Busy times!

Oh my, I can't believe I haven't had a chance to be on here since Tuesday.  Goodness!

Wednesday, I had Madelyn for the day, we had a LOT of fun playing and then we rushed out the door to Brian's mother's birthday celebration!

Thursday was another super busy day - got up and did my workout with the girls, ran out the door to my monthly massage (AHHH!!), a little shopping and lunch with a friend and then went to my BFF's 30th wedding anniversary surprise party.  I was so happy that she was surprised.  How I managed to get photos of food and other friends and not any of the happy couple, I'll never know....

 The Happy Couple, happy anniversary kids!! 

Friday, I got up and worked out and then Brian and I hit the road to KC.  I had Beachbody leadership training on Friday and Sat.  I met some great people, had dinner at Elephant Bar with them and then this morning we got our training on!  It was so good and I am so glad that I attended!

We got done today and just got home from another fun shopping trip.  I'm not much of a shopper you know, but this was fun stuff.  Charming Charlies, Penzey Spice Shop, Trader Joe's and The Tasteful Olive.  Now that is MY kind of shopping!  New sunglasses, several spice blends, pomegrante balsamic vinegar and roasted onion and cilantro olive oil.  Can't wait to try them!

Tonight, David and Lisa have prepared a fantastic smelling meal and then we are going dancing!  This should be a good night!

Life's little blessings

wow, talk about a busy weekend.

Friday was spent volunterring and cleaning up, went to dinner with friends for a birthday :)  and then early to bed. 

Saturday was a go-go all day long.  We worked around the house for a little while in the morning, went to drop off some donated items and later in the day, went to Magoo's for a little get-together.  We got to see several of our classmates and just had a blast.  Danced and talked, does it get any better than that?

Sunday was a day for cleaning our own property.  I can not belive that the weather - it is stinkin' hot here.  And humid.  I think I got a little overheated.  We were standing there on the foundation of our house, sweating like crazy thinking that it was so overwhelming the amount of debis to clean up.

 Then a guy pulls up in a pickup truck, comes up to talk to us.  Asks if we are the owners of the house, his sister lives 2 houses down (thankfully she is ok)  and he is from TX and his church group wants to help us clean up our property.  When we were talking and telling him about our other houses, he told us that his group would just take care of this house so that we can focus on our other houses.  Is that not the best blessing?  God is working miracles here in Joplin every single day!  Don't you doubt it at all!!!

Plan B in action!

Yesterday was a total plan B day!  Sometimes those days are fun, sometimes not so much.  This one was a combo for us, but turned out great all the way around.

Brian was going to have a boy's day poker game and I had decided I would lounge around, do some yoga or stretching, watch football and movies and just relax and recharge.  Brian's plans changed, and he wanted to go do something, so off we went.  We headed to Springfield and I got online and found a veg-friendly restaurant we hadn't tried yet.   We went to lunch at The Grotto in Springfield.  I thouroughly enjoyed my meal (chickpea burger and sweet potato fries - photo below!) and then we headed over to Bass Pro.  Bass Pro is every man's dream store.  It has everything in it for hunting, fishing, sports and even has clothes.  Brian loves their jeans and he wanted some new ones.  I even found something that caught my eye. 

Thank Goodness it won't be necessary for a while.

We headed home and got ready for the kids to come over for dinner.  We were having a celebration for Nick and Lauren's engagement!  I got the chili going, the kids came in and I was playing with Madelyn, oohing and aahing over Lauren's beautiful ring and talking to the kids and promptly burned dinner. I tried to save it, but it tasted burnt.  So, off to the pizza place we went. DARN THE LUCK!!!

We had a great time and it looks like a crowd when we all get together!

So, it was a plan B day, but all in all it was a good plan!

Yesterday's eats:

I totally deleted my breakfast photo by mistake today before I got them uploaded to the computer, so no photo of breakky!!

1 egg over medium with home fries with squash, mushrooms and onions - YUM!!

 LUNCH:  chickpea burger with sweet potato fries

Brian had the BBQ chicken pizza and it was really pretty!

Veggie pizza ( I take my own cheese  - Daiya and they cook it for me!)  I gave Miss Madelyn one of my pieces of pizza. The kids got a buffalo chicken pizza and it was too spicy for her.  Nona to the rescue!

I drank water all day, no snacks and did some stretching before bed, but I turned in early.  I was worn out after the fun weekend we had!

After seeing my eating for the last week, I see that I need to add in more fruit and fresh veggies.  I'm gonna work on that this week!

I usually eat a vegan diet.  Lately I have been having some fish and eggs occasionally. So, I can't really call myself a vegan or a vegetarian.  I think I'll go with a flexitarian!

