Little Bit of This, Little Bit of That

We're setting records here in Connecticut again, this time with rain.  It literally has rained all ding dang week! Even my 7 year old nephew told his mom that he could "use a little sun."  Now you know it's remarkable when a kid is commenting on it.  Just before I was leaving work on Thursday night this was the view from my office window - it looked like the sun was going to break out...!

...but no such luck.  I guess the weather is sticking to what the forecasters have said:  probably Sunday before we see any real sun.  I hope all my patio pots of flowers and veggies survive.

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Alright, I'm going to put this photo up here but I'm also going to give you a link so you can really see this dress I ordered from Target.com.  I guess if I'm going to be putting fashion shots out there I need to get me a tripod.  I would say Mr. Helen could take the photos but believe it or not by the time I am dressed he's been at work for a good hour.  Besides, he's a terrible picture taker. It's like a big crap shoot as to whether the photo will be OK to use, bless his pea pickin' heart.  Anyway, I ordered the dress because my local Tar-jay never seems to have the cute stuff in stock. 

When I ordered it, I couldn't decide between the blue and this brown that they call Rumcake, so I bought both and I'm sure glad I did! Boy oh boy do I love this dress!  I'm putting the link right here so you can properly see the crossover bodice and empire waist.  It's a knit material so it is very comfortable, plus I think it looks super for the price! You know how sometimes with an empire waist, there's so much material below it, it can make you look pregnant?  Not the case at all with this dress.  There's enough material to hide my lack of waist but I'm not swimming in it.  Now that I went and got you the link I noticed that I paired it with almost identical shoes as the model.  Hmmmm, wonder if that was subliminally put into my head?

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Eating after my Muay Thai workouts is always a bit of a challenge for me.  I need to eat a good combination of carbs and proteins and fats to replenish my muscle glycogen but often I have a hard time eating and I don't want to eat too much because it's generally 7:30 or even a bit later before I sit down to eat.  The easiest thing would be to make a salad but since that's generally what I eat for lunch prior to MT classes, I usually don't want another one.  After my class on Thursday night, this is what I came up with and holy YUM, it was delicious and just enough food.

This was a cup of brown rice, with 4 oz. of cooked shrimp that I cut into pieces, a cup of chopped broccoli, 2T of sliced scallions and a drizzle of toasted sesame oil with a shake of red pepper flakes.  I'll be making this again, for sure.  I actually think this would be just as good with chicken or beef.

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Speaking of Muay Thai, I worked out last night for the very first time since I tore my calf muscle with no bandaging.  By the time I got home, I could feel where the injury was but I was not incapacitated.  It felt good to work out without the KT Tape but I guess I need to keep it under wraps for a bit longer.

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It's swollen Finger Friday time.  I guess I'm stuck on my hot pinks for the summer - which I am very, very ready for!

I'm India Mood for Love

by OPI

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Not much planned for the weekend.  I've been itching to get in a 7 or 8 mile run but that will depend on the weather.  When I'm not training, I'm not hardcore about getting out there in the elements.  I really am hoping the weather will clear long enough for me to string my patio lights though.  And maybe when Mr. Helen is working on Sunday I'll go looking for more flowers.  What he doesn't know won't shock him, right?