colorful dinner

Whew! Today was a long one - up at 4:50AM and not home until 9PM. I was able to get in a solid 4.8 mile run and a 3 mile walk with the pup before the temps got out of control - feels good to get workouts out of the way and hammer them out in the morning. I look forward to making this a routine (for more than a week this time!)

Tomorrow my morning starts off with Core, a new class at the Y. So excited to focus some of time working out on my abs, I have been neglecting them for quite some time now.

Anywho...much of my day was spent on the road and in meetings. My last one did not get done until after 7:30 - so by the time I walked out of there I was ravenous!!  A quick stop at the Hy-Vee salad bar was just what my stomach was craving.  I considered something quicker (drive through McDonalds perhaps) but quickly pushed that idea out of my mind as I knew I would instantly regret the decision.

Look how colorful dinner was!



I loaded up on veggies, fruit, some cottage cheese for protein and splurged on a mini lemon poppy seed muffin.

The rest of today's eats::

Lots and lots of coffee got me through the day - until 1:00 when I crashed hard and had to sneak in a nap before I got on the road!  Lunch was the same as last night, but beefed up with zuchinni - delicious!

It rained quite a bit while Nic and I were on vacation (enough to warrent a call from our friends informing us that we had water in the basement...great!  Seems to happen every time we take off for an extended period of time). Although the rain did no good for the basement, it did wonders for the seriously neglected flowers in our yard!



We made a promise to ourselves that this fall we are finally going to take care of the grading issue in our yard.  It helps that one of Nic's {hot farmer} friends offered the use of his time, skid steer and help in locating a dumptruck full of black dirt! (er, I really hope this friend does not read my blog!!)

Off to get in a few minutes of reading before my eyelids get too heavy!