And the answer to yesterday's Fun Fact Friday is.....#1!!!!! Most of you picked #2. Ha. Fooled ya! I cannot still do a backhandspring thanks to the injuries I got the summer before my senior year of highschool when I was hit by a car. So, I have in fact traveled to more foreign countries than states in the US. I have been to 14 countries (Canada, England, Sweden, Italy, France, Germany, Spain, Jamaica, Mexico, Dominican Republic, Aruba, Barbados, Puerto Rico, and Costa Rica) and only to 6 states not including my homestate of GA and if you include DC (Tennessee, Florida, Alabama, both Carolinas, and DC). I will be adding one more state in a couple of months when I travel to Indiana to visit my pal Mandy. 🙂 I would love to go to New York, Hawaii, Alaska, and California. But more so I want to go back to Europe!!!

Now onto the benefits of blogging 😀

One: You can learn about great bargains! I heard that Publix was having a BOGO sale on Morningstar products from Melinda at Fit and Fabulous, so I was able to stock up for a good price. Thanks lady!

Two: You can hear about different products or varieties of products that you haven't tried yet and get to enjoy them. Example - one of my Morningstar Farms products. Gracie from Girl Meets Health mentioned the Asian burger from Morningstar Farms in a recent post and it sounded good, so I got a pack. I decided to try it for my lunch today.

Morningstar Asian Veggie Patties

On a sandwich thin with Newman's Own Light Sesame Ginger Dressing, topped with greens/onions/cucumbers

All Set Up

Bite It!

Review: This little patty had lots of flavor and I enjoyed it. I do think it would be better in more of an Asian inspired dish than as a sandwich, like I ate it. Maybe atop a stir fry, as a base for lettuce wraps, or crumbled and wrapped up with some veggies in a rice wrapper?

Three: You can pick up all sorts of fabulous recipes and meal creations! One of my favorite recipe creators is Jessica from How Sweet It Is. Her recipes always look so delicious and utterly amazing. Normally they are things that I don't trust myself to make because I screw up often in the kitchen am not as good a cook as she is. But, yesterday she posted a recipe for PBJ muffins that looked simple enough that even I could handle it. I emailed the recipe to the hubs and he was all over the idea of trying them out. So, we did 🙂 Follow along on the visual journey of our baking Jessica's fabulous adaptation of a recipe.

Muffin Man pours the batter

homemade fresh jam from my SIL

spooning jam into center of muffins

Finished Product

I had one for a pre-workout snack this morning. It was very yummy! I didn't taste the peanut butter as strongly as the jelly, though. So, I did as Jessica recommended and added a light smear to it. Perfection! And it gave me nice energy for my workout - 15 min on the crosstrainer along with a 45 min spin class.  Once again, the recipe can be found HERE.

I hope everyone is having a great weekend so far!!! Mine is nothing special, but I sure am enjoying it. Hubby is going to a bachelor party tonight (it's a tame one...so I'm not worried about boobies and asses being all up in his face or anything), so I will be home alone with the baby girl just relaxing away. It will be nice. Talk to you all soon!!!

And is anyone else having issues with their Google Reader? Mine is not displaying any of the blogs. Poo! I want to do some visiting!

Before getting into the meat of the post, I thought I would do a little game with you all. This is something we used to do on the first day of classes with advanced Spanish students so everyone could get to know each other. Don't worry - I'll do mine in English. The game is that I'm going to list two "facts". One is true and one is false. You have to pick!

1. I have traveled to more foreign countries than states in the US.
2. Even though I haven't competed in cheerleading or gymnastics in almost 10 years, I can still do a backhandspring.

Suzy Homemaker. That's me today 🙂 I have been a cleaning machine!!! I started off just doing my usual straighten up and get things neat clean, but then it turned into a scrub-a-dub-dub cleaning spree. I scrubbed the cabinets, swept/mopped/scrubbed the downstairs (all wood floors), cleaned out the fridge, scrubbed the toilets (deep breath), vacuumed, dusted, polished - every nook and cranny I could get my hands on. Took basically all day, but look how pretty. 😀

Too bad the homemaker qualities stop there. I don't cook (well, at least). And we're just opting for pizza for dinner tonight which the hubs is in charge of. But I still lived up to my duties as a housewife today 😉

I did have one thing come to me while cleaning, though. I realized that one of the things I love most about my man can also be one of the things that drives me the craziest!! My husband is very very talented at household projects. He has basically redone our ENTIRE house himself. Here's a quick look at his skillz.

Some Befores

In the Process - He did everything from putting up walls, to plumbing, to electric, to tiling...you get the picture.

I handled painting and decorating...even 8+ months preggo!

And Afters

Master Bed Finished

Part of Finished Master Bath

Okay, getting back to my point. Hubs is really really really good at house projects. And I like it because we are able to do lots of cool things to what would have otherwise been a vintage ugly house. You saw the before picture! Plus, it saves us money and I love seeing him passionate about something. Where's the downfall? It can drive me crazy because the list of his projects is never ending. And he will start one thing but not completely finish and move onto the next. So while cleaning like a mad woman today, I was wanting everything to be super neat and organized. Until I come across his "burn pile" in the living room (right hand side of my clean picture). Yea, useful because its getting rid of lots of scraps that were in our basement and garage, but still ugly in the living room. And then the ladder in the corner of the guest bathroom with a nail gun and levels on top of it. And then the pile of filing on the counter. And then the screwdrivers and buckets in our bathroom. And then, and then...you get the picture. He promises me one of these days it won't be so....Home Depot. And while I do appreciate his efforts, I also appreciate cleanliness and order.

Even though, I spent a good part of the day cleaning I did still manage to get in a good workout. I did a Cathe DVD. It's called LowMax and is a low impact step workout. Now, don't be fooled. Low impact does not mean low intensity. At least not in Cathe's world. It was pretty much a full hour of squats and lunges in various forms and combinations. Ouch! I love this workout and never get sick of it. Here's a little clip for you to check out if you're interested.

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The rest of the day will consist of grocery shopping and then hanging out. I know I am hoping to start my next book. I finished the 3rd Kinsey Millhone mystery (C is for Corpse by Sue Grafton) today and it didn't disappoint. I am a bit leery on this next one because it seems it was written more for the teenage crowd based on the description. But it was recommended to me by some of the media specialists from the school I used to teach at and they haven't led me wrong yet. Heck, they're the ones that got me to try Twilight (and consequently got me smitten with Edward hooked). We'll see...review will be coming in the future.

• Are there any qualities in your spouse, significant other, or close friend that you are proud of but drive you bonkers at the same time?
• Do you ever work out at home? What is your favorite at home workout, DVD, or instructor?
• And just for curiosity's sake - Twilight? Love it or hate it??
• Which fun fact is true? #1 ... or ... #2???