shenannigans

Tie Fail

by Fitnessista on February 25, 2012

in breakfast,dessert,shenannigans,tucson,workout

So many fun adventures today!

A world beat class (which was amaaaaaazzing)

hike at Sabino Canyon

and dinner with an intimate party of 17.

I was SO excited to take world beat this morning. As I mentioned before, there’s no recorded music, only live drummers, and we dance to international rhythms including African, Latin and bellydance- ridiculously fun. One of the girls called me up to the front to merengue with them, and I loved being back up there, yelling and shaking with my friends

Big bowl of oats:

(1 C oats, 1 scoop Sun Warrior, blueberries, blob of almond butter)

and we took the fam to Sabino Canyon.

The weather was perfection: breezy and in the 70s

tons of hikers, bikers, tram-riders and runners

gorgeous scenery, per usual.

I haven’t taken Liv to the canyon because someone told me it’s rattlesnake mating season (?!), so it was her first hike. She was very hungry when we got home

The Pilot grilled and amazing lunch, we chilled and then met up with my family at Trail Dust Town, a fun little Tucson tourist trap.

There’s a cowboy performance, lots of cute little western shops, and the infamous steak house where ties adorn the ceiling and walls. The food is really mediocre, but we bought cheap-o ties for the guys to wear and thought it would be fun for our 5 year-old nephew to get his tie cut off.

As expected, the food was indeed mediocre, the company was fantastic, and no one cut off the ties at our table. The reason: they lost their cowbell. Tie fail. Haha.

Now we’re back at the house, and I’m going to do some damage to the filling of this chocolate berry tart…

Night <3

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Things that go “smack” in the night

by Fitnessista on February 23, 2012

in Dinner,shenannigans

The other night, while I was feeding Livi, I heard an intense SMACK into one of our living room windows.

“Wake up! I heard a noise!”

I went into the bedroom and shook the Pilot, who sleeps with earplugs in (thank goodness he didn’t have to fly in the morning), and he woke up, grabbed the gun and immediately started creeping around upstairs, trying to see what could have caused the sound. After checking all of the windows downstairs and peering about, he came back to say that he couldn’t see what could have caused the noise. I tried to explain to him that it sounded like a hand smacking against the windows, and it was weird because I heard it so clearly and our bedroom is upstairs.

That’s because it happened to one of our tall windows…

My nana was over the next day to hang out with Livi while I went to training and said “A bird hit your window!”

And sure enough, on one of the windows is a distinct bird print.

“Isn’t it beautiful?”

“Yes, the print is amazing, but makes me sad to think a dead bird might be outside.”

The Pilot couldn’t believe it when I showed him the bird print and looked around outside for the evidence… no dead bird. Weird, huh??

I hope he lived…

On a happier note, here’s a picture from yesterday’s morning snuggle sesh.

Sweet girl <3

We had a great day yesterday, and she finally got to meet her Aunt Michele, who’s here from Valdosta. Her family is from Tucson, too

I got to meet her little guy.. and kiss his cheeks.

Dinner was one of the classic combos we enjoy over here, cooked by the Pilot aka the man who defends the house… from birds

Salmon, veg and baked sweet potato.

You can’t go wrong

This morning, Liv and I are off to check out the mommy gym on base –you can take your babies or kids in with you, and there’s a play area and TV- and run some errands before Tom’s fam gets here tomorrow.

Hope you have a wonderful day!

xoxo

Gina

Something to read:

7 vegan pasta recipes

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Something to do: The February Schweaty Workout! It’s quick, and a DOOZY

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