Sunshine & Rainbows

Today was GORGEOUS. Almost 80 degrees and sunny. More of these, please. And I got even more excited when our next door neighbor informed me that this Sunday marks the start of Daylight Savings Time (spring forward, peeps). Why the excitement? Well, at this point I really don’t have an opportunity to run regularly because Jack is still waking up at random times early in the morning- anywhere between 5am-7am- and by the time Brian gets home it’s already dark out. Sooooo now that it will stay light later, I can go for runs once he gets home from work. Woohoo!

Yesterday it poured… but look at the photo I snapped once the rain cleared. Pretty.

Speaking of running and such, I weighed this weekend and have lost about 5lbs. Since I haven’t really changed my eating habits much, I’m attributing this to The Shred. My jeans are definitely fitting better. Still not pre-preg clothes but it’s a start!!

Breakfast this morning was Raspberry Yoplait topped with Quaker Cinnamon Oatmeal Squares, slivered almonds and grapes.

My mom asked Jack and I to meet her and my dad for lunch this afternoon, so we picked her up and headed to Purple Cow. Depending on when you go, this place seems to attract both really, really young people (like the under 10 crowd) and really, really OLD people. Today was an oldie day.

My mom has been raving about their Caesar salad so I decided to give it a shot.

Not bad. The lettuce and dressing were just plain old Caesar, but I loved that they top it with olive salad (including pickled pearl onions).

Jack adores being outside. We got home from running errands and he was super fussy- probably just sick of being in the carseat. So I took off his socks and we headed out to the backyard with Chloe. He just laid on the blanket, kicking his little legs and giggling.

We actually stayed out there until Brian got home. The plan was to grab a quick dinner so that we could get home and work on taxes, but we didn’t end up getting out the door until after 7:00. We decided to head to Central Market since it’s fast and easy.

I’ve never had a bad meal from the CM Cafe, which makes sense since they have a ginormous store of ingredients to pick from. Tonight I tried the Shrimp Stir Fry (only $7!!!):

With my little buddies…

YUM. I love that they obviously use fresh veggies; the broccoli and cauliflower were still crisp. My only complaint was that the jasmine rice was a little undercooked. Oh well, not like that stopped me from cleaning the plate. And seriously, where else can you get a shrimp dish for $7?

So I finally got Jack down to bed and Brian’s still working on the taxes. Tomorrow night is book club and though I still haven’t finished the book (oops), I’m REALLY excited about the dessert I’m planning to bring. Pics tomorrow.

Hope everyone has a great night!