Just say “spa”
Hi friends! Happy humpday! I woke up feeling super sore this morning. I couldn’t decide if it was the squat clean and jerks or the bowling.
Yep, definitely the bowling.
We also enjoyed a delicious dinner last night:
(lavender and honey salmon, sauteed eggplant and zucchini with basil and rosemary, and smashed potatoes)
We’re on a mission to tackle some fun(ish?) projects while the Pilot is home this week. Organizing around the house,
curtains are up (!),
and he’s working on one of those fun activity boards for Liv. I’ll post the pics when it’s finished, but here’s the post that inspired it.
I’ve mentioned it before, but I had no idea the Pilot was so handy until we moved into our house. Since we’d always rented, we couldn’t do any big projects and if something was broken, the office sent maintenance to fix it. Apparently he’s a secret handyman (I hear it’s common among military men). I like to tinker around with little things -I can hammer, caulk and build basic things- but my philosophy is if the Pilot likes it and is great at it, why get in his way? Right? Riiiiight.
Since I had a feeling he’d be spending his week of leave working, just at a different location, I booked him a spa day. Madre was still planning on coming over to stay with Liv -Liv loves her nana days- so I figured it would be awesome to get the Pilot access to some classes, spa services and we could have a nice lunch together on property. I told him that even if he doesn’t take a single class and lounges by the pool all day, it will still be worth it and he can enjoy a little R&R.
I may also be trying to convince him to take my Zumba class 😉
Hope you have a wonderful Wednesday!
Please let me know if you’d like an August workout calendar. I can post it with Friday Faves to start on Sunday.
xoxo
Gina
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Haha, bowling can definitely cause some soreness;) I was really sad when they got rid of the bowling alley where I live. Like we seriously don’t even have one, it’s kind of weird.
That’s so sweet you booked him a little spa day after all his hard work.
I haven’t been bowling in SO long, but I remember feeling sore afterwards. Guess it’s quite a workout!
That’s so nice you booked your hubby a spa day. It sounds like a perfect way to spend the day!
I wish my man was a spa go-er! 🙂
An August workout calendar sounds great! I need to switch things up a little and a calendar may hold me accountable!
I dont’t think i could ever talk my husband into taking a Zumba class – but good luck! 🙂 That dinner does look delicious! I love stay at home vacations sometimes because you get so much work done! I am already looking forward to the weekend to catch up on things!
Gina, I would especially love a new, total-body circuit workout for August! I’ve been repeating many of your SSU and WSU workouts, and they’re awesome – your combos of strength/plyo/cardio/abs are very effective!
I always get sore after bowling! But it’s so much fun. I am awful at it, but we have a ton of fun together, laughing at my gutter balls, and being silly.
That is so sweet!!! I booked my husband a surprise massage after a stressful day as a surprise and he when he found out it wasn’t a couples massage, just for him, he wouldn’t go! haha I say, more massages for me 🙂
Enjoy your lunch date!
Would love an August workout calendar!
Where’d you find your curtains? That’s next on my home project to-do list!
It’s pretty amazing how sore you can get from bowling – I guess you only use those muscles, that way, when chucking the ball down the lane right? 🙂
Hurray for vacation and home projects. The curtains look great. Enjoy your time to get some stuff done around the house.
Oh, I would loooove a August workout kalender…
Your salmon looks fantastic!!!!
I’m a fan of your salmon meals, I’m not very inventive in the kitchen, especially with vegetables, so I’m loving when you post your dinners- keep em coming please! thank you.
Please, please, please post an August workout calendar! 😀 I just finished cycling through SSU’13 for the second time, and now that I am on my own again I am struggling with what to do…a calendar would definitely help arrange and keep me accountable!
This makes me want to take some days off work too! 🙂
I would loooooove an August workout calendar! I’m pretty clueless about how to organize an effective workout so your help would be greatly appreciated.
it’s so nice to have your husband on vacay from work! seems like there’s so much fun to be had & things that i can’t do actually get done!
