When I wake up, the first thing I think about is coffee on the deck while my pups do their business. After a quick cup yesterday, I knew I wanted to get out and about. I threw on some sweats and a hat and Mike and I were out the door before 8:00 in search of breakfast.
After breakfast and a little chat over coffee, we took a drive in the hubs new toy. We drove forever. I loved it. Cranked up tunes, top down (the car, not mine. I think that’s illegal!) sunshine, and no place we really had to be. That doesn’t happen much and we really need to allow it to happen more often. I love a drive with the music turned up and the wind blowing like crazy.
It’s been something I’ve enjoyed since I first started driving as a teenager. Some weird liberating feeling comes over me with the music and the wind. I do that alone a lot, but I think Mike enjoyed it just as much as me yesterday.
After a nice long drive, we were back home. I got caught up on the blog while enjoying a beautiful and sunny afternoon on the deck. Tucker can’t stand it when the computer is in my lap more than he is, so every once in a while, this happened.
Mike piddled in the garage for the rest of the day. Like ALL afternoon! I thought I had it clean? I ain’t got nothing on him. I never even thought to clean under those steps!! I worked really hard on this garage a few weeks back, but I will say that he finished it off nicely.
I love that he is doing something besides working now. He has talked about a “weekend car” for years, and it has finally given him something to think about besides work, even if it is just a drive or a day spent piddling in the garage. Such a good thing. Now if I can just get him back on the golf course.
I cooked up a few things yesterday and I’m going to try and keep our meals simple this week. Grilled meats, veggies and salads.
I roasted plenty of Sweet Potatoes. We have fresh tomatoes for a simple plate that is so good. I grilled up some Chicken Breast and a few Chicken Apple Sausages, Grilled some Zucchini and sautéed a few Sweet Onions and Bell Peppers.
Okay, busy day planned today. I’ve even already walked this morning!
Here are yesterday’s eats..
Breakfast – 15 SP
I always guess 15 Smartpoints on this meal at First Watch. I order the Bacon Avocado Tomato Hash with Poached Eggs, no Cheese and fruit, no English Muffin.
Lunch – 3 SP
BLT Wrap and a Pear with Cinnamon. This was messy, but tasty!
Dinner – 10 SP
Chicken Breast, 1/2 Grilled Chicken Apple Sausage, Peppers and Onions, Zucchini, Sweet Potatoes and Farmer’s Market Tomatoes with S&P, Olive Oil and fresh Basil.
These are my 2016 Goals
Make time each week to Meal Plan
Drink 100 ounces of water each day
Exercise 5 days a week
Three Meals and One Snack, Daily
I can eat 30 SmartPoints a day.
I have an allowance of 35 extra Weekly Points that I can dip into throughout the week if I choose.
My Weight Watcher Week Begins on Friday’s
Breakfast = 15
Lunch = 3
Dinner = 10
Total = 28
Exercise = Day off
FitPoints Earned = 0
FitPoints Earned This Week = 11
How many ounces of water I drank for the day = 80
Remaining Weekly SmartPoints = 0
“love the life you live, live the life you love”
I think everybody needs a hobby to get out of the “work brain”, so it will be a great distraction for sure!
I really wished you like sweet potatoes too, but really you could do all the stuff I do with sweet potatoes with any potato, and I think it taste just fine. I do love potatoes.
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Ha Ha! That would have been nice. But I will admit it was a nice and pretty relaxing weekend.
Hope you are well and keeping busy for the summer!
Love Grilled Zucchini! I put just a tad of Olive Oil on them with my fingers and rub it on them, then sprinkle with sea salt and pepper. Or you could spray them with just a little Olive Oil spray.
I do just about 2 minutes, then flip for another 2 minutes.
I’m not eating much cheese these days, but they are amazing if you sprinkle just a little shredded parmesan on them right after you take them off of the grill.
Let me know if you make them!
My husband has a race car hobby and I like that it gives him something to do besides work!
With bad knees, he can’t exercise so this gives him something for stress relief also.
p.s. I wish I liked sweet potatoes….. Tried them many times, they just don’twork for me. 🙂
When you grill the zucchini, do you put anything on them before grilling? Any idea how long they are on the grill? Do you turn them? They look delicious.
Here I thought you must be taking some vacation days and having some fun and now I know your computer wasn’t working.
You would of liked my dream ideas of you vacationing over the hard work you actually did—-lol.