House Switcharoo, No Workout, Hushpuppy!

Wow! We could start an edamame fan club! Love it! And thanks for your comments about the salmon - I loved it and hope to make it this weekend for Austin (he was out of town for work - already, I know!) I've never tried the "wasabi paste" you guys mentioned - added to my list! So here’s what’s been going on with us whenever I say we’ve been doing “house stuff.” Basically, as most of you know, Austin is now working from home. I assumed he would work in his “upstairs den.” Here’s how the upstairs works:

Our “Red” Master room

“Green” Guest Room

“Orange” Guest Room

Austin’s Den

My Scrapbook Room

Well, the more we talked about it he pointed out that his den gets the least amount of natural light and it’s filled with lots of distractions (i.e. big flat screen, xBox, fridge full of beer, personal computer, home server, etc.). It seemed the best solution was to put him in my scrapbook room. However, that room is a little… feminine. So, since I rarely use the room, I handed it over. I just really wanted it to feel like his right at the start of his new job, so I put this plan into place (about 2 days before our Punta Cana trip and between Punta Cana & NY...)

“Green” Guest room: Was converted to “White/Orange” Guest room, given a new comforter and new furniture from the Scrapbook Room.

Added shelves and pillow from chair in SB room; added white bedding

Put dresser, desk and other items from SB room in here - it fit great in the cubby. Now we have an extra black chair on our hands (prob for my sister) and I took the dresser that was in here over to my mom's - it looks great. And the big Martin canvas is now in the upstairs den!

Our room: Was given the comforter from the “Green” Guest Room, as well as some new art and new decorative items in “green” rather than “red.”

Love the look of the green bedding - perfect for Spring. And the new pillow we picked up in NY worked perfectly for the new room! (can you see Reuben at the bottom right? hehe)

This was a new print Austin found at Ballard Designs - on sale for $120! (it's about 4'x4')

Austin’s Den: Was taken from masculine to gender neutral, and now houses our “red” items from the bedroom. Here's one pic I have - still working on this room!

Used to have his diplomas, Auburn stuff, etc. - now that stuff is being added to his office and we're making this room JUST like our old loft in browns & reds.

My Scrapbook Room: Now houses Austin’s new office following a trips to Ikea and Staples. Still working on this room - hope to finish this weekend!

“Orange” Guest Room: Left as is. :)

Did you follow all of that?! I was really happy with how relatively easy it was to switch our items around and make it work for Austin's new office. Once I finish the upstairs den and Austin's office, I'll take pics and post! I'm so excited!

So backing up to yesterday, it was a pretty dull day. I just worked a lot, had ANOTHER meeting over lunch (AKA no lunch workout), and then after work I headed straight home with stomach problems.... no nighttime workout. OMG - Tuesday and Wednesday are usually heavy workout days for me and now they've gone by the wayside. That's okay - i'm feeling better today and plan to do a lunch & post-work workout today and tomorrow - hopefully I'll get back on track!! Other than that, nothing super eventful happened - I did go out to Goldfish and instead of getting cheesy mashed potatoes or mac & cheese, which I honestly didn't feel like, I got blackened mahi mahi with a salad (baby spinach, arugula, cranberries, blue cheese and pine nuts in a raspberry vinaigrette). It was wonderful! I also had a hushpuppy - dang you fried bread! But come on - how often do you have the opportunity to have a hushpuppy? It never comes up for me! LOL I ended yesterday at 1,650 calories, 158 carbs, 61 fat grams and 116 protein grams. Here's what I ate.

Today I want to work out. I'm excited to hit up the gym during lunch and after work (lunchtime: run/walk; after work: walk/abs). Wish me luck!

Done any switcharoos at your casa?

Do you use the word switcharoo? Is it even a word? I didn't think I used it but it's come up a lot in executing the plan above! haha