Good Excuses

Good Evening!
Hope everyone's Wednesday is going well.  We're almost through the week!  

Monday started off with an attempted workout which was quickly abandoned since our air conditioner decided to stop working.  On the plus side...since the air wasn't working I had a good excuse to not cook dinner.  Always look on the bright side... :D  We tried a new restaurant which was a super nice treat.  I had a BLT sandwich with Avocado.  Huge slices of bacon.  I could feel my arteries clogging.  I heard the couple next to us raving about the heirloom salad so the next time we go back I will get that with chicken.  yum.  After dinner it was off to the frozen yogurt shop -- and then it was home for a battle royal with our four year old over bedtime.  We finally got him in bed by making him a sticker chart.  When he gets six stickers we will get him some green facepaint so he can be a Ninja Turtle.  Some call it bribery, some call it parenting.  It's a fine line.  After he was finally in bed I stress ate some "ice cream".  It happens.  

I ended the evening with a bedtime yoga routine.  I needed it. 

Tuesday the pup and I headed out for a great run.  I swear - we live in such a beautiful area.  I can feel the hint of fall in the air.  I was actually cold during my warmup.  

We ended up going out to dinner again Tuesday because the air conditioner still wasn't working.  We also visited the Halloween store!  Growing up - we started thinking about what our costumes were going to be starting in July.  It's an almost daily conversation with my oldest.  :D   

Workout post 1

Hello!

Tuesday morning started off a lot earlier than anticipated. I had a difficult time sleeping all night and then randomly, at four in the morning, I was awake for good. Don't ya hate when that happens?  Grr...

since I was awake I was able to put that time to good use. I ate my usual breakfast (oatmeal pancakes) and got my run on.  Today was week 4 day 2 of the Couch to 5k program. I love this program. I've done it a few years ago (running and I have an off again on again relationship) and think it's super doable. Today was jog 3 minutes, walk 90 seconds, jog 5 minutes, walk 2.5 minutes, jog 3 minutes, walk 90 seconds and jog 5 minutes.

The obligatory foot and dog selfie

My dog was super excited to go on a run.  She was my bestie the rest of the day.  I must be getting a little faster during my run because she seemed like she was running out of energy towards the end.  Maybe dogs have off days, too.

After my run I completed a circuit workout from the Housewife Glamour blog. Check out her blog.  It's super cute and she is very motivating and has some great workouts posted.  The push-ups were
definitely my sticking point. It felt like a good whole body workout.

check out Houswifeglamour.com for all of the details!

Later in the evening The Hub's grandparents and parents came over for dinner. The Hubs planned dinner and decided on making some grilled Mahi Mahi, pesto tortellini, and some broccoli.  I decided to eat a sweet potato since I don't eat gluten. The Mahi Mahi came out great.  Our boys sure had a great time entertaining all of the grandparents. Everyone had a great time.