Hey friends!  Happy Friday the 13th 🙂

Growing up I was very superstitious and really like creepy things so I thought any Friday the 13th was the COOLEST day ever.  HA!

This weekend, Brian and I are doing a group Valentine’s Day dinner.  Liz, Aidan, Brian’s mom, and maybe a couple of other friends are coming over and I’m super excited.  There will be yummy food, dessert, and wine for all!

I hope you guys have a great Valentine’s today, tomorrow or whenever you are celebrating 🙂  Happy weekend too!

Five Things I Ate:

• Teff!  I tried this tasty grain over Christmas break when my grandma made it.  Some of you requested her recipe, and she sent it over to me.  I finally got a chance to cook it up, take some pictures and eat it for breakfast this week.  I can’t wait to share the recipe with you all soon!

• Coconut Flour Pancakes with coconut butter and strawberries.  Yum!

• My lunch time salad…outside…in February!! 🙂 Yes, it’s been very lovely here.

Salad:  romaine, taco chicken, chopped carrots, cucumber, black olives, red wine vinegar, salt and pepper.

• Homemade soup and salad. The soup is kind of like a chicken tortilla soup, and it was super tasty! Brian thinks I need to share the recipe with you guys, so I’ll have to make it again and pay very close attention to the details and take some pretty pics for ya!

• Coconut milk latte from Hot Chick a Latte.  I drive by this coffee shop every single day on the way to and from the gym, so I finally decided to stop and give it a try for a little mid-week treat!  Super yummy 🙂

Five Workouts I Did:

• Taught Bodypump
• Went to Boot Camp
• Went to Spin Class

• This Valentine;s Day Workout compliments of Jen at Peanut Butter Runner.

• This weekend I plan on running outside to take advantage of the beautiful weather in the forecast!

Five Things Making Me Happy:

• Meeting the Love Grown Foods Team!!!

Wednesday night, they had their inaugural Love Fest at the Love Pad (their offices) and I was so happy to be able to attend.  Maddy and the rest of the team are just as sweet in person as they are online 🙂

Me, Marisa, Lauren, and Lynn (I love meeting other bloggers!)

• Little Bernie 🙂  How could I NOT mention him.  Although he was testing my patience a bit last night, he is pretty darn cute and snuggly.

• School…so far I have been doing really well on all of my Statistics quizzes and an exam I had last week and I am SO happy about it.  I was honestly pretty worried about this class, but so far it has been great!! 🙂
• Brian’s mom, Kate, is coming to visit for the 3 day weekend!! YAHOO! 🙂  I’m excited she gets to meet Bernie when he is such a little pup (although I feel like he has grown a TON already!)
• 3 day weekend!!  Enough said.

Posts I Have Loved This Week:

• 10 Workouts You Can Do in a Hotel Room via Pumps and Iron 
• Weekend Link Love via Eating Bird Food
• 4 Ingredient Protein Cookie Dough via Your Trainer Paige 
• Quick Easy Harvest Salad via Skinny Sometimes 
• Holiday Gift Guide for Him via Fitnessista
• From Nearly Quitting to 4x the Traffic via Rita Barry 
• Gluten Free Chocolate Mesquite Cookies via Cotter Crunch 
• How to Create Workout Images with Picmonkey via Peanut Butter Fingers
• Crockpot Tomato Vegetable Quinoa Risotto via Uproot From Oregon
• Shrimp Fried Quinoa via Eating Bird Food
• 27 Life Changing Habits All 20 Somethings Should Do
• Maple Cinnamon Latte via Fannetastic Food
• 4 Ways I’m Handling My Picky Eater via Healthy Slice of Life
• 5 Things to Remember When Considering Vaccines via KevinMD
• 10 Ways to Boost Your Confidence via Tone it Up
• Protein Rich Cocoa Drink via Maria Bowersock Body By Nutrition

Your Turn:

• I love hearing about what you guys do, so tell me something fun about your week, weekend, Valentine’s day or whatever 🙂