Camping Adventures

I'm tired, smell like a campfire, and have eating nothing but crap, but we are home from camping and had a great time!

I never camped a lot as a kid (I think we went once or twice, but nothing that I really remember) and Cody grew up camping, so I am always really excited when we get to go.  For Christmas, we got a tent, sleeping bags, air mattresses, hobo pie makers, etc., so we could go camping, but we ended up staying in a camper.  Cody's mom reserves a campsite at a really pretty campground up north, about an hour away from our house, and they keep their camper up there.  We decided just to stay in their camper instead of trying to set up the tent and all that stuff.  Plus, since I'm a new camper, I really like electricity, so it's taking some time for me to get used to the outdoor living.  They've had the same campsite for the last 10 years, so they're able to leave all their stuff up there, and they've made it like a home away from home.  They have a little garden, flowers, hanging baskets, a flag, a swinging chair, kayaks, a fishing boat....basically anything you'd need to feel nice and at home at a campground! 

 

Our view of the water!

We got there kinda early on Monday, just because we wanted to have a full day.  We decided to bring Remy, and we were a little nervous, just because we weren't sure how she'd do completely out of her element, but she did great the whole day.  We got all of our stuff unpacked, and just kind of sat around for a while and enjoy the outside. 

Cody and Remy hanging out in the Hammock

We decided we were hungry, and headed up to this amazing little restaurant that is right next to the campground.  The food is soooo good. Everything is made from scratch, the portions are huge, they have just about everything you'd want, and they're reasonably priced.  Since we were leaving Remy in her crate inside the camper, and I didn't want to leave her for too long, we got our food to go.  I ordered a chicken burrito, Cody ordered a steak burrito, and we got chips and salsa to split.  Everything was soooo good!  

After we ate, we decided to go fishing.  The fishing boat, as you can see in the first picture, is fairly small, and if we hadn't been out fishing in it last summer, I would think that Cody and I would be too heavy to fish in it without it sinking.  We had a great time fishing, we caught about 5 or 6 fish each (we threw them all back!) and headed back as it was starting to get windy. 

 We were pretty tired, so we decided to just start a fire and relax for a bit.  Thank goodness Cody can build a fire, because I tried this morning and wasn't having any luck!

While we were hanging out by the fire, the redneck neighbors who were one campsite over, decided to start smoking weed! Now, I'm not against people who smoke.  I don't do it, but I have friends that do, and, well, whatever I guess.  To each his own.  HOWEVER....these people had two kids, one who was probably about 14, and one who was about 2 or 3.  We're thinking they probably live full time in the camper (which was tiny, tiny, by the way).  The dad (who was much older than the mother), had something wrong with his leg, and although he could walk, was in a wheelchair most of the time.  I think he must have medicinal marijuana because of it, I guess I think it was just a bit rude to smoke it when you're surrounded by other campers, and your young children!  

We sat by the fire for the rest of the night, just enjoying the ourdoors, each other, and the sunset....

And at some point, Remy decided she liked beer.....

Don't worry, she didn't drink any, she just got hold of the bottle!

We woke up this morning around 8am, and after about 3 or 4 tries, I was able to make an actual pot of coffee (I'm not good with outside living, I'm telling you!) and we made another fire and sat by the fire and enjoyed the quiet, before getting ready to go.  We were home by 11am, and just spent the rest of the day doing random errands - getting both animals their flea meds, buying Remy a bigger crate, grocery shopping, laundry, etc.  And now, we're sitting here, watching a movie, but all I can think of is how great my bed is going to feel, and how I can't wait to go to the gym and get my second workout in!  

Goodnight everyone!

PS....there's still time to enter my giveaway! DO IT!

Bad Weigh In, Good Workout

My weight today is 254.4lbs, which means a .2 gain.  I kinda assumed I'd have a gain. I really have done crappy with what I ate this week.  I'm going to have to try to get better with that this week, because I saw a 0lb loss last week, and a gain this week, I'd love to see at least a little bit of a loss next week! 

Don't you love days when your workout is just awesome?  Today I woke up, and even though I'd barely gotten 5 hours of sleep, I was wide awake and ready to hit the gym.  I started doing this half marathon training plan today.  I actually started on the second days work out.  The first day calls for 30 seconds of running, and 60 seconds of walking for 2 miles, and I just felt like I was more advanced than that.  Today, I did 60 seconds of running and 90 seconds of walking. I'm further along than that, too, but I still wanted to start strong, and even though I probably could have run for a longer amount of time, I still was SO sweaty at the end! I was dripping sweat, which hardly ever happens for me.  I felt good at the end, and I still feel good, which is awesome considering we're getting ready to head up north to go camping! Expect some pictures tomorrow when I get back! :)

Giveaway Reminder and a Weekend update!

Hey all!

Just wanted to remind you guys about my giveaway! I'm giving away an amazing bondi band armband!  It's a pretty green color, it's made of a wicking material, and it's super comfy!  It can hold just about any size phone, ipod, etc.!  Such an awesome product, and you can have one for FREE! You just have to enter my giveaway!  Go to my giveaway post and enter! You have until June 10, because I will be choosing a winner on the 10th!  SO GO DO IT!!!

I had a great weekend this weekend.  I worked Friday, and I have to work today, so that pretty much isn't great, but I had the day off yesterday and it was great! My father in law came into town with his wife (my husband never had a great relationship with his dad until he was older, and even now, he only visits once or twice a year) and we went to Grand Rapids and went out to dinner at one of my favorite places. It's called Bistro Bella Vita and they have some absolutely amazing food.  We shared a bottle of wine, and had some hummus with veggies for an appetizer.  I ordered a seafood spaghetti, which was amazing, but I wish I had ordered the steak that my husband ordered. It was served with a parsnip mash, green beans, corn, and asparagus. SO YUMMY!

After dinner, we went to a local comedy club and saw Tom Green! I was nervous, because I hadn't heard anything about him in years, and I really didn't think he was funny when he was on his show (the bum bum song? really?) but his stand up was really funny.  I was impressed.  After that, we headed to the casino for a bit, and ended up leaving $50 ahead, so it was a good night!

I think we're going camping tomorrow.  Cody's mom rents a campsite for the whole summer, and leaves their camper up there.  It's right on the water, and they have a small fishing boat, and a pontoon boat, so it's a great little spot.  I think we're gonna go up just for tomorrow night, but probably spend the day on Tuesday on the boat.  Maybe we'll have to go monday, because I think there's a small chance of rain on Tuesday, but we'll see. I'm excited just to go up there and relax! I'm sure that means I won't be eating great, but oh well. Maybe I can get a run in through the campground!