Keeping It Local

Hi all! Well, we couldn’t bear to go back in to Toronto today as the traffic has been pretty brutal the past few times we’ve been so we stayed around the area today. And what a beautiful day it was!

I just haven’t really been feeling my oats the past few days. Strange, I know! I’ve actually been wanting to finish up some open cereal boxes so I made another bowl this morning.

• 1 cup Nature’s Path Blueberry Optimum cereal
• 1/4 cup Nature’s path agave nectar granola
• 1 cup USVAB
• handful fresh blueberries

I’ve actually been quite surprised at how well cereal has filled me up the past few times I’ve eaten it. It never holds me as long when I’m sitting at my desk all morning.

I gave that an hour to digest while sorting and starting laundry. Then I went out for a run. DS came with me on his bike which is DD’s old bike that he is still getting used to. He was a wee bit wobbly! By 10:30 it was pretty warm (no complaints here!) and I found the last mile TOUGH. I really wanted to start walking a few times but just kept telling myself that I was strong enough to do it. DS was pretty tired by the end, too!

• Time: 32 minutes
• Avg Hr: 176
• Max Hr: 190
• Calories Burned: 368
• Distance: 3 miles

I have a love/hate relationship with the traffic lights that I go through. I hate to stop for them cuz it kills my time, but by the end of the run I’m kinda wanting an excuse to slow down for a second!

Lunch was super tasty AND it brought Fage back into my life! I made a wonderful parfait;

I layered Fage with raspberry jam, strawberries, blueberries and Dorset granola.

Perfection! We went to a local park for the afternoon and hung out with the Canadian geese…

And a swan;

Then we hit up Wendy’s for some more cheap ice cream! I got a kiddie size frosty this time as I wasn’t really hungry, but the coolness of the treat was enticing me!

Then we came home and put the kids to work…

They love to help Dad cut the grass! Too bad when they’re old enough to actually do the whole job, they won’t want to and we’ll have to resort to bribery! :) I picked up the 2 loads of laundry off the clothes line and then parked myself on the deck with my book for a good hour.

Dinner tonight was pasta. The fam had meat sauce that I had made a bit ago and froze, but I had something different on mine. I chopped up half a yellow zucchini and put it in the Magic Bullet with some salsa and cottage cheese. That got poured into a sauce pan and simmered for about 15 minutes to thicken up. I served it over a serving of Fiber Gourmet fusili….

After eating I went down to the garden and saw that a few cherry tomatoes were ready for the picking…

The plants are so heavy with tomatoes, but they’re still all green! You watch, they’ll all turn red at the same time and I’ll be in tomato overdrive!

My parents came over for a visit and when they left we visited with our neighbour for a bit. After that I went down to the grocery store to buy more (ripe) bananas because my hubby and I are now banana soft serve addicts!

Here we are at 9:30 and I still need to go get some stuff together for tomorrow. We have plans to go to the ROM (Royal Ontario Museum) because they’re calling for rain. Is every one having a good weekend so far??

Bye for now!!