I bet your Valentine’s Day consisted of yummy food, wine, and chocolates. Right? I mean come on that’s what Valentine’s Day is all about.
Well the bonehead that I am decided to do a spring cleanse over the weekend before realizing that I would be ruining all hopes at pigging out in the name of Saint Valentine. But I did not give in.
Why? Why in the world would you cleanse? you ask? Well, I don’t know! My tummy has just been so angry at me lately over cheese, and well just everything. So I figured I need to start over with this eating stuff. Our work uses the Boston Health Coach to give us health teleseminars, and this lady is just adorable and really is just so smart with eating right and being realistic about it. So I knew her cleanse would be just what I needed. And reading through her ebook, it is impossible to not get fired up about starting fresh in time for spring. It’s very simple and flexible. It is not like the master cleanse, and I did not act like Kelly Kapoor on The Office. I did fruits and veggies only on Friday, added rice and simple soups on Saturday, and added beans on Sunday. I won’t lie.. Friday I was gruuuumpy. But today I feel great. It forced me to think of ways to eat my fruits and veggies (lest I starve, which I really did think would be a better idea on Friday night when I was just too lazy to figure out how I could make lettuce and tomatoes taste good with just lemon juice). Let’s just say the next time I do a cleanse I will not skimp out on grocery shopping just because I didn’t want to miss the start of The Office.
On Saturday we went to sushi where I had hot tea, miso soup, and veggie sushi rolls. Totally within the rules, and a perfect Valentine’s Day lunch. The rest of the weekend was spent hanging out at home, working on a puzzle I bought (in case you didn’t already think I was a crazy loser. It was a Beatles puzzle though, if that makes up for anything), and practicing the guitar Cale and I bought each other for Valentine’s Day, all while Cale was busy writing paper after paper. Though it doesn’t sound like much, it was truly a perfect weekend spent recharging and spending quality time together.
Our Valentine’s in pictures:
What is Valentine’s Day without flowers? And sent to my work? Even better.
An all-fruit smoothie that tastes like heaven. Made better with a bendy straw.
And a guitar to help me cross another item off my list. And to make me curse because my fingers don’t move that way! But I’m getting better!
How was your Valentine’s Day? Did you celebrate in the regular ol’ dinner and drinks way? Or do you have another fun way to celebrate? Or did you not celebrate and hate that I was yet another blogger to go on and on about Valentine’s Day?
P.S. Is it weird how much I love our new header pic? It’s just so us, I can’t stand it. It makes me smile, and I want to make it the background to every computer I have.. and stare at it all day long.
Tags: Health, Love, Pretty Pretty Flowers
that fruit smoothie looks good!!! and i love doing puzzles!! thanks for bringing that up…. i should do one however i know my cats would knock the pieces off the table and probably chew on them.
valentine’s day here for us was lazy and it was actually nice and cozy at home.
smoothie = YUM-O!
Can’t wait to see the puzzel, finished!
And I love the header pic too…so cute!
Hmmmmmm… I want a fruit smoothie like NOW! That looked so good! I’m super impressed that you stuck with your cleans through valentine’s day weekend.
Glad you guys had a nice weekend too.
Ohhhh man that video of Kelly was hilarious. I know some people that have tried that cleanse thing… even with aloe vera juice… YUCK!!!! You will definitely not find me doing any sort of cleanse. Although I think leaning towards a more vegetarian diet is the most healthy for anyone! Kudos to you for trying it!
My Valentine’s Day consisted of… well go to bloggie and read away!
your picture is so sweet
as is your blog. i want sushi now!
Amazing smoothie! And your picture is adorable =)
i noticed your new pic as soon as i came to your blog and started laughing so hard, you guys are the cutest! lol! Good job sticking to your cleanse!! Seriously! oh man, that episode of Kelly on the cleanse was freakin hilarious, i felt so bad for her LOL! The smoothie you made looks soooo good. i want one!!
Haha cute pictureeeee. Yikes…I did 2 puzzles this weekend…I don’t think I would ever do one anywhere else other than the cabin? haha!
Love the picture of you two..it is so Cale and all the better with your adorable bangs!!! Oh I also did a cleanse on Valentines day…It was a Dove milk chocolate cleanse..OH! but that was after daddy took me out to breakfast to Del Taco..I know, I know, now you realize what you may have missed out on with your cleanse. There is always next year.;)
I looove doing cleanses–does that make me weird? I try to do one every couple of months or so. We live on smoothies too. I don’t know where I would be without my magic bullet blender. Those flowers are gorgeous!
That smoothie looks amazing.
My husband and I got drunk while playing Wii bowling. Best Valentine’s ever? I think so.
Those flowers are PERDY!
And YAY! for being sent to your work…there’s really nothing better to brighten a work day than flowers from your sweetie! So glad you had a relaxing, yet perfect weekend!
Kate,
Oh I definitely agree. I think Wii Bowling is about a thousand times more fun when you are drunk. It should be a part of the rules. Yes..
Press A B to begin. Chug a beer. Okay ready go!
Ooh, please share the recipe for the smoothie, it looks delicious! And good luck with the guitar…I tried to pick it up in college and it was so hard. My fingers just wouldn’t bend and I had to cut all my nails off in order to hold the strings down
Le Petite Chic,
It’s really simple! 1 cup 100% Orange Juice (I used Odwalla), 1 banana, 1/2 bag of frozen mango chunks, and 1/2 bag frozen mixed berries. Blend it up and enjoy! It’s enough for two