It has to be super hot in CA for me to get in the pool since it’s not heated. I love swimming, but I don’t find freezing and being covered in goose bumps to be a pleasant experience. This is the main reason I want to move to Florida – warm water!!! My theory is that kids don’t feel the cold water because they’re too excited about swimming to realize it. So, Matt and Ben swam away (yep, apparently Ben is just a big kid).
This is my Roxy girl that I’m going to have to leave in Cali with my mom
Ben and I decided we will not get any pets in MD since it would be too crazy given everything else. I am very reluctantly leaving her, but she has a great big yard and her BFF (Bailey).
I did way too much snacking as I made my Fourth of July contribution (Spinach Salad). I ate Pirate’s Booty and too much potato salad (made with regular mayo courtesy of my Nina who refuses to try anything “light”).

I wasn’t even hungry by the time everything was ready, but I still dug in…that resulted in an overly stuffed feeling

But, never to stuffed for dessert! It was a Deep Chocolate Vitatop and mint chocolate chip ice cream – this combo is genious!!!
In other amazing news I found this new Almond Butter at Trader Joes – Cream WITH SEA SALT! I have always thought the one negative of AB versus PB is it doesn’t have salt so it seems like something is missing. 
You only need 2 things to make this happiness…I should try to make it myself. Hmmm
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A little while later the elote man was coming down the street & I stopped him. I got it with everything except the chile (so I could give mine away & that’s how I always ordered them as a kid). For those of you who don’t have an elote man – it’s a big corn with mayo, parmesaen cheese, a little squirt butter and chile (optional). Doesn’t it sound tragic? Well, it’s good and it only costs $1.00. Ben was shocked that I would even buy one of these since it’s got full fat mayo AND butter, but I think I’m feeling a little nostaglic over the Pico…
Do you guys have raspados and elotes where you live? If not, you should come visit me in Pico and sample some of these fine Mexican delicacies. Not stuff you get everyday, but once in a while you have to be true to where ya come from 
and other stuff I can’t remember…
Now I have some responsible adult things to do before I get to go visit my mom and Matt
Breakfast – I really wanted to dig into my new Amazing Grass today so I made a smoothie with the Mango/Pom flavor. I used Almond Milk, spinach, frozen blubes and the packet. It was a little grainy for my taste and could have used a banana, but I liked it all right…





















Like I said last night – I have a lot of spinach to use up before it goes back, so a Chocolate Green Smoothie was in order! I used a handful of spinach, frozen naner, frozen blueberries, half scoop chocolate protein powder and almond milk. It was great!
Mini-bagel with PB on the side. I got PB all over when I was trying to make this, it was a delicious mess!
These cherries were burning a hole in my lunch box! I don’t think I was that hungry yet, but I couldn’t keep myself from eating them right now
I was just breaking into my afternoon snack of an apple…and Fiber One bar when I remembered I picked up a new treat at Target – 





And a mini bagel with cheese.

