it's going to be a HOT one

Ooooh this was so good I HAD to use it for my Monday Motivator!
I wanted a clean eating something or another,
ya know... since the weekend party {in my mouth} was nowhere near healthy.

Monday Motivator:

(source)

I did start breakfast off alright with an omelet courtesy of the hubs...

peppers, cheese, salsa, sour cream (yea ok, not the BeSt!)

I also managed a 2 mile run in the grueling heat at 7:30 this morning!

You can just SEE how hot today will be!

pounding pavement

sweat and a RED face post run
{you KNOW you're glad I shared this pic}

Since the morning shade is cool, nugget got her play on {outside} early...

chalk scribbles!!

no water?

You can find us soaking up the A/C this afternoon!

What do you do to stay cool in the heat of the summer?

We went to a party

We started our day with a bright awakening at 4:30.
We decided if we had to be up, we should get things done.
To name a few: clean and re clean house/backyard, ran to windmill for some produce, ate ice cream and knocked out some cake pops for the party.

The party was for our friend Doug who turned 40.

The event took place at an "apartment" located on top of Pizza Port.

We ate {a lot} of food...

I may not be able to look at this pic again... I'm going to want ^ that {again} tomorrow!!

Nugget crawled on the table ate too!

Since the nugget was lacking a bit of sleep, our party time was cut short.

Since we knew nugget would fall asleep in the car, I grabbed some "party favors".

snacky snack for the car 

Both nugget and myself grabbed a few zzz's {of course nugget grabbed a few more}.

After my jackinthebox pizza ice cream and cookie meal yesterday, and the above treats today,
I feel like drowning my body in green leafy veggies and fruit for the next week!
We'll see how that goes...

What was your excitement for the weekend?




I leave you with a few  more party pics...

cake pops and box display made by yours truly!

saturday tidbits

Some random Saturday tidbits...

Some crazy YUM sandwiches happened up in here this week.

Savory:

Wheat bread with cheddar, pepper jack, and cream cheese, hard boiled egg, and zucchini; all done up grilled cheese style.
Delish.

Sweet:

French bread with peanut butter and jelly; grilled cheese style.

Simple and amazing.

I made this for the hubs and he enjoyed it whilst I had french toast with the same ingredients.

and yes.. that is a sheet.
this was eaten in bed,
for dinner.
that's how we roll.

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I just found this out yesterday...

In only TWO weeks, 

one of my bff's Holly and her daughter Olivia will be visiting!

We are gearing up for a fun filled week!

the four of us, last October

The Nugget looks GIANT compared to Olivia here

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Have I told you the nugget loves her dogs?...

Well she does!

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I did a super quick run yesterday on a small hill loop.
Even though it was a short run, I hauled my booty to get the most of it.

the "best time" above is an average of all my runs on
'map my run'
8:26 pace on hills
____ <---- insert patting myself on back here

hubs and nugget strolling up the sidewalk

I came home from said run to this. <3 

Life is good.

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randomness in pictures...

post nap snuggle with nugget

that's a french fry,  folks

craving for cookie dough,  complete

Brewco on a Friday night = dead
man in sexy sox = awesome

Happy Saturday!

we've been traveling...

Why haven't you heard from me for awhile?

Well we've been traveling...

{for some reason I only packed ONE outfit!?!?!}
but besides that I really don't have an excuse..
just pure laziness.

(source)

I did however make really good {no bake} cookies.

yup.
They lasted a day.
{don't worry, I gave half to our neighbors!}

I found the recipe here and just halved it.

Boil:
1 cup sugar
1/4 cup milk
1/4 cup butter


Bring to boil for one minute.
then add:
1/2 tsp vanilla
1/2 cup peanut butter
1 1/2 cup oats


Plop onto wax paper to cool, in whatever shape or size you want.

This made 12 cookies.
As you can see I decided to add a few chocolate chips to some.
It was a great way to get a cookie fix without heating up the kitchen!



The usual has been happening...
You know,
The nugget eating

and eating...

and don't forget... drinking!

I'm getting my butt in gear and making more of an effort to run.
5K yesterday,

2.2 miles today.

Oddly{or maybe not} my quads hurt today.

Happy Fourth of November July. <--- another example of my laziness since it's now the fifth!
It was cool and foggy today.
Loved it.
Nugget and I made it to the neighbor hood parade then relaxed all day.

small community parade, anyone could walk in it! (maybe next year?)

Nugget was pointing at EVERYthing! 

Not so sure of the loud noises at one point

Perfection.

My fourth of July resolutions (what YOU don't make resolutions today? YOU'RE the crazy one!)
Blog a bit more often.
Run a bit more often (got 1/2 marathon training coming up...)
Eat more ice cream.

Do you have a fourth of July resolution?