Has it Really Been Two Months???

Remember me?

I can’t believe that it’s been two months since I posted a blog! I’ve been neglecting you! I’ve missed posting two vacations, one in Arkansas and another just last weekend at the lake.

Arkansas.

Canvas and Cocktails with Leslie.

And some pretty exciting news. I’ve decided to become a Certified Personal Trainer. I received my NASM book on Monday. I’m a little overwhelmed at some of the terms but I think I’ll get it. I will also specialize in Fitness Nutrition. Speaking of fitness check out this lunch today.

Spinach, Peach, Quinoa, Pecan and Lemon dressing. Yummy!!

I promise I will be around more often it has just been a very busy two months and my priority has been family.

See ya soon
Heather

Mango Salad and Bachelorette Opinions

This morning I got a really good stretch in. It wasn’t the full workout I wanted but it was good just the same.
Lunch today was a mango salad from Qdoba.

Yum.

The Bachelorette

This season gets better by the episode now. I loved Emily’s one on one with Arie. He seems a little intense though. Intensity is good sometimes but other times it’s a little creepy. It felt really early for I love you to come out but if that’s really the way he’s feeling more power to him. I don’t think he’ll be the winner but I think he’ll be one of the final two.
The group date was awkward and boring. Doug has been awkward from the beginning and he just waited to long and let the situation get more uncomfortable week after week. I was glad to see him go. Chris is quite an idiot and I see him going home next week. Unless someone else’s hometown date goes awful. Sean has grown on me. I thought he was a little big headed at first but I like him now. Not only is he gorgeous but he seems genuinely interested in Emily and the process.
I honestly can’t even remember John’s date. You could tell Emily wasn’t feeling the chemistry.
Jef earned some points with me with his “I wanna date you so hard and then marry the shit out of you”. It was cute but the puppets were too much. Jef seems perfect but I have a weird feeling about him. He seems a little young and inexperienced. I’m not sure he could handle Emily.
Sean’s run through the streets was adorable and pretty steamy.
I’m glad to see John go and I think we’ll see Chris leave next week.

I’m off to have some turkey quinoa and watch design star. Have a great night all!

Wake Up Call

Well here we are at Monday again. Let me tell you how stressed out I was when I woke up, looked at the clock and it said 7:35. I have to leave my house at 8:00 to be to work on time. That left me 25 minutes to walk the dogs and completely get ready. I somehow managed to get ready and get to work on time but there was no time for breakfast or a workout.

Yes that says 111. It’s stinkin hot outside today!

And here’s my lunch.

So it took a couple tries to take this picture because every time I would take it all I could think about is that part of Happy Gilmore where he does the Subway commercial. “I eat one everyday to keep me strong” “Now that’s a hole in one” haha!

Pandora Music
So I listen to some crazy music sometimes and I’m not ashamed to admit it. Britney Spears, Kesha, and N’Sync make routine appearances on my Pandora stations. But right now I am loving “Call Me Maybe” by Carly Rae Jepsen. It makes almost no sense and the words are pretty awful but I just can’t help it. I love this song. I run around the kitchen singing this song at the top of my lungs. My husband has a lot of patience or he’s just as crazy as I am but don’t tell him I told you shhhh.

What’s your guilty pleasure Pandora station or just your guilty pleasure song?

My station is the N’Sync station. I love 90’s pop songs. Although the 90’s pop station plays too much alternative. It’s still a great station but not if you’re in the mood for some pop!

The Bachelorette is on tonight! Who’s watching?

First Crossfit Workout and the Weekend

Happy Sunday. It’s been pretty insane here the last few days! Thursday night I did my first Crossfit workout with Steve as my trainer. We didn’t go very long since I didn’t want to hate it! We did two circuits and by the end I was a sweaty mess with a bruised pinky and the beginnings of blisters. But I loved it. With the right pair of gloves I think I could do pretty well.

Farmers Market

Check out this Farmers Market.

They had so much stuff. We came home with tomatoes, cucumbers, cherries, and broccoli. And then we had some frozen yogurt.

