Smoothie Perfection

Typically, in the summer I don't do a smoothie. It's my morning routine when in school and I share it with Jimmy. Recently, however, I've needed a little pick-me-up, something to give me energy so I can mow the lawn or what have you and so I've broken out the blender, once again. Now, during the school year, on Sundays, I put together 5 smoothie bags and freeze them...you know, to save time. They consist of a banana, spinach, blueberries, strawberries and a scoop of peanut butter. (I buy frozen berries.) I blend it all with almond milk. The problem with this prepared bag is that it's so frozen, it's often tough to blend. (During the school year, I pull the bag out to thaw when I get up in the morning.) With the slower days of summer, however, I don't need to prep bags. Instead, I just put everything together in the blender and, well, blend. Through a bit of trial and error, I've figured out the perfect layers to add the ingredients so that the blender does it's job without me having to stop, stir, and loosen up the bits that jam the blade. First, goes the almond milk, then the scoop of PB. Next is a handful of spinach, the strawberries, followed by blueberries scattered on top and last but not least, the banana. So good! (I know no one cares about this but that's the lazy life of me lately.)

Sorry about getting to my post later than usual again. I was afraid that if I didn't get the boys walked, we'd get rained out. I'll be happy tomorrow when Jim can take care of Boo. Not that I mind but Scout's jonesin' for a longer walk, I think. 

The weather ended up clearing out a bit yesterday so I was able to get in the spa and do a bit of tanning. It was lovely if a little warm. My water is having a hard time cooling down and there's really nothing I can do about that. Maybe I'll buy some giant bags of ice and add that. Hmm...

Plans today: After I finish this I'll go do some yoga. Yesterday I ended up doing an upper body workout instead of yoga. I need to do some stretching today though. I think I'll also do a nice swim after that. Beyond that I have no plans and I don't plan on going anywhere today. Dinner will be pulled BBQ chicken with Cole slaw and fries. Something easy. 

I finished the Correspondent and LOVED it. I give it 5 stars. Highly recommend. I need to find another book to download on my iPad. I've been lucky lately with my picks and hopefully that will continue. Too often in the past few months I'll be reading a book I'm just not that into and so I just don't finish them. In the past I'd muddle through but ain't nobody got time for that! 

Weekend plans: We have Saturday plans with the Nunns. I think the thought is we'll go out early afternoon to Pins Mechanical in Deerfield, play some duckpin, maybe some pinball, then go to 50 West for a beer and maybe Sonder. From there we'll go to dinner (not sure where) and then home. I offered to drive but then Lauren had the idea that we could have one of her kids drop us off and from there we could Uber. We'll see about that. 

And that's all for now. Time to get my yoga on and chill out. Happy Friday! Happy weekend. Later!