Monday Meal Plan Menu, BBQ Ranch Chicken Pasta, Two-A-Days

Happy Monday! Hope you had good ones - I actually did, a bit of a too-long afternoon but not awful! Today started out with a 1-mile run + 1/2 mile walk, followed by chest, triceps and P90X ab ripper - woo! Then it was work, work, work, but I took a break at lunch for a 3.5-mile walk whilst catching up with Stacy. Then it was more work and now i'm heading home to the family for new recipe week! What is that? Well, friends, it's exactly like what it sounds like - I've found/created/adapted/healthified recipes for the entire week so we'll eat all new foods until Sunday. What's on the menu?

• Zucchini Breakfast Strata
• Tex Mex Breakfast Burritos
• Caprese Breakfast Cups
• 3-Meat Chili
• Thai Chicken Pizza
• Sausage, White Bean & Spinach Soup
• Orange-Beef Stir Friy
• Shrimp Etoufee
• Spaghetti with Bacon Meatballs

Yes, I'm so excited! We actually got started a bit early and had the Thai Chicken Pizza for dinner last night. A-mazing! And I have a recipe I didn't post last week:

BBQ Ranch Chicken Pasta
Recipe adapted from Picky Palate
Makes 4 Servings

Nutritional Information: 402 calories, 50 carbs, 5 fat grams and 37 protein grams.

At first I was like what? BBQ ranch pasta? But alas, I had a TON of red onion that needed to be used, so this was a perfect way to not waste an onion! The BBQ sauce combined with the carmelized red onions was great, and I loved the ‘cool’ that the ranch and cilantro brought to the recipe. This reheated well, and we froze/reheated, too, and it was great! A quick, easy recipe that you can have done in under 20 minutes. Check out the recipe on Healthified Kitchen!


Q: Have a favorite onion? I seriously love white, yellow, red and green - are there any others? If I had to pick i'd say white as I probably use it the most/find it the most versatile!


Q: What's one thing on your menu this week?!

Monday Two-A-Days, New Product Reviews!

Hello! I hope you're having good Tuesdays! Mine was pretty slammed - got up early, walked 1/4 mile, ran 2 miles, then walked 1/4 mile, then went through an all-day training class. It was a good class, but I hated being cooped up in a room, all day, with no windows and only cookies and pizza. Seriously. I told Austin and he said, "you're kidding, right?" That sounds amazing. LOL It wasn't, but I did see his point, not the end of the world!

Quick backtrack, yesterday I did my double workouts:

• a.m.: 1/4 mile, 1-mile run, 11 minutes on the stairclimber; abs
• Lunchtime: 2 1/4 mile walk; back and chest

Not bad! 3.5 miles, stairclimber and some ST - good day. Other than that I just worked, and tried out a few new products...

Now I'm not a huge fan of frozen meals only because I prefer making meals myself! However, sometimes they're just absolutely handy and necessary. I tried this one and just loved it. Such great sauce (really saucy enchiladas are awesome), and I loved the beans and little tofu bites. It was very filling and a meal I definitely plan to have in the freezer just in case!

I loved these little peanut butter sandwich crackers! You can have 12 for only 150 calories, and I thought that the serving was filling, too. I think my favorite part was that they were bitesize!!

Well these were just ridiculous. The serving size was 2 cookies and I swear they tasted like cookie dough. They melted in your hand and were incredibly soft. Be warned - addictive doesn't even begin to cover it, but so long as you're capable of holding yourself to no more than 2 in a serving (hehe!) you should try them!

Q: Have you tried any of the above? Did you like them?

Q: What's your favorite frozen meal? This is mine. Really - that good. I DO like Amy's stuffed shells too... but this one wins!

Friday Funny, It's the Weekend!

To start out with a funny.... hehe

I'm so corny - love it! Anywho - thanks you guys!! I loved your perspectives on work out time slots. It's always neat to hear how each of us make it work, and why - it definitely helps me to see your points of view! I have a bit of backing up to do - here goes!

