Hooray for Friday!

OK…I have to start this post out with a totally cool “give away” by Katie over at Chocolate Covered Katie. She’s got a full box of Jocolat bars up for grabs for someone, regardless of location, to win! How fabulous is that???? Hopefully you’ll continue to read my post before you head on over there, though! :)

It poured rain ALL night in my neck of the woods. A bit of an odd, yet welcome, sound after such a l-o-n-g winter! Good riddance, snow!! I’m ecstatic to see signs that indicate that spring is just around the bend!

Here’s my morning eats!!
-1/2 cup water, unsweetened almond breeze
-cinnamon
-1/3 cup oat bran
-1/2 mashed up banana
-blueberries
-sprinkle of Nature's Path pumpkin granola
This bowl of oat bran was super creamy….just the way I like it!!

Seeing as my dinner was on the smallish side last night, I knew I’d probably get hungry again before I went to bed. And I did! I was going to have a piece of fruit but didn’t think it would do that trick so I had a bowl of plain yogurt with a scoop of strawberry & coconut jams mixed in.
It was delicious and just what I needed to settle my tummy! It probably would’ve been more enjoyable if I wasn’t fighting Pepper off of it the whole time! Little beggar is slow in learning his manners! :)

I had the cranberry Dempsters Fresh Bar before the gym today.
I liked it much better this go around! Maybe my taste buds were a little off last time or it’s quite possible that I was actually hungry for it this time! Whatever the case, it was a pleasure to eat.

My hubby joined me in the gym today for a nice sweaty workout! I love that he’s been coming in on his Friday’s off! It gives me an extra little push cuz I don’t want to look like a loser while he’s there! Just a little friendly competition! *WINK WINK* I did one of the programmed courses on the new treadmill today called “Smooth Strolling” Let me tell you, there was NOTHING smooth about it! What a tough run that was! But, I’m proud of finishing it!

Time: 50 minutes
Avg Hr: 154
Max Hr: 180
Calories Burned: 445
Distance: 4.2 miles (45 minutes of treadmill)

This morning I just wanted to grab a quick lunch for myself so I flew out the door with a can of Amy’s minestrone soup in my bag.


I love this soup for its big chunks of veggies and cool noodles!!

Before I left work, I ate a crisp apple. I had it half gone before I remembered to take a picture!
Dinner was a quick one tonight because I didn't really know what to have. I'm like that every Friday! I settled on a Lean Cuisine Panini and salad...
Looky, looky what came for me in the mail yesterday!!

This here is the ingredients to make Beadie’s Best Fudge Brownies!! I won the bidding on these at Meghann’s blogger bake sale and am especially appreciative to have them because dorky me got so excited about the sale that I neglected to read the whole post and missed the very important part about US residents only! DUH! Beadie was kind enough to send the fixings my way regardless of my dopiness! DD and I baked them up when I got home from work.

Here they are straight out of oven...
You can bet your bottom dollar that I had one, OK 2, for dessert! They were so good that my camera at the picture! I'll post another one tomorrow! These brownies are decadent! The only sound at the dinner table were the ohhh's and ahhh's coming out of our chocolate filled mouths! My hubby even ate 2 and he's not a chocolate guy! Thanks, Beadie for the fabulous treats!!!

DD is going for a sleep over at my parents house tonight so we're one kid down! I sent a few brownies along for bedtime snacks! :) I'm feeling kinda wiped out like I usually do come Friday so I think it'll be an early night for me! Anybody have any fun plans this weekend??

Bye for now!!