Weekend Fun

It was finally in the 70s here in MN, which is like the best thing to happen since sliced bread, or something...

I didn't do a lot of "fun" things but we did get a lot of work done around the house.

Here are the marvelous things from my weekend.

Friday after work we took the brown dogs out to the bf's parents house, they live in the country and have a really huge yard for them to run around in, they LOVED it, we played ball and frisbee until they were tired little boys and girls. I snapped this shot on the way home, it looks like they are laughing together about something.

After that, the bf surprised me with tickets to the Twins game! It was so nice out I didn't even need a coat! So much better than the home opener which required long underwear, mittens and blankets :)

Saturday I stained our deck. We had stained it last year but we didn't love the color, it was too orangey, is that a word? And it started to weather and peel so we decided to go darker and less translucent. 

BEFORE

AFTER

I like it much better now!

Also, I got my first watermelon of the season!!! I could eat this stuff by the bucket I love watermelon

And, I saw a double rainbow after a quick rainstorm on Sunday. Although the second one is hard to see.

Did you have a marvelous weekend?

Fresh and Fantastic Friday

I could not possibly be happier that the week is over today and that it's time to start the weekend. I'm really looking forward to seeing family over the weekend for Easter and then the fun continues all the way through next Monday when I put on my parka and snow pants and head to the MN Twins Home Opener...Brrr

Today I decided I wanted in on The Real Food Runner's Fresh Friday! I love seeing everyone's links and I figured it would be a great way to end a long hard week. 

The first thing that made my week fresh and fantastic was the above 40 degree weather we had here, the first time since DECEMBER! I took advantage by only wearing a hoodie while walking my brown dogs outside, the sunshine felt amazing!! Look how excited they are to get outside and go :)

The second fresh and fantastic part of my week was completing week 3 of my C25K. This week seemed scary to me because it varied from running 90 seconds to running 3 minutes at a time. But I totally did it!!! I finished last night and start week 4 on Saturday 

             Day 1                          Day 2                    Day 3            

The third thing on my list was my lunch yesterday. I went out to a mexican restaurant with some co-workers, something we try to do every few weeks and it was really nice to get out of the office, spend time with the girls and eat this amazing fajita salad with fresh salsa and guacamole dressing. It is not the prettiest thing I've ever seen but it was so tasty. It had three colors of peppers, some pinto beans, fajita chicken and I crushed up four chips on top. I will tell you how HARD it was for me to sit and sip my water the whole time everyone was eating chips and salsa and queso dip. But I knew I wanted to have a few chips on my salad and I tend to go crazy with unlimited chips and salsa, however I totally did it! I drank my water and talked and watched everyone else eat tons of chips that I knew I didn't need. 

I hope everyone has a wonderful Easter weekend, whether it means something special to you or not, hopefully you have nice weather where you are and get to spend some time with your families.