It was soy frozen yogurt and it was a bit gritty. Not my favorite but still very tasty. I normally get blackberries in my fro yo but since they didn’t have any I opted for Reese’s Piece’s chunks. I have to say the blackberries win it.

Here is our view from fro yo. They have a fountain for the kids and a ton of food booths and homemade knick knacks.

We made a trip to Outdoor world to exchange my dad’s fathers day present. We got him a boat cover that was a wee bit too small.

Then we returned this guy!

Hello Crosby!

We’ve been watching my brother and his family’s dog for a few days. He didn’t let me sleep much until we figured out the only way he would sleep was on the bed with us. So of course in addition to a lab and a chihuahua we added a 90 pound Rottweiler to our queen size bed and somehow managed to make it work.

The Reservoir
We headed to Chatfield Reservoir after that to do some wake surfing on a friends boat.

I of course took no pictures that were worth anything! I’ll get better I promise! It was a fun time. Steve got up on the surf board. I’ll have to try next time because it was getting too dark.

I’m off to run errands today.

Have a great Sunday!

What Do You Mean It’s Not Friday?

I’m not sure why but I had it in my head all morning that today was Friday. Needless to say I was very disappointed when this turned out to be untrue. Really? It’s only Thursday? Why has this week felt so long already?

So You Think You Can Dance

Who watched last night? This season is already looking fantastic. The two ballroom blondes are amazing. But what I love, is when someone not only moves you with their talent, but moves you with their character and spirit.

Cyrus

This guy had me in tears last night. He dances with such confidence and conviction but when he’s done he is so humble and you can see he’s excited to learn more and work hard. I really hope he makes the show. One of my favorite dancers ever on SYTYCD was Legacy and it was his improvement and attitude that made him shine not only as a dancer but as a person. I love when TV makes you feel. When it makes you legitimately care about people.

BodyPump Fail
I love my body pump classes so much that it’s just so frustrating when an instructor isn’t very good. I still busted my ass and went up 5 pounds on each exercise but it was more frustrating than enjoyable. The music was too loud so i couldn’t hear any instruction. She was too loud when she yelled encouragement and goofy puns about working out and she didn’t do a majority of the workout with us. I didn’t workout this morning since I was really sore and Steve is putting me through my very first Crossfit workout today. I’m a little nervous but I’m excited. We may have a gym someday dedicated to these types of workouts.

For a snack today I had cottage cheese and strawberries. Those strawberries were fat and juicy and tasted wonderful. For lunch, a Quinoa bowl was devoured before I even thought to take a picture.

What is your favorite workout? Is it a class, a cardio routine, or something spontaneous?
Mine is BodyPump but I also love something new that challenges me.

Today is such a beautiful day I’m feeling a little boxed in. Have a great day and I’ll let you know how the Crossfit goes. Wish me luck! 😁

On Fire

Well here we are at hump day once again. Happy first day of summer ☀! First things first, last nights dinner.

Baked Cod on spinach with honey, lemon and olive oil. My husband must love me.

Fish is fantastic! Steve and I got all caught up on Design Star and hit the sack.

This morning was a bit frantic. I apparently zoned out in the shower this morning because I only had 45 minutes to walk the dogs and get ready when I got out. No lunch or coffee could be made but I made it to work on time by the skin of my teeth (which is a weird and gross sounding saying)!

And then this happened.

Mmm hello skinny caramel machiatto. It woke me up and may have even brightened my day a little.

While I was at Starbucks I picked up lunch.

Egg salad.

To be honest it wasn’t very good. But it will hold me over and remind me to MAKE FOOD tonight.

It’s been in the 90’s and even 101 on Monday here in Colorado and now on the first day of Summer it’s in the 60’s. It finally feels like spring here. I do however wish it would rain for a couple days straight. Half the state is on fire and that includes just a few miles from my parents land. Thankfully it hasn’t made it there and we have our fingers crossed that it’s contained soon and everyone there is okay.

We are supposed to be there for the fourth of July so we’ll see if that happens.

