I know it looks underwhelming, but I have been looking forward to this breakfast for two whole days! Whole Wheat Eggos! The nutrition facts aren’t too shabby, and I was feelin’ the combo of waffles + chocolate PB2 + sugar-free raspberry jam.

Boyd & Corrie warming up for round 3 of Wicked Stepmother versus Unruly Disrespectful Stubborn But-I’m-A-Cute Puppy Round 3!

Curly hair & Curly ears! Do you see the resemblance? We’re going to turn into one of those pet/owner lookalikes! SAVE ME NOW!!!! Do you have any idea how difficult it is to take pictures of Boyd & me on my iPhone without dropping one of them? I’m pretty sure the neighbors think I’m loca. They’re definitely too old to know what an iPhone is – and I mean that in a LOVING way – so they just look at me while I’m wrestling Boyd and snapping photos. And it doesn’t really help that I can’t actually SEE them since I don’t wear my glasses when I run. Who’s the senior citizen now!??! And my toe is still super swollen from falling down the stairs! I think it might be broken!

Uhhh… Boyd totally wimped out. We didn’t even make it to the small lake we normally run around. I couldn’t figure out if he was limping or just lazy, but he just couldn’t hack it today. I wouldn’t put it past Boyd to fake it just so he could go home and get away from me, but he only made it 2 miles today. Yours truly kept rocking and hit 6.57 miles in 50 minutes – that’s a 7:36 pace. I’ve started to get wimpy taking water breaks and torture Boyd breaks, but today I forced myself to power through nonstop. Holla!

I don’t know why, but Kevin expects a meal in addition to that entire platter of Cookie Friday cookies, so here’s what I dreamed up today. I cheated on the bread because I wanted to run and I had to bake cookies – excuses, excuses! I used some of those ciabatta rolls you can just throw in the oven for a few minutes. I baked up a couple of chicken breasts and mixed in these ingredients:

I wanted to find the Frank’s buffalo sauce, but it was not available at cute little old-fashioned Midtown, my grocery store preferida. So I went with this little mix packet, but it was MILD! Unacceptable in the Kreisel household! We had some of the regular Frank’s on hand. Why did I add Greek yogurt? We’ll never know, but it seemed like a good idea at the time. Until I kept adding more yogurt. Which mean I had to add more Frank’s. It was a vicious cycle, but it ended well.

I picked up some of these Pretzel Crisps because I just pictured in my mind that they would go well with the sandwich. They actually have a Buffalo Chicken variety of Pretzel Crisps, but today we went for the Garlic Parmesan. These are my second favorite chip, right after Pop Chips. Well, let’s be honest. That’s only if we’re counting healthy chips. Otherwise we all know FLAMIN’ HOT CHEETOS are the best. Thank you, Prescott Elementary students for teaching me that important life lesson!

After lunch, I did all the dishes, swept all the floors, mopped, cleaned the bathroom, put away laundry, and prepped for dinner. I texted Kevin,”Now I know why housewives get desperate.” I’ve now plopped down in bed in front of my Macbook listening to music and checking out the new J.Crew catalog. If you know me, you know that’s My Happy Place! I’m also enjoying a Diet Coke. I figure if Kevin can have cookies every Friday, I can have a Diet Coke! Did you know he never shares those cookies? I’m serious! He eats as many as he can at lunch, and then they go in the cookie jar.

Speaking of treating yourself, I found this article to be both funny and fascinating: I’ll Have That Brownie Tomorrow…

Also, yoga classes on paddleboards! Would you try it?

Happy Weekend! I can’t belive it’s the last weekend in July. I need to get myself outside and enjoy the sun now that I’m in a country that has actual SEASONS.