Weekend Excitement: No Rest Again!

Wow it was yet another crazy weekend!  I don't know how to be mellow I guess.  LoL!

Friday, I was just itching to get out of the house.  I had had a long week and really just wanted a night out with Rob.  We decided to head down to the outlets to look for new cleats for him and running pants for me.  Rob wasn't successful but I got some new running gear.  I really want to go back and get this shirt.  I did get myself some really nice running tights from Under Armor.  They had the best options and I am really going to need them this winter!

After that, we decided to head to Tun Tavern for dinner since its right next to the outlets.  The food was ok but the beer was excellent.  I got apple stout and loved it!  It is seasonal so we got a growler of it to take home.  Yum!






Saturday was again a bit crazy.  I had to get (more) gifts for my friend Callista's baby shower.  Usually I am on top of these things but it snuck up on me!  I headed out and got back home to wrap them.  I had enough time to head over to the Irish festival with Rob for a bit (he was there with his rugby buddies selling shirts and recruiting). 

Then it was off to the baby shower and wish Callista well.  She is just the cutest pregnant woman ever.  She is only 5 months along but she is still tiny.  She looks lovely!  It was a nice party!

 I went back to the Irish fest for a bit to walk around with Rob.  We went to my two favorite shops (Historic Smithville is like a little old fashioned shopping area).  I got some good things!

Dutch Chocolate Coffee
Pumpkin Spice Coffee
Granulated Honey
Hawaiian Sea Salt
Horseradish Cheddar

We finally got home exhausted but went out to eat with Jess.  See, we go nonstop!  Finally, we got home, relaxed for a bit and crashed.

Today has been spent cleaning, cooking, and doing midterms.  I have two take home midterms due tomorrow.  I worked on them and whenever I needed a break, I did something around the house so it worked out well!  I started my day off with a nice hot cup of "pumpkin latte" coffee.  Pretty good!  But a lot of the pumpkin settled on the bottom.  I also tried my first version of savory oatmeal.

It was really good!  I loved the flavor.  I made my usual oatmeal but without the milk.  I used a little less water but I think next time I need to use the whole amount.  Anyway, I made an egg over-easy.  I added some tomatoes to the oatmeal, pepper, and olive oil.  I then topped it with the eggs, some of the horseradish cheddar and a sprinkle of the Hawaiian salt.  It was DELICIOUS!!!  The oatmeal still had a "this should be sweet" flavor but I will definitely do this again, especially since I'm trying to cut down on my fruit addiction.  LoL.  I can't wait to have it again tomorrow!

Anyway, we had quite a few things going on today.  Rob decided to bake up a storm because we had like 6 dozen eggs in the refrigerator.  Time to get cookin!  The first task was homemade pasta.  I convinced Rob to make Butternut Squash Ravioli.  We found recipes in my two cooking-from-scratch type cookbooks and got started.  We both worked on them together.

They were pretty good!  The pasta was a little too thick though but we don't have a pasta machine so I had to roll it out by hand.  I did the best I could!  They were still pretty darn good!

Next up was Angel Food Cake.  First, we had to make "medium peaks" with the egg whites... without a hand mixer.  You heard me right, we whipped up egg whites for about 45 minutes, taking turns between Rob and I, to get a nice meringue going!  I'm counting it as an upper body workout for today.  LoL

We didn't have cake flour so we used whole wheat.  We also didn't bake it quite long enough so it came out kind of strange.  It tastes really good though.  Its more moist than angel food usually is.  Still tasty! 

Now, I'm just relaxing with a glass of the apple stout (even better out of the growler!!!).  In other news, I'm feeling a lot better but I still have a lingering part of the cold.  I stopped taking the medicine I was using and I think that actually helped.  Tomorrow, I really need to work on getting in all my water.  I have been bad about that and I can feel it.

My eating was much better this weekend.  We ate out but I really felt like I controlled myself.  I didn't go crazy at any point and didn't have any ice cream (which was an issue last week because its in my freezer!  How did that get there?)  I think feeling better from the cold helps a lot.  When I am sick, I get pouty and cranky which leads to a lot of splurging!