On the agenda tonight is BodyPump. I’m really not feeling this sub instructor but I love the class so much I’m going anyway. But if she tells me to yell or asks if I’m feeling it I’m not going to be too happy. Just tell me what to do and actually do it with me.

Talk to you later.

Hiatus

Hello from Hiatus! I took a few days off but I’m back. This morning I hit the punching bag for about 40 minutes (apparently I had some aggression), took a shower and made some breakfast.

Hello protein pancake! Get in ma belly!

I burnt this one a little but it was still very tasty.

Lunch today was supposed to be a quinoa bowl but a bad avocado changed the plans and I ended up with a turkey sub from subway.

It took two times to make it right but it was good.

The Bachelorette

So who’s still watching this season? I knew Travis would go home. He seemed like a great guy and a good friend but there was no chemistry at all. I hate that Ryan turned out to be such a douche bag. I picked him to win in my pool so I’m out there. I’ve met guys like that before. They try to manipulate you out of your own feelings and make you feel stupid. Yuck! Steve was telling me that he would lose all the respect he had for Emily if she had changed her mind and let him stay. He also knew she was going to keep John and Doug. I was teetering on keep both or lose both. I still don’t get the Jef fascination. He seems too pretend cool. Tight pants and multi color high tops and his vanilla ice hair. I’m just not a fan. He seems like he’s trying too hard to be this cool guy. Sean keeps growing on me and of course everyone loves Arie.

I think I may try my body pump class at a gym closer to my house tonight so wish me luck.

Chicken Sausage and Eggs

Hello again. I left work and went right to Body Pump class. My normal instructor is off for a couple of weeks and it always takes me awhile to warm up to a new instructor. The music was a little too loud and since it was a new release I had no idea what I was supposed to be doing. But I faked it and still got a great workout in.

For dinner we had chicken sausage with dippy eggs (those are eggs with runny yolks that you dip in, I used to think I was the only one who called them that but it turns out it’s not that uncommon.)

I dipped my sausage in my dippy egg and it was fantastic.

Ba da da da so you think toucan dance dance dance. Man I love this show! There were quite a few really good auditions tonight. As soon as I saw the crazy praying mantis guy I knew I would love him. Steve wasn’t so sure but man he was good and memorable. Im getting a pretty fierce headache so I’m going to sign off and get some sleep.

Until tomorrow.

America’s Manliest Cities

Happy Hump day!! Today started off with the snooze button and a mad dash to shower and get ready on time. I had a Lara Bar while literally running out the door. I had some Chobani Greek 0% Yogurt, with a little Agave and some Blueberries.

On my break I ran to Starbucks since I certainly didn’t have time to make coffee this morning.

Oh yes non fat Chai get in my belly!

For lunch I had leftover spaghetti with turkey meat.

I know it must be riveting checkin out my collection of Tupperware.

Manliest Cities
I was reading an article today about America’s manliest cities. I had to laugh a little bit at the criteria they used to find America’s Manliest city. Some criteria was how many home improvement stores there are, and how many steak houses they have. Guess who the winner was?
Nashville, Tennessee.
Nashville has a high concentration of NASCAR enthusiasts, popularity of hunting and fishing and a high number of BBQ restaurants. Which apparently makes you manly.
Denver was ranked #5 I’m sure due to the hunting and fishing popularity.
If you want to waste some time you can go hereto check out the article.

What city would you rank the Manliest?

I think I would go with somewhere in Texas or a large farming town. Seems to me that you can’t get much more manly than working on a tractor farming all day. All though with today’s tractors you can watch tv an sit in an air conditioned cab for most of the day.

Have a great Wednesday!

Full Fridge

Oh man Sunflower market has been cleaned out!

Fruit!!

Look at that full fridge.

It feels so good to have food! Every time we don’t have food I always think of the quote “a failure to plan is a plan to fail”. It’s really so true. I had no plan today and I ended up not eating very well and having to spend my gym time at the store. Tomorrow is a new day and it will be filled with healthy food and two workouts.

I’m off to cut up some fruits and finish watching America’s Got Talent. I haven’t seen much of anything yet. See you for hump day tomorrow!