Happy Sunday!

Happy Sunday, guys! Now who wants to volunteer for clean up duty?? Hahaha.

On the agenda for today: Mexican crockpot chicken, dark chocolate Guinness cookies, and crockpot apple oatmeal. I know, oink oink. :D

Have a great Sunday!

Love,
Jess

This Saturday

This Saturday it is GORGEOUS here in the Queen City. However, there is a coat of that-which-must-not-be-named on everything. So this girl is just gonna stay inside and clean and stare longingly at pictures like this:





I can't wait until the pollen calms down so I can go run trails to prepare for the Brew Dash at the Whitewater Center in June!

I will also be spending lots of time cuddling with this little guy:





What are your plans for the weekend?


Happy weekend!

Love,
Jess

High Five For Friday!

Yay! It's Friday! Normally I would be excited about spending some time outside with Clay but unfortunately we're in the midst of a pollen blizzard. Instead I'm going to try to get excited about a weekend of cleaning and errands... Err, maybe this is a good time to reflect on the awesomeness of this week:

Today I'm linking up with Lauren @ from my grey desk for High Five for Friday!








-Newly painted vanity. I can't wait to get the knobs on it!
-Color Me Rad race with Liz. So much fun!
-Chaco weather!
-Bennie is growing out of control! Any ideas for spearmint uses?
-I got this sweet tea set that belonged to my great grandmother last weekend.

And as always...the Clay Lucas edition!





Lesson of the week: Clay HATES the way grass feels.

Have a wonderful weekend!

Love,
Jess

Wordless Wednesday

Weekly Chase

This is what my Sunday afternoon was like. It was glorious. I got amazing photos of the kiddo.





On to the chase!

The challenge this month is to focus on growing in some way. I'm going to focus on growing healthier. In order to better focus on this, all of my weekly chase goals will be related to this!

Here's a recap of last week:

Go to the library and find books to read on nutrition.
Done! I had to put in a request for the two I wanted so hopefully I can pick them up soon!

Make Clay and I loose food plans for the month.
I've picked out five recipes for the rest of the month that I want to make. My plan is to sit down each Saturday and plan out the next week's meals using a couple of the recipes. I'm hoping I can get four meals out of each, make Clay a few meals to freeze, and then just freeze what's leftover (if any!). I'm trying to find more "Clay friendly" meals. At this point I'm willing to throw anything in the food processor, but there are still a few things off limits for Clay baby.

Run 20 miles this month.
I ran 4 in the past week :/ Erk.

Take some time to myself everyday.
I did get to spend some time last week with Liz catching up on our favorite shows but some days it just didn't happen.

This week my goals are pretty similar:

Read the books on nutrition when I pick them up.

Work on a shopping list & go this weekend.
I want to go through the recipes I want to make and go shopping this weekend for food to last til the end of the month. Obviously I'll still have to make weekly trips for produce but I'm hoping this helps!

Work on my 20 mile goal.

Me time

Short and simple. Hopefully easy peasy!

Good luck to all of my fellow chasers!

Love,
Jess

High Five for Friday...a little late

The past two weeks have been crazy busy which is why I'm a little late posting this. I had the best of intentions- I got my collage all ready to go on Friday then it just didnt happen.

Here we go...

I'm linking up with Lauren @ from my grey desk for High Five for Friday!







1. Umm, yes, this was at Walmart. Another reason to just stay away.

2. I got my car fixed fo free! My amazing grandfather and wonderful uncle fixed my breaks and radiator hose...a job that the silly shop quoted me $620+ to do. This is a huge blessing and MAJOR high five!

3. The Band Perry. My new obsession. Go check them out now!!

4. Liz and me picking up our race packets and I finally got contacts again!

5. My new friends, Bennie and Molly Malone.

And just because I know the only reason you visited was for the cuteness of my son, here's H54F Clay edition:





Bahahahahaha. You moost be joking. Gosh, I'm going to pass my cheesy sense of humor on to Clay at this rate. Also, Clay is just a teensy bit impatient when waiting for more food... He gets like his mom when he's hungry.

I hope you've had a great weekend!

Love,
Jess

Meet My New Friends...

I love having plants around. They're pretty AND they help purify the air in your home! When I was at Lowe's today I found myself drawn towards the plants and came home with these two plants:




Meet Molly Malone. She's a Redheaded Irishman Cactus. No, I'm not just making that up! It's legit!

And...




This is Benny (like Benny and the Jets)...hehehe. Anyway, Benny is a spearmint plant whose leaves I plan on adding to some delicious drinks this summer!

So now I guess I'm stuck naming my plants after songs...

Have a wonderful Thursday!

Love,
Jess