Wednesday I got up early again - 3 days in a row for a.m. workouts! This time, I ran. And ran. I ended up running 2 mile straight, then doing 10 minutes on the stairclimber. Great workout! I then got ready, headed to work, met Crystal for yummy flatbreads at Seasons 52, worked more and then headed straight home to veg out.

Thursday I slept in, worked from home, used my lunch to cook and clean, worked more and then at 5 p.m. I showered, got in my PJs and just TOTALLY vegged with the family. I mean - I'm LOVING being back home and not having too many during-the-week obligations. Around 8 p.m. our sweet tooths kicked in, so we headed up to Yogli Mogli. They had a new fat-free frozen yogurt flavor - THIN MINT COOKIES. OMG it was wonderful and very low-calorie.

Seriously - made my day! So no workouts for Thursday - nice to take a little break. Today was another 2-a-day - got up early and went to my parent company gym. I walked 1/8 mile, ran 2 1/4 mile, walked 1/8 mile - two and a half miles in 25 minutes - yay! Then I went to a 4-hour meeting, before heading back to the gym during lunch for chest, triceps, abs and a 1-mile walk. Great 2-a-days-today. Now i'm about to head out for book club - looking forward to seeing some of my favorite girls!

Q: What are you doing this weekend? I have book club at Monica's tonight, then tomorrow we're going to try to get in a movie before a party at my friend Lo's and then Sunday we're going to the lake for Father's Day!

Q: Do you like Fro yo? What is your favorite flavor? Would you like 'thin mint cookies' flavor?! My favorite is probably peanut butter... mixed with dutch chocolate. yummmm I also like cookies & cream, birthday cake, red velvet - there is no limit to my love of fro yo!

Wednesday Two-A-Days, Breakfast Sliders

Yes, you guys MUST try Thai basil! If you can't find it, buy a plant. Seriously - the're like $3 full-grown and it'll last you for several recipes. :) I could see tossing it into just about any Asian-inspired dish and plan to do so! And OMG thank you for the DJ/mash-up master suggestions - i've already been tuning in to youtube - awesome. No such thing as enough running music; it's frightening how quickly I can get 'over' a playlist! So Yesterday was another standard day. Just got up early for the gym: I walked 1/2 mile, ran 1 1/2 mile and did 20 minutes on the stair climber. Great workout! HRM said:43 minutes, 356 calories; 7 fat-burning minutes and 36 fitness minutes; 155 avg HR and 177 max HR.

After the gym, I went to the office, worked, and took my lunch break to walk 3 miles. Then I worked more and headed home to finish packing and do all of my pre-cooking for our upcoming trip to Destin - CAN'T WAIT! Other than that, I finished Sophie Kinsella's Mini Shopaholic - SUCH a cute book, love that series. I'll post a review soon! I also had a yummy treat for breakfast, sliders!

Breakfast Ham sliders
Adapted from Say Cheese
Makes 4 Servings

Nutritional Information: 412 calories, 35 carbs, 13 fat grams and 37.5 protein grams.

I loved these little guys! The cream cheese and swiss cheese mixed so well together, and the whole sammy had a lot of flavor, a nice salty kick and lots of protein. Check out the recipe on Healthified Kitchen.

Q: Ever had sliders for breakfast? What's your favorite slider topping?

Q: What are you up to this weekend? We're heading to the beach (Destin) to celebrate Mary & Jimmy's 5-year anniversary for 4 nights with 3 couples, should be a blast! And I hope to meet Christina - a beachy blogger meet up!

B'ham Family Trip, Book Review

Happy Hump Day! Today I'm back at home, busy as a bee on my last day of vacation trying to get the house back to normal! Where did I leave off? Monday morning we left Gulf Shores and headed to Birmingham. We went from this...

To This....

So good to get to B'ham to celebrate E! I will say, we had a long, long drive, especially since it took us 1.5 hours to go about 3 miles. MAJOR traffic back up - we were literally stuck in Gulf Shores in our car. Such a mess! But nothing a Starbucks drink couldn't fix, and we switched off drivers, and I got to finish an audio book - awesome. :) We got in town around 6 central time, visited with the family, unpacked, had an awesome grilled dinner outside, hopped in the hot tub and got in bed where I slept SO good.

