Melon & Lime Frozen Fruit Drinks

It was over 90 degrees today so I took the melon from our weekly organic fruit and veggie CSA (community supported agriculture), blended it with lime juice and ice, and made these:

Yum.

And now that I'm all cool and refreshed, I'm going to make some more ice up in the freezer so it will be there when I get back from my scheduled 5 mile jog. Maybe I'll make another icy up when I get back. I'll probably really need it then!

Sunday at Morse Community Park Playgrounds/Spraygrounds, Elk Grove

We had a lot of fun at Morse Park today! It's a relatively new park, and it is awesome! I think it may be my new favorite Sacramento-area park, although there are a lot of really great ones, and a lot we haven't seen yet.

Morse Park was perfect for a hot sunny day like today. Toby got soaked! He had a blast and so did we - but we forgot to bring towels, can you believe it?! We had a change of clothes for Toby, but no towels. Next time we will all bring a change of dry clothes and towels.

There are baseball diamonds, tennis courts, a playground, a "spray"ground, and, more. It also has a dog park, with fenced areas for small dogs and an area for larger dogs so you can keep them separated, and a doggie agility course.

It's pretty cool. Oliver says he wants to find a place to live a block away from the park so we can go every day.

Saturday at the Library and Taco Bell

Chicken Park with Chauntel

I got a really cool surprise visit from a dear friend of mine Friday morning! She was passing through town and we met up at "Chicken Park," as we call it, a park in her old neck of the woods (she grew up in the area), that Toby especially likes because of all of the wild chickens. He loves chasing them around! Another family showed up later and shared some of their chicken feed with us, so we got to help them replace some of the calories we helped them burn off by chasing them all around the park.

I let Toby get all wet and muddy playing in the water fountain because, it made him happy, I had lots of wet wipes and a change of clothes in my bag, and, most importantly, it kept him occupied long enough for us to catch up. That's why he's wearing different outfits in these pictures, even though these were all taken on the same day.

American River Parkway

Oliver worked on Saturday and Monday this Memorial Day weekend, but he didn't have any appointments today, so he took the day off. We explored the American River Parkway, which we've only been talking about doing for months. It is amazing! I am in love with the American River Parkway. I think I'm going to have to go back again tomorrow - and then look for a place to live nearby. ;o)

Fitness notes

Monday – Eliptical 10, level 2, 1 hour

Tuesday – Treadmill 5.5 miles

Wednesday - Eliptical 10, level 2, 1 hour

Thursday – Treadmil 5 miles

Friday – jog/stroller walk 5 miles

Saturday – short hike around Consumes River Preserve (est. 1 mile) + 5 miles on the treadmill 18,606 steps per iPod Nano!

Oliver got me a new iPod for mothers’ day and it came in the mail on Friday. It’s pretty awesome. They have made a lot of improvements to the iPod since I bought mine 5 years ago. It has a pedometer that you can set to “always on” so it counts your steps wherever and whenever you go. It has a radio. I can listen to hours of radio news shows and podcasts on the go, and for free. I am very excited about it.

Sunday – Eliptical for 40 minutes or so. The power went out a few times, and I just wasn’t feeling it today. I tried to start back up again several times, but I was sore from the day before and my energy was shot. I did the same milage as always yesterday, but I pushed myself a lot more in towards the start of my session, ran more and faster than I normally do, and then walked more than usual at the end. Also, a motivation zapper, was all the pool-side memorial day weekend bbq smells and sounds coming through the fitness center window. 6,500 steps + 1 mile that didn't get on there.