Is it just me or does the weekend go by 5x faster than the workweek? Anyone else feel that way? I can’t believe it’s almost September and we’ve officially been living in Tennessee for 2 months now. Crazy.
It’s also really nice that, in those two months, I’ve figured out a routine that really works for us. Living in this town is not as terrible as I expected it to be! In fact, I think I have more of a routine now than I did back in California. (This is likely due to the fact that there isn’t much going on, but I’ll take it!)
Saturday:
This weekend, Kasey, Nicole, and I explored Morristown. But, before heading out there, we took the Step Aerobics class (again) and got our butts kicked (again). It really never gets easier. I’m hoping that there will come a day when I can use my 5-pound weights for the entire time we’re on the step. Not just the first 15 minutes of the class.
Once we were showered and cleaned, we drove off to Morristown to do some shopping. We went to TJ Maxx and explored the mall for a bit. None of us came home with too many goodies, but I found a couple of things that were too good of a deal to pass up. Including rainbow sprinkles. Because the world is just a happier place when there’s rainbow sprinkles in your pantry.
I also purchased some 2-pound weights for the step class. So, while I’m working my way up to the 5-pounders, I’ll use these for the aerobics part and hope to God that I can use them for the entire 40 minutes we’re stepping!
I spent a few hours in the evening catching up with family and friends on the phone while walking around the neighborhood. And then I heard thunder so I ran back home and hid under a blanket. I’m scared of extreme weather. It’s the California in me.
Sunday:
I spent most of Sunday experimenting in the kitchen. Most of the time, my experiments don’t turn out that great. But, yesterday, I was on a roll.
I made sweet potato “chips.” I baked them at 425 degrees which made them nice and crispy. Once they came out of the oven, I quickly packed them in a Tupperware and threw them in the fridge before I ate them all in one sitting.
I also made some raspberry jam with some squishy raspberries that have been sitting in my fridge for a few days now. Just some chia seeds + squishy raspberries + water + maple syrup + a dash of salt. De-licious.
Eventually, I got my butt out of the apartment and went to the gym. (Since discovering the step class, I haven’t been back to the gym and I’ve been feeling guilty about wasting money on the monthly membership!). On my way back home, I made a teeny detour and picked up some froyo from the man with the dinosaur head. I felt like I was wife-of-the-year for surprising Ankur with froyo. He was a real happy camper.
Once I was home, I went back to my happy place (the kitchen. Duh.) and threw together a flatbread in 20 minutes! Dough + pesto + fresh mozzarella + heirloom tomatoes + walnuts + arugula dressed in balsamic and olive oil.
Not trying to toot my own horn. But it was pretty amazing.
Now, after food prepping all day yesterday, I’m ready to kick Monday’s butt. But first…coffee.
Have a good one!
Questions of the Day:
- Have you made your own jam? What kind did you make?
- How’s the weather where you live?
- What did you do this weekend?
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after all all all this information all I CAN SEE AND THINK ABOUT IS YOUR HUSBAND.
🙂
He does look happy.
Radiate CONTENT.
You are the wife of the year <3
Hahahhaa, I just have to bake him a few goodies every once in a while and he’s happy as a clam!
That flat bread recipe is amazing! I love those toppings!
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Agreed! The only thing I would change is maybe add garlic next time!
It does look amazing. You had a busy but productive weekend.
The weekend definitely goes by way too fast for me! Your food experiments look amazing 🙂 I’ve never made jam before but you make it sound easy.
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Sounds like you had a great weekend. Mine went too fast. Got some work done on an upcoming 7 Day Healthy Habits Challenge, attending church and a study group on homeopathy. Played cards with my teen and enjoyed my dog. Good weekend. #TheBlogTribe
Nope never made my own jam before but definitely on my bucket list. The weather was really nice this weekend not too hot and not too cold. We actually stayed home most of the weekend except Sunday on Sunday we had our Sunday fun day. We got up cleaned the room and went out for a lovely Sunday evening with my two loves.
I have never been to Tennessee but I also recently relocated to the South, it’s different right? That salad looks amazing.
I’m totally craving the flatbread and now you reminded me I need to excercise. Lol.
The weekends do fly by! I work at home and my boyfriend works all week, so when I get him for the weekend there’s just never enough time together.
Congrats on the move! I have never heard of Morristown. How long is that from Nashville?
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About 3.5 hours away! 🙂 Closer to Knoxville
[ Smiles ] I can certainly see that you made the best out of Morristown.
Food and exercise (You’re good to go).
Sounds like you had a busy weekend! I know the weekend is never long enough for me.
Sounds like a really nice weekend! But you’re right, weekends do go too quickly. Good luck with the new weights. 🙂
Lynn
You had a wonderful time it seems. I worked for part of the weekend and relaxed for the rest.
This is my kind of weekend, busy but relaxed! I am loving that flatbread, it looks so good and the picture definitely made me hungry! I would love some right now.
The Step Class, The Sweet Potato Chips, Jam, Salad, all aside………..
the winner photo is with the smiling good looking boy in your life.
And the award goes to Ankur Mathur aka hubby of Divya B Mathur.
Love you both sooooo much.
Who doesn’t need rainbow sprinkles in their life? Although if I’m speaking proper New England, they’re actually rainbow jimmies 🙂
You really had a busy weekend. Weekend here went off in a breeze, a combination of the mundane and chilling out.
I love all of this! It looks like such a fun weekend full of activity. Love weekends like that.
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looks like you have had a very productive weekend. I really want to learn aerobics too.
My son would agree that the world is better with rainbow sprinkles! Good buy!
That jam and flatbread looks good. I’ve been eyeballing that exact brush. How do you like it?
I think your work very hard.Deserve all God’s love.Cooking,making jam working out and making hubby happy.Long list 😊
Oh, nice adventure. I think you deserved everything in this post.
Indeed the world is a much better place with a smile on our faces because we got something that we like to have around us…like rainbow sprinkles. Morristown sounds like a fun place to see 🙂
Well weren’t you the busy one! You seem to have had quite a weekend and thanks for sharing it with us
Sounds like a great weekend and yay for Froyo!