the last month, I have not been able to shut up about how much I’ve been wanting to go for a hike…so, we went! After a 20 minute car ride, we arrived at our destination: Crowders Mountain!

Brrrrrrrrr! Seems I highly underestimated the cold mountain air.

Jason, on the other hand, was very prepared for the chill-

You may be wondering what is in the backpack…well, he is out on a journey to become a strong, ripped guy lol In the backpack is a 22 lb. weight with a couple of full water bottles..and let me tell you, that thing was heavy!

There are a few trails at Crowders Mtn, but we always take the steep .9 mile trail that leads to these:

..and once you get to the top of those, there are these:

Whewwwwww-weeeeeee! Nevermind the fact that by the time you get to the stairs, you are already about to kill over because of how steep the trail leading to them is! But we were determined, and when we got to the top we were soooo happy to see this sign:

And then take a rest A guy nearby saw that Jas and I were trying to take a pic of ourselves, so he kindly offered to do it for us! Thank you Mister

(As you can see, we both had gotten rid of our jackets and hoodies at the top! We were a sweaty mess) After resting a few minutes Jason suggested that we climb the stairs again and once we got back up to the top, we could just keep going to the 2 mile trail that leads us back down the mountain. My response: Why am I dating you again?? Sure honey!   Haha. I wasn’t too thrilled with the idea, but if he was wanting to do it again, I will gladly go with and show my support.

We made it back up to the top and kept on going to the 2 mile trail. About a mile into the trail, Jason thought he found a shortcut through the woods…I being as smart as I am decided to NOT take the shortcut, and I’m glad I did because look where it lead to (!!!!!) :

Bwhahahahaha What a dope He ended up at the edge of this cliff with no way to get down lololol. The whole time he was devising a plan to get down, he was talking in a Bear Grylls accent. It was pretty funny

Yay! He eventually made it back to me

Once we were seated back in the car, I noticed how shaky my legs were! My calves were burning, but in a good way.

We set out to go a few other errands, like to the electronic store we bought our new camera from to see if it is in, it wasn’t But the guy that sold it to us said that he would give Jason a discount on anything in the store that he wanted because of the long wait…so that’s cool! After that, we started complaining about how tired we both were, and how our legs hurt and we just wanna go home and get in our jammies…but first: Jason offered to treat us to pizza at our local watering hole!

Hooray for beer and pizza!

While waiting for our delicious pizza to arrive, I managed to make a ring for Jason using the paper from our straws

That’s a good look for you babe! Haha

After we stuffed our faces delicately dined on pizza, it was home-time! I’m not sure I could’ve made it another hour without the couch and the remote. My legs were sooo tired (especially since I really worked them out Friday night after work). We went home, lay on the couch and I was out by 10 o’clock

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This morning, I awoke to the sound of rain coming down on the roof and the cat purring on my forehead. My stomach was growling something fierce, so I drudged out of bed to make a frittata for breakfast. And, of course, some coffee too!

I love having a frittata for any meal. They are so easy to make, and only take about 15 minutes all together! Plus, it’s another way to get my veggies for the day in

In this frittata:

• 4 large eggs
• 1/4 cup skim milk
• 1/4 cup feta cheese
• 1 can diced tomatoes
• 2 cups frozen spinach
• 1/4 cup diced onion
• salt and pepper to taste
• sprinkled colby jack cheese on top

Heat veggies in a non-stick pan with some olive oil. Mix eggs, milk, s+p and feta cheese in small bowl. Once veggies are done, add them to egg mixture. Heat over medium heat until bottom is cooked. After bottom is cooked, sprinkle colby jack cheese on top and put under broiler until the top is cooked. Cut, serve and enjoy!

My plate (along with toast and a morningstar sausage pattie):

Yummy! I like to add a little hot sauce on top, just for that extra kick

Now that breakfast is over with, I think our plans for the rest of the day include:

• grocery shopping
• shooting at the gun range (more on that later!)
• maybe walking trixie?? if there is a break in this lousy weather!
• cleaning and yaddi yadda ya
• cooking!

I know I haven’t been blogging daily, but you guys, I have been quite the experimentalist in the kitchen these past few weeks! We have tried and modified a ton of new recipes and they are all very tasty! I’ll be sure to share the one I plan on making tonight Hope you are enjoying your weekend and being safe! See you later tonight