Tuesday I slept in, showered, and then headed to the gym. It was hard - I hadn't worked out since Friday! But I pushed it, and was able to walk 1 mile, run 2 miles straight, and do chest and shoulders. HRM said:1 hour, 381 calories, 15 fat-burning minutes, 45 fitness minutes; Average HR: 133/Max HR: 212. After my workout, Austin's mom, grandfather and his friend met me at the country club for a quick bite, then we all headed back home, got ready and it was time for graduation pictures and to see Elliot off! We took lots of pics, then got to the site 1.5 hours early to save a spot. We saw E graduate - it was amazing all that he and his class has accomplished. I mean really, these kids! There were over 90 (out of about 400) who had GPAs over 4.0 - and he was one of them. They work hard and I know he's going to do so well at AU! After graduation we celebrated with some awesome champagne and a few glasses of wine, and an awesome pasta dinner from Leonardo's - everything was great! Here's some pics:

Austin and his bros

Lots of support for E

Such a cute family!

Me & Austin at the service (and lots of water)

Outside at Austin's parents house - so nice to eat dinner at home in the great weather!

And have some wine!

E was very happy with the champagne toast - it was great!

As was the food!

Michelle had a perfect set up as always! Their backyard is amazing

After dinner, E's exit to go party with his friends and some cookie cake - it was time to go to bed, where I finished Emily Giffin's Something Borrowed. Yes, I'd read it before but it had been over 4 years. After seeing the movie (review here!), I just had to read it again and remind myself of the story I'd enjoyed so much. Even the second time and after the film, it didn't disappoint. Quick Review: I just love the story. I think it's interesting when you find yourself sympathizing with characters you would normally dislike (i.e. a man who cheats on his fiance and a woman who cheats with her best friend's fiance). I had also forgotten about several of the characters in the book that didn't appear in the movie - although I think they did a good job in the movie meshing together characters to still tell the story. I think I mostly just like that it felt real, it rang true and I could really empathize with the characters or see myself reacting the same way to things - fun to read. I also bought it - I believed their love for each other and that makes a good book for me. I give this one a 5/5 - it's a complete and total favorite and page turner for me.

Q: What do you prefer: fiction or nonfiction - why? I prefer fiction - I'm all about escapism! I can't wait to see what happens in a book and don't feel you get that level of suspense with nonfiction.

Q: When did you graduate high school? What do you remember most about your graduation? I finished up in May 2000 - seems like forever ago and yesterday at the same time. I remember the ride over with my friend Jenny, the heat, who attended to support me and not wanting to throw my hat. I just remember being READY and certain. I was starting college classes the following week and couldn't wait!

New Flatbread Recipe, Monday Two-A-Days

So glad so many of you are considering (or have!) seen Something Borrowed - I really loved it and hope that you enjoy it as well! I'm also loving re-reading it - almost halfway through! So how was your Monday? Mine was pretty hectic. I got up early for a 2-mile run + 1/4 mile walk. HRM said: 22 minutes; 203 calories; 1 fat-burning minute and 21 fitness minutes; Average HR 166; max HR 211. I wish i'd had time for more, but I had to get into work! I worked all a.m., then took a lunch for a 2 1/4 mile walk and did my Feb. 2011 chest and back workout.

Great workout! I'm glad I was about to get in 4 1/2 miles - even if it was all split up! I worked through the afternoon then headed straight home from work to my family and to this yummy recipe.

BLT Flatbread with Maple Vinaigrette
Adapted from a Can you Stay for Dinner recipe
Makes 4 Servings

Nutritional Information: 428 calories, 55 carbs, 12 fat grams and 17 protein grams.

The vinaigrette was really tangy, and mixed with the bacon, feta and maple it had a lot of flavor. ]The mix was good fresh, and after refrigerating it was just as good, maybe better because the flavors had more time to mingle. The vinaigrette went a long way, and the recipe was very filling. We will definitely have this again - a great, summer recipe! Check out the recipe on Healthified Kitchen!

