#44 – Work out at least 3x’s a week [IP]
Totally rocked this one this week. Hit the gym 5x’s!
Monday: cardio/weight class
Tuesday: ran 5K, then softball game
Wednesday: elliptical, then softball game
Thursday: ran 5K, then kickball game
Friday: elliptical and 100 crunches
Bring on the weekend! It’s time to relax. 
Happy 4th of July!
Hope everyone had a wonderful 4th of July weekend!
Friday: We had a wonderful time out on Lake Travis with friends. Plenty of sun, fun, drinks and people watching in Devil’s Cove. 
Boating made for a whole day event. We were exhausted when we finally pulled into the driveway at 9pm. So glad we cleaned house and did all the chores Thursday night so that we could just crash when we got home.
Saturday: We had a few friends and family over for BBQ and fireworks! My backyard faces Old Settlers Park and The Dell Diamond, so we see fireworks all the time. Malek grilled some mouth watering ribs and brisket and everyone else brought a side dish (#15 – home cooked meals 63/143). We thought about going over to Old Settlers for some of the events, but the 109 degree temperature was a great deterrent. We stayed at the house where there was AC and lots to drink. At dusk we climbed up on the roof for a better view and watched the fireworks. It was awesome! We could see about 4-5 other communities fireworks display. Definitely worth it!
Sunday: RELAX and RECOVER! In the morning Karen and I booked our Alaskan excursions and ran a quick errand to Burlington Coat factory for some raincoats for the trip. The rest of the day was spent on the couch watching TV and eating awesome leftovers. It was a nice relaxing day, don’t get too many of those!
#15 – home cooked meal(s) (62/143)
Tonight I am making my favorite pasta dish! Jalapeno bacon, sun-dried tomato Alfredo sauce, shrimp, peppers, onions, mushrooms, sun-dried tomatoes, Asiago cheese…..I’m drooling! Hope the kids like it.
#15 – home cooked meal(s) (61/143)
Malek made lubia pollo (ground beef w/ green beans and rice) Friday night. That counts!
I really need to make something….oh! I made egg mcmuffins Sunday morning. 
#13 – Buy a weed wacker / edger
Saturday was quite a busy day. In the morning we helped Malek’s sister with the movers and setting up her house. Then on the way home we stopped by Home Depot for lawn tools and sprinkler heads. I finally bought an edger! Actually I bought an edger attachment for Malek’s weed wacker. hahaha. Anyways, finally knocked this one off the list…and now my lawn has nice edges. 
After some yard work and a nice nap, we decided to watch Transformers 2. Loved it!
#97 – adventures/exercise for Sarah (33/33)
I think I should change this from ”Take Sarah to the dog park” to “take Sarah out and about for exercise/adventures”. I’ve actually been taking her around to a lot of different places. She’s come out to Sam’s Boat on the weekends, brought her to several softball games, and we take her to Hanover’s for sand volleyball. She loves it! She gets lots of attention from everyone and can sniff/smell to her hearts content…not to mention explore and play with other dogs that are around.
We also took Sarah camping a couple months ago where she played in the water and fetched many sticks. We also found a boat rental place that allows dogs…so I think the next thing will be to get her a life-vest and take her out on the lake!
Father’s day weekend
This past weekend marked the end of having the kids for 2 weeks straight. Malek took off Thurs and Fri and I took off Fri to hang with the kids.
