Dinner & a (Vampire!) Movie

Good morning!!!!!

I’m SO excited for Thanksgiving vacation!! I’m officially DONE with work for the day, and my husband should be home in just a few hours (I love half-days at work)!! I’m hoping we’ll get some Christmas decorations up today or tomorrow, and maybe even get some early shopping done this afternoon! I really don’t want to fight the crowds on Black Friday… though, I seem to say that every year, and I always end up doing it anyway! (and always kicking myself for it as I fight for a parking spot!)

To celebrate our almost-the-holidays evening last night, the husband and I quickly had dinner at home, then booked it to the movie theater to finally see New Moon!

I have never read any of the Twilight series, but my husband and I will pretty much see any movie that comes out in the theater. (we are lucky enough to get into all AMC Theaters for free– we’re spoiled!!)   We saw the first movie, so obviously, we had to see the second one, too! Personally, I thought this movie dragged a bit… there were way too many scenes of Bella getting lost and confused in the woods! Also, I don’t really get the whole Jacob thing at all– I didn’t see any romantic chemistry there! Obviously, Edward is the way to go.   All in all, I did enjoy the movie. My husband, on the other hand, did NOT! I think he almost spit out his mocha during a couple scenes, and I caught him checking the time A LOT! Oh, well.

To back up a bit… dinner:

The husband helped himself a heaping plate of Dawsonsgiving leftovers, and noticed it’s pretty weird that he’s been eating Thanksgiving-style leftovers two days BEFORE Thanksgiving! So basically, he’s going to be living off of Thanksgiving leftovers for well over a week when it’s all said and done.

My dinner was pretty boring:

Steamed broccoli and zucchini topped with organic marinara.

And some not-so-pretty looking butternut squash fries:

My last attempt with butternut fries was a bit of a failure, so this time, I tried reducing the oven temperature to 400 degrees, and only baked them for 20 minutes. (because we were in a rush to catch our movie!) These were pretty soggy fries… definitely cooked through, but NOT crispy. I think if I had more time, I would have left them in the oven another 10-20 minutes, until they started to brown. I also would have used more cooking spray on the bottom of my baking sheet! These suckers STUCK to my pan!

Even though they look a little messy, they still tasted AWESOME! I will figure out how to make them better, though.

I was planning on running this afternoon, but my foot wasn’t quite feeling up to par when I started, so I ended up doing an impromptu circuit workout in my little apartment gym:

10 minutes elliptical intervals
25 Chest presses with 10lb weights (2 sets)
20 Chest flies with 5 lb weight (2 sets)
50 squats using body weight (2 sets)
60 jumping jacks
Alternating sets of:
20 seconds of regular plank
5 push ups
10 seconds of side plank
(repeat 3 times)
10 burpies
50 sumo squats (2 sets)
60 jumping jacks
20 reps Overhead Press w/ 5 lb weights
20 reps W-V’s with 5 lb weights
50 bicycle crunches
10 minutes run/walking on treadmill
5 minute cool down

The whole thing took about 45 minutes, plus stretching. My foot is feeling better today, so I’m going to try doing a slow run/walk this afternoon and see how it goes. If it hurts, I’ll stop! I don’t want to make this a permanent injury…

Post-workout, I had a perfect recovery snack:

Sliced nanner and almond butter, sprinkled with cinnamon. Yum yum.

I’m off to do some Thanksgiving grocery shopping, hopefully it’s early enough to beat the after-work rush later in the day!!

And in the spirit of Thanksgiving: Make sure you check out Katie’s Operation Chocolate-Covered-Kindness!!! It’s SO easy to help– just click around her blog! Maybe you need the recipe for a Thanksgiving pumpkin pie baby??