Hot Like Summer

Hi everybody!! Have you all been out enjoying the fabulous weather like I have? I guess that’s assuming the weather is grand wherever you are. As soon as this is posted I’ll be heading back out to enjoy the last of the daylight. Here’s yesterday’s breakfast:

• 2/3 cup water
• 1/3 cup kamut flakes
• cinnamon
• peanut hazelnut butter
• carob chips
• kefir

Sitting in the office yesterday was torture. I wanted to be outside so bad that I could’ve screamed. I’m sure we all have days like that, though. I snacked on a chocolate chip zbar:

I decided to go home at lunch and sit out on the deck soaking up some vitamin D. My kitties joined me which made it that much more relaxing. There’s just something about a purring, content cat.

I ate lunch back at my desk. I packed the last of the pork tenderloin and couscous salad from the other night.

I ate this cold and actually liked it better that way. My co worker surprised me with a small iced cap from Tim Horton’s:

I don’t drink these often so this was a definite treat.

Before leaving work I ate some mango and a blood orange:

I paid Walmart a visit before grabbing the kids to buy them some Easter treats. Our Walmart just turned into a super store so I wandered around the grocery area. It would seem they’re carrying a few neat items that I might have to try soon. ;)

Dinner was late….for us. We had BBQ-d chicken breast, green beans and I ate some leftover butternut squash, too.

Dessert was this most cute chick a dee cookie!

Almost too cute to eat! :)

I woke up today at the same time I would to go to work. Blah! I wasn’t hungry right away so I played on the computer for a bit. When the hunger came on I made a batch of Hungry Girl pancakes:

These beauties were topped with a bit of coconut butter and defrosted blackberries.

Freaking amazing, I tell ya! By 10am all 4 of us were out for a great bike ride. We hit the pavement and some trail. My new bike rides like a Cadillac compared to the bruiser I was using last year. I do think my bum will be tender in the morning, though! HA! We rode for a good hour and when we got back home my legs were feeling pretty good so I went for a quick 15 minute run around the block. The first half was all down hill, the second all up. By the time I made the driveway I was out-of-breath. Whoa. I felt great, though. A nice cold shower helped! Lunch followed:

Egg white, Sabra hummus, LC cheese wedged all between a burger thin and a yogurt topped off with granola. T’was good, but not quite enough so I ate a little bunny:

The afternoon was spent doing some gardening, playing hockey in the driveway with DS (which ended abruptly when I beaned in the head with the ball!) and some gardening. There was some relaxing, too.

I made a really good pasta dish for dinner tonight….shrimp marinara. I simply sautéed some onion and garlic, then added a can of diced tomato and tomato paste. Spices included dried oregano, basil, nutmeg, chilli powder, S & P. Just before the pasta was done I stirred in about a 1/4 cup of hummus and all the shrimp off a shrimp ring, tails removed. This was served with a pillow of freshly grated parm.

There was no talking at the dinner table tonight! I finished off with a little milk & white chocolate:

So, tell me….what have you been up to today???

Bye for now!