Thursday evening we went to the pool for a couple hours, then came home and made grilled cheese and pink (tomato) soup. I love pink soup! Childhood fav [#15 – home cooked meal(s) (57/143]
Friday morning we relaxed and then took the kids bowling. Afterwards we hit up HEB for some groceries and headed home for some quick cleaning. We decided Friday would be home made pizza night and invited Karen, Sabrina and Malek’s sister Sara over for dinner. The pizza turned out awesome! So much better than last time (nothing was burnt). For dessert the kids made brownies. Jenn and Monica ended up coming over a little later for some wine and socializing. We made it a late night, going all the way to 1:30am or so! [#15 – home cooked meal(s) (58/143)]
Saturday Malek and I went to see the “Hangover”, hilarious! Afterwards we had lunch at Mighty Fines and then went shopping at JCPenny’s. For dinner we grilled steaks, veggies and baked potatoes! We had decided to celebrate fathers day with dinner on Sat since we were going to be out on the lake all day Sun. The dinner was great and I must say the baked potatoes were awesome, ate the entire thing (skin and all)! [#15 – home cooked meal(s) (59/143)]
Happy Father’s Day to all the dad’s out there! Sunday morning Emma made scrambled eggs and we put together breakfast taco’s for Malek and gave him his gifts and cards for Father’s day. The kids and I went in together and gave him a silver necklace with a silver “E” charm. He’d been talking about switching out his gold ones for silver. The perfect gift! Karen came over about 9:30am and we loaded everyone up and headed out to Lake Travis. We rented a boat and met several friends out at Carlos and Charlies for an awesome afternoon of fun in the sun. After we got off the water we had dinner at Carlos and Charlies and then headed home. Everyone ended up taking a nap (Malek was out for 2+ hrs). To finish off the weekend, Malek and I had a 9pm volleyball game.
I’m exhausted!
Lots of 40s!
Gotta love the summer time! We had another awesome weekend last weekend.
Friday we had Karen and my co-worker Christie over for hotdogs and hamburgers. All the kids had a blast together. It’s nice that they are old enough to entertain themselves and take care of the younger kids. Gave us adults some nice relaxing social time. (#15 – home cooked meal(s) (56/143)
Saturday, during the day, Karen and Sabrina joined us at my neighborhood pool. I couldn’t believe how nice it was! I never made it to the pool last year and now wish I had. The pool is huge and has a nice kiddie pool too. Surrounding the pool is a sand volleyball court, playscapes, grills and picnic tables. Definitely going to be there more this summer.
Saturday night we had 2 bday parties to attend. First was Victoria’s 40th at Juniors in RR. Then we headed downtown to Annie’s West for Jones 40th bday. We ended up staying out till 1:30am or so. We had a great time! I hadn’t been downtown since January, so it was a nice change. I think we finally made it to bed around 2:30am. Woohoo!
Sunday we took it easy. We visited Malek’s dad in LakeWay for an early dinner, hung out and was home by a reasonable hour. Of course we still had a volleyball game at 8pm, which we won!
All in all a great weekend!
#1!
Malek and I have been together for a year now! Our 1 yr anniversary was actually June 1st.
We decided to celebrate at NoRTH in the Domain. The food was really good. We ordered a bottle of wine and enjoyed the bruchetta and zucca chips for appetizers, then split the spinach salad with goat cheese. For our entrees, Malek had the flank steak and I ordered the pork tenderloin. Yummy! For dessert we indulged ourselves on the Nutella mousse cake and cappuccinos with a shot of Frangelico.
Oh! Malek also gave me a single red rose. 
Happy anniversary baby!
3x’s the charm
Yes, yet another busy fun weekend. 3 weekends in a row!
Friday we had Karen and Jenn C over for wine and cheese. Wow, did not realize how much I had to drink….the few cheese and crackers I ate was not enough to save me from Saturday’s woes. I have no clue when I went to bed…just know I woke up in my clothes from the day before ready to face hell. But we all had a wonderful time hanging out and catching up. Good times! Headache to ensue….
Saturday…oh woe is me. I’m miserable…The whole day I was nauseated and I had my jewelry party to host! Thank god for Karen, she helped get the house ready for all my guests (while I sat on the couch like a sack of potatoes ready for the next time I had to pray to the porcelain gods). Malek had left at 7:30am to volunteer for a race…lucky man. Thankfully I made it through the party without anyone really noticing my pasty skin (only 1 trip to the bathroom during those 3 hrs and thank goodness for makeup). Party was over by 4pm, Karen helped clean up and then we just sat around for an hour or so recovering. I was finally able to eat something around 5:30pm. Hallelujah!
Sunday was Evan’s 13th birthday party. We headed over to Pflugerville Lake for an afternoon of BBQing and water time. I even brought Sarah with me, she had a blast. She went swimming (after I nicely dropped her in) and explored the shores while we paddled around in canoe boats and battled it out with water balloons. By 4pm we were done (some of us, Malek, were burnt) and ready to head home. After a nap, we went to our evening volleyball game.
