I’m feeling short on words today.
Not to be confused with my actual height, which is itty bitty, although I do manage to sneak my way onto most amusement park rides. Tippy toes is totally a thing. Besides, what I lack in stature, I make up for with mental prowess, also known as my ginormous ego. Yes in spite of my flaws, I happen to think I’m pretty fantastic.
I’m also honest too, which is why I’m going to be totally frank with you right now.
The Hubby being home is crimping my blogging schedule. It’s hard to write, read, and photograph when I’m affixed to his leg (I’ll let you decide which one). We also entertained some of my favorite house guests this past weekend and we are mere days away from jumping on a jet plane bound for San Diego, so we can frolic in the sun and the surf with Laura and Lucie. Busy is an understatement.
The long and short of it is blogging is taking a bit of a back seat right now, which means today’s post is coming by way of photos. You guys hear me prattle on enough, it only makes sense to let pictures do the talking. I did group them by category though: Life, Food, Fitness and Shenanigans. This is me after all.
You can take the words outta my mouth, but you can’t take the self-diagnosed OCD outta my brain. Let’s begin.
Life
Food
Fitness
Shenanigans
Thanks for being so understanding. Love you all.
If you were to capture your last week in pictures, what would they say? Also, did you notice? I grew and ate my own asparagus!!! I am over the moon about this. Have you eaten anything from your garden this year?
Pictures speak a thousand words..or something like that! Looks like you had a fun (and delicious weekend)- that chocolate sounds insanely delicious…butter makes everything better, even despite the fact that I would never think to pair it with chocolate. So much FOMO that you’ll be hanging out with Lucie & Laura- give them both a big hug!
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I’ll give them both a great big bear hug from you, and then we shall eat chocolate and butter. 🙂
Meghan recently posted…Scenes from the Weekend
Sir mix a lot approved asparagus is awesome, especially since you grew it yourself! Whenever I have a busy weekend I have zero energy to blog and somehow nothing to say, but there are usually more pictures 🙂 Two more things: I’m jealous of your brown butter chocolate and need to find some, and all your other food looks incredible as usual. The OCD has to work for us somehow I suppose 😉
Michele @ paleorunningmomma recently posted…Workout Recap + Weekend Scenes
I take advantage of my neurosis every change I get. 🙂
Sir Mix a Lot would be jealous of my asparagus. I’m sure of it!!
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I’m not responsible enough to be allowed to care for living plants yet…
I do,however, love that sunset photo. Looks like a great week! It’s a long weekend over here so today kinda feels like Sunday 🙂
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Long weekends are the best kind. Enjoy!
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Between the cat, asparagus, fitness, pasta and gardening–and you, of course–this post looks like weekend perfection 🙂
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It was pretty perfect, minus the vacuuming and ironing. Oh well, it can’t all be shenanigans. 🙂
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I definitely did notice the asparagus, considering you had arrows pointing it out 😛 Hopefully this year you’ll get more than 1 stalk. And hopefully this year I’ll be able to grow something of my own! I don’t have a backyard for a garden, but I’ve thought about buying some potted tomato plants and seeing what they give me. The only thing is that I’m terrible with plants and my balcony isn’t exactly friendly to them either. If anything, I’ll just steal veggies from my parents 😛
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I’ve gotten two stalks already and me and my houseguests each got to eat half a stalk. 🙂 🙂 There’s another one coming up so I’m hopefully there will be more to come. I’ll be living large on asparagus. 🙂
I love growing my own veggies, although there’s something nice about snagging some from the in-laws garden too though.
Meghan recently posted…Scenes from the Weekend
Your asparagus is purple! I’m in love. I haven’t started growing anything yet this year but I usually do beans, peas, spinach, and tomatoes. Nice pictures, and your bit of writing that you did do for the post had me laughing as usual. I’m glad your husband is home and have fun in San Diego!
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Thanks sunshine. I would like to be regaled with stories of your garden this summer please.
Hooray for purple asparagus!!
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I consider myself well able to keep up with you young folks that I instantly got the Asparagus reference.
I love the water photos, so soothing.
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I find the water calming too. Very relaxing, especially when paired with Sir Mix a Lot. Snort. 😉
Meghan recently posted…Scenes from the Weekend
Life is what happens while you’re making other plans (to write, read, whatever)…best to go out and live it!
Alyssa @ Renaissancerunnergirl recently posted…May Weekend Updates
True that!
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YESSS I was hoping there would be a photo of the asparagus cooked and ready to be consumed. I am so proud of that for you. I’ve been using a lot of rosemary from my garden, but nothing else. Possibly because I haven’t really planted anything. HA. My mom planted a few things, so perhaps when those grow I will harvest them. What a lovely weekend indeed!
I vote for the third leg…the shorter of the three.
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I am all over the asparagus this year. Bam!
I bet you’re roasting all the veggies in rosemary right about now.
How do you know it’s shorter?
Meghan recently posted…Scenes from the Weekend
I’m so delighted and impressed by your life in color and of course I’m totally green with envy at your homegrown asparagus. This is one of my favorite vegetables! I love veggies that also act as rods and skewers. The asparagus can wear many hats and I am a hat lover.
