Saturday's Mother's Day

This Saturday was a lot of Fun!!! I spent the day with my mom in Boone for her Mother's Day gift. We started our day out by me, as the shofer, driving my mom to Boone.

The drive today was gorgeous! North Carolina is really beautiful in the Spring. Driving over the mountain, the scenery caught our eyes...

Such a pretty view, that is one great advantage I have while traveling to Appalachian everyday/most days. I wanted to surprise my mom by taking her to breakfast, so we ended up at a little cute bakery. Anyone out there ever heard of Stick Boys??? They are very famous in Boone for there amazing breads, pastries, and coffees. I went by the bakery after school, on Friday, to make sure they still carried the "Everything Muffin." This muffin is out of this world! It is so good, and so healthy. The recipe is full of apple, carrots, bran, coconut, currents, and almonds. Truly is delightful! We both ordered the muffin and, of course, a few extras for the fam :). After ordering our muffin, we went out for a lil drive to Bean Stalk, a lil coffee shop. The atmosphere was so refreshing, we had the whole upstairs to ourselves :0)!

It was fun!

Strawberry anyone :)After cutting up w/ picture taking, we got our Everything Muffins out of the box and enjoyed them with our coffee! I ordered a vanilla Latte, and my mom had the Hazelnut.

I packed some fruit to create a most glorious and nutritious breakfast.

And yes, I ate every bite :)
After the coffee shop, we went shopping at the Shops on the Parkway
And sat near my ASU parking spot to enjoy the rest of our Mother's Day
It was perfect!

My Friday

Hello all :) hope everyone has had a great week! Mine has been very hectic, but very good! I thought I would give you the little rundown of what's been going on this Friday. I worked 8-1 and 3-9 on Friday, kinda long, but no different than a long day at school, then work. However, work is a little more easy on the brain and less energy zapping. My sister, Laurie, usually stays the night with me n my mom on Friday nights. She is a hair dresser and works in both Wilkes and Mooresville. So, to make her life easier, she stays w/ us instead of driving an hour home n back the next morning. We always watch a movie, have popcorn, or just simply ly there and chat. And of course, every morning I have to make her a healthy bowl of oatmeal :) ,or if I'm lazy, she eats Honey Bunches of Oats. Ok, so anyways, Friday after work, at about 9:30 PM, I met my mom and Laurie at Ruby Tuesdays. Laurie had just got off of work and had not even eaten yet! She ordered an appetizer of diff colored corn chips, and a meal of a burger, salad, and Raspberry Tea.
My mom also ordered the Raspberry Tea
Me, I sipped there raspberry tea throughout the meal, but my course was coffee w/ a little salad. I just nibbled, because I already had my dinner of a peanut butter and banana sandwich with carrots, celery, and a glass of skim milk at about 7 PM. But, the atmosphere was a great way to start the weekend. I was surprised at how many people were ordering steaks at 10 o' clock at night! Well, Im sure if I did not have dinner, id be doin the same thing :)

Oh there is no place like home! After a long day today, I came home to a great meal. It's amazing to me how fast a great meal can be thrown together in about 20min. For dinner, I prepared broiled salmon w/ fresh Italian Seasoning, cyan pepper, and sea salt, Asparagus cooked under the broiler w/ olive oil, salt, and pepper, and a nutrient packed sweet potato. I always pair my meal with a glass of skim milk. It always hits the spot! For dessert, I had a half cup of my mom's homemade apple sauce. Oh so good.

Workout Thursday

Oh wow what a day! What a week! It's Thursday, that should be a plus, almost Friday, but I still have a very long weekend ahead of me! This week was my final week of school! I made a 100!! on my Medical Terminology Final w/ no multi-choice, all memory! I surprised myself. This week, I fill like ive turned into a study and exercise aholic :) Today I started my day out with a great 4mile run. It was very hard, but great training, I'm telling you, my Wilkesboro town, can be a huge challenge to run in. I somehow always seem to run the hardest hills every time I run. It's all in the athletic mind game of "no pain, no gain." Every workout, every exercise, and every rep should start strong and end strong. To give you the whole low-down on my run this morning, I ran 4miles in 33min, best pace was a 4:38, and lap pace was a 8:21 min mile. My Garmin GPS, given to me by my brother, John, is my lil running friend :). Here is my after run pic...

My pre-workout meal consisted of 1/2 an apple and Organic Peanut Butter. It was really good, but probably was not enough to fuel my intensity, but I was in a hurry and it did the trick :)

After my workout, I replenished my muscles with a boiled egg, 1hr later, I had a good bowl of oatmeal, then hit the road and off to Appalachian. I was chosen to be a Junior Marshal at the commencement ceremony this Sunday. So, we had a practice session this morning at 10:30 AM, where I met the Dean of students over my college, the College of Applied Arts! He is very nice. Ok, I guess you have heard enough of my excitement for one day ;) Have a blessed day and remember today is National Day of Prayer! Pray for our Nation and the Nation of Israel.

Today was my first day off of school! It was nice to sleep in til 7am and have a nice breakfast with coffee. My breakfast was not the most presentable, but ohhhh I am telling you, it is oh, so, truly, tastfully remarkable! I mix together Organic Oats, wheat germ, ground flax, bran, and lots of cinnamon and nutmeg. I top the oats with apple slices, blue berries, plain yogurt, and oh yes, the nutrient rich pumpkin containing 300% of your daily Vitamin A recommendation per 1/2 cup! I also pair the pumpkin with a dab of apple butter. This truly is my favorite breakfast! I licked the bowl clean ;) My coffee was great too! I filled my cup with Guatemalan Coffee and topped it with a vanilla milk mixture that I heat in the microwave. It contains 1/3c skim milk, vanilla extract, and 1 tsp raw sugar. Let the bubbles rise to the top of the dish and slowly pour the milk to embrace the coffee with delight. Perfectly Simple :)

Morning buzz

Ahh, I love my morning buzz of great coffee paired with my course work of study :) Brings my morning w/ a great start (other than my workout and bible time). Hope you guys have a great blessed day today! "Blessed are those who are meek in spirit, for they will see the Lord"

Kayley bug

Meet my little Westie, Kayley! She insisted on sitting in a box in the trunk of my sisters lil yellow car. Meet my sis, Laurie, well her hand at least :0)