Q: Do you make any flatbread recipes at home? If so, what do you use for flatbread? I've used tortillas, pitas and flat out wraps, but yet again, naan tastes the most like the real thing!

New Romper, Awesome Weekend!

Happy Sunday! I hope you all had great weekends! Mine has been wonderful - I am not wanting to go into work tomorrow - BOO! Friday was just another a.m. workout: 45 minutes of spinning with a new drill sergeant instructor followed by a 1/4 mile walk at 4 mph and a 3/4 mile run at 6.3 mph. HRM said: 58 minutes, 516 calories, 1 fat-burning minute, 57 fitness minutes; Average HR161; max HR 185. Then I just worked, bought a romper at Urban Outfitters during lunch, worked more and then headed straight home to wash the puppers, pack and get ready for the weekend!

new romper - I think it will be perfect for Auburn games! (hard to tell in the pic but it's blue and orange!)

Saturday we woke up early and hit the gym! I never get to go to the gym with Austin - so fun! We hopped on the treadmils and I walked 1/4 mile at 4 mph, ran 1 mile at 6.3 mph and 7 mph, then walked another 1/4 mile at 4 mph. So 1.5 miles - woo! Then I did abs, back and chest! HRM said: 53 minutes at 363 calories; 34 fat burning minutes and 19 fitness minutes; average heartrate 137; maximum heartrate 193. Then we headed home, packed up the car and visited Birmingham! We hung out with Austin's parents, saw his brother off to his senior prom (so fun!), then headed to Scott & Kim's wedding with Mary and Jimmy! We had a great time reconnecting with so many of our old college buddies, celebrating at the reception, and of course catching up with Jimmy and Mary - LOVE THEM SO MUCH! Great night, so glad we headed over! Picture time!

Austin with his little bro Elliot on E's prom night

I mean seriously - 25 couples took a bus to dinner - can you imagine! It was so fun to see everyone dressed up!

Me and Austin pre-ceremony!

Me and my bestie Mary!

The boys at the reception

Keeping it classy as per usual

All of the pikes in attendance - SO many! (and yes, the pro photographer hopefully got a better shot!) :)

Austin, Scott, Fox and Johnny!

The Martins and Veloti with the new married couple!

Fun catching up with Ellen!!

Had a great time with these girls!

Austin had a blast with the boys!

And of course we had the best time with Mary and Jimmy - "the two best friends that anyone could have!"

Q: What was the highlight of your weekend? Mine was definitely Birmingham - we just had so much fun with our family and friends!

Q: What is your ideal Sunday? Mine is sleeping in, spending the day with my family and reading!

Commute Rant, New Mexican Recipe, 7 Miles, Upper Body ST

Thanks for your suggestions on the posting, guys! I decided that i'd post the full recipe on Healthified Kitchen - but put the picture, serving size and review over here and just link over there - why not? haha Thanks for your feedback and for reals - EASY peasy bake. Loves. So cool that so many of you have already tried it and loved it!! Yesterday was pretty chill, just work, 4 miles during lunch with Stacy, more work and then a 1-mile walk + 2-mile run after work. Not too bad. Then I did this chest, tricep, shoulder workout again. OMG.

After ST I went ahead and showered and blowdried my hair at the gym because OMG my traffic has been HORRIBLE this week. Like no 1-hour roundtrip commute, more like 2-hour roundtrip commute. Don't get me wrong, I'm loving some James Patterson 8th Confession audio book but this is just ridiculous! :( I stayed at the gym until 7:30 p.m. and traffic was STILL bad. Sigh. Anywho, enough complaining. Here is another new recipe I whipped up this weekend:

Ranchero Macaroni Bake
Recipe adapted from a Recipes for Moms recipe
Makes 6 Servings

Nutritional Information: 401 calories, 47 carbs, 6 fat grams and 32 protein grams.

