We are only hours away from a long weekend—anyone excited?! I know I am. I’m very excited to get out of Tampa this weekend and have a change of scenery. And I just love weddings!

This afternoon I snacked on one of Angela’s granola bars before heading to the gym.

Once at the gym I had a nice easy 2 mile run on the treadmill and long steam. I’ve just been so tired today….no more staying up till midnight hanging light fixtures!

I stopped by my parent’s house after the gym and had a glass of red wine and a few blue corn tortilla chips with my mom and dad. Forgot my camera!!!

Since it was STILL raining (can you believe it?!) and Ryan was working late I decided an Amy’s pizza was the best option. I’ve been staring at this pizza for days in my freezer and it definitely did not disappoint!

These personal sized pizzas are delicious but tiny, huh?! I love Amy’s crust though—really nice and chewy!

Twas nummy in my tummy

Now dessert was rather interesting……

Cookies & milk!

Maybe its all in my head or maybe I’m just tired, but I swear I have a case of the sniffles today and feel a little under the weather. Well that just won’t go so I’m taking all the preventative measures I know to knock whatever is in me out tonight while I sleep! This was a cup of almond milk with chocolate SuperFood and I discovered it tastes much better if you have a bite of cookie, then a sip of grass and so on.

I just finished packing and now I am watching one of the best movies EVER created

Oh my, I just love Iron Will. I have three favorite movies of all time—Legends of the Fall, Little Women and Iron Will. If you haven’t seen this I suggest watching it asap, as in tonight. I tear up every time!

My flight leaves tomorrow morning at 8 am so I won’t be blogging first. However, you can expect a full recap later in the afternoon. We get into Milwaukee around noon and then are headed straight to my grandparent’s house so Ryan can meet them and we can visit for awhile before driving up to Madison.

G’nite!

Ps–

Awwwww my first blog post EVER on Dec 9, 2007 was when I was traveling up to Milwaukee to visit my grandparents. Does this sound familiar:

“This morning I was supposed to run 9.5 miles for my half-marathon training but stopped after 6 because of my shin splints. I think I’m going to have to take a week off of running because they were throbbing today…the race is def. not worth getting injured! I need to be more careful.”

Wow, have I been blogging forever or WHAT?!

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I did it!

Warning: its still pretty swollen!!!

Can you even believe it?! We were there today for almost four hours….but it was well worth it. The guy who did it has been a tattoo artist for 13 years and really took his time with each of us. He sketched out a couple images for me until the final decision was made. I originally was going to get a wave with a cross under it, but after talking to him I decided upon having the cross actually IN the wave. It hurt like HELL but I do love it! It took about 30 minutes for him to do and the whole time I squeezed my eyes shut and imagined John with his hands on my shoulders. I pray he was there!

My mom got a petal on her finger and I was so proud of her!

And my dad got exactly what John wanted….a cross with the words “give me strength” above it and John’s initials underneath.

What an odd family bonding event that I NEVER would have foreseen. Just goes to show that if you want to hear God laugh, tell him your plans…no? I can’t even believe how fast things can change; not even two weeks ago life was so different and my brother was still alive. I keep telling myself everything happens for a reason…..its all we can do sometimes.

Before I left for tattooing, I recreated my favorite salad for lunch that I used to eat all the time in Paris. It is a combo of organic greens, mushrooms, carrots, tomato, an ounce of fresh goat cheese and two paper thin slices of prosciutto drizzled in balsamic vinegar—

With a peanut butter stuffed date on the side!

It wasn’t all raw or even vegetarian, but it was very satisfying and fresh. I love the combo of prosciutto with goat cheese….brings me right back to my tiny Parisian apartment, I swear!

This was my first experience with Peanut Butter and Co’s Mighty Maple pb….yum! I really love maple syrup so I was excited that the maple taste was pretty dominant in this peanut butter. However, the peanut butter did have sort of a “grainy” feel to it that I couldn’t put my finger on. Maybe because, unlike the raw almond butter I usually eat, this has added sugar in it? Regardless, the flavor was still awesome and I loved how creamy it was. More reviews to come as I slowly eat my way through all my new jars!

And since we were at the tattoo place for SO long, I sort of cheated on my raw snack. Well, it was still raw but I was planning on making something much cooler at home (think more holiday chia pudding!) but I got really hungry fast before they tattooed me and knew I should eat something quick.

Enter a raw grawnola bar from One Lucky Duck!

I ate half of this bar because it was huge, but goodness it was delicious!!! It was chewy and filling. I loved the crunch of the raw buckwheat groats and almonds. This fueled me through a two hour trip to IKEA

Look, lingonberry juice (and a wrapped, swollen wrist!)—

IKEA was amazing! I can’t believe I’ve never been before! I found SO many things that I wanted but managed to walk out with only a little something for my furry beast

Isn’t it cute? Its a little cat tent with a furry mat inside. Let’s hope Dexter likes it!

I’m going to take some measurements at the condo and then go back because I found the perfect bookcase, barstools and coffee table…..all were very affordable and very, very cute.

I got home rather late from the tattoo/IKEA experience and I ate exactly what I was craving, even though frozen meals aren’t the healthiest.

I just love this—I CRAVE this pad thai. Its the best outside of a restaurant that I’ve ever had and I always relish every last bite.

After I ate I went to my parent’s house because my brother’s sweet girlfriend was going to stop by to say hi and meet Mikey. I had a tiny glass of red wine and opened up a package that had come for me in the mail!

My friend, Chrissy, sent me a plethora of Trader Joe’s stuff!!!! THANK YOU, CHRISSY!!!!!! I can’t wait to try out all these dried fruits and have a spoonful of TJ’s raw almond butter which I have heard so much about. I had two of the milk chocolate covered bing cherries for dessert—

YUM! This was a bite of heaven. I love care packages!

Ryan still hasn’t seen the tattoo yet…….it might be an interesting night! I’m off to make some of my new peppermint tea and journal. See you all in the morning!

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