Katie's Corner: Memorial Day Weekend

Last night we decided to have a Star Wars-athon. We rented IV, V and VI. We watched 2 of them last night, then watched the 3rd one this morning. We had a pretty lazy morning. Just sleeping in, getting up to have breakfast, then dozing in front of the movie... it wasn't until about 2pm that we started moving around.

I did my 4 miles at 2pm. This is week #9 in the training of 12 weeks- I know you want the breakdown, so here ya go:

Monday: 4 miles- done

Tuesday: Cardio

Wednesday: 6 miles

Thursday: 4 miles

Friday: Cardio

Saturday: 10 miles- wow!!

Sunday: REST!!

I also just registered myself, and Jade and Kent for the Sound to Narrows run June 11th!! That's a 12K (7.45 miles). Jeromy wants to run, too, but he just hasn't had time to train to run, and I know he doesn't want to walk it, so he'll be going as the professional photographer and bag holder. I believe my cousin Laura and her son Kyle are running in it also, right Laura??? I also think Jeromy's parents, Chuck and Joanne are going to do the 5k. Jade and Kent are doing the 5K also (3.1 miles).

So after the lazy morning, and then after my 4 mile run, we decided to take advantage of the weather and get out there and do some yard work. I think our whole neighborhood had the same idea! There have been lawnmowers and weed whackers going on all day! Love it! Jeromy started with the weed whacking.

Jade and Kent worked on raking the brush that was in all the paths...There's Kent, can you see Jade back in there on the little bridge to the mail box? Both kids are good workers. Yeah, there was a little grumbling at first when I asked them to come out side to help us out. But I put a quick stop to that reminding them of all Jeromy and I do, working our butts off, even when we don't want to so they can have all the things they have. They quickly stopped their whining and put on their happy faces and said they would help. They've been trained well, they didn't really have a choice! But all kidding aside they are really great kids and help us out when we need it!! We needed to mow really really badly! There's Jeromy in the back putting weed killer on some black berry bushes...This is kind of an angled view of the back yard, it's amazing how level it is now. But still not level enough for me to feel comfortable mowing it! Jeromy does that part. I like mowing flat smooth surfaces...This is the area I mow...

Then it was time for a yummy steak dinner... See any difference between Jeromy's dinner and my dinner...This was last night's dinner.... as you can see I'm working on my portion control...

After dinner, and watching the movie "Gnomio and Juliet" (- didn't think it was that great), it was time for me to start baking.

With Jeromy's new job he can spend up to 10,11 and 12 hours out on the road killing all kinds of nasty vermin for people in their homes. So I wanted to start making him so more healthy options to eat while driving. And I got the idea for muffins. But, like I said, I wanted them to be HEALTHY!!

So last week, I started searching the Internet for some healthy muffin recipes. Sometimes the Internet can be such a convenient tool.

I found 2 I wanted to try: Healthy Carrot Muffins and Oatmeal-Blueberry Muffins!!!

So here's the ingredients for making the Healthy Carrot Muffins. Some of the ingredients were some I'd never used before and had to get special to make...

Jeromy got me grating the carrots....

I'm usually pretty impatient when it comes to alot of things, so when a recipe calls for mixing dry ingredients in one bowl, and the wet ingredients in another bowl.... I'm thinking "really??", then I throw them all into the same bowl. But this time I followed the directions perfectly cause I wanted them to taste perfect for Jeromy!! Ya, I love that guy!

So here's the dry ingredients: flour, whole wheat flour (bought new), brown sugar, wheat germ (bought new), cinnamon, baking powder, baking soda and salt... a pinch of salf if you wanna be technical...

All mixed up with the wet ingredients, and carrots and crushed pineapple- I guess to sweeten it up.... looks good so far...Look at this beauty!!! I was kinda worried how they would taste. Well, after the official taste testing done by the cook, let me just tell you, Jeromy's going to love them tomorrow with his lunch!Ok, onto the Oatmeal-Blueberry Muffins....All the ingredients mixed together... including fresh blueberries....And look at this goodness...And in honor of Memorial Day... I'm so thankful for our military people... who make it possible for me to have the freedoms to do all the things I just posted about.... the luxury to sleep in on my day off... spending time with my family.... working on my yard on land that I own.... enjoying all the food that we as Americans have in such abundance...