Award Winning Weekend

Who doesn't hate Mondays? Probably only pastors and hairdressers, ya know the ones that don't have to work. I think we should start a petition to have every Monday off... 3-day weekend? 4-day weeks? Hallelujah.

This weekend was one of those that went slowly by the day and seemed to stretch on like the ocean. Simply. Perfect.

Friday after work God decided to open up the flood gates of Heaven and give us a crazy monsoon. Despite the weather, Cory and I went home searching and had some luck! :) We think we may have found our next home! Very exciting! Too bad we can't move in til August, though. Afterwards, we headed to Mom's. Back in the day (2 months ago) Mom, Jen, and I had GNO (no, not gyno...Girls Night Out) every Friday. We'd take turns planning and it was so fun. Well, life (I mean, my crazy Saturday running schedule) got in the way of my drinking habits and I had to cut it back. Who likes to run 12 miles with a hangover? Trust me, it's not as fun as it sounds.

Anyway, we tried to bring it back this Friday, with one exception- we had a boy there (I know...so wrong). Cory was our token male and joined in on the fun (although he won't admit to liking it). Mom made some more of her Cherry Limeades, because, they're just that good. We ate a late dinner at a local restaurant and my brother-in-law, Tony couldn't resist joining in on GNO and came to eat. Cory and I got in late (for geezers) and went to bed pretty soon after.

Saturday morning came quickly. I got up at the ripe hour of 5:45 (who does that?!!) to get my self together for my morning run. I met my running friends around 6:45 for a misty 10 miles. Mist + Fog does some craaazy stuff to my hair... a bird made a nest and laid eggs in it during the run, I swear. Needless to say, I came home and showered, poured a gallon of detangler on my head and got ready for the day. Cory had the whole weekend off, which was pretty dang awesome. We headed out for some coffee and then played all day. Literally, all day. Like we were 12 years old. Probably not even 12, more like 8.

Why yes, actually, we are pros at having fun for free.

Since Cory had three days off with me, we kinda wanted to "get away" for the weekend. We contemplated going camping, but for fun decided to shack up with the rents. Saturday night, we showed up at Mom's and slept in my old room. It was fun to get away from the "norm" and even better to have her cook breakfast in the morning (the whole point, jk Mom!) We haven't spent the night anywhere but our apartment (except for weekend trips out of town) since we got married, so it was fun to go back to the Old Days. Sunday, Cory woke me up around 8am (he must have been on speed or set a secret alarm). We drank some coffee with Mom and then he left us to meet his dad for some yard work.

Mom and I went and did secret girl stuff (shopping) and then I convinced forced her to go to Pilate's with me. She did really good! Go Mom, hot stuff! It was fun, despite the evil looks we got from the die-hards while we were cracking up in the back corner.

Sunday night we had the King of all Cookouts at my In-Laws. Have I mentioned how much I love cookouts?!

We ate grilled chicken, corn on the cob, potato salad, macaroni salad, rolls and baked beans. Then things got a little crazy...

Have I mentioned how much I love my In-Laws?!

 Kidding! We did make some home-made margaritas that were awesome! We used fresh squeezed lemonade, extra lemon juice, tequila and a splash of 7-Up. Yum! :) Of course, there were some serious competitions, too!

Focus. Don't. Let. Cory. Win.

And of course, lots of belly rubbin'!

We continued our weekend extravaganza and stayed with Cory's parents Sunday night, in Cory's old room. Monday morning, I woke up a little home sick and was ready to get our normal weekend "chores" done so we could enjoy our day off. We went and grocery shopped, cleaned, had a funeral for Cory's fishes (yeah, they both died on the same day...I swear it wasn't me, and yes Cory fed them over the weekend) and then took 2 naps. You read that right, TWO. We were invited to see Pirates of the Caribbean with Cory's fam Monday night, but neither of us had seen the recent ones, so we opted to eat with the family and head back for the Bachelorette. I don't know about you, but I loooove Bentley. NOT!!!!

Have a great week! :)  

Fly-By Week

Wow, it's Thursday!? Where oh where has this week gone?? It's been a busy one, that's for sure! And I'm so looking forward to the long 3-day weekend! It's hard to believe it's almost JUNE! June is going to be insanely crazy + fun month! I have some major things coming up that I couldn't be happier about! My best friend is getting married, I'm becoming an aunt, I get to go to my favorite place on Earth, Oak Island, and I turn 24!!! Couldn't be more excited about what's to come in the next few weeks! :)

On to this week! Monday afternoon I ran a quick 2 miles and then joined my regular spin class at 6pm. After missing out on the class for a few weeks, it felt good to get back on the spin bike and work up a sweat. MAN is that class tough! I came home and took my baby girl on a walk. It is so funny how accustomed she's gotten to our complex. The first few months we lived there she was so scared to go on walks and was constantly on alert. Now? She prances her little butt around like she owns the place.



Tuesday's work day was pretty hectic and I was so glad Cory had the day off and was there waitin on me when I got home! It was so nice out that we decided to swing by our apartment pool to catch some rays and enjoy each other's company.



I'm so lucky, aren't I? <3



Afterwards we went out looking at rental homes again and grabbed a pizza to eat while we were driving around. I can't remember the last time I ate a real pizza from a pizza place- pepperoni, please!  It was deeelicious- I'd forgotten! Thanks for reminding me, hubby! :)

Wednesday morning, I went to my AM group strength training session (Workout Page was updated!) and had yet another beeeeeeesy day at work. Afterwards I went to my favorite workout of the week- Boot camp! And it kicked my butt, like normal! That is one class I can count on to leave me feeling totally exhausted and awesome at the same time!

I came home and cooked a new recipe I've had on "The List" for awhile- Meat Loaf! I'm not 100% sure WHY I wanted to make this, because I'm not a big meat fan.... hence the first word in the name of the entree... I should have thought about that. But, Cory is and making this "traditional" meal made me feel like a real, live, wife! hehe I'll post the recipe on the Recipe Page, but I'll warn you- pictures of a huge hunk of meat kind of gross me out, and these aren't the best! But even for a non-meat lover this is pretty good, and Cory really liked it!

On to the best part of the week! American Idol!!! Who watched?! Being huge country music fans, Cory and I were both really happy with the two remaining candidates. We bet on Lauren winning, but were really happy to have a fellow Carolinian take the title! We really liked Scotty a lot too, especially since he sounds just like Josh Turner- a favorite of Cory and mine (we even danced to his, "No Rush" as our First Dance!)

This morning, I made an awesome smoothie for breakfast! It was so thick and creamy and I'm already craving another one! Included in the mix:

-1/2 frozen banana

-4 large strawberries

-1/2 c almond milk

-1/2 c water

-1 scoop vanilla protein powder

-Handful of raw baby spinach

-about 10 ice cubes

-1 tsp xantham gum

-1 splenda



Yummmm!



Today's another busy day at work, but I'm looking forward to a run after work! :) Have a great day!

5/23- 5/29 Workouts

Monday: AM- Strength Training
                PM- 1.5 mile speed run before Spin class

Tuesday: Rest Day (Cory has the day off, may go on a walk/swim)

Wednesday: AM- Strength Training
                      PM- Boot camp

Thursday: 5 mile run

Friday: AM Strength Training

Saturday: 6-8 mile morning run

Sunday: Pi-Yo

This Week's Quote:
"It's never too late to be what you might have been."
      -George Elliot