Cleaning, Play date, baking

It's Friday!!   I hope y'all's week has gone well and if it hasn't it's almost over!! 
If you weren't able to read Wednesday's post, head on over to see our NEWS!

Yesterday, I got up and had a small breakfast and some coffee, yay!  I am now wanting it again!  There were about 6 weeks where I couldn't stand the smell or thought of it! 
I hopped on the treadmill and knocked out a about 5.5miles when Ava woke up.  I got her breakfast and settled to watch Doc McStuffins and finished off a good 7 for the day. 
I took a shower and had a smoothie that Clint had made for us before he left for work.  He is so good at that!  Especially when he puts veggies in and that is the only way I want to eat them these days.

It was one of my two days a month that I go clean the office where I work.  I knocked that out in an hour and a half with my trusty helper, Ava.

Then I told her our next stop was a play date with one of my best friends and her three kiddos.
The kids played on the deck while we chatted at watched them.  Because of Christmas and her kids being sick, we haven't seen them in like 6 weeks!  It was a much needed playdate for them as much as the mamas.

We left around lunch time. I had packed us a lunch so we could eat while doing the rest of our errands.

I dropped of the water bill. A perk of a small town! 

Then we stopped at the oil changing place to see if and how much the Murano was leaking oil. 

There is a small leak, somewhere and they said we will need to take it to the dealer.  Thankfully it isn't a big leak...yet!

Eating her lunch at the so not cleanest place in the world.  What can you do, she was hungry!! ha
We got home and I put a load of laundry in the wash and put a "new to me" recipe of Herb Wheat bread in the bread machine. (It didn't look pretty, but it is pretty tasty!)  Apparently, I was in the mood to bake. Ava and I whipped up some mixed berry wheat muffins to have for breakfast the next couple of days or for a snack.  They turned out pretty darn good!

Clint got home and we chatted about the day and watched the DVR'ed Nashville from Wednesday night!  Love that show and seeing and knowing where they shoot the scenes is so neat!

I still had to do my 3000 club exercises for the day, so Clint asked us to go down to the garage with him and have family workout time.  I did 40 pushups, 40 burpees and 160 crunches.  The top abs are the only ones I am working these days!  I decided to try out the punching bag I got him for Christmas.  That was fantastic!  I had some pent up aggression from parts unknown.  I did 3x10 sets single arm punches and then 3x50 double fast punches. 

I headed up after I was done and started supper.  I made home made cheese fries for Clint and roasted some sweet potato fries, kale and onion for me. I also grilled us some Chile Lime Turkey burgers from Trader Joe's.  So yummy!!!

Well, I need to get to what I get paid to do! 

Y'all have a great weekend and I'll talk soon!

Ribs to apple pie

Monday morning yuck!  I didn't sleep well at ALL last night!  I was up every hour and had the ODDEST dream!  My alarm went off so I could get a couple miles in and I reset it for an extra hour!  I did get my 3000 club burpees, pushups and crunches in though!  So that's something!

Our weekend was low key and fabulous!  Saturday we got up and I was feeling lazy so I decided to run a little later and stay in my pajamas!  Clint decided he wanted to put some ribs on the smoker for supper so we made a quick trip to Food Lion and then back home. 

Ava helping Clint put a rub on the ribs.

I decided to run before lunch because my breakfast was fully digested and I had no time limit.  8.10 miles later and I was ready for a shower and lunch.

We lounged the rest of the day and I did some housework.  While Clint was downstairs working out, Ava and I were upstairs watching Sophia the First on Disney and I was reading. 

                                     Singing along with Sophia.
A little while later, I noticed how quiet Ava was.  She had konked out on the floor below the couch. 

Supper was stupendous. I had roasted onion, kale and sweet potato with my small amount of ribs and I put together a quick mac n cheese for Clint and Ava.

                   Listening to her Bible stories and singing away!
For dessert, I had an apple pie in the freezer that NEEDED to be eaten.  So we dug into that with some vanilla ice cream of course!!

Sunday was church and then lunch with my family at my parent's house.  Spaghetti, salad, homemade rolls. Yumm!!! 

Ava fell asleep on the way home, so I layed down in our bed with her and took a little siesta. 

I put the bread in the machine to make for the week and then put a load of laundry in to wash. 

After my food FINALLY digested 5 hours later, I got on the treadmill and cranked out 6 miles and then did my 3000 club exercises. 

Good way to end the day!!

Have a great Monday and I'll see ya soon!!

His Call of Duty

That's right it is Wednesday!

I hope y'all had a great Tuesday!

Ava and I got up and I fixed her breakfast and I did my She Reads Truth reading and journaling.

This is such a blessing to my day!

I did my 15 minute workout and walked 2 miles in incline. Whew.  I got ready and got my coupons and plan of attack ready so we could go to Target and Kroger.

Target was up first!  I love Target!  I always scope the outer end caps for clearance deals!  You can use coupons on those and get even better deals!!  Plus you can use manufacturer coupons AND Target coupons on the same item.  OH and for every bag you bring in the store to use instead of theirs they give you $.05 back per bag?!!!   It is not much but EVERY bit helps!

