March 2011

Grocery Cardio

by Fitnessista on March 31, 2011

in breakfast,house hunters,something to think,tucson

Heyyyy How are you? Hope you’re having an amazing day so far. Thank you so much for your kind words and home buying tips! Like I said, ya’ll always have fabulous advice.

I’m going to go ahead and start off by saying that Hot Tub Time Machine was not my fave movie.

In all fairness, I gave it about 10 minutes before I called it quits and decided to tackle my inbox and take a nap.

The Pilot LOVES it. We definitely have different tastes in movies

This morning, I was really excited to check out a new-to-me cardio sculpt and tone class. When I got to the studio, the parking lot was blocked off for the street fair (which starts tomorrow!) and I couldn’t find a parking spot for the life of me :/

So instead, I ended up at this one place:

Whole Paycheck is totally cardio- my heart rate was up the whole time Heh heh.

I grabbed some macaroon-making supplies + stuff we were out of:

Chicken (the Pilot requested *this* stuffed chicken), fancy goat cheese (Bucheron is the good stuff) and a new-to-me breakfast grain: brown rice farina

The stats were fairly similar to oats, so I thought it would be fun to give it a whirl for today’s b-fast.

I cooked the brown rice cereal on medium heat, with water, almond milk, sea salt and some organic frozen strawberries

(The texture was similar to steel-cut oats or cream of wheat)

Enjoyed with cinnamon, a crumbled amazeball

and tea

We’re off to meet with the realtor and have the dadoo check out the place. He builds custom homes, so if there’s something wrong with it, he’ll find it We just feel comfortable having him go through it before we continue the contract, negotiation, inspection, etc shebang. While we’re there I’ll also take more pics to post.

After that, gym time and dinner at a friend’s house!

See ya later today <3

xoxo

Gina

Something to think:

All men dream but not equally. Those who dream by night in the dusty recesses of their minds wake in the day to find that it was vanity; but the dreamers of the day are dangerous men, for they may act their dream with open eyes to make it possible.

T.E. Lawrence

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Cloudy to Sunny

by Fitnessista on March 30, 2011

in blah,house hunters,lunch,snack,something to talk about,tucson

{Metaphorically- it’s supah sunny here}

Hi friends! How was your day?

Bella’s was just like every other day…

Tough.

She has a very hard life

So when I wrote my am post, I was feeling a little gloomy. I got a phone call this morning saying that Saturday was my last day at work –the day I put in my two weeks- and just have to pick up my paycheck tomorrow. I loved my job and like to work, so I’m kind of bummed that it’s the end. I was expecting to finish out the two weeks (and get paid for it).

It’s always sad when something that seems so amazing ends up tarnished.. it’s kind of like seeing the back part of Disneyland.

We took Bella to the DP (<—our code word for dog park) and she had a blast chasing the big dogs on the other side of the fence. While we were there, I got word of 3 exciting blog things to come, which gave me a good feeling that the day would look up.

The dog park here is *slightly* different than the one in Valdosta:

Tucson:

Valdosta:

Hahaha.

And then I put on a lucky “we’re going to find the winning house outfit”

and WE DID.

It’s perfect….

Everything on our lists.

Here’s a pic of the Pilot standing downstairs, but I’ll definitely post more.

We’ve been pre-approved and are going to meet with the realtor to do the contract thang tomorrow. I can’t believe that this is really happening- the fact that we’re actually going to live in Tucson is starting to feel real

Lunch:

Salad with hearts of palm and balsamic, egg, smoked salmon with capers, goat cheese

+ a ton of these Turkish dried apricots

Tortellini for the Pilot:

Good stuff

I’m off to dance and then watch Hot Tub Time Machine with the Pilot and some friends.

See ya in the morning!

xoxo

Gina

Something to talk about: Any tips on the home buying/negotiation process?? We have a realtor, but ya’ll always have amazing advice

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Adapting Bodyrock Workouts

March 30, 2011

Hi friends! How are ya? Hope you’re having a lovely Indian Food Wednesday I started mine off with a weights workout with the Pilot and a smoothie in a bowl: -1 C almond milk -1/2 C goat’s milk kefir -1 scoop Vanilla Sun Warrior -frozen organic blueberries and strawberries -hefty sprinkle of oats -crumbled amazeball [...]

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Nap then Snack + Spring Arms Workout

March 29, 2011

Hiiii friends! How’s your day been? So glad you liked the video- we had fun making it If you ever have video or post ideas, please send them my way! A couple of notes: -We both say “You know?” A LOT. Somehow I manage to turn it off in video posts and the Pilot doesn’t [...]

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{Video Post} FAQs

March 29, 2011

Hi friends How are you? Hope you’re having a fabulous morning. Here’s the little FAQ video we wanted to do for you guys (The list of questions we picked from were on *this post*) The topics we chose for this video: -Our ethnicities -Do we do a joint bank account or separate? -The Pilot’s tips [...]

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Clean House, Clean Dog

March 28, 2011

Hiiiiii How are you? Hope you’ve had a lovely day. I enjoyed reading about whether you do a treat night or the moderation thing. Different strokes for different folks and as long you know what works for you, that’s all that matters We cleaned the casa today, and Bella got a bath, too Doesn’t she [...]

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Staying on Track + Spring Leg Workout

March 28, 2011

Hiiiiiii Hope your Monday is treating ya well so far! Catching up on the blog world? -We went a MJ show! -I put in my two weeks at a job I love, but can no longer stay at (job hunt starts today) Since we spent all day house hunting yesterday, the Pilot and I decided [...]

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Art of House Persuasion

March 27, 2011

Hey hey How are you? Hope you’ve had a lovely day! Thank you so much for your sweet words about the job sitch. It’s not usually fun when things change unexpectedly –especially when you’re Type A- but I’m that it will all work out. PS. Loved your “put the lemons in your bra” quote- cracked [...]