exercising again

after a four-month hiatus from our regular exercise routine, we finally managed to drag our lazy butts out of the house this morning to the track. the sun was out and a nice cool breeze was in the air. we'd never seen so many people at the track at any one time before.

after four rounds (= a mile), i was ready to quit, but when i asked Dave if we were done, he said, let's go for one more round. i say, why? he says, 'coz we can! so we did.

we figure the distance between our apartment and the track is a mile roundtrip, we actually walked two and a quarter miles in all. feels good to be exercising again!

lunch in bed

well, taxes took a big chunk out of our savings and we're a little tight on finances right now. so we're trying as much as possible to save by not eating out. i was determined to make lunch after coming home from Gilroy Presbyterian this morning, but was having such a difficult time staying awake on the road. i've been fighting this cold and it's zapping energy from me. when i got home, all i could think about was sleep. i sent a text message to Dave, who was still at Church on the Hill, and said that maybe we could use our 2-for-1 coupon at Panera's instead.

when he got home, i was still so groggy i didn't feel like getting up to go out. as i lay half asleep in bed, i could hear rustling of packaging and microwave activity in the kitchen, and thought that Dave was helping himself to snacks.

next thing i know, he's waking me up from my stupor and serving me lunch in bed! wish i had a picture of the wonderful chicken meal he made us. he improvised with what we had in the fridge and made a spicy citrus glaze on baked chicken that was cooked so perfectly! served it with mixed vegetables and rice. i didn't even think i was hungry but i started eating and cleaned up my plate even before he was half way through his lunch! what a nice treat!

i love my husband!

taxes...done!

so i stayed up till the wee hours of Wednesday morning trying to complete our tax returns. finished up state returns later that morning and both federal and state returns were in the mail by afternoon of the 11th. after paying penalty and interest because we filed for an extension last year, i vowed i would get our taxes in on time this year. no more "charitable contributions" to the IRS!

this morning, Dave treated me to pancakes for breakfast, his "secret" recipe, as he put it, of oatmeal pancakes. yum! then for lunch, we went to Hobees and dessert at Cold Stone Creamery. that was my reward for doing our taxes.