Our first mission was to get

Call of Duty Back Ops 2 for Clint!

He really only plays video games at night after Ava goes to bed or just randomly, but each year for the past 3 I think we have bought THE game of the year.  Call of Duty is HUGE!  Yesterday, at one point there were over 400,000 people playing all over the WORLD!  And that was at like 4pm!  Crazy! I mean stores opened at midnight Wednesday morning for people to buy it!

Target was well stocked!!  YES!

We got some house cleaning products (METHOD products are AWESOME and plant based!), some VUE cups, M&Ms(coupons) oh and Ava some Christmas placemat coloring sheets! 

Next was Kroger.  We were both saddened that they didn't have to buggy car for Ava to ride in!

We started on our list!  Ava would walk down the aisles saying "we need this?" and I would say "nooo!(laughing the whole time at her).  We got to the pickles and she said "Aya needs pickles" and grinned like the Cheshire cat!  We didn't get the pickles. This kid is so funny!  I had her saying "crazy-pants" in the freezer aisle and the employee in that section was just a laughing.  Good times!

Apple for a snack on the way home!

We got home and to our surprise Clint was already home.  I guess he was excited to play his new game!

Ava was asleep, so I started to put together a recipe for homemade rolls and realized we didn't have any eggs. This is unheard of.  We ALWAYS have eggs until yesterday.  So, I told Clint I'd be back in a jiffy.  Well, 45 minutes later I got back home.  I saw my mom at the store and since I was getting her a turkey breast from that store (you could only get one and she wanted another for Thanksgiving) I told her to wait and I would run in and get it!   Well, of course she had to tell me stories from her Ladies Bible study from yesterday. 

I finally got home and Ava was still asleep, so I put the ingredients in the bread machine to make the dough and did some cleaning.  Clint was by then playing Call of Duty, so I emptied the dishwasher, dusted the house, sprayed the bathroom down and folded laundry.  While the husband plays, the wife gets housework done!  Ava finally woke up and we went up to the bonus room with Clint and hung out and caught up on The Voice from Monday night.  I went to put the rolls int he oven after they rose some.  They didn't rise that much.  I think the house was too cold.  Oh well, they were a trial run for Thanksgiving.  I know better for next week. 

I came down and made sausage cajun rice and cut up stuff for a salad.  Good, semi healthy and comforting supper! 

After supper was bath time for Ava.  Clint took care of that while I cleaned the kitchen and then it was family time until Ava went to bed!

All in all a good day!  No complaints and plenty blessed!

Have a good Wednesday and I'll see ya soon.

Still pushing through

Happy Friday and Last day of Summer.  I Love Summer time and I am not a big fan of cold weather.  But, I do love crisp mornings and warm days!  Oh and sweat pants and long sleeve shirts just scream cozy!!  Hot chocolate and cider.  Fire places and bonfires.  Crockpots and cornbread.  MMM!  Sounds like I like Fall a lot more than I thought!

If you missed my last post on my "no bug, but worse", I let y'all know about my issues with Diverticulitis.  I am going on Day 13 of this mess!  I did a clear liquid diet for 48 hours Monday through Wednesday.  For lunch Wednesday I had some chicken noodle soup and some crackers.  Thinking that would be ok. That's what everyone says to eat after you have been sick with stomach issues right?  Well, not this girl.  Like clock work about 2:30 after lunch I had horrible cramps and chills until I got home from work at about 7:15pm. 

I was able to get a Facebook friend to drop off a Juicer that she didn't need anymore.  Heck yea! 
When I got home, Clint and I got to experimenting. 

1 orange
1 apple
3 carrots

turned into this



It doesn't look all that great, but it tasted really good!! 

I have been juicing since and some issues come and go. 

I'm pushing through this.

I also started a 30 day Colonix Cleanse from Dr. Natura's website.  My boss and his wife have does this particular cleanse before and had good results.  You can eat regularly (well not this girl) and you take 2 pills in the morning on an empty stomach with 8oz of water.  After 15 minutes, you scoop 1/2 scoop of this fiber stuff in 8oz of water and drink.  Follow this with another 8oz glass of water.  Go about your day.  At night, you drink this tea to help your colon get rid of waste the next morning.  I'll keep ya posted on that!

I am going to juice for the next 4 days or so and continue to let my colon calm down and not be so mad at me.  I will try to chew something after that and see how I react.  I am anti-medical doctor, but there is a point when I may need to cave and go see what can be done.  As much as I hate that, sometimes your body needs a little help. Especially when you are only able to get calories from juicing.

Yesterday, Ava and I went and cleaned the office and then came back and cleaned our house.  Our close friends and there 1 year old daughter were coming over about 3:30pm to spend some time with us and see our new house.  We had planned to make homemade pizzas and I had made brownies.  She called at 2pm and had to cancel.  She put too many irons in her fire and they weren't going to be able to make it.  I was disappointed, but what can ya do!  At least, we had a clean house and Clint and Ava still were getting brownies and pizza! 