Review: Very good. The green salsa really added some extra fire that I think I would have missed if I hadn't added. The soupiness helped - I was nervous at first to stir before adding the chips, but it made a big difference and helped it cook more evenly. I liked the chip layer too - very crunchy, especially against the pasta/soupiness of the rest of the recipe. All in all, I would make this again and wouldn't change anything, great pastsa bake!

Check out the recipe here!

Needless to say, once I got home at 8:15 (after talking with my mom the whole way home!), I just had dinner, got in bed and had a piece of cake and some milk. No joke - I needed a dessert like no other! We settled in for Duplicity with Julia Roberts and Clive Owen. It wasn't bad or anything but I passed out about one hour in. Oops!

Q: What's your commute like? Mine is usually 30 - 40 minutes to work and 20-30 minutes home. So an hour. Except for Friday's - it's WIDE open, like I can do round-trip in 40 minutes - woo! For the record, i'm exactly 16 miles from my office.

P.S. Only tell me if your commute is as bad or worse than mine. J/k!

Hot Chicken Salad Recipe, 5.5 Miles, Chest + Triceps + Shoulders, Remy!

Thanks fellow quinoa lovers! Sounds like there are a lot of us out there!! Love the ideas you gave me - especially Jenn with her breakfast quinoa idea - i'm SO going to try it. And thank you for your support on the Maintain don't Gain challenge I joined. I hope I can do it - I think I can!! Yesterday was pretty chill - just work, 3.5 mile-walk during lunch with Stacy, more work, and then a 1-mile run + 1-mile walk with Stacy. We also did this chest, tricep, shoulder workout. It KILLED.

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After our workout I headed home and chilled with the family - great, restful evening! This was pretty much how chill it was:

Little Remy LOVES Reuben's orange toy. Not so much to play with, but to sleep on. The two are doing great and getting along better every day. Reuben got a bit jealous, but we think it was just him being insecure so we're continuing to make sure to give Reuben just as much if not more attention! Love those puppers!

Today was pretty chill too. Just work... and lots of it. We got off at 2 p.m. so I worked through lunch.I had plans to go to the gym but just wasn't feeling it so I headed home and have just been resting and hanging out with the fam, getting my chill on before tomorrow when we head to Lake Lanier to Aunt Sharon and Uncle Terry's FABULOUS lake house. Can't wait to see everyone, visit with Austin's fam and brothers and eat fabulous food. Speaking of fabulous food, I was over at The Weigh I am and she had linked to a recipe at Fabulessly Frugal. I had never been to the site before and found TONS of recipes and inspiration. In fact, I found a recipe that looked so good I ran downstairs and made it. I'm so psycho kitchen-obsessed. Here goes...

Hot Chicken Salad
Adapted from a Fabulessly Frugal recipe

Makes 4 Servings

1 pound chicken, cooked and cubed
1 tbsp lemon juice
15 grams slivered almonds (2 tbsp)
½ cup fat-free mayonnaise
½ cup celery, finely diced
½ cup fat-free cream of chicken soup
½ tsp minced onion, dried
28 grams Cabot 75% cheddar cheese, grated (1/4 cup)
1 oz. potato chips, crumbled
4 Mission tortillas, burrito size

Toast almonds on cookie sheet in a 350 degree oven for 7 minutes. While toasting, mix all the ingredients except cheese and potato chips. Remove almonds and add to mixture, then set the oven to 400 degrees. Place mixture in baking dish and add cheese then chips to the top of mixture. Bake for 20 minutes Serve in wraps.

After baking - could easily spoon over noodles or rice instead! I wouldn't recommend lettuce though - I think it would make it welt. The recipe suggested croissants.

Nutritional Information: 451 calories, 48 carbs, 13 fat grams and 37 protein grams.

Review: Loved! These were insanely filling, which was awesome. The casserole could easily be put on rice or noodles, but we liked them in wraps. They were warm and gooey - the mayonnaise, cream of chicken, cheese mix really tasted like it was so bad for you, but 450 is great! Next time I may even try barbeque chips for a little kick!

