As I write this, Kevin James is finishing up his very last homework assignments!
When he is done, it will be the FIRST TIME EVER since we’ve known each other that one of us hasn’t been working on a graduate degree. Isn’t that crazy?? I had already started mine when we met, and he has been plugging away on is MBA for the past 2 years! Who will be the first one to start another class/degree/certification? Who knows? You know I think that you can never be overdressed or overeducated!
Yesterday was our 14-month wedding anniversary. Yeah. We mini celebrate every 24th. Always looking for a reason to celebrate. I made up this little poster to hang in the garage for Kevin to see when he got home from work. It was a painstaking effort. I printed those letters out and cut them out. I’m FAR from being able to sketch out letters so it was really my only legible option. Then I washi taped those letters on with some tape we had leftover from our wedding invitations.
The moment was kind of ruined by the dogs escaping, but it’s still up. And I make Kevin comment on how cute it is every time we pull into the garage.
Thank you to Di for correctly guessing the movie quote (“you gave me a fright!”). It’s from The Parent Trap! The Lindsay Lohan version. One of the very first movies I ever remember going to!!! We’re not a really a movie/tv family. The first movie I ever saw was The Jungle Book with my aunt and uncle. The Parent Trap is the first movie I ever remember seeing with friends. In Winona!! Little did I know my future husband was living there!!!!!
I had a few old bananas hanging out on my counter so I decided to make Tina’s OMG Pancakes for breakfast.
Love the way the house smells all morning after I make pancakes.
We decided to go to the REI Starbucks today. It’s probably the second closest Starbucks to us. The closest one is more devoted to the drive-through and doesn’t have much seating. REI people are so outdoorsy. It’s a little much for me. I was wishing they had a Starbucks in Lululemon instead!! Much more practical. 
I tried to keep myself out of the house this afternoon so I wouldn’t bug Kevin. I ran the dogs (Pippa-3, Boyd .36) and hit up the gym for a WOD.
(sumo dead lift high pulls, situps, walking lunges, burpees)
Do you get that? The EMOM burpee is going on at the same time as 40-30-20-10 reps! So the faster you go — the less burpees you have to do! That’s some powerful motivation. I finished in 18:34. I loved that workout! It was so much less tempting to take breaks knowing that it would just cause me work so I was pushing myself!! Super fun!!! Now that Kevin is done with the MBA, maybe I can coerce him into doing some more WODs with me!
Saturday is our day to eat up random odds & ends. So after the gym I had a very late lunch of a sandwich and homemade sweet potato wedges. I used up my supply of Alexia fries for the week!! Lol.
Hope you’re having a lovely weekend!
What’s the first movie you remember seeing in theaters? Jungle Book.
Do you prefer going to Starbucks or a more local coffee shop? I do really love Starbucks. Plus the last time I went to a different coffee shop, I got so flustered about not remembering how to order a “medium” rather than a “grande.” Haha.
Is that a photo of you? Your burpee form is incredible!
ps – BIG congratulations to your boo! I got so excited about the burpees that I forgot to mention that
Thank you. That IS me. Lol. You made my Monday morning by saying that!
I love that you find ways to celebrate. That’s how it should be.
Loving the look of those sweet potato wedges. Just delicious.
And seriously one killer workout!
where did you get washi tape!! I’ve been wanting some because they look cool. no reason for them though. haha
Check this out: http://www.happytape.bigcartel.com/
ah! you the best! thanks thanks!
My Kevin and I started dating right as he was starting his last year of his MBA program and it was definitely tough for him to juggle his full-time job, MBA program and a new relationship, but we made it! And next year I’ll be starting my MBA program. Busy, busy!
Aww! Happy Anniversary! Yes, we used to love celebrating about anything and everything..but after 5 years…yea…not so much haha. I love Parent Trap, def the Lindsay Lohan version. I love Natasha Richardson..I still can’t believe she passed…The first movie I watched when I moved to the States is The Sound of Music.
Congrats! What a fun way to spend the day. Boy, look at your strength!
This will really date me, but the very first movie we (my family) saw in a theater was the original Mannequin. We had just moved from a tiny town in PA (no theater) to the big city of Ft Worth, TX and I think that my dad was just looking for a PG movie. I will always have a soft spot for that movie.
I admit that my husband and I go to Starbucks every single day. I actually prefer independent coffee shops but we do not have any nearby. BUT, we do have 3 Starbucks within a mile of our house. No joke.
I work out every day but I’ve never done reps by time before, I may have to try that out just to switch things up. Thanks for the ideas!
Monthly celebrations are awesome! We do it too.
I like your workout idea, but I totally think I’d lose track of where I was with so much going on. 40-30-20-10, every minute, 3 different moves, 3 burpees. lol. Maybe it’s not as complicated as it seems . . . but at 4:30 am, I try and keep it a little on the simple side. I don’t know that I’m fully awake half the time I workout.
HOORAY for being done studying (for now)!!!! How great! I remember how great it was to be married and not worrying about school for the first time. Good times.
Also, we totally celebrate all those little mini anniversaries too! We celebrate the 7th (proposal), 16th (wedding), and 29th (dating) of every month! 
I love that workout!!! Burpees on the minute is killer! I don’t remember my first movie but I do remember that I used to love the parent trap with lindsey lohan!
I loved the Lindsay Lohan Parent Trap… I would watch it all the time! haha