Hello! How was your weekend? Do anything super fun and festive for the 4th of July? I did a ton of stuff – including get a new laptop because my old one was starting to tell me “I am going to shut down any day now and you’re going to lose all your blog pictures since the beginning of time” – so I caved and got a new one. I dragged my feet for a long time because I am lazy about learning new stuff. I’m lazy about a lot of things actually – except running.
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So, I need to figure out all my regular features and set up my blog stuff and photos and settings. I’m just giving you a head’s up that if something is weird today I’m working on it.
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I’m also working on making a quick appointment to get my bands trimmed before I hack them off myself. Is it possible that my bangs grow 10x faster than my other hair?? I regret it every single time I cut them, but they are out of control.
Anyway. Here are some pictures of my 4th of July! I’ll be back later with running and eating and repeating.
I started my day with a run and a cycling group flew by – each rider had two USA flags on their helmets. I saw them on Easter with bunny ears on their helmets too. How fun!! If I were to ever learn how to ride a bike without falling a ton of times I’d join their group!
I made an ice box cake with cookies, whipped cream and strawberries. So easy!
We had nachos! Oh, and check out the Run Eat Repeat bumper magnet my parents have on the water heater thing. They represent for RER.
Ben, my lil brother and some of the millions of dogs we have…
In other news… I am obsessed with the ESPN OJ documentary thing – anyone else?
I’m on the 4th part – it’s really upsetting and interesting at the same time. We should chat about that in a later post.
Question: What was the BEST thing you did or ate this weekend?
Me: I think watermelon and pineapple upside down cake <- I just realized I made that cake and didn’t take one picture of it! Blogger fail.
I’m recovering from dental surgery, so I didn’t eat anything more amazing than microwaved soup. But, I got it done before marathon training started, so I’m happy. The life of a runner, right?
Hope your feel better soon 🙂
My husband I just finished watching the OJ thing this weekend. I was on;y 10 at the time it happened and being from Midwest I didn’t know he was a football player and all that good stuff before so it made it that more interesting. Also those pictures of Nicole and Ron in the blood will haunt me.
They need to make more awesome 30 for 30’s like that!!
The best thing that I had this weekend was a simple drink of cold water after a 13.1 mile run in the Texas heat and humidity. It was just water, but it was like getting manna from heaven at the time. So good!
I played this silly chicken fling game at a friends barbecue and placed 2nd! I was so excited until I. Found out the gifts were expired food and vitamins they were planning on throwing out. My prize was a container of expired Benefiber. Lol.
Ha! What a prize!!
We watched the entire OJ series this weekend—OMG sooooooo GOOD! It’s really kind of mind blowing from many different angles.
OJ Documentary —> YES! I just finished it yesterday. So, so good!
My weekend was very quiet around here so the best thing I did was to enjoy a beer each night while relaxing before bed. 😉
What kind of cookies did you use in your whipped cream cake? Looks refreshing and easy..thanks!
They were coconut cookies that I mostly chose because they were small rectangles, not circles so I figured they’d line up better. I originally heard of this using graham crackers so I figured this would work too.
The best thing I had this weekend was a drink…. I had a cocktail made with pop rocks, so cool/super sweet/delicious. Who knew such a thing even existed.
https://thedogtribe.com/2016/07/05/burpees-and-biking/
A cake with watermelon? Well I guess you’re going to have to make it again and show proof because that sounds really good. BTW your hair looks pretty cute but I know what you mean about bangs… it’s unfair how fast they can grow.
Macadamia nut sauce pancakes from Boots n Kimos! That was the best yummy thing we had this weekend 🙂
Overall I think we had some good yummy times with BBQ, pulled pork, veggies, etc. but the pancakes- I just cannot describe the yumminess! It never disappoints us.