Week of Fun - Part 1

Spring Break is off to a great start! Hubby and I found perfect bikes at a local bike store. Hooray!

Now, it has been storming all week so we haven't been able to ride.... but I have gone into the garage to look at them several times!
I couldn't be happier! It's a pink Huffy, probably about 25 years old.

Next awesome item: fun sister day! We had waffles and coffee for breakfast. Tried some watercolor painting. Sewed some cushion covers and a funny little bunny named Frank. And finished a crafting apron I started working on last year! Yay for finishing projects.

 

Watch out. That iron is deadly.

I know this post is labeled part 1. Let's hope for a part 2!

I've always loved cake

Me - Age 1
My very first birthday, thus my very first birthday cake. My mom set it on the floor to try to get my attention. I promptly sat on it. 

Me - Age 1: Hmm. This seat feels different. 
Me - Age 1: Hmm. That kind of looks tasty.
Me - Forever after: CAAAKKKKKEEEE!!!!

Spring Break at Home

This year, we are opting to stay home for spring break. It's not that we wouldn't love to go somewhere, but the idea of resting for a whole week sounds lovely.
But I, being the compulsive planner that I am, need to have an agenda! That might sound silly, but I know the hubs and I well enough to know that without a plan, this week-off-work would quickly become a week-in-our-pajamas watching entire seasons of TV shows on Netflix. With this compilation of activities, we will still have the freedom to do whichever thing we want on each day. See, I'm spontaneous!

1. Bicycles!
The first step of this will be for us to purchase two bicycles. Step two: learn to ride again. Step 3: Weeeeeee!
2. Antique store and garage sale shopping
Every day. Obviously.
3. Casino!
This will be an opportunity to get out of town for a night and see my mom and grandma. Plus, granny owes me $20. Gambling money!
4. Picnic
I might need to get a basket for my bicycle... Or have a picnic inside because Hubs hates the outdoors.
5. Hang out with friends
I have several friends that could be included in this list!
Awesome-Sister-in-Tulsa will also be on spring break and she has a bike! Also, margaritas are on the agenda.
Denise and I could get some stuff done at the Raw Intentions Kitchen.
Some much needed time with Chelsea is also in order. She is getting married soon! Awwwww....
6. Go see friends in other cities
LOTS of friends in Fayetteville! That is at least a one-day excursion. Maybe two days, if we can sleep on said friends' floor.
We could possibly make a trip to Dallas to see family. That depends on if Hubs wants to drive.
7. CrAFts!
I can be pretty lazy on this front. But I have starting working on a knitted giraffe. Jealous? I'm not surprised.
Oh, check out my pinterest craft board!
8. Cooking!
This will be a great opportunity to bust out the crock pots and get some yummy food in our bellies.
9. Reading booooooks
 I very much want to read The Great Gatsby (never read it in high school) and Wake Up (book by Jack Kerouac about Buddhism!)
10. Maybe a little shopping?
I have a coupon for Gap Outlet... And they upped my credit limit! Those tricky bastards...

I'm pretty excited! Does anyone else have suggestions for an awesome week at home?
What is everyone else doing?

What a weekend!

What a weekend it was! I had a fantastic Saturday helping Denise at Raw Intentions prepare for Dinner & Movie Night. I designed a cute little menu for the evening.

And then the real work began! - Actually preparing the food!

Now keep in mind, this is a raw food kitchen. It is always so fascinating working at the kitchen with Denise. She is a hoot and a half . More importantly, she is extremely knowledgeable about health and happiness, and makes an excellent cheerleader for those of us beginning our journey in that direction.

Soon, Denise's kitchen will be open for business and we will all rejoice! Hallelujah for amazing food.

The Dinner went extremely well, and Denise was definitely in her zone.
Guests "oohed" and "wowed" and we brought out eat course. I think the tacos were the most impressive - every plate was licked clean.

And the movie! May I Be Frank. Very inspiring. Look it up. There were tears in people's eyes. Not mine of course.... that was just from the onions.
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And how to follow that awesome Saturday on a Sunday?
Why, you knit a pink elephant, of course. Pattern here on ravelry.

I foresee more of these little guys...

Me eat chocolate

I have been consuming an inhuman amount of dark chocolate lately. In order to change things up a bit, I tried a recipe from Raw Intentions.

Hooray for chocolate pudding!

The mad scientist secret?

It's made of avocados.

MUAHAHAHAHA!!!

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Cilantro Smoothie

Good morning! Yesterday was a very blah day for me. I was supposed to go take a blood test to see if I am preggers, but the clinic was closed. Hubby and I drove to 3 different drug stores to buy a home pee test. In the end, it was negative and we ate some nachos.

Today, I am feeling lighter. I may not know what the heezy is going on baby/body wise, but I can find much comfort in the people around me and the life I am lucky enough to have. I trust the universe to continue working as it is meant to; I'm down for the ride.

So! This morning's smoothie was a bit of a risk. This is how it started out...

1 cup Simply Apple Juice
2 Oranges
2 handfuls Spinach
8 sprigs Cilantro
2 Carrots
1 cup Frozen Strawberries
1 cup Ice
plus some Maca and Flax seeds

How did it taste, you ask? Like rubbing your face in a pile of cilantro.
Hmm.
Then we tried this...

Add:
1 Carrot
1  handful Spinach
1 Frozen Banana
1 cup Frozen Mango

And now? Better! Certainly drinkable. It's hard to mellow out cilantro once it's in there.
What did we learn today?

LESS CILANTRO FOR OPTIMAL YUMMINESS.

Have a great day :)

Family Tattoos

I have featured many tattoos on this blog. Today it's time to show you those closest to me (except my own, which by proximity... are closest...)
My beautiful family!

I love my family :)