K- off to watch a movie with the family. Happy Thanksgiving to you all - we all have SO much to be thankful for. I am so thankful for my family, my friends, my job, my health... the list goes on - I'm a happy lady!

Q: What are you doing for Thanksgiving? We'll be at the lake tomorrow, then Friday is Iron Bowl, then Saturday is Athens for the UGA vs. Tech game!

Q: Have you ever had hot chicken salad? I've only had cold before but hot is AMAZING. Thanks again, Fabulessly Frugal!

Book Review, 6 miles, Travel Diaries Part 2 of 2: Being Friendly in the Skies

Thanks you guys! It really was such a beautiful wedding and I was so happy to be a part of it and to spend time with some of my best friends!! As promised... Travel Diaries Part 2...
So... as you know I left my phone in my car - traumatic!! I get to the airport and barely make it on the plane. All is good. As i'm boarding a flight attendant tells me I have two personal items (a small laptop bag and a tiny coach purse). She's like put your purse in your other bag. I'm like okay I will.... trying to walk away (figure I can do it in the overhead bin). No go. She's like now. I'm like okay, I try to get off the plane to do it on the hallway-connect-to-the-airport-thingie. She's like no, do it here. I'm like here? (waving my hand in the 2'x2' area on the floor in front of first class) She's like YEAH, here. So, in a huff, I throw all my shiz down (coat, water bottle, rolling luggage), unzip my suitcase and put my purse in. And no, I can't get it zipped back up, yes, i'm sweating and of course, everyone is looking at me. I get up and she is staring at me and laughing with her co-worker. True story. I roll my eyes and go to my seat.

There I meet Rose, a nice lady, who's like what was that all about? I'm like oh, apparently a purse this size (indicated with hands) counts as a personal item and they wanted me to correct it right there on my hands and knees in front of everyone. We're chatting and that flight attendant comes back over and tells me to stop talking about it, it's federal law, etc. I'm like um, i'm talking to her, my new friend Rose, fellow passenger, NOT you, so you need to leave me alone now. She was like well you just need to let it go. I'm like again, I'm talking to her not you and she asked what happened and that was it. Did she let it go? No, she kept on going on about the law and I just stared her down until she left.

Okay, I knew she was being a bitch. I knew I was in no mood. But I saw her whispering, staring and pointing and was like shit, i'm going to get kicked off this flight. So about 10 minutes later I have to pee. I really do. In all of the stress I drank my entire camel bak. So I ask a different flight attendant if I can go, he says yes and i'm off. I'm about to close the door and there she is - DANG!

Her: "Mam, the fasten seatball sign is still lit, you're not to be about the cabin, it's federal law.

Me: "I'm sorry, I asked the guy and he said it was fine, I'm not trying to cause trouble... speaking of. I'm sorry. I'm sorry if I offended you earlier. I was stressed out, I lost my phone, I was running late, but those aren't excuses for me to have behaved the way I did. I overreacted and was a bit bratty and I apologize."

Her: (her WHOLE FACE changed along with her voice) "Sweetie, I'm sorry too!"

Love it. I pee, I go back to my seat and she comes out of no where (again!).

Her: "Honey, would you like a cocktail?"

Me: "No thank you."

Her: "It's on me."

Me: "Chardonnay."

Yes, I got free wine and upgraded first-class snacks on her. I thanked her, and when we landed and I left the plane, tipsy, she told me to have a great day and thanked me again for saying I was sorry.

Lesson learned: throw a mini tantrum while boarding + honest apology = free alcohol.

Backing up to Monday - we got up, had a quick turkey/swiss muffin for breakfast and got on the road to the airport with Megan and Clint. We reminisced, chatted and laughed, then got some gummy bears and boarded the plane! I had a much less memorable return flight - just finished Karin Slaughter's Fractured. Book Review: I give this one a 4/5. It was part of the Will Trent series. The story started out with a bang - a suburban mother coming home to her daughter being murdered - murderer STILL in the home. From there, it took lots of turns and twists and surprises - I flew this one - couldn't wait to see what happened and the mystery didn't disappoint! The only reason it's a 4/5 rather than a 5/5 was because somewhere in the middle it slowed down too much for me and I was just kind of over it. But then it picked up and I loved it. I'd recommend it, but suggest you read the series in order!

