by Jen
on September 8, 2013
Weekend photo time!
Sullie and I celebrated Friday with relaxation in the front yard followed by my street’s annual party.
Hot dog (there is a special place in my heart for hot dogs…I will not tell you how many of these things I ate late night in college. Hot dog man, hot dog man, hot dog man!!!), squash casserole (<– my fave!), basil green been salad with lima beans and bacon and mac and cheese. Unpictured was an amazing coconut sheet cake. The most exciting news from the neighborhood get together was that we have been redistricted from one of the worst school districts in Mecklenburg county to the best. Yay for my property value!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I had grand plans of going for a day hike in the North Carolina mountains on Saturday but with the launch of the new Metro Fitness Club site and ongoing home projects I postponed it. It’s a good thing that I did because I spent most of the morning working on the site and our email went down and I had to fix that so it would have been impossible if I were out of pocket. Instead I took a trip to Home Depot to look at kitchen lights, cleaned out the laundry room and pressure washed the driveway. It took FOUR hours during which I listened to Mindy Kaling’s “Why Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me?” which is highly entertaining, insightful and I highly recommend.
Sullie supervised from the front porch, clearly she was thrilled about it all. 😉
I taught my Sunday morning yoga class today and then decided to make up for that hike I missed…but locally. I made my first trip to Crowder’s Mountain and did a 5.5 mile hike with the pup. My legs are toast! It’s crazy how differently hiking targets your muscles than running or walking on a flat/stable surface. It was so nice to get out of Charlotte and be outside.
I was craving a big salad for dinner so I had mixed greens, figs, goat cheese, dried cranberries, pecans, avocado and a feta spinach turkey burger with aged balamic and olive oil.
Now, relaxation with Breaking Bad. Hope y’all had a good weekend!
Hot dogs…yes or no?
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