Power Blueberry Muffins

Another Pinterest find!  Blueberry muffins made with Greek yogurt and oatmeal.

I did make one change and have one recommendation....
Instead of 4tbls butter, I used 2tbls butter and 2tbls olive oil.  I really like the taste olive oil adds to baked goods.
The recipe recommends Chobani Greek yogurt.... I did a Greek yogurt taste test and Chobani is by far the worst Greek yogurt on the market.  To me it is very grainy, resulting is a awful texture.  In my opinion, Fage is the BEST Greek yogurt on the market.  I like the plain yogurt and also the added fruit cups for breakfast after bootcamp.  So, in conclusion (rambling...) just pick your favorite Greek yogurt to use.  And it if you haven't tried Fage, get to your grocery store!!

Enjoy!
ELH

WWW and 400th post!

Happy 400th Post!

That is our 6yr old niece with the soccer ball and pink shorts!  Cutie!

Mon, May 13^th – Late night watching hockey (Go Red Wings!!), so I slept in and we took Molly for a 1.76mile walk in the evening.

Tues, May 14^th – Easy run morning!  3.01miles in 28:37

Splits –

Mile 1 – 10:01

Mile 2 – 9:20

Mile 3 – 9:11

Wed, May 15^th – Another easy morning run – 3.18miles in 31.38

Splits –

3:30min warm-up walk

Mile 1 – 9:15

Mile 2 – 9:19

Mile 3 – 9:27

Thurs, May 16^th – Bootcamp morning!  It was hard and I was dead after.  We did 10x 10sec sprints on the treadmill at the end.  Ouch!

Fri, May 17^th – Early morning walking with Molly – 2.33miles.

Sat, May 18^th – Sort of unplanned day off.  Started the day off early with birthday donuts for our nephew, errands, and soccer games.  I was going to walk Molly in the evening, but was too lazy.

Sun, May 19^th - Rained out again :(  I was able to do some arm weights and stretching!

This coming week should be tough - it is officially the last week of bootcamp and I am planning on going Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday morning!

Hope you had a great workout week and an great upcoming week!

-ELH

Mixed Nuts - more furries!

Gussy sleeping on what was supposed to be the dog bed for the office!

Gussy sleeping in her wine box!

Artichoke (aka Princess) on her tuffet.

Gussy - my grading buddy.

Molly's favorite afternoon treat - rolling in the front yard grass!

Arti - Sunday morning snuggle buddy

Arti playing with a plushy I am using for work.  It is supposed to be a sickle cell, not a cat toy!

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Another fun workout week!

 

Mon, May 6^th – 2mile morning walk with Molly and my Mom.

Tues, May 7^th – Ladies fitness class in the evening with ~0.5miles of running in circles!

Wed, May 8^th – Easy 3.17mile run in 28:31 in the morning and then a 1.64mile walk in the evening with Molly.

Splits –

3:30min warm-up walk

Mile 1 – 9:34

Mile 2 – 9:19

Mile 3 – 9:28

Thurs, May 9^th – Bootcamp morning!!

Fri, May 10^th – 2mile morning walk with Molly and G.

Sat, May 11^th – 4.2mile morning run! And 2.14mile cool-down walk with Molly and G.

Splits -

3:30min warm-up walk

1mile easy warm-up run @9:24

2min easy walk

3 x {5min fast – 1^st: 0.56miles @8:56, 2^nd: 0.56miles @9:00, 3^rd: 0.56miles @8:56

         2min easy walk}

1mile warm-down @ ~9:51 (hilly finish!)

Sun, May 12^th – 2.35mile morning walk and 1.7mile evening walk with Molly and G!  Lots of walking this weekend!

Enjoy!

-ELH

My new friend

Have I told you about Nadeau furniture store? 
I love love love this store and would buy everything in it!  They sell solid wood furniture at very reasonable prices.  We got that bookshelf/liquor cabinet for ~$650 back in November and my nightstand a few years ago for ~$130.
Again, I love my nightstand and would love to get more matching pieces, like the buffet....
Sadly, we don't have room for a buffet, so I have been keeping my eye out for another small cabinet to match my nightstand for our charging station in the living room.  Our lovely Pottery Barn charging station has lived on a black TV tray for years!  Yuck!
The other weekend I finally broke G down and he let me get the small cabinet!!

Love!
If you live in a city with Nadeau, definitely go check it out.  Your house and wallet will thank-you!

Enjoy!
ELH

Spring Pinterest Challege - Curtains!

The stars aligned again for me to participate again in the YHL and Bower Power Spring Pinterest Challenge!  No sew Ikea - grosgrain Pottery Barn inspired curtains!

Our office was in need of some curtains and I wanted to get it done before my parents visit this past weekend.

Before

Before

I did try a few premade options from the new Threshold collection at Target (in blue and in navy), but they were too busy with the rug.

I had pinned these curtains from Pottery Barn and Etsy, but they were too pricy and not the right colors.  I do love me some grosgrain ribbon!  And this pin came up in my feed - View Along the Way blog and was sold on DIYing my own curtains!

I started out with Ritva curtains from Ikea ($25 for 2 panels in creamy/off white) and curtain rods from Home Depot ($25 each in brushed copper - matches the new door knobs) and jade grosgrain ribbon from The Hair Bow center ($14/50yds).  I hadn't picked a ribbon pattern yet, so I thought more was better.  And I would need to repeat the pattern 4 times = lots of ribbon!

The windows are close to the wall and having 2 full panels, was too much curtain, so I cut each panel in half and hemmed the bottoms.

1st - pin the curtains in half

2nd - Iron the curtains in half - helps with cutting a straight line!

3rd - I used the lines on my ironing board cover to get a straight, matching hem with iron hem tape!

4th - Finish the bottom hem!

I decided that since I wouldn't be able to get horizontal ribbon even between each panel and it would continually annoy me every time I saw it, I would stick with just vertical lines. 

I used one width of ribbon as a guide for the actual ribbon and more of hem tape later (I had some hem tape already, but had to buy more, so I would guess that I used ~$10 of hem tape), and I was done!

I love how they came out and how the room is coming together!  

Enjoy some more after shots - 

For ~$100 I was able to DIY my own curtains and I love the look.
Hope you enjoy it too!
-ELH

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 Mon, April 29^th – Easy run – 3.01 miles in 28:33 and then a cool down walk with Molly – 1.62miles.

Splits –

Mile 1 – 9:17

Mile 2 – 9:43 – tired legs!

Mile 3 – 9:28

Tues, April 30^th – Bootcamp morning and then my ladies fitness class in the evening.  In total I ran 2.5miles during both workouts!

Wed, May 1^st – Off/rest/Nephew birthday morning donuts!

Thurs, May 2^nd – Bootcamp morning with a ton of burpees.

Fri, May 3^rd – 2.07mile morning walk with Molly and G.

Sat, May 4^th – Unplanned off day – hard ran all day!

Sun, May 5^th – Sort of a off day – it still raining and totally soggy out, but the afternoon cleared up for a few hours and my mom and I were able to get in a 2mile walk with Molly!

Enjoy!
ELH