Started with the basics (a banana):

Added the deliciousness (oats, coconut, almond butter, vegan chocolate chips, dried cranberries, agave, and coconut oil):

Pressed into a 8×8 pan and froze for an hour:

Sooooo good. Make them you won’t be sorry!

Then Bill and I met up with my sister and her hubby at this wonderful place:

Started with this amazing bottle of wine:

And this hummus appetizer:

Everything at Mary’s is amazing.  This was my sister’s hubby (Ken) first time and I think he loved it.

Bill and Ken got the sun-dried tomato fettuccine:

I got the Syrian wrap:

My sis got this amazing Thai curry dinner which I think I ate about 1/2 of as well as my dinner (must get this next time):

Seriously this was the best!

Here are the boys:

And the girls:

And the couples:

Let’s not forget dessert.  You cannot go to Mary’s without trying the dessert.  It is all raw!

Our smoothies:

Raw chocolate ice cream:

Raw chocolate cake:

I am about to give birth to a food baby!

It was worth it though.  We had such a great time.  Thanks Sis and Ken for a fun evening!

Hope you had a great Saturday night too!

Do you have a favorite restaurant you love to go to?

Really how can you go wrong with good wine, good food, and great people?

Today I used my runmeter again and ran another 5 mile loop.

Then I decided to take Pepsi to a local park that has an extensive trail system.

It is also very dog friendly!

I am not sure why I don’t take her here more.  It is only about a 5 minute drive from our house and she loves it!

Today I kept an extra eye on her because these signs were posted everywhere:

Scary! 

This is what I call her “puppy bear” pose:

After our outdoor adventures, we ventured to Trader Joe’s.  Not a good idea on Super Bowl Sunday when everyone is picking up snacks for their parties.  Actually, any Sunday at TJ’s is a mess.  I wish we had some other stores in this town!  We don’t have Whole Foods, Sprouts, or anything!  Grrrrrrr…….

Anyway, I picked up a new item to try:

So far I have not tried it but I did use it in my vegan energy bars instead of normal almond butter.

I doubled the recipe and made half of the bars in a cupcake tin.  I have finally tried the reusable cupcake liners my sis bought me a long while back-thanks sis!:

They are cooking now as I type and boy does the house smell divine!

Hope you are all having a lovely Sunday.

Thanks for reading and enjoy the Super Bowl if you are watching!

Here is what our bed looked like:

We desperately needed something new and colorful.

And now we have something:

It was so wonderful to sleep in! Super soft and luxurious.

We are happy…..

This morning after the wonderful night of rest in our bed, I started with this:

I love drinking coffee with soy creamer in bed while catching up on blogs.

Then Pepsi and I ventured out for our second run this week.  I am so proud of us.  I owe some of my motivation to my blog friends for sure!  All of you and specifically Berni and Mariposa Girl!  Berni is running a half this weekend-I hope to do one in the near future.  It has been too long since I ran a half.

Then I donned my runners (again) and walked to work. Love it! It is such a stress relief and a good time to catch up with friends.

Had breakfast at my desk:

Had my snack a few hours later (almond butter, organic jelly on a rice cake):

Lunch was leftovers and an apple and orange:

Between 5th and 6th period I ate one of my homemade vegan energy bars.

I hope to make some sautéed vegetables of some sort for dinner.  Not exactly sure what is on the menu just yet.

I am off to the bike shop.  “Tabitha” (my bike) needs some TLC.

The end is near-tomorrow is Friday!

Super happy for the weekend. 

I hope to get a pedicure-it has been too long. 

We are also meeting friends at our favorite wine bar Saturday night.  Not sure what else is going on but so far it looks good.

Do you have any fun plans?