Boy, am I ready for the weekend!! As we get close to the end of the school year, I always begin to feel the monotony of it all. It feels I've hardly gotten over the mad rush to get the kids to school and it's time to pick the little ducklings up. I love the 3 mornings a week when I get to visit my favorite hot yoga studio for some power vinyasa. Sweating buckets and not thinking about what I have to accomplish the rest of the day is bliss :) Since my preschooler is home today I'll be setting up my mat YouTube style in my living room. I'm going to try this video. I generally don't love to do yoga by video but the fact that she's on a pier overlooking a lake caught my eye.
Yesterday I felt like spending some more "me" time in the kitchen trying a new recipe...cooking can be so relaxing sometimes and yet so harried at others, can't it? I tried this one for Turkey Osso Bucco courtesy of Gwyneth Paltrow. It was delish!! I served it with some Pearl Couscous and Roasted Cauliflower (colorwise not the best choices, but I'm obsessed these days with roasted Cauliflower). I used turkey legs and because they were cave man style ginormous it definitely took longer than the 2 hours the recipe called for. It was worth the wait though, and the gremolata
gave it a little zing. I swear I could sprinkle that stuff on everything. I didn't take a picture, of course, so I'll have to share Gwyneth's.
Gremolata
1/4 cup chopped fresh flat-leaf parsley
1/4 cup toasted pine nuts
1 clove garlic, minced
zest of 1 lemon
pinch of sea salt
Pinch of freshly ground black pepper
The weather is supposed to be sunny and 70 degrees (woohoo) this weekend so I plan to.....
1. Enjoy some park time with my 3 ducklings
2. Help the kids plant sugar snap peas in their garden
3. Put up the hammock in the backyard (maybe even get a chance to sit in it?)
4. Clean my closet and get out some warm weather items from the attic. This includes purging some neglected sweaters and winter items for donation.
5. On Sunday visit Six Flags Great America!! I'm just as excited as the kids...I LOVE roller coasters. Just hoping my 5 year old will be tall enough to ride something or there might be tears :(
Happy Weekend!! Here's hoping you get to spend some time outdoors with your lovelies too.
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