Good Evening All!
Well it’s Sunday night. I should be getting into bed but I’m not really tired. Lots of things happened this weekend. Friday night after work I thought about taking a nap but that didn’t happen. Josh came and picked me up and we went to Dick’s so that he could buy camping things and I could wander around trying to find running water bottles. …could not find them…
After that, I convinced him to come to Silky’s with me to meet up with two old friends — Mike and Mike. I used to live with both of them about …4 years ago. It was nice to catch up and I CAN’T believe I forgot to take a picture. What has gotten into me??? Josh and I shared a pitcher of Sierra Nevada and then I went to bed by around midnight.
Saturday I woke up with NO hangover! I mean I only had like 2 beers but normally I can feel it no matter what in the morning. Maybe it was okay because it wasn’t horribly cheap beer?
I got up pretty early and went out to buy things for fruit salad for Andy’s parent’s cookout. I also went for a run.
The Garmin:
I ended up running down Liberty Ave all the way into town and then taking a bus home. I like to skip the uphill like that…
Here’s the fruit pre-fruit salad:
I bought a whole pineapple. It came with instructions!! It was actually a lot easier than I thought.
Here I am ripping it apart:
How about I forgot to take a picture of the finished salad and then I took NOO pictures the whole day at Andy’s until we were in the car on the way to firework viewing! I was a terrible food blogger this weekend. Just terrible. Things that happened during the 8 hours I was in “Level Green” over by Monroeville:
Around 8:45, we left his house to find a place to watch fireworks.
Blurry picture:
And ragged looking me after all of that activity:
The fireworks were okay… and then he drove me home and I went to bed EXHAUSTED. It was a good Fourth of July! I also got to hear an America song in the car on the way home so that made me day. LOVE INDEPENDENCE and songs that remind me about it…
This morning, I woke up around 7:30 and ate some leftover fruit salad (the only pic you’ll see because I finished it today!) and lots of coffee:
I went out in the morning to do some things and then stopped and got groceries at Trader Joe’s. I had a Z Bar in the car because I can’t control myself when there are bags of groceries next to me.
The groceries = $35:
I ate this x3 today… I love some microwaved egg whites with my FAVORITE SALSA EVER. I’m going to try to recreate it once my cilantro grows up and stops being lame and flowering.
After eating and digesting for a bit, I got ready for my long run attempt. Andy gave me these so I decided to try them out. He got them in his ‘goodie bag’ from some race he did.
My hair was not budging. Seriously.
I set out for my run at 11:30. I wasn’t exactly sure of my route but knew I was going to head toward the Strip. I went all over the place. You’d be amazed how far you can go in five miles… I crossed 3 bridges! I ended downtown, bought a bottle of water and hopped on a bus home. I love doing that!
Here’s the Garmin for you:
I was very pleased with my pace and I didn’t take any walking breaks except for 2 red lights I think!
The sunscreen on my forehead started peeling somehow. Weird.
I need to track down a sweat-proof sunscreen that is for sensitive skin. I have Neutrogena Face sunscreen but my skin DOES NOT LIKE IT so I can’t use it.
I got home and ate lots and lots of things with no pictures except for this one:
Roasted veggies. YES. I’m pretty sure that every vegetable tastes better when roasted. This time I experimented with one of my farmer’s market zucchini. It was awesome! I also roasted brussels sprouts, a small onion and some grape tomatoes drizzled with olive oil, salt and pepper and roasted at 400 degrees for about 22 minutes. The zucchini was ridiculously good. Luckily they’re super cheap and people are always trying to get rid of them. GIVE ME YOUR ZUCCHINI!
Alright I really have to go. My dryer really doesn’t stop…ever…and my clothes have been in there a long time.
I hope you all had a lovely, relaxing, fun weekend.