I made the pizza dough in the bread machine and after it was done cut it into 4 pieces.  Clint decided to make one into a calzone and a small pizza for Ava.  His calzone turned out looking wonderful and the house smelled freaking fantastic.  He put the other two leftover pieces together and made a pizza for leftovers.  I prepared my juice....wah wah wah.  The first batch was an ultimate FAIL.  I had to throw most of it out it was so bad!  The second batch was a winner!  Simple and not too many ingredients is best!!  This juicing thing is a work in process, but one that I really enjoy! 

We are helping my brother paint his house tomorrow and then me and my sis are going to our future sister in law's bachelorette shindig.  Dinner and lingerie party.  That should be interesting!

Have a great weekend! See ya soon!

Caught a bug

That is a Stomach bug, ya'll.  The last 3 days I have had this yucky stomach bug and the weird thing is that it comes and goes.  I'll be feeling back to normal and then all of a sudden, horrible stomach pains and maybe a run to the bathroom. 
Oddly, enough my runs have been pretty good.  I took Monday off of running and Bodyrock.tv.  Yesterday, while Ava napped I was able to run 5.5 miles and felt pretty good!


I also made an Herb Bread in the Bread machine.  It turned out really good!!

Ingredients:
1.5 cups skim milk
2tsp salt
2tbsp butter
2tbsp caraway seeds
2tbsp dill
2tbsp basil
3.5 cups bread flour
1 1/4 bread machine yeast
Setting: Bake Rapid


After Ava's nap we went to my parent's house so my mom could pin my bridesmaid's dress so it can be himmed.  My brother is getting married October 6th!  Just around the corner! Here is the dress. I really do like it!



We came home and played outside until Clint got home.  After some catching up on the day and watching The Voice from Monday night, we went back outside and I did my bodyrock, Clint lifted weight and Ava played in her house. 

While we were out I had picked up gas in the gas can for Clint so he could cut the rest of the back yard.  I took Ava and Pekka for a short walk while he did that so, we would be out of the way and give Pekka some exercise.

Supper was needed ASAP when we got back.  Since I have had the bug, I was starving by then!  I had marinated chicken breast earlier and we grilled them up and I cut up sweet potato fries and red potato fries to put in the oven.  Perfect meal!

This morning I got up at 3:50am had breakfast (can't workout on an empty stomach)and I was doing my 10 min bodyrock and then I got on the treadmill.  I had only intended to do 1 mile, but I started a good book and before I knew it it was 1.78miles.  Well, I HAD to finish out the 2!!  So it was a good workout morning.  That did make me run a smidgen late, but I still got to work before the boss. 

I am feeling about 80% this morning, I am HUNGRY, but I still having intermittent stomach pains!  Ugh no fun! 

I hope y'all have a great Wednesday!  See you soon!

A day in the life....

A day in the life of a part time stay at home mama!

A little house cleaning.

Source

A little treadmill work to log on

My run.

Grocery planning and staying under our $50 budget for grocery shopping each week.

$46.08!!

"Mama, more water, no pic, please"

Afternoon snack!  That is homemade bread by the way!

Look at that beauty!!  This recipe turned out great!!

Thanks Diva!

 

Pumpkin coffee cake with brown sugar glaze

MMM very good!

I LOVE being a part time stay at home mama!!!!

Saturday's productivity

A few things I did yesterday...

3.5 mile run with this 4 month old!  

This is Pekka(pek ka).  He is named after a Nashville Predator Hockey goalie.  We lost our Jack Russell in an accident about 4 months ago.  We got Pekka shortly after.  He is a lab/pyranese/red tick hound mix.  He will probably get to be about 85-100lbs!  Yesterday was his longest run with me so far!  So proud of him!

We headed to the gym(last month on our contract) to lift some weights and I did 2.5 more miles on the treadmill.

A little bit of 

a pinch bit of 

Home depot

and a touch of 

Fantastic Cinnamon raisin bread.  (minus the raisins)

I have started making our bread.  It is so much more budget friendly and fun!  I have a bread machine and this is the recipe I used with my alterations.

INGREDIENTS:

Serves: 12Yield: 2 lb. loaf Units: US | Metric 

1 tablespoon oil 1 1/4 cups warm water, plus 1 tablespoon warm water 

1/4 cup honey 

1/4 cup maple-flavor syrup (can use sugarfree) 

1 teaspoon salt 

1 1/2 teaspoons cinnamon 

1 cup oatmeal 

3 cups bread flour, plus 2 tablespoons bread flour 

1/2-3/4 cup raisins(OMITTED

2 1/4 teaspoons active dry yeast 

DIRECTIONS:

1. In bread machine pan, place ingredients in order given, except raisins and yeast. 

2. Circle inside of pan with raisins. (OMITTED)

 3 Make a well in flour and pour in yeast. (I put the yeast in the yeast dispenser on my machine.)

4 Bake on white cycle. (I baked on BASIC SANDWICH setting)

I Pinned this on Pinterest if you want to follow me!

Well, it was a productive day and one for the books!

 Did you do anything fun and productive??!