Brrr…it’s chilly beans out there!
That’s at 8am!
Let me finish off my Friday before I get to the brisky behavior. Get it? ‘Cause it’s brisk out there? He he he
Every other Friday I pick up 10yo from school. He lives with his dad and it’s about a 40-50 min drive over to where they live, depending on traffic. Lucky for me that on Friday’s 10yo’s school gets out at 1:30pm so that means less traffic that I have to deal with.
I usually eat lunch before I drive out there, but since they just opened a new outlet mall halfway between our house and the school the news has been showing the ridiculousness that is people trying to get there to spend money!
Parking lot to get to the parking lot
So being the smarty that I am I figured I’d leave 40 minutes earlier than normal just in case…which meant I needed a to go lunch.
They make some fancy boxes now
Open sesame
I put together a whole wheat wrap with roast beef slices (the new healthy version from Oscar Mayer), hummus, arugula, goat cheese and olive tapenade (I love that stuff). On the side I had baby carrots and a mix of gluten free crunchy stuff – Blue Diamond Almond crackers, GF pretzels and some cinnamon almonds. Well the traffic didn’t even exist, so I got to 10yo’s school an hour earlier and sat in front of it like a creepy person eating my lunch. I did bring my work computer so I got a bunch of stuff I needed to get done – done. Hoorah for multi-tasking!
10yo and I picked up 12yo from school and we booked it home so I could finish up my work day. Then while the 2 boys plyaed XBox, HunBun and I dropped my car off at the dealership for a 5K mile service appointment. It gets so dark now! It’s like we were on a date – but actually just driving home from Toyota.
I was lazy so for dinner I made everyone GF pancakes. Wheee! I used Pure Pantry’s all purpose GF flour and added some vanilla and cinnamon. This mix makes really nice pancakes that hold their shape – although I am the worst flipper ever. Kept slapping them against the side of the pan or on the pancake next to it. Utter ridiculousness.
I like jelly on my cakes
After dinner I spent the rest of the night reading all my bloggedy blogs I subscribe to and cleaning up my email bins. Since I can’t just sit there, I was also “watching” Tattoo Nightmare followed by InkMaster. Those tattoo artists are SO TALENTED!!!! Tattoo Nightmare is one I’d watch again. They help people who have janky tattoos and turn them into beautiful new ink. It was crazy how they made the old tattoo just disappear. Check it out on your boob tube when you get the chance!
Saturday’s brisky behavior
So last night I tell HunBun, “hey lets walk to Starbucks tomorrow morning”. Well he tells me that he was already going to wake up early and do that since he had more work to get done. So I, being committed and all, said “oh, well maybe I’ll just run on up there and meet you”. So that’s what I did.
Rise and Shine
I used my new Timex GPS watch and apparently need to go back and read the manual again. I kept pressing all the buttons on the side and FINALLY got the GPS on along with the run feature so I could get a move on. Then off I went….then back home I came after realizing I forgot to take my medicine (I have a hard time remembering I need to take on an empty stomach)…then off I went (take 2).
I should have taken a picture of my cold weather running outfit – fail. I don’t have long tights, just mid-calf length. I wore a pair of those with my long sleeve “thumb-hole” Lululemon jacket’y thing and my awesome new Champion beanie I got from Target. I looked so cute – you’ll just have to take my word for it. 🙂 That hat was the best $10 I ever spent on running clothes. Kept my ears nice and warm which helped control the speed my nose ran. HA!
Even with the chilly air wooshing in & out I kept a nice pace of 8:45. Sweet! I could see HunBun sitting at a table drinking his Starbucks and pecking away on his laptop. It was warm when I got in there so I got a cool drink to start.
Chilling with my lady friend
I just read that caption I wrote. I meant the ‘Bucks mermaid, not the banana.
HunBun and I sat there for a while and then walked back home together. Grabbed a tall Soy Misto for the road since I had cooled down quite a bit. Thank goodness I did because it was hecka chilly outside! Round trip its about 2.5 miles from home to the ‘Bucks. Nice walk for him and nice run/walk for me (not the true application of Galloway‘s run/walk method 🙂 ).
To close out the morning Sweats I did a bunch of planking….
Not this kind
I started with some Chaturanga then a quick plank flow to engage my abs.
Click the link above to see in action
Here’s my quickie ab routine
Now I’m off to feed my belly as a girl can not live on a banana alone. 🙂
Engage in some “brisky” behavior yourself today!
See ya later
Cathy
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