Thank you everyone for your kind comments yesterday. I have full faith that things will work out perfectly. God knows what is best and I want His plans to happen since I know they will be the most fulfilling. I look forward to all the future has in store for me because I know there will be great things to come. That won’t keep me from wishing and praying He works it out sooner than later though! God is my dear friend, so I know I can joke with Him about how He is managing things and that He gets me and all the faith that is truly in my heart. Thank you for helping me keep that faith grounded and strong.

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Today has been jam packed and I am very thankful for that. As I’ve mentioned before, this week tends to have me going back on forth between various thoughts and emotions; so the best thing to keep me stable is distraction. Today I have had plenty to distract me. Tomorrow and Saturday I will have even more distraction. This week’s super filled scheduled could not have come at a better time.

Today started off with a bowl of Cheerios + dried pineapple + unsweetened vanilla Almond Breeze to fuel for spin class at the gym.

It was delicious and helped me get through another great workout for my current needs. I love how easy it is to adapt spin classes to more or less intensity.

After class, I got cleaned up because I had to leave straight from the gym to go to a playdate with the mommy group. Question = how can I get so incredibly nasty sweaty in spin classes? It’s gross. I always sweat a lot but spinning brings it to a whole new level. Needless to say, I am very happy to hear rumors out there that the more you sweat, the fitter you are.

Once I was presentable and didn’t look like Mark Richt after being doused with Powerade (because us Dawgs don’t drink Gatorade)…

…we were off to the park for some playtime with friends. Any guesses where we spent most of our time at the park??

Aren’t you a genius?? Or just observant that Makenzie is addicted to the swings recently. I did manage to pull her away to do other things for part of the time we were there.

Playing the musical ball things, looking at “flowers”, and climbing a wooden “choo choo” are all entertaining in case you ever get bored. 😉

We only stayed an hour because this mom was getting to the point of hangry and in need of some grub. Lucky for me I had a lunch date planned with the hubs since the playground was less than 5 minutes from his office. Yay! I love lunch dates. They seem so special because they are out of the ordinary. They even more special when they include the best wrap you have ever eaten. Ever. Like, in your entire life ever.

We hit up Tacone Flavor Grill, which is a wrap, sandwich, and salad hotspot for lunch that my husband always raves about and has caused jealousy on my part for quite some time.

When I looked at the menu, I knew immediately what I would be ordering. It all looked so good, but the Perfect 10 just called to me.

It did, in fact, sound perfect.  So I placed my order and then took a seat amidst all the cute decor. Love this message they have all over their walls…

Then…it arrived. A wrap so flavorful, so delicious, and so big alongside a just-right coleslaw.

Avocado, rice, beans, peppers, onions, cabbage, salsa, cilantro, and a smidge of cilantro ranch sauce all wrapped up in a wheat tortilla. Then the cool, crips, peppery, but not too oily/mayoinnasey cole-slaw alongside.

I finished perfectly satisfied. Which reminds me – stay tuned for an intuitive eating post tonight on feeling your fullness, something I sure did.

This meal Made. My. Day.Or I guess I should say second to spending my lunch with the most wonderful man on the planet. Go ahead and say it. “Awwwww”.

• What is the best lunch you’ve ever had? Or what makes a perfect lunch for you?
• Do you prefer lunch dates or dinner dates with a significant other, close friend, etc?

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!