Very Berry Red Smoothie and Weekend Recap

I am always making new smoothie concoctions.  They are so yummy, and it feels like I am having a "treat" when I drink them.  I made this one up and really loved how it turned out.  To make it such a rich, red color I used grape juice for the liquid.  You could swap out grape for pomegranate juice if you don't like the grape flavor.   When I made it I was worried that the grape flavor would overpower the rest of the flavors, but it didn't.  I have a bunch of fresh peaches and so I peeled one and dumped it in.   I loved the end result, and will definitely make it again!

Ingredients:

1 1/2 cup frozen strawberries

1/3 cup frozen blueberries

1 cup of 100% grape juice (secret ingredient)

2-4 Ice cubes

Instructions:

Blend until smooth.  Add more ice, if you want it thicker.

Brandon had Friday off, so we had a nice three day weekend.  I love when that happens. I didn't run on Friday or Saturday.  We spent those days cleaning the house and getting ready for our yard sale, so I didn't have time to run.  I did my long run for the week on Sunday morning.  

When I woke up I decided to weigh myself before I got dressed for my run.  So I weighed myself without any clothes on and after I used the restroom.  I weighed 144.3 pounds.  When I got back from my run I thought, hey I should weigh myself again for kicks and giggles.  So before I hopped in the shower I weighed again and I was 143.4 pounds.   I lost a whole pound.  I'm pretty sure something was off, because that just isn't possible.  Is it?  

Anyways,  like always I started out pretty slow the first couple miles.  I was actually feeling pretty good during most the run.  Then I hit 3.5 miles, and I hit a wall.  I wanted to stop so badly.  I wanted to just walk the last mile home.  I was about to have a meltdown.  I really thought I was going to just burst into tears and lose it.  But I didn't.  I kept repeating in my head, "I can do this."  It was by far the hardest run so far mentally.   It's like my mind is telling me there is no way I could possibly run any further.  But I pushed through it and I made it.  

I didn't die.

I wanted to.

But I didn't.

Sunday was our 7 year anniversary.  I can't believe how time passes so quickly! 

We didn't do anything huge to celebrate, we just spent the day at home relaxing.  My husband made me  one of my favorite things for breakfast.  Breakfast burritos.  YUM.  Yes we ate on our finest china. (paper plates)  I love breakfast burritos, they are so yummy and so filling.  I could eat them for breakfast, lunch, and dinner.  We also baked up some cookies and had hot cookies over vanilla ice cream.  I may or may not have went back for seconds.  I have a really bad sweet tooth and would rather have dessert than dinner any day of the week.  It's my weakness.  I just can't say no to dessert. It's not possible. 

Just looking at those cookies now is really not helping my "smoothie cleanse" today.  Hopefully I survive today without killing somebody out of hunger.  I'll update how it went tomorrow. 

4 Miles and some randomness...

Slow and steady today.  I was scared to do 4 miles. I was really struggling the first two miles.  I don't know why, I just was tired. My legs hurt and I had a bad attitude.  At mile three I started to get into a better pace and mile four was the easiest mile.  Which is so weird.  I would think that your first mile or so would be easy, but for me it almost takes me two miles to get into a comfortable pace.  

We planted our first garden this year, since we actually are renting a home that has a yard.  It has been so much fun! I am probably a little too excited about the fact that we actually grew real vegetables, but I am stoked!  Here is what we picked the other day.  We let the zucchini get too big so it was a little tough, so I ended up grating it up and freezing it for zucchini bread.
Doesn't the pepper on the left look like an old grumpy man face?  Or am I just crazy?

Strawberries are my favorite fruit to eat in the summertime. They are so sweet and refreshing, I really can't get enough of them! When they went on sale at my local grocery store, I kind of went overboard and bought 10 pounds.  

{Yes, our countertops really are that ugly blue.  Fortunately, we are renting this house and so I don't have to live with them forever!}

I like to cut the tops off and then freeze them in quart size freezer bags.  It is WAY cheaper to do this  yourself than it is to buy frozen strawberries at the store.  I also do this with blueberries when they go on sale.  They both freeze great and last forever! 

My next order of randommess is my new favorite song that I have on my running playlist.  We went to the Goo Goo Dolls/Matchbox 20 concert in Vegas and had an awesome time.  My favorite song from the whole show was this one:

I am in love with this song and I really can't get enough of it.  It is such a cute and romantic song.  I really love the lyrics.    Here are some random pics of us at the concert:

{Me, Jess, Emily, Katie}