Hopefully I can go for a little run tomorrow and see how it goes.  I think there will be a lot of sniffling and maybe some minor coughing but nothing terrible.  Half marathon is next weekend!

To end, some pictures of the cute kitties.  They were just being adorable today and the lighting was great in the apartment for photos!

Being Accountable

I didn't take pictures of everything but here are some of the not-so-clean foods I've eaten today.

I started off with an omelet and Oats in a Jar (oatmeal in an almost-empty peanut butter jar).  It wasn't "clean" because I added chocolate chips!  Typically I don't like anything too sweet for breakfast but the idea just sounded sooo good.  And?  It was ok, I wish I had used just cocoa powder instead!  But still good :)  Also had a banana in there.

This past weekend I made banana bread.  Om nom nom!  I would like a cleaner recipe for banana bread but I did use whole wheat flour!

I tried having some coffee in my travel mug French press but I just wasn't feeling the coffee.  I only drank a little bit of it.

In our house, leftovers must be used.  We had gotten pizza on Sunday because both of us were too tired to cook (and I had to do homework so if Rob wasn't cooking...)  I decided to make it a bit healthier by adding some mushrooms before putting the slices in the toaster oven.  Came out great!  Also, this pizza place isn't greasy at all!  Yum!

I didn't have coffee this morning for 2 reasons.

• I think I'm coming down with a cold.
• I thought it was causing my afternoon tiredness.

Today, I didn't have coffee.  I just wasn't feeling it and I still had a major afternoon crash around 1:00.  So I guess I just naturally get tired in the afternoon.  Of course, it was while I was trying to drive to school so I had to figure something out to wake me up.  I figured I would pop in at Dunkin Donuts and get something hot to make my throat feel better and give me something to sip on while I drive (eating keeps me awake).

Of course, all their pumpkin items are out for the season!  But I forgot a few things:

1. To get decaf so I'll be wired til late tonight.  If I am, I'm just going to CLEAN CLEAN CLEAN til I get tired!
2. All of DD's flavorings are unsweetened EXCEPT the pumpkin (and mocha)!  Ugh! 

I typically get the toasted almond and no sweetener but I forgot their pumpkin is a syrup.  So this small latte was super sweet.  At least it woke me up to get out of the car and have something to sip on.  Definitely worth it!  Next time, toasted almond decaf nonfat latte (that is a lot to remember!).

I'm waiting for class now.  Time to get some studying done!

Stress-Free Sunday

Rob and I decided we wouldn't set alarms this morning and we always regret that.  We finally rolled out of bed around 8 and I got ready for my 6 mile run.  I stopped to say good morning to the chickens

Anyway, we headed out.  I ran and Rob rode his bike.  He knows I enjoy it when he comes with me but he's not interested in running those long distances.  We didn't talk much, just trudged along.  It was SO HOT. 

Can you see how sweaty I am?  This is at the 3 mile mark. Rob turned around and rode back to the truck and I kept going down the bike path.  It was nice not having to "go back" like I normally do.  That was Rob's idea. 

I had an issue with my Garmin (of course!) and had to restart it at 3.5 miles.  I ended up stopping around 5.15 miles when Rob pulled up with the truck.  I had been determined on continuing but then the heat was killing me and just as my willpower was waning, Rob was there!  Close enough to me.  My legs were totally find though but I was just. too. hot.

We were going to go right to breakfast but instead I wanted a shower big time.  We finally made it to Romanelli's by lunch time!  Ha!  I was thinking about how we had missed the breakfast rush because it was clearing out.  Well, when we finally left, there was a line for tables!  I guess the lunch rush came!  My omelet was seriously delicious though.  Oh and I was so excited to see on the menu that you can ask for a 2 egg omelet (which I prefer) and they discount it 50 cents.  Awesome! 

The rest of the day has been low key.  We ran errands and I wore a cute dress.  Why not?

I saw my dream truck

Starbucks (of course).  I ordered an iced latte with 1 pump chocolate and 1 pump hazelnut.  AMAZING!

I put away laundry and apparently I have too many gym clothes.  My drawer won't close!

Now its time to relax with Rob and enjoy a little wine.  Good night!

I used to do Spooky photos of the week on my Spark People blog.  Well now its Kittie photo of the week!  They all love me :)