Do you guys feel the same.. that the weekend flies by in 2 seconds??

I woke up around 6am Saturday morning because we had plans to drive to Rhode Island around 11:00am. I had a lot to get done so I quickly ran out to Dunkin for a French Vanilla Coffee to get my morning going and fuel my day. I wasn’t tired but I just wanted one and it’s a nice treat! I made us a quick breakfast and then started to get organized for our trip.

Around 8am we got a phone call from Marc’s mom saying his Dad had the flu!! My first reaction was Oh no…. I had my bags packed and I was excited to go. I was looking forward to a weekend away!

Clearly our plans changed instantly…. and I thought to myself, “what are we going to do now!!”

I had a few thoughts and one of them was to work out. I quickly nixed that thought, my body was tired and there wasn’t an ounce of me that had the energy to put towards a workout. As you know I am following the Insanity Max30 program and that plan is to workout Monday-Friday and Saturday is a short 20 minute stretch/pulse workout. Even though it was 20 minutes, I still didn’t feel like doing it. My hip was sore and I just wanted to relax… so that is what I did.

Around 930am I headed up to visit my Grandma with my parents & Ava, it was my grandma’s 95th Birthday! 95 is a crazy age to think about and for me that is 65 years down the line and it seems like an eternity away. Clearly my grandma is a strong woman.

It was so nice to see her and she loved seeing Ava run around like a mad woman.

When we got home Ava played around the house and of course hung out with Cooper.. this is a picture of her giving him a kiss. She LOVES him.

This day started to turn out productive and I started to roll with it. Next up was a trip to the APPLE store!!! Woohoo I went by myself to purchase a new computer. This was a long time coming and I was so happy to walk out of that store with a new MacBook Pro! The people that work in Apple are super smart and they helped me make the best purchase.

Having a new computer will definitely make my life so much easier with blogging & fitness coaching because there are days where I spend a huge chunk of time on the computer. My old laptop was starting to get slow and I swear now I can get things done 10x faster.

Later that evening we were invited to our neighbors house for a Dinner date & a kid play date. Their daughter Grace and Ava have fun playing together. We ordered some take out from The Little Pub, I had a burger with swiss & mushrooms it was delicious and satisfied my red meat craving! It was so nice to t was so nice to relax and hang out with friends until Ava was ready for bed. We had a great night

Sunday morning we were lazy and I stayed in my PJ’s for a while, we ate some breakfast & drank some coffee.  With all intentions of doing food prep, I realized we had no groceries so I had to go to the store. I decided to buy things that were simple & easy to throw together with minimal prep. I didn’t want to spend the day in the kitchen but I wanted to have options in the fridge.

We ended up making a big pot of chili & a chicken, kale, tomatoes & white bean dish, baked potatoes, fresh strawberries & pineapple, carrots & cucumbers, sauteed cabbage, Apple & fennel salad, I bagged some nuts, seeds, & dried cranberries.

We also made my Cookie Dough Protein bites to snack on. These are pretty awesome to snack on. I’m excited to have a full fridge ready to go for the week!

In the afternoon I went to the gym to do some light cardio and stretch to loosen up my legs. I wanted to take the entire day to rest but I felt good and I was bored!

Ava and I watched Cooper play in the snow and I couldn’t help but laugh with her.

The rest of our night was spent doing stuff around the house: I caught up on laundry, did some blogging/work on the computer, lounged and watched some TV.

Because it was so snowy outside (yes we got 6 more inches) we did tricks inside with Cooper & Ava gave him lots of treats. She thinks she’s so cool when she gives him treats.

anyways, even though it snowed last night I am hopeful that Spring is right around the corner Now it’s time for me to to lift some weights… I am off to teach Group Power at the YMCA!

Did you do anything Productive this weekend? 

What is your go to food item to prep for the week?