Here's what I have been doing:
1. Visiting my family. I had a great time spending about a week with my family. Maddux and I made a stop in North Carolina to visit my brother and his amazing girlfriend. They introduced me to Morning Star Spicy Black Bean burgers (yum!) and took us to a lake where we had a nice long walk. My brother's girlfriend and I vowed to run the whole 7 mile loop one day. After visiting with my brother, Maddux and I headed down to Alabama and had a great time just relaxing and hanging out. I ate waaaaay too much, but managed to get in a couple of runs and workouts. My parents have an area in their basement with an elliptical and my little hand weights, so I alternated between 10 minutes of elliptical time and lunges, squats, and arm work a couple of times. It was a nice way to switch it up!
2. Buying things for my dog. I signed Maddux up for another class! I'm so excited to start! I also got him a subscription for Bark Box since our THREE year anniversary is coming up. I can't even remember what life was like before this handsome fella made it in my life!
3. Reading. You guys know I could read all day if someone let me. I finished up a couple of random books I had on my Nook as well as After Her by Joyce Maynard. Right now I'm reading The Returned by Jason Mott. It's the book that inspired the ABC show Resurrection. I'm not very far into it yet, but so far I like the show better.....I have hopes that it will pick up soon.
4. Cooking! After the week with my family I realized that I needed to do some serious clean up as far as my diet is concerned. I flipped through my Cook Yourself Thin cookbook and picked a couple of recipes to try. I made mini meatloaves which were pretty good and then lasagna. It's been nice to have a more regular intake of fruits and veggies in my system!
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| Best dinner ever on a stormy night! |
5. Connecting with fellow bloggers! I got accepted as a Girls Gone Sporty ambassador this weekend and I'm excited to meet other fitness loving writers. Girls Gone Sporty is an online magazine, but also a site that provides support and encouragement to women trying to lead better, healthier lives. Check out their website here.
I hope everyone has been doing well! I hope to get back onto a regular blogging schedule again soon, but until then enjoy your break from my rambling. :)
I've been cooking up a storm lately too. I love to go on Pinterest find recipes and change them around to make them healthier. Nice to find you on the FridayFive!
ReplyDeleteI feel like I've had way more failed Pinterest recipes than successful ones haha! Hope you've had better luck :-)
DeleteI love that pic of you and my nephew from Easter! I'm so excited for you and Maddux to start class--I think he'll love it as much as Bar does! I can't wait for you to finish that book and tell me what the heck is going on in the show, too.
ReplyDeleteI'm excited for class, too! Annnd not sure the book is clearing anything up. Same concept but totally different.
DeleteWelcome back!! Was wondering where you'd been!
ReplyDeleteThanks, girl! I've been terrible lately about keeping up with everything! Obviously I need to start training for something again so my life has some structure :-)
DeleteAww, I hope Maddux likes his bark box!
ReplyDeleteHe's loved the ones he's gotten in the past, so I think I'm going to have one happy pup when they start coming regularly :)
DeleteI'm a little ashamed of my recipe addiction on pinterest. Someday, I'll get through it all! Much love for cooking all the things in the world. The lasagna looks good! :]
ReplyDeleteAt one time I was all about buying healthy living cookbooks and the number of times I've used them is really sad. This one book has been a little hit or miss (some of them take waaaay too long and use way too many dishes for only so-so meals), but at least I can say I've finally used it!
DeleteI just started being a girls gone sporty ambassador too :). And that lasagna looks delish
ReplyDeleteFirst off, I love your blog name! So cute! The lasagna was cheesy perfection and about three times as thick as the Cook Yourself Thin book recommended ;-) Thought that counts, right?
DeleteCongrats on the GGS ambassadorship, I just joined as well! It sounds like you have been keeping super busy with some exciting things, but I am happy you are back to blogging :)
ReplyDeleteWoohoo GGS! And thanks, girl! I think I do better with the whole healthy living thing when I write about it sooo I should probably ease away from the pb M&Ms and go for a run haha!
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