Ahhhh – it’s officially the long weekend! 
You jazzed?
I came home from work, slapped on some running gear and hit the trail – 4 miles to be exact. It.was.a.slooooooog (slow jog.) Believe it or not, my hips, legs and buns are still sore from my 4.25 mile walk on Wednesday! Whenever I walk for exercise, I really push it – long strides, arms pumping, etc. I may look strange, but I want to make it count! Anyways, the first two miles today were definitely slogged, but I picked it up for the last two. I finished 4 miles in exactly 40 minutes. I’m ok with that!
After I got showered up, Ben and I had “fend for yourself” dinner. He made Ramen & Cheese. That’s a package of Ramen Noodles mixed with a box of Kraft Macaroni & Cheese, in case you wanted to know 
I had a bite and actually, it wasn’t bad! A “dude” meal for sure – but pretty tasty, nonetheless!
I made a Fruit & Spinach Salad. That’s a bed of baby spinach topped with a chopped Braeburn apple, chopped nectarine and the leftover Nectarine Salsa!
Wooo! I forgot to mention yesterday that there is a clove of minced garlic in the salsa, and wowza, did it get strong overnight!! Luckily I love garlic, but un-luckily, now I have wicked garlic breath…muwahahahaha 
The sweet apple & nectarine were so perfect with the balsamic vinegar that I splashed in with the spicy salsa…yummy!!
Omg guess what?! I GOT TICKETS TO BRITNEY!! My sister-in-law got free – FREE – tickets to the concert next Friday, which means one week from this very moment I will be singing along to all the Brit-Brit classics – Hit Me Baby One More Time, You Drive Me Crazy – and my personal favorite – I’m a Slave For You. Every single time I hear that song, I think of my freshman year of college. I have no idea why – but it makes me really happy. I.am.so.pumped!!
Well Ben’s out getting us dessert – it’s a surprise, how exciting!
Have a great night everyone!!
That salad is beautiful! Almost too pretty to eat….almost!
Hope you have a fantastic weekend hun!
I went on a really long walk Wednesday and it made me super sore!
Love the looks of that salad!
I love “fend for yourself” nights! That salad looks great. So colorful and I bet, delicious.
That is such a guys meal. Sounds like what Hunni eats when I’m not cooking.
Have a blast a Brittney. Such funny memories of those songs with friends. I can’t wait for the recap.
My hubby loves his man meals too of mac and cheese and frozen pizza, then I can eat my salads!
Have fun at the concert!
Haha boys must think alike! I just asked Jordan whether he would ever eat a ramen/cheesy mac combo and his direct response: “ohhhh I have before, many times, sometimes adding ranch & parmesan stirred in” — love it!
that salsa looks GREAT!!
i would be excited for brit too :p
Mmm LOVE fruit salsas! Sorry to hear this one came back to bite you!
Your salad looks delicious. Perfect for the summer. I like to add fruit to my salads in the summer. Yay for free Brittney tickets. Enjoy the show.
Fab salad. Looks so beautiful!
Jealous about the Britney tickets!!! I can’t wait to hear about the concert. I too, would be wailing at the top of my lungs singing all of the ‘classics’
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Hopefully Ben did a good job on the dessert front. Hopefully you get far on your painting today!
You will have so much seeing Britney….I really like her music!
Love the color of the salsa! Congrats. on your new home!
Love your meal with the salsa and spinach!
Congrats on getting Britney tickets…my old roomie would be SOOO jealous!
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I love your foodie pictures. Do you ever post on tastespotting? Fo realz, that shizz is bananas.
Ha ha ha. I am a garlic fiend so I know your woe…
That salsa looks mighty pretty I might add.
Britney?! Holler!!!