Oh Hey 5 on Friday…Moments

Thank you all for your sympathy it really is appreciated.  Though it is hard it just reminds me to never take a single day for granted and to make the most of every moment.

So here a few great moments that have happened. This week:

{one} 

Last week was also my Moms birthday.  It was great spending the day with her and planning our next half marathon. Yup we are doing it again the OC half in May! 

{two}

Spending some one on one with my big girl she also has a birthday next week.  I can't believe she is turning 21 where has the time gone.  I love her so much and am so proud of the woman she has become. Beautiful, fearless, kind. 

{three}

Moments like this are my favorite.  Just some quite time (after a run) sitting down enjoying a cup of coffee at my own personal zoo otherwise known as my backyard.  

{four}

And now my zoo is finally paying it back. We got our first egg yesterday.  Was it writes that I was so excited!! DQ wants to keep the shell so I will blow it out tomorrow and make a scrambled egg out of it. Hope it's all that it's cracked up to be. Sw what I did there lol I'm so funny. 

{five}

I love when I find a Pinterest recipe and it really is as good as it says and looks. This is a Pesto Caprese thingy <--- thats a word right?  Any way its a whole wheat roll split in half with about a tablespoon of pesto spread then topped with mozzarella tomatoes (you are supposed to add basil leaves but I didn't have any) a bit of Parm then put it under the broiler for 3-5 minutes and drizzle with balsamic glaze.  

What's your favorite Pinterest find lately?

Oh Hey 5 on Friday

So wrapping up the first full week after the holidays I'd have to say  who knew I could love a day so much…Thank god it's Friday.  So as always getting right to it.

{one}

Carrie and I started back with our Thursday night gym dates.  We went to a fancy one in the Spectrum (a mall) I've never been to a gym at the mall before. It was nice and even had a water feature cause we all need one of those in our gym. 

{two}

Been burning the calories this week and just gonna keep at it and hope the weight will follow.

{three}

I was not completely perfect with meals this week . The Hubs and I had a chance to go to happy hour ALONE so we took full advantage.  I didn't use it as an exuse to go crazy though. I did have a drink or two but instead of all the fried apps I went with a very yummy beet salad. It's all about the balance.

{four}

I love how silly my oldest TaTa and I are.  Some times we will text each other in just meems.  Or do this...

{five}

while in Arizona the hubs and his bestie were being funny and taking a bunch of selfies (I posted it here) Then I saw this yesterday… 

Uh-oh I better keep an eye on the hubs….

Have a great weekend everyone!

Five on Friday....Ghosts

I am so excited in a few hours I will be going on vacation!!

Bags are packed, DQ is with Grammie ,and TaTa is house/dog/chicken sitting so we are good to go.

Now I didn't hit my goal of getting to the 160 before leaving for vacation, but the other day I was looking through old pics on facebook and realized I have still made progress. 

So in honor of Halloween here are some "scary" pics that used to haunt me...I guess you can call them ghosts of the past me.

{one}

{two}

{three}

{four}

{five}

  

Have a great week all , I have a few posts scheduled just in case I can't get on the computer, but I will be trying to get in a least one post while there or at least a few instagram pics you can follow me here.

Also linking up with Jennie, and Tiffany.

5 on Friday

Holy Crap! October is halfway over already! I can't believe how fast this year has gone by.

{one}

I am proud to say that I still have not bought ANY halloween candy (yet).  Mostly because we are leaving for DR on the 31st so my mom is taking DQ trick-or-treating so no one will be home to pass out candy.  

{two}

I am finally in the pumpkin everything spirit.  I tried this the other day, a rice cake with some Trader Joe's pumpkin butter on top. Wasn't bad, wasn't great.  I think I prefer it mixed in my oatmeal, now that is heaven.

{three} 

October is fire safety month.  So we have two dads at our school who are firefighters, they came and did an awesome presentation for the kiddos.

{four}

Day three of my work outs hitting over 500 calories burned.  Dare I say I'm on a roll.

{five}

Yesterday was kinda a bummer we went to our body pump class only to find out is has been changed to Insanity.  We did give it a chance and it was a great burn but I really missed Body Pump. 

Have a GREAT weekend!