We finally bought some potted plants for our balcony, which is just a Yorkie sunning and peepee area right now. So the colorful plants act a nice touch. And I welcome the dogs to spray with love. My goal this year is the sprout some things so I’ll just leave it at that. No pressure, I’m not exactly known for green thumbs. Yet!
The weekend was grand, the man of the house returned home on Thursday so we had date nights all weekend. And daytime dates too, wink. He also helped me with my blog, approved some writing, and one of these days you can read my crazy sauce.
Ooooh, so you’re doing it; starting a blog! That is awesome sauce, and I cannot wait to check it out. You better let me know when it’s up and running. Pretty please.
I used to be horrible at keeping plants alive and now I’m growing my own asparagus. Life does funny things to ya along the way.
Meghan recently posted…Scenes from the Weekend
Blogging has definitely taken a backseat for me since moving in with JZ! But hey, that’s life. Better to live it and enjoy it! 🙂
Kudos on growing your own asparagus!! I can only grow kale and collards without killing them – that’s because they’re easy and grow wild even when I don’t touch them all summer (seriously lol).
My last week in pictures would show me teaching a class for people with Celiac disease, driving by fields of cows on my way to work, meeting up with a friend for good conversation but crappy food at an Italian restaurant, and doing the walk for MS on Sunday! 🙂
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Looks like a great week, yay for home grown asparagus!!!!
Jen@jpabstfitness recently posted…May Goals
Double yeah for home grown asparagus. I’m so stoked about this!
Meghan recently posted…Scenes from the Weekend
We need you to make those snack plates for us. I will dance to it, so you get some entertainment while working.
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Sounds perfect to me. I’ll pass you a crudité microphone so you can sing and maybe even join in on the chorus.
Meghan recently posted…Scenes from the Weekend
If I took pictures from the last week it would involve lots of sick between my son, me and the person I then gave my virus to 😉 I love that you grew your own asparagus! That’s really exciting, especially to someone like me who grows nothing!
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Yeah that’s no good!! I’m glad you’re fully recovered now though…you are right?
The asparagus thing made my summer.
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I laughed out loud literally at your asparagus photo of the arrow to it…haha hilarious.
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I’m just a little bit excited about that asparagus. 🙂 🙂
Meghan recently posted…Scenes from the Weekend
That asparagus on your plate looks delicious! Haha! I can feel the pride 🙂
That’s a great way to put it and dead on. I’m so damn excited and proud of those two little asparagus stalks.
Meghan recently posted…Scenes from the Weekend
Nice asparagus. Try to stay off your hubby’s leg at the airport. People will stare, even out here in the land of fruits and nuts.
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Um hello how will I make it into the mile high club then?
Just kidding, there’s no way I’m going near those airplane bathrooms.
Meghan recently posted…Scenes from the Weekend
Oh my god you grew your own asparagus and it’s purple!!!! And with two asparagus spears you’ve already cracked last year’s record 😀 Well done you! I couldn’t grow anything if my life depended on it. I have two black thumbs.
This looks like a pretty great weekend by the way! Especially the barbell workout looks intriguing and I love the ice and beer 😉
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I know right! Double last year’s quantity. I am SO IMPRESSED you remember that. You get two snaps and a twirl.
The workout was Body Pump. It’s always a good one. You should try a class. You might love it.
Meghan recently posted…Scenes from the Weekend
Haha it’s actually a bit embarassing how much details I seem to save. I am glad you don’t think it’s too creepy 😉
I blame my job. I am just interested in and used to remember personal stories.
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Wow I hope that asparagus was amazing! It sure looked good, those 2 spears pride of place on top of your eggs in the breakfast spread! We don’t have a garden and the only thing I am growing inside is a cactus…. Do they even grow or just survive?!
Glad to hear hubby is home and you are having fun! We had a public holiday here yesterday so david was off too – it was lovely to have him home, blogging was not an option!!
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Hey cactus are tough to grow. At least I think so since I struggle with those. Hope you enjoyed the nice long weekend and the bit of a blogging break.
Meghan recently posted…Scenes from the Weekend
oh asparagus. I hope you savoured it like a mofo.
Totally FOMO’ing over this weeks antics AND next week’s Blend- Have a blast in a glass and you deserve it.
I also want those eggs..pesto scrambled?
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Just come to Blend with me. We’ll make it work.
Also, pesto scrambled eggs is dead on the money. Good eye, my friend. Or maybe you just know me that well.
Meghan recently posted…Scenes from the Weekend
Sweet asparagus yo! I don’t have my own garden but I always raid my parents’ stash of home grown green beans whenever I am over and I pretty much refuse to eat any other types of green beans.
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I’m sorry to tell you this but green beans are my nemesis. We get soooo many in our food share during the summer, plus some from the in-laws garden, I swear they’re trying to overtake me. I stay strong though and freeze those suckers.
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Please tell me one of those beverages was a cider?
Thanks for sharing a glimpse into your sweet life, through words and photos! Love ya pumpkin.
But of course a cider was involved. I wouldn’t have it any other way; ignoring yesterday’s beer tasting. 🙂
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