La Jolla Garden News
We have a raspberry plant in the far corner of our lot. I think its coming over from the neighbors, because its completely random. But it produces from pretty good raspberries. We forget to check in on them often enough. Today there was quite a bit of nice ripe ones that were edible, but also quite a bit over-ripe. Its fun to grow our own fruit. We need to get more fruit and vegetable bearing plants.
In other garden news, we had a guy come and chop down our nice (and half dead) birch tree this week. We are so sad, even though it had no leaves, it was still pretty! Our neighbors complained about it and so we had to get rid of it.They thought the tree might kill their children (sooo over dramatic).
We also pulled out another stump on the side of the yard today and found a giant salamander living under it. Can you spot him in the photo above? I can barely see him, and i know where he is! We felt bad that we destroyed his home! Poor lil’ guy.
This is me, hanging out in my garden gear (it’s hot today!) and posing on the stump of the old birch tree. (I am pretending to be a sad dead tree, can you tell?)
Owl Apron
While shopping at Anthropologie, i found this super cute brown and green Owl Apron! Fridays i usually skip the gym and try to make a homemade dinner. Ironically, i was wearing the same brown and green colors — totally matching my new apron. Check me out!
Island Way Sorbet
Ok, is this nor the cutest thing on earth? And… i bought it from COSTCO! These are delicious sorbets that come pre-packaged in their fruit containers. There are several flavors: Pineapple (in a pineapple shell), Coconut (in a coconut shell), Passion Mango (in an orange shell), and Pomegranate Lemon (in a lemon shell). New obsession!
Greek Yogurt
My favorite snack as of late is non-fat greek yogurt. It is so creamy and delicious you wouldn’t know it didn’t have any fat in it. The other awesome thing about this yogurt is that it does not use high fructose corn syrup as its sweetner. I’ve been taking it for a afternoon snack on the days that i teach in Watsonville since i don’t get home until 8:30pm.
Watsonville Golds Group Ex Room
Here i am! Feel the pride here at Watsonville Golds. Taught my Turbo class and Toning class tonight. Love the people here! They are chill but still know how to bring it. =) Glad to have the opportunity to teach here.
Yummy Summer Corn
Happy Memorial Day! Today i pretty much just exercised all day. Literally. I practiced for all my classes this week (turbo kick, tone n sculpt, step and weights) and then at 5:30om went to Sandy’s cycle class (I can only go on holidays when my step class is cancelled at the other gym), then zoomed on over to Zumba at the Z Club! Monica’s class was a BLAST! Hi energy, hi impact/fast, just how i like it to get a good sweat. I bought groceries at the store and asked Jeff to grill for dinner. Came home to some yummy corn and tri-tip. Mmm mmm.
Meatballs for Bonnie’s Birthday
Bonnie invited us to her birthday party at her friend’s place in Monterey. Recently ive been having cravings for some cocktail meatballs, so perfect chance to make them. Gotta love the slow cooker. I think i used the America’s Test Kitchen recipe. Mmm, loved the sauce. Sweet and savory.
Tone N’ Sculpt Routine
I’ve been asked to sub for Liz’ class at the Watsonville Golds. She teaches TurboKick on Tuesday and Thursday, and a Tone N Sculpt class on Tuesdays as well. While i had a routine for a weight class already, i wanted to come up with something that used Body Bars since they have that at the gym. So i spent the weekend getting it together.. we’ll see how it goes when i teach it!
Breakfast Pocket Knowledge
Eating a breakfast pocket for lunch today… not much opens in the fridge. Of course when i read the factoid, my analytical mind was like - BASED ON WHAT?!? Lol, then i read the small type and had a good laugh.
New Hingeless Glasses
New glasses! The new ones are on top, old on the bottom. Overall.. i think they’re just ok. They are going to take some getting used to. I think my older lenses were the “feather weights” deal where they try to lighten the lens. The new ones are pretty thick and i feel like a retard. =( Oh well, best that i can see!!! Also these new ones don’t have any hinges. They wrap around your head, which is good for my group ex teaching. Rimless, and hingeless, so CRAZY!
