Hi friends! I can’t thank you enough for all of the birthday wishes yesterday and Monday — it really meant a lot to me. Now that I’m 1/4 of a century, I feel much more mature and adult’ish (not really). I spent my day relaxing, vacuuming (the Husband delivered with the vacuum of my dreams!!!!!), and spending some time with my family. It was great.
Yesterday morning it was back to reality when my alarm clock went off at 5:00 AM. I wanted to squeeze in a short workout since I knew I wasn’t going to be going on a long walk with my boys during the day because we had a heat warning. I busted out Tina’s burpee blaster which I did a few weeks ago as one of my “first” workouts back, and almost died. I’m happy to report it was a little easier today! After, I cooled down a little bit, got ready for the day, and got breakfast going. I was starving all day today, so I was ready to eat!
Breakfast — 6:15 AM
I completely zoned out and forgot to take a picture of my breakfast this morning, but it looked a little something like this.
Hot oats (whyyyy!?) topped with some fruit, cinnamon, and peanut butter. While I was eating, a really nasty storm started to blow through. It was pitch black outside — it was scary! I forged ahead though and left on time to go hang out with the boys.
Lunch — 11:30 AM
We were all pretty hungry when lunch time came around, so I started on things a little earlier so we could be sitting down around 11:30 — the boys had some chicken nuggets and fruit (and even ate some of my baby carrots — it happened, Melanie!!), and I made myself an egg sandwich on a Udi’s bagel with avocado, hummus, and lettuce. It’s my favorite combination!
On the side I ate some baby carrots and Trader Joe’s triple layer hummus (so good!)
While I was eating, I came across a conjoined carrot!!!! It was the best thing ever. My six year old buddy told me I needed to save it so one of his toys could use it as a jetpack, but I vetoed that suggestion and ate it.
3:00 PM
In the midst of some intense Lego playtime this afternoon, I snacked on an old favorite, raisins and almonds.
When I got home, I also ate a cold piece of pizza that was leftover from the other night — I was feeling snacky while I was making dinner!
Dinner was courtesy of Trader Joe’s today — organic frozen brown rice (best convenience food ever), stir fry vegetables, and organic sprouted tofu (double the protein!).
This dinner was fairly similar to this recipe, and it was delicious. I went back for seconds on everything. Dinner is always ended with a piece of dark chocolate.
While I am typing this post, the day isn’t over yet, and I’m sure I’m going to head back into the kitchen for a snack at some point. I’m feeling granola or half a bagel with almond butter and banana slices!
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LOL love that carrot!! made me laugh..
Congrats Maddy! Hey Chelsey, did you get a Dyson?
I did!
Oooh, that is one sweet birthday indeed!!
That breakfast looks fantastic!!! Glad you had a great Birthday!!
All of your food looks delicious.. especially your dinner. Everytime I treat myself to one piece of dark chocolate, it is never a good enough “dessert” to hold me over throughout the night. I swear within an hour I’m back in the kitchen grabbing a banana or some cereal.
yay! so glad you got your vacuum! good job husband! that hummus sounds sooooo good!
glad you had a good birthday!! I once got a carrot that looked like a lobster claw, i found it quite humorous! And I have to agree putting avocado on an egg sandwich is amazingly delicious!
Happy belated birthday! Burpees are always a killer for me! You can never beat raisins and almonds. such a tasty combo! Avocado on an egg sandwich sounds delicious!
that carrot is in just the weirdest shape haha Glad you got the vacuum you wanted for your birthday!
Happy Belated Birthday! Sorry I missed it!!
I use to spread avocado on homemade biscuits and top with an egg, cheese, and fake bacon. I totally forgot about making these until I saw your sandwich. YUM!
That picture of the oats is stunning. It’s actually making me crave some HOT oats. Glad you had a great b-day.
I think avocado on any sandwich wins my heart. Your bagel looks mighty delicious too! I’ve never had a gluten free bagel but you might have encouraged me to!
Happy belated!! I thought of you when I was vaccumming this weekend with my moms friends vacuum and it was so fantastic haha.
I love funky carrots
They’re totally good luck.
breakfast looks great! I need to bring hot oats back into my life lol
Your sandwich sounds soooo good!!! I need to make that happen!
Hi Chelsey, I just wanted to say I LOVE your new blog design. I’m going to self host my blog soon and I hope I can get mine looking as clean and professional as yours! Your design is definitely one of the best I’ve seen.
That storm was nuts yesterday morning! I’m in Bolingbrook, and I was shocked… The wind was super fast, the rain drops were huge and blowing sideways, and the thunder had my poor dog hiding and shaking in the bathroom!
Glad to hear you had a nice birthday
and that pizza looks so good!
Glad it was a nice bday and cold pizza - I love it! actually more so than hot - something about the flavors just get better to me.
a) i know im late to the party, but i love the new look
b) happy birthday weeeeeeeeeeeeek
c) that udis bagel-wich looks aweeeeesome
What a perfect day of eats! Everything looks amazing especially your bagel sandwich
have a happy wednesday!
Hahaha that carrot looks like a heart to me but a jetpack is way cooler!
Did you know baby carrots aren’t really babies?? They are shaped from big carrots. Sort of sad.
So glad that you had a wonderful birthday and got the vacuum that you have been wanting! And looks like ‘reality’ is pretty great too- a fun day with the boys with some delicious eats! And I’m the same way, I always get snacky when making dinner.
Glad you had a great birthday! And I totally want a carrot jetpack.
That boy is one creative dude. Jetpack. Genius!
True story… I love weird carrots. Make. my. day.
Yay on the new vacuum from the husband!
Great job on getting in your workout before the busy day!
Oh goodness, that’s scary about the storm. Glad its all good though. It will be a sad day when I have to bring back hot oats, or turn on my heater extra high and eat my cold oats beside it…most likely I’ll resort to the latter.
I’m so sorry I didn’t get to wish you a Happy Birthday earlier! Things have been nutso since I got back from our vacation! But I hope you had an amazing birthday, Chelsey!
The dark chocolate is alway a necessity!
So glad you got your vacuum!
I love hot oats even in the summer heat! They are so yummy!!
haha this reminded me of bridesmaids…doesn’t the cop guy say those weird carrots are the lucky ones?! glad u had a nice bday!
Haha look at that carrot! I find funny looking veggies all the time at work (I work with wholesale and garden-grown produce) and it never ceases to amuse me!
happy belated birthday! It sounds like you had a great one:) And what a delicious day of eats! and the carrot is so cool! it looks like a heart:)
Looks like a great birthday! I always request oatmeal with pb on my birthday too
I usually end dinner with a piece of dark chocolate too…except tonight it was more like dark chocolate pieces in a small bowl of cereal with PB on top. One of those days!
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