by Jen
on November 3, 2013
Hey, hey! Hope you had a lovely fall weekend. That extra hour of sleep last night was pretty amazing and I felt so rested and revitalized today. I bounded out of bed to teach my 9:15 “yoga church” class. Apparently, I wasn’t the only one who appreciated the extra rest…class was packed and everyone was happy and energized.
I think that’s partially because I brought the sunshine with my yellow pants. They got QUITE a few comments. The best part about today’s class was the opportunity to finally meet long-time reader and fellow yoga teacher Pam. She was in Charlotte for a weekend getaway with her husband. She writes a blog about her experiences living her yoga and also as a military spouse. Check it out. Pam told me that I taught class exactly how I wrote my blog and that was interesting to hear from someone who’s been reading since I started this whole yoga teaching journey.
Lunch after class was a salad with homemade honey mustard (loved it yesterday, repeated it again today) and an open faced sandwich with mashed avocado, a perfect egg, tomatoes and colby-jack.
Other weekend stuff of note…
I baked those cookies I mentioned yesterday. I ended up going with an oatmeal pumpkin cookie with chocolate chips, dried cranberries and pumpkin seeds. They were great. I wanted to shoot them and blog more about them…but they’re already gone! 🙂
I went out for sushi with friends at Sushi Guru last night (<– fave in Charlotte). We started with a seafood ceviche that was incredible.
And several rolls to share. Gosh, sushi never gets old. One of my favorite foods to go out for…mostly because it’s something I can’t make at home and it’s just so good!
Breakfast this morning while I was prepping for my yoga class was a green smoothie. I drank it under a blanket with a side of coffee. It was 40 degrees in Charlotte this morning!
As far as workouts were concerned this weekend, I was totally content to yoga and walk. I practiced Friday, Saturday and Sunday and took long walks with the pup each day. Our beautiful fall just makes me want to be outside.
Sullie says I have to go. She needs attention.
Have a good night!
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