Would love a calendar!
an august workout calendar would be great!
The photos of your herbs are amazing! That’s so sweet of you to book a spa day for your husband! When mine has a week off I’m making him play tennis with me! 🙂
This is my 3rd year teaching Zumba and I still can’t get my guy to take one of my classes or even practice at home with me, so good luck. And if he does agree, I’m jealous 🙂
I haven’t been bowling in a long time! Yesterday I played bowling on the Wii with Christian, but it’s a lot different! 😉
Bowling counts as a workout! My boyfriend was on leagues growing up so anytime we go bowling he always wins lol.
I would love a workout calendar! Otherwise I get kinda “Do EVERYTHING on ALL THE DAYS!!!!!!” and I end up sore and cranky.
Love your curtains! I would love a week at home to be able to organize and work on my to-do list.
An August calendar would be awesome! Thank you!
That’s awesome that your husband is handy. Mine is not, and I’m usually the one fixing things at our house! That salmon looks delicious!
My fiancé is semi handy… but soon enough we’ll both be learning a lot when we have to take care of a house! I have some eggplant that I need to use… yours looks yummy! Bowling… omg, I haven’t done that in forever, so fun 🙂
Workout calendar please!! 🙂
What a coincende I’ve just come back from bowling! It’s so expensive here so I can’t go very often if at all 🙁 I’d love it if you posted your workouts
Too cute!!! That dinner looked great!
I would love to see an august workout calendar!
I would love an August workout calendar…I had such an awesome time doing the summer shape in June. I think that having a calendar to adhere to makes working out so much easier!
that’s such a sweet gesture!
We would love a workout calendar from you!!!
I lay in bed on the mornings I’m going to the gym looking for new and exciting workouts on your blog, and then I wake my boyfriend up and make him come do them with me 🙂
My husband is super handy too (and on a side note, we met when he was stationed at Moody!)
Those smashed potatoes look so yummy! And I would have never thought of lavender and salmon together. I need to try it!
I would love an August workout calendar! And my fiance is also military, and quite the handy man. I think you’re right–must be a thing!
Would love a workout calendar!!! Feeling the workout blahs lately 🙁
I would love an August calendar!
YES august workout calender pleassse 😀
Bowling and drinks sounds like about the only bowling I’d be good at. That dinner looks pretty spectacular!
Ahhhh…that eggplant looks delish! I’ve never cooked it before but need to try ASAP!
I would love a workout calendar!! I need to switch things up in the fitness department 🙂
I have a very handy husband too – the hard part is getting him to actually to DO the tasks I need done. 😉 I can do simple things, but I’d rather not if he can. That sounds horrible, but it’s the truth!
who wouldn’t want an august workout calendar!! sign me up 🙂
I hope the Pilot enjoyed his spa day, and I’m glad you are enjoying spending some extra time with him home! Oh, and that salmon looks absolutely fabulous.
I was SO sore the weekend we got our Wii because we had like a 10 hour bowling marathon!
I’ve tried to convince J to come to my yoga classes (because he keeps saying he wants to do it – but I guess just not around “people”) but I don’t think I could handle having him in Zumba. He was one of my “participants” when I did my fitness instructor practical exam and he was so serious the whole time it was all I could do not to laugh at him!!
I love your theory on if the hubby’s are good at the handy work, why get in the way 😉 I made a deal with the bf when we moved into our most recent place, if I keep a kept home (cook, organize, laundry etc) he is I’m charge of the dirty work – garbage and any house related projects that involve tools that I do not know how to use ha ha! He seems to like the agreement so far and it works for us 🙂 and you are such a nice wife booking a spa day, so thoughtful.
Yessss to the August workout calender! Always nice to have one! =) =)
Spa days are amazing!! Can’t wait to get around planning another one with the girls =) (my husband isn’t at all a spa go’er).
xxx
I’m dying to hear if he actually took Zumba!
Would LOVE an August workout calendar!!
Would love and august schedule!!
I love when you make workout calendars!!