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It's Monday again.  How do they keep coming faster?  Did you get a lot done this weekend or spend it getting into mischief?   We started off the weekend right with a Friday night viewing of Spaceballs to honor the newly released news of Spaceballs 2 .  It was kind of funny because all I could hear during the movie were the times my dad laughed at certain parts when we went to see it in theaters.  I'm glad I have a few good memories like that of him. Several weeks ago, the Mr saw some travel article about an old school donut shop he wanted to go to sometime.  (We're suckers for the old school places over the decorate a crappy cake donut places.)  This was how he wanted to celebrate his well earned victory on his test last Thursday.  We were on the road pretty early.  I knew it was supposed to rain in the morning but we didn't care for the dubious looking clouds. It went from ominous to sheeting rain: It got to 5 ft visibility at one poin...
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I'm back.  I want to thank you all for understanding my need to vent and thank you to those who sent emails and messages anyway.  I love ya's.

I'll give a small weekend recap since I wasn't feeling it yesterday.  We grilled out, watched disappointing fireworks on TV and basically stayed on the home front.  Some stores were closed for the holiday, then you have a bunch of drunks on the roads and everything else is crowded so while I would've liked to get out, it just wasn't in the cards.  We did go out Sunday night and walked the historic district for over 3 miles.  My hips were not pleased since it's been a while but it was still nice just to enjoy the nice weather.

Since 8 hours had passed from the time we went to bed to the morning news broadcast, as usual the weather forecast of rain Armageddon was drastically reduced from 70% to 20%.  I swear, this is more accurate than the dudes they pay the big bucks...

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I asked the Mr if he was up for paddling after work since it looked like it could be our only day and he was down.   We decided to go to a further lake since the one close to us got overrun by some green goo on our last go round.  Since I knew drive time was going to be upped, I pre-made the components for a nice protein and fiber laden dinner that I could throw together when we got home.



Chicken and black bean nachos on no salt tortilla chips.



It was nice to not have to come home and slave over a stove when all I wanted to do was collapse from exhaustion 1200 calories later.  Then it was off to the shower, stick rolling on the legs and a mutual massage so we weren't regretting it today.

What's your favorite meal to make ahead so you can throw it together come dinner time?

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  1. The Mr.July 7, 2015 at 7:57 AM

    That meal was like a lifeline after last night's paddle. I was so hungry after that. I have to say I am surprised but very proud that we paddle as long as we do because originally I figured I'd be happy just getting an hour in. I love that you like to explore coves and stuff. It's not always easy but it's a great way to work out and get outside and I love that!

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  2. UnknownJuly 7, 2015 at 11:42 AM

    Thank you both for being an inspiration to me. I'm an emotional eater/food addict. I've made a lot of changes with my eating and activity level, and I don't self-medicate with food any longer, but the scale doesn't budge! It's extremely frustrating! You guys are awesome. I look forward to your posts. Thank you again!

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  3. another layerJuly 7, 2015 at 1:36 PM

    I'm glad you're feeling at least a little better. Paddling yesterday sounds like it was fun. I don't do a lot of meals ahead, but I always like to have portioned baggies of pre-cooked shredded chicken in the freezer because I can do so many quick easy things with that. That actually reminds me that I need to throw a new batch in the crockpot soon.

    Fortunately my 4th was better than disappointing tv fireworks, although there have been years of that too. We've had a wet enough summer that we actually had a fireworks display here in town, so we went early to get a good parking spot and then waited until most people had gone so traffic wasn't too bad leaving either. Then the boy got to set off his fountains, sparklers, etc.

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  4. dalbador1July 7, 2015 at 5:09 PM

    I have two meals that are my go-to that I just love. One is chicken tacos in the crock pot. I assemble the dry and wet ingredients and when I'm ready to go, pop them in the pot and I'm done. The other is my mom's/grandma's tomato soup with fine noodles. I've eaten this for 40 years and just made a batch this past weekend. I almost always have chopped onion and garlic ready to go because that's the thing that takes the most time. If I do it ahead of time, I can have this done in roughly 30 minutes. And it makes a ton so leftovers are guaranteed.

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