Discussion:  How do you deal with Plan B days?  Do they stress you out or can you roll with it?

Organize much?

It's Friday!  We are planning a great weekend at the lake!  It is supposed to be sunny and 90 tomorrow, perfect lake weather.  Boating, swimming and good food on the horizon!  CAN NOT WAIT!!!

I am so solar powered!  I need my sunshine, we haven't seen it in a while around here.  It has rained for 7 days straight.  I am ready for the sun!

I'm also going to read this weekend.  Reading is one of my favorite things to do.  I love to read.  Any kind of books will do thank you!  Do you have a favorite book to recommend?   This weekend will be all kinds of books.  I got a Chelsea Handler book for fun, Yoga for Dummies to review and a new cookbook - Vegan Yum Yum!  I'll let you know what I think about them all!

Friday Challenge:

Today is about organization! The dreaded sock and underwear drawer.  Mine are so unorganized and crazy.  I can't find my favorite socks, or the best underwear in the drawers.   So, we are going to clean it up, throw away the old, bad and ugly and make it easy to find what we need.  Go through the drawers and get rid of anything that has holes, tears or just doesn't fit anymore.  Then when the bad is out - you can see if you need to make a purchase this weekend of new undies or socks. 

Here is a photo of my before organizing: 

I'll post the afters tomorrow!

Game Plan Training and Dallas trip!

We headed out to Dallas for a great weekend of Beachbody training and fun with our friends! Friday morning, we got up and had our breakfast, I did a short workout and then we hit the road. We met up with Jim and his family (Jim is a friend from high school) at a really cool coffee bar in Sherman TX. Brian had his usual coffee and I had a chai latte! YUM! The coffe bar was quaint and the perfect place to meet up! Carla and the girls are adorable and so nice. Lauren and Lindsey were a delight to meet! We visited for about an hour and then we were off to Dallas.

We got to our hotel and unpacked and then headed out to find some dinner. We ended up eating at a nearby restaurant called the Hot Bowl. We promptly re-named it Hot Mess! The food was good, but I think I enjoyed it more than Brian!!! After dinner, we decided to call it a night since we had been driving all day!

We got up bright and early ready to attend the Team Beachbody Game Plan Training Event! I am so glad that I went to this! I learned so much and Brian was such a trooper and made it through the morning session. We met some great Beachbody people!! I was so inspired by Betty's story and can't wait to talk to her again!

As soon as the training was over, we went to Frisco TX to visit Rodney, Diane and Claire! Brian and Rodney went to high school together and they moved from Joplin in July. It was great to see them and get to check out their new house! (Beautiful!!) We sat by the pool, I am so jealous of the great weather they have, and then we went to eat at Manny's! The food was good, but the company was even better! We left early this morning so we could get home and work on laundry and rest a bit before we start out crazy week! We were both glad that we had gone and can't wait until we can go on our next trip. Not sure where it will be, but it will be planned soon. We were taking one long weekend a month up until Brian's accident and I think we are ready to get those going again! So much fun!

Busy, but fun weekend!

Sorry that I went a little MIA the last few days. We've been busy. Friends came by for a quick visit on Friday. I also had my little Madelyn Friday night. I was brave enough to take her out for dinner with our friends. She was a trooper and did so good!

We met up with friends for dinner at Chatters. Good food and good conversation always makes for a great evening!

Saturday was spent getting things together for the house remodel we are doing. We made the deal on this house right before Brian had his accident. I had to go to closing on it by myself and we have had the boys working on it as well as now paying someone to finish it up. Brian is just beside himself because he can't do the work himself. We purchased the light fixtures and doorknobs, I got to load and unload the truck LOL! I'll be glad to get this one done.

Today has been a crazy day. Woke up super early. Had a great Shakeology breakfast and then we got a call that our rental property had a drug bust the night before. Oh great! We got that all taken care of and I got started on redoing Jake's old bedroom. I am turning it into a guest room. Mom will have a great place to stay when she and Dad come for Thanksgiving! I cleaned and mopped, got the new bed put up and now I'm ready to re-decorate! I'm going to look for a great rug and bed coverings. Not sure what else I'll put in there, but it will be fun shopping for cute things this week.

Tomorrow starts week 5 of Insanity. I'm a little scared. These workouts are hard and we are going to the next level! Whew, it will be challenging. I need to take my measurements tomorrow morning and see what kind of results I've had so far. I know that my clothes are fitting a little looser, but I haven't lost any weight.

I'll be posting pictures of the room re-do as soon as I get it done. Took the before pics today.

Gonna take it easy for the rest of the night. Have another good giveaway for tomorrow, be sure to check in!!