Weekend Recap and Weigh In

It is a gloomy day here in Houston!  Ugh!  That didn't stop workout buddy and neighbor, Rebecca and me from getting our walk in this morning.  I was proud of us...we didn't have any rain while we were out there, but we did have some thunder and lightening.  We got our half hour in and almost two miles done.  I didn't get on the scale this morning because by the time I had remembered it was weigh in morning I had already had way too much water for the weigh in to be accurate, so I skipped it.  I am glad I make the rules for this.  :)

This weekend was boring in the blog sense, but busy in the chores and errands department.  We did have lunch at Lankford Grocery which is delicious and Guy Fieri approved. 

If you are in the Houston area, I recommend it.  The burgers are awesome, cheap and HUGE you could definitely split one with someone and be plenty full.  They don't take credit cards though, so be sure to have some cash on you if you stop in.

We took down our Christmas tree...exciting I know.  It looked like a dead Christmas tree exploded in our house.

And then made a run for it.

Oh, wait...that's pretty much what happened.  After we cleaned everything up (thank you husband for doing most of the work on that!) we got to put our other new end table in place.

Love it!

Sammy did a lot of pretending she was the cat by lying on the back of the sofa in the den.

She's so pretty.

This morning's tea is being enjoyed from my Valentine's Day mug.

We watched a Bones episode last night (love that show) that took place on Valentine's Day.  The characters were having the usual disagreements about Valentine's Day.  I am and have always been okay with the day...single or in a relationship...I like hearts and candy.  I do tell my husband not to get me flowers on that day since I think they are over priced.  So tell me, how do you feel about Valentine's Day?

The Boulders

As promised in yesterday's post here are my thoughts on the resort we stayed at in Arizona...The Boulders.

First of all the resort (at least most of it) is located in Carefree, AZ...how can you not love a vacation spot called Carefree?  The guest rooms were awesome, we stayed in what they call a Casita and it was the perfect size, complete with sitting area, private patio/balcony and fireplace.

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Our room looked exactly like this photo from their website, which I loved since I got exactly what I expected...and it was amazing.  The fire was super easy to light and they cleaned the fireplace and reset it each day while you were out.  Speaking of which housekeeping was awesome...each morning when we would go for our walk and off to breakfast we would return to a perfectly clean room.  It was as if they knew our schedule.

The resort is surrounded by nature/hiking trails, which we loved for being active each day and they were gorgeous.

The golf courses made me wish I played.

Another thing I liked about the resort was that their resort fee covered gratuity for everything (except restaurant service) so you didn't need to have a tip ready for spa service, someone carrying your luggage or housekeeping.  That was nice.

The resort had a main lodge which contained two restaurants, a gift shop and a lounge/bar; a clubhouse which had the golf and tennis shops and two restaurants; a shopping center which had a lot of shopping and 3 restaurants; a spa which had the fitness center, a salon and restaurant.  There was plenty to do right on site.

The only negative I can come up with is that if you did not have a car you pretty much had to eat all your meals on site, which the food was delicious, but got expensive after a while.  The resort is so big it made walking offsite to restaurants not very easy to do...and cab fare to offsite restaurants could really add up.  We did stock our room with snacks and wine (duh) so we only paid for about two meals a day.

The resort also had a lot of suggestions of things to do.  We decided on a hot air balloon ride with Hot Air Expeditions.  It was amazing.

 

The trip was awesome, I would definitely recommend a stay at The Boulders!

Happy New Year and Weigh In

I am back from vacation!  I know you are very excited.  I am very excited because I got on the scale for the first time since my December 12 post and I only gained .4 pound!  I decided that over the holiday I would continue with my workouts, indulge a little and be mindful of what I was putting in my body...but take a break from the scale.  I was so happy with my weigh in this morning.  In years past I have put on a lot more holiday weight, so I will take a .4 gain as a victory.  Here are the details:

Previously:  -5.0
This Week:  +0.4
Total:           -4.6

We just returned from vacation in Carefree, AZ...I did a few short posts from Arizona, but tomorrow I will be posting more pictures and my review of the resort where we stayed which was called The Boulders.  I will give you a small preview of the review and tell you we thought the place was pretty awesome.

My favorite cactus

Small cactus fact for you that I learned on my trip.  These cacti live for hundreds of years (some up to 300) and they grow for 50 - 75 years before they begin to grow their first arm.  Crazy right?  So this cactus I am with is much older than the one in the background on the right.  I found it very interesting since I had no idea cacti lived for so long.

We had such a great time that it was hard to leave, but I am happy to be home.  There is no place like home, right?! 

I am pretty sure Sammy felt the same way.  She got to vacation at Bed and Biscuits Pet Spa here in Houston.  She loves it there (and I love for her to be there); she gets to play with all the other dogs during the day at day care and they have a doggie pool...she loves that part.

Yes, that is Friends on in the background

She looked happy to be home too, don't you think?

Hello 2012