Weekend Recap Yesterday I got to see my awesome friend Angi at her baby shower. I met her when I first moved out to San Diego, and she became my partner in crime when our Marines were deployed together. Last year her and her hubby moved to Arizona and I miss her horribly! It was great seeing her and getting to catch up a bit (and inappropriately touch her baby bump more than once!). Did you know that it's National Park Week? Harley and I went for a long hike this afternoon at our nearby regional park. Usually it's pretty busy there on a Sunday, but today, there was barely anyone around. Kind of nice, slightly creepy. My legs are still sore from my workout last Friday, and they were feeling seriously fatigued a bit into our hike. But we made it to the top! The puppy seemed ... [Read More]
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Doggie Mania
Today I watched a video about the tallest dog in the world, a 230-pound, 7 ft+ long Great Dane named George. OMG, how cool is he?! This put me in total dog mode, and I started looking through pictures of Harley. I found one from the day we met her twin at the dog park: We rescued Harley when she was a puppy and aren't positive what breed(s) she is, but after meeting this look-a-like who acted exactly like her and was an American Dingo, I'm completely convinced that she has to be at least part dingo. I've since met a ton of people who comment on much of a dingo she looks like... as in the wild ones running around in places like Australia: In all seriousness, this explains a lot! She can be a complete nutjob sometimes. If you're as big of a dog lover as I am, you can't get ... [Read More]
Puppies & Calendar Quotes
Get a load of these pretty little faces.. I got to hang with these 5 month old babies a bit ago while volunteering at the SD Humane Society. I was taking the harness off of another dog I walked tonight when he looked at me and licked me right in the mouth. Gross! Oh but such a love.. Speaking of adorable homeless animals, I got word today that the Escondido Humane Society, the town north of San Diego, and where I used to also volunteer, is in the runnings to win $100K in the ASPCA Rachael Ray Challenge. I can tell you that the dedicated staff and volunteers there could really use the money to help all of the animals that they so lovingly try to care for. What can you do to help them win? Starting tomorrow at 9 PST, just go to this website www.votetosavelives.org and vote for Escondido ... [Read More]
Dog Beach at Sunset
Hello! Hope you had a wonderful weekend. I had a low-key few days and wound up getting random things done (and finally kicking this cold! YES!). Though I didn't spend much time in the kitchen today, I ate the yumminess pictured above throughout my day, including pita chips and celery with homemade hummus, a chocolate peanut butter protein shake (my favorite smoothie!), a homemade granola bar, and a newbie I just started eating: Apple Pie Yogurt Bowl 1 6-oz container of Chobani plain yogurt 1 TBSP Trader Joe's honey apple butter 1/2 medium Granny Smith apple, chopped 1 Special K chocolate peanut protein snack bar, chopped Cinnamon Stats: 290 calories, 4 g fat, 22 g protein, 42 g carbs I'm loving this combo! Anyways, since my surfer hubby isn't around, I haven't been going to ... [Read More]
Homemade Minestrone Soup Makes Life Better
The past few days I've had a cold - the kind that makes your head feel like it's 100 pounds, where all you want to do is lay on the couch and watch movies so your brain doesn't explode. I've been eating a ton of fruits and veggies and doing all the normal cold remedies to try to kick it ASAP. But there's one thing in particular that I want when I'm under the weather, and that's homemade minestrone soup. Packed with tons of veggies and vitamins, this soup is delicious and nutritious - and luckily I have tons of leftovers! I typically make this soup in a slow cooker, but this was no longer an option when my crock pot crapped out on me earlier. Plan B: throw the ingredients in a large pot over a burner instead. I found out today that this method works just fine too. Homemade Minestrone ... [Read More]
Mega Mexican Salad
This is the look of an extremely happy dog: I had a killer workout yesterday and was feeling all kinds of sore today, so I decided to do low impact exercise & let my body recover a bit. After some days of raininess and cooler weather, it was gorgeous out today, so I figured I'd take advantage of it and head to the park with Harley. It was our first time going for a hike in almost 3 weeks, and she was psyched about it. Following our outdoorsy time, I did some stretching + yoga at home. This evening for dinner I put together an awesome salad that turned out to be massive and filling. Between this salad (which I actually was too full to finish) and my other eats today, I consumed a good 10 servings of fruits & veggies. Whoa, go me! Mexican Salad Serves 1 hungry ... [Read More]