Happy Birthday Month to all my April birthday buddies! I can’t believe I am going to be 29 in just 2 weeks. Holy crap. Where the heck does time go?!
I had a relatively quiet weekend last weekend, which was a welcomed change! It was nice to not be under stress to get from one thing to the next, and to have time to relax and get stuff done around my apartment.
Friday night I got to babysit my 2 favorite kiddos. They love making pizza with me, so their mom whipped up some homemade dough and we made the most delicious pizza. It ended up working out well since I can’t eat meat on Fridays anyway!
Saturday started off the best way: with a workout! As I’ve mentioned, I went to a Spartan training workout with a group of gym friends. I’d love to say that I LOVED the workout, but I didn’t. I thought it was really good and left me physically beat, it was too long. I was ready to be done about an hour into it, which I think was because it was fairly repetitive. Read: we did A LOT of burpees, squats, lunges, jumping jacks, running in place and push ups. Like, a lot (I think we did at least 200 burpees- no joke). While those are great exercises, I would’ve liked to have seen a better variety to keep us engaged for the whole time. We did run outside for a bit, which was greatly welcomed since the BC High School gymnasium was SO HOT. Overall, it was a good workout, but I don’t think I’d do one again. It was definitely fun to work out WITH my gym friends, rather than just teaching them 😉
I definitely earned my lunch and bubbly at Lincoln Tavern with my sister! As I mentioned on Instagram, Lincoln has a “Bucket of Bubbly” deal where you get a bottle of Prosecco and 3 mixers (OJ, grapefruit juice and peach puree) for.. wait for it… $24! Even if you don’t finish the bottle (I’m embarrassed to admit we didn’t finish it…), it’s still a better deal than ordering glasses separately. I also enjoyed an asparagus, caramelized onions and cheese omelet.
After lunch, I headed to my date’s apartment (I’m going to call him that rather than “the guy I am dating”… much easier 😉 ) to hang out. We had a nice, quiet night in which included drinking really great wine, cooking/making dinner and watching a movie.
Have you seen the Dallas Buyers Club? We both really enjoyed it. While it was a bit more serious and intense than I usually watch, it was a very interesting story with great acting!
I wanted to share the recipe that we used for our appetizer. My date is gluten and dairy free right now, so he got this really great Paleo recipe book and we made the Tahini sauce.
(he set this up for me to take a photo to put on here- super cute!)
It was a fun treat! He had made homemade sausages a few weeks ago, so we also had some of those with peppers, onions and a side of kale. Delish!
Sunday started out with a workout and then grocery shopping, meal prep, laundry, cleaning and blogging. The gross, rainy weather was perfect for all of these activities! I made a crock pot soup, which was just a bunch of veggies, sweet potatoes and broth/Stubbs’ marinade. I added chicken at the end. Perfect meal for a rainy Sunday!
I also made these amazing bars that Athena posted a while ago. I added in unsweetened coconut flakes and used gluten/dairy free chocolate chips. These things continue to amaze me!
And that’s about it! All around really great weekend.
Questions for you: Do you make your own pizza dough or buy it? Have you done a Spartan race? Have you seen Dallas Buyers Club? If so, what did you think?
Burpees to Bubbly 
We watched Dallas Buyers Club awhile back – I had no idea what it was about until we watched it so it was a bit of a surprise!!! That Spartan training sounds intense!!!
I’m all about the champagne brunch – what a great idea to get 3 juices!!!
Yeah I didn’t know either, so I was definitely surprised! Champagne brunch is the best kind of brunch- such a great deal!
I actually enjoyed the Spartan workout, but toward the end I found that I had to keep myself jumping to keep my energy up. I actually make homemade pizza more than I would admit publicly, but it’s one of the few things I eat and love. I get Whole Foods multigrain dough-so so good! I even make it for the kids I babysit for, because it’s fun to get them involved, and they like the multigrain dough too!
My feet just hurt from jogging in place so much and my energy definitely wasn’t there- I was starving and over it, haha Whole Foods has great dough and making it with kids when babysitting is such a fun thing- they love it!
I’ll have to check out this Spartan training in my area. It seems to be getting a lot of buzz.
There were SO MANY people there- definitely worth checking out!
Hi Nick, I can’t comment on either the Spartan Training, or the movie, BUT I can say that Dad’s homemade pizza crust made in the bread machine is the best–whenever we can get him to make it!! Mom
Dad’s is the best… and Portland Pie Company! I don’t know why he doesn’t make it more often. I think I’m going to get him a new bread maker for father’s day.