I did a few things that made me happy

I spend most of my day playing on the hardwood floor with this big baby. She can not get close enough to me and always finds a way to sit on me, lick my face or have some part of her body touching me at all times.  Its a lot like having a toddler again when you can't even go to the bathroom by yourself. There she is, following you around the house. 

I know my weakness is bread and specifically bread in the form of a sweet roll. I made some chocolate bread and a pecan cinnamon roll on Saturday afternoon. I just like to bake. It makes me happy.  I just don't like to have it around after a taste because I keep eating it, till it's all gone. A slice here and bit more later on.. you get the picture. I can not leave it alone. The main reason I don't bake a whole lot, other then make cookies for my weekly customers to give away. 

I like the pecan brown sugar cinnamon roll better then my chocolate bread. I tried to copy the Bread Smiths chocolate bread that I absolutely love, but didn't quite get the exact taste. Close but not the same. 

I did fix myself a healthy snack in the afternoon. I roasted some parsnips with some light olive oil, salt and pepper. They made for a healthy snack. I need to make them more often to have around for some thing quick and low cal to eat. Roasting takes a good 30 minutes, not to mention, peeling and slicing them up. Its a little bit of work but well worth the trouble because they taste so good. 

I found a good deal on shoes. They were either $9 or $10 each and super comfy. I purchased two pairs of these shoes to wear for work and walking around, in light gray and navy blue. I usually buy black shoes but I didn't like the looks of the black since they didn't have white soles. 

I bought a shoe I normally wouldn't wear,  but being only $10 why not? I'm going to be wearing them with my new rolled up at the bottom jeans this spring. I think the shoes will look cute for a casual look. Purchasing shoes and getting a good deal on them, always makes me happy. I didn't just buy three pairs, I bought 4, with some sandals too. Normally, one pair of shoes is more then $40! I love a good deal!  

It's going to reach sixty degrees by noon today. Going from a cold 33 to 60 is going to feel great! I made the decision to wait till we are closer to 60 to do my run. I think that will inspire me to do a little biking after since it will be warm enough to not get chilled. If I go run now.. burrr... 

I would like to start a big paint project this week. Gray is the "in" color for walls. Might as well follow the trend because we haven't painted in years. It's time for an easy, cheap change that I can do myself.  I have plans to paint the mud room, laundry, closet and half bath all in shades of gray. Plus, Logan would like his room painted in gray and white. Lots of rooms to paint and I'd like to paint some of our trim white. Sometimes it's just hard to start but once I get going.. It makes me happy to see the results of my hard work. 

Saturday night, we watched Logan's team play soccer then went to dinner at a new Mexican restaurant, Teresa's. It's just on the other side of another Mexican restaurant that we really like. I have no idea of why the city allowed two similar restaurants to open up so close to each other. Lets just say, we were not impressed by the new place. It was not cozy, all hard surfaces and super noisy. The food was just okay. They played 80's music and I felt like I could have been at any American restaurant. It had zero character of being in a Mexican restaurant. We will be back to our favorite Cancun Mexican and will never venture back to the new place. We like the cozy bar the authentic look of feeling like you could be in a Mexico restaurant, the salsa and chips are by far tastier, and the prices are cheaper on the menu items. I  doubt we could get a $2 dollar taco on Tuesday nights at the new place! 

You're not going to believe

I walked through those doors. Doors I have not walked through in a long time. 

Its super duper windy, like 40 mph gusts of wind. A little too windy to take my run outdoors. Off to the gym I drove. I just intended to lift weights and go home. I did some weights and then decided to bike and read a few magazines. Not exactly a tough workout but 5.5 miles on the bike in 30 minutes of easy random hill riding. I got the where have you been? From many of the regulars that never see me any more. They all know I like to be outside rather then stuck in the gym. I guess they were just surprised to see me this morning. 

I skipped running on Friday because I started work too early and then after, well you know how I feel about running in the afternoons and evenings. It's hard to get me out the door no matter how nice. Friday was not nice, it was still cold in the afternoon. I have zero excuses other then, hey its Friday. 

My drive to the gym this morning. Snowing a little, some rain mixed in with clouds and some peeks of sunshine and all that WIND. Weird weather day. I have high hopes for Sunday, we are going to be close to 60*F! I might have a double workout on my schedule, run followed by some biking! 

Zoey for some reason likes to steel Celina's socks. I tried to get her to give it back so we but on bunny ears and she still wouldn't give up. 

She is looking rather guilty.. 

And some good news! Evan is home and out of the hospital. It's amazing how quickly he is recovering from surgery. We stopped over last night to bring him a gift, Paw Patrol toys and all those books. We are all hoping he does really well the next 72 hours as it can occur again. It was so nice to see him playing and acting as if nothing had happened. He's a tough little guy and we are so very lucky to have him in our lives. 

Friday, Not so fun.

This is not a fun Friday. I have a busy work day, but the only good thing is that I decided to start early. I'm hoping to be done by 1pm if all goes as planned. I have a new customer and have no idea of what to expect. I'm hoping for the it's easy and I'm staying on my at home by 1 schedule. It is Friday and I'm saving the unknown for last, which gives me plenty of time. 
I wanted more work after all. 

I'm going to save up my run for this afternoon. I'm practicing my mental toughness with my running later on in the day. That's where I'm weak. I can run in the rain but apparently not too well in the afternoon even on a nice day. 

It's not so fun cleaning up my diet either. I've had a few Easter candies, and some apple tart with ice cream. It's time to stop the junk train and get back to losing weight. I'm just not happy with not eating healthy in the afternoon/evenings. It's always a downward spiral. I need to pull in my morning strength and metal toughness when I start to cave into my usual pattern of wanting to indulge. 

We got a call at 4am this morning. It always freaks me out when we get a call super early or in the middle of the night. You just know, it could be bad. Poor little Evan was sick. He was in lots of stomach pain. He was taken to Urgent care because they didn't know what was wrong with him. The doctor said they needed to go to the hospital. Long story short, he is fine now, had surgery to correct his intestines. Super scary how quickly a little person can get sick. I'm so glad he is okay. 

Get well little guy!