Drive-by

I’ve realized that I have been extremely neglectful to the blog. I know that it is a product of all of the changes going on. Sometimes its very easy to get stuck in the bottom of the barrel and feel sorry for yourself when things aren’t going the way you might hope. You forget to appreciate and acknowledge all of the little awesome things that happen in between. 

SO..with that being said, I’ve planned a little drive-by of some of the recent awesome-ness.

1. Amazing dinners

Mashed fingerling potatoes (with buttermilk- OMG), Braised pork chops with fresh sage, granny smith apples and red onions, and prosciutto (I have a love affair with salty pork products) wrapped asparagus

2. Rolling change.. ok, so rolling change for 2 hours isn’t exactly awesome.. But that’s how it goes when you work at Dunkin Donuts and make change tips.. having some money (And by some I mean barely enough), that’s awesome. 

3. Snacks on the go

 Everyone eats frozen raspberries out of the bag in the car, right?

No red dye #40 here

 And yes, I ate the whole bag in one sitting. 

4. Walks/Runs with my favorite mutt. This past week we did one of each. We ran 4 miles together around the neighborhood one day, and took a super long walk through Providence the next day.

 Needless to say, I succeeded in tiring him out

 5. Lamb

I can’t believe I was ever a vegan/vegetarian.. I kind of feel bad about eating animals sometimes, especially baby ones.. But my god, they just taste so good and make my body so very happy. 

6. The domestic man’s pizza crust.. This is the third time I’ve made this crust and I LOVE it. G even requested it… We made a pear, goat cheese, and prosciutto pizza and it was AMAZING!

7.Working out, HARD. I’ll be the first to admit that I’ve been a little slacking in the workout department. It’s nice to work out like a beast, sweat your ass off, and be proud of yourself for working out even when you didn’t want to.  And hey, my body hasn’t completely turned into jello. 

8. Adorable Pitbulls dressed up ridiculously making me smile :)

9. Free coffee! As a pat on the back for hitting the gym so hard this morning, I decided to treat myself to a Starbucks coffee. I went through the drive-through and apparently they felt bad that it took so long and gave me the coffee on the house. 

 Not necessary, but appreciated!

10. Getting back to writing ;)

Crappy Runs (the exercise not the shits)

My run this morning was ROUGH.. it was only 4 miles (with 2 miles as a tempo- 8:30) I paused the treadmill at least 5 times. My legs felt like lead and my head just wasn’t really in it. 

Whatever, I got it done and over with. 

But lets backtrack a little.

Yesterday I did the second workout of the BBB- though my gym doesn’t have Bosu balls so I had to modify some of the exercises. I rocked my newish bright pants

 Later I did some grocery shopping. James came home from work and we took the dogs for a hike

(Yup.. I’m still wearing the same clothes.. lol)

 We found this old fireplace in the middle of nowhere 

 Crossed a scary dam- which I almost fell into 3 times

 And thoroughly exhausted the dogs.. (And ourselves- we were STARVED)  Tuna was totally zoned out in the car ride back

We covered 4.5 miles. 

While driving home, we devised a plan for dinner.. Divide and conquer! James took care of the ground lamb making it into burgers- seasoned with rosemary and feta cheese. I popped the sweet potatoes in the microwave (fastest way!) and started to steam the kale. Dinner was ready in 15 minutes flat..

I kind of inhaled the kale before I cared about taking a picture.. oh and ground lamb is amazing BTW.. holy moly! 

So yeah.. Back to today.. 

Crappy run, Check. 

I was supposed to give a massage- but that got canceled. Instead I’m having a second cup of coffee before cleaning and then heading out to my Tattoo Consultation appointment! The rest of the night will be time with clients. 

Who’s doing Best Body Bootcamp out there?? 

Have you ever had lamb? What’s your favorite way to prepare/eat it?

Been on any crappy runs lately? How about great hikes?