After finishing my book we got in town, went straight home and I fell asleep from 4 - 8 p.m. No joke! Great nap. I took some more medicine (throat on fire; stuffy nose; cough), got ready for work and went to sleep! Pretty slow Monday for sure.

Tuesday was just catch up at work, 4-mile walk during lunch, more catch up and then a 2-mile walk after work and this chest, tricep, shoulder workout with Stacy.

After our work out I raced home and had a mini cooking marathon with Austin! We made 6 servings of veggie breakfast casserole, 4 servings of Red Thai Curry (i'm on a Thai kick), 4 servings of Chicken & Mushroom pesto and prepped a few other meals (i.e. diced chicken, cooked noodles, diced veggies, etc.) Then it was time for reading and bed - i'm now reading another Karin Slaughter book - Undone. SO good!

Q: Have you ever had a "dismal and/or degrading airport experience"?

Q: Have you ever read Karin Slaughter books?

More TV Pilots, 10K Training, Kirnfest

Hey ladies! How has your weekend been?! Mine has been great so far - loving that I still have a good bit of Sunday left!! Friday was just work, Seasons 52 during lunch with Stacy, work more and then after work I did this chest/tricep/shoulder workout, and a bit of abss.

After my workout I came home and hung out with the family, had a few beers, and watched some TV with Austin & Reuben! Great chill night - LOVED it.

Saturday I slept in a bit, cleaned a bit, then hit the gym for a 3.5-mile run - yay! I walked 1/4 mile, ran for 33.5 minutes straight at 6.3 mph, then walked another 1/4 mile.

Great workout - I think I'm ready to move to the next week in my running plan! Can't wait and am so excited at how well it's progressing!! After my workout we got ready and headed over to Mike & Mandy's for Kirn Fest! They do a beerfest each year at their home - good times, yard games, fun friends and flip cup - love it! We took a break from the festivities to watch the Auburn game - WAR DAMN EAGLE! It was a little touch & go but the Tigers pulled it off - yesssss. We're 4 and 0! Anywho, here's some pics:

someone brought Tiger beer hehe

Forgive the fact that this picture was taken a bit late night - but they had 3 of these tables with holes in them flled with buckets, then they would use the 6-packs to make labels to show drinkers which beers were in which tub - CLEVER! Cute set up.

Me, Austin & Reuben after the win!

Stacy helped us take care of Reuben all day - he loves her so much!

Me and the ladies!

After the win we stayed up WAY too late and then went to sleepy!

Today I got up around 8 a.m. and headed home from the Kirn's! So far we've had a lovely, lazy day with a bit of laundry, a bit of cooking and LOTS of TV pilots:

• The Event: C- I'll try it again but really didn't think it game me enough information.
• Shit My Dad Says: B- I want to like it. I love William Shatner. And I like all of the characters except the main guy - hate him. He's an annoying whiner so I don't know if I can watch again. Sad!
• Outsourced: A+ Loved it. Hilarious. Cute sitcom and different with it taking place in India. I think it's going to be funny - am definitely watching again.
• Hellcats: C I mean... it's bad. It's one tree hill meets bring it on. But I like bad/girly shows so i'm sure i'll watch it anyway! Great to have on while you're doing something else. Definitely doesn't require attention.
• Bluebloods: A+ LOVED so good to see Tom Selleck, loved the family dynamic of the cops + DA and thought that it really set up a lot of interesting storylines. Can't wait to see another episode!
• Other than the above, I also watched Parenthood for the first time - I liked it! I think i'm going to start watching it. And I watched Love Happens. What a sad, sweet little movie - I enjoyed it as well!

Q: What was the highlight of your weekend?

Q: Seen any of the shows above? If so - yay or nay?!