[Spoiler alert warning – this post contains a spoiler for the movie Crazy Stupid Love]
Stats for today are definitely low: Jillian Micheal’s Shred It Kettle bell workout. 29 min – 215 cal.
It’s a great workout, but I slept in, so I don’t have time to go for a run or to do some yard work. It was a new thing to try, which was good.
My mom is in for the weekend, so that we can celebrate our birthdays together. Her’s is on 3/21 and mine is on 4/4. Exactly 2 weeks apart. When I was growing up, we always went to the Ichiban Japanese Steak House, in Syracuse, NY for every persons’ birthday. That would be my mom, dad, brother and myself. It was a tradition. After my parents divorced, my mom and I kept up our tradition. Since our birthdays are so close, we go in the weekend in between.
After I finished college, we started meeting at Turning Stone. We would get a free room, play bingo, play some slots, and go to Syracuse for Ichiban. Their salad dressing is so yummy!
Last year, I took her to Vegas, for her 65th. Not exactly Ichiban, but we had a good time. I took her to a Japanese steak house, at MGM. It ended up to be really foo-foo but the sushi appetizer was great. We also saw Whoopi Goldberg, which was bucket list worthy.
This year, we met at Turning Stone. Alas, we did not come back with gobs of money, but we had a good time. In way of WW notes, they have a fantastic greek salad in their food court. I added grilled chicken. Said “Woah!” to the lady about to put a cup of feta on the salad (not kidding), and told her to use less. Got the dressing on the side.
While playing slots I stuck to diet soda and decaf coffee. Totally could have chosen water a bit more! Went to their diner in the morning and got an egg white omelet, no butter on the grill, packed with veggies, turkey and some swiss. Didn’t finish it. I love not finishing food.
Came back to Rochester and ordered takeout from Sinbad’s for dinner. Awesome Mediterranean in the area, and probably one of my favorite cuisines. We watched Crazy Stupid Love. My mom said she thought it was deeper than she had expected it to be from the previews. I enjoyed the twist that Hannah was his daughter. I hated Ryan Gosling’s accent. It wasn’t consistent and it wasn’t necessary. I would have liked more development of Juliane Moore’s character. I also thought that the antics of their son were a bit far fetched. No way a kid goes up in front of classmates and parents, and says to his babysitter, sorry you walked in on me yanking it. I mean, come on. I know people want to think their families are that interesting and colorful, but let’s not encourage stupidity. Even if it is in the title.
So today we are going to hit the public market. Rochester has an awesome one. Tonight we are going with friends to Magnolia’s, which is another fantastic place to eat in Rochester. They have incredible paninis, wraps, and a to die for tomato artichoke soup. Oh I will be getting it!
Then we are going to the Geva theater to see Angels in America. I saw the mini series on HBO and it was incredible. About a month ago, I was in a Starbucks, getting my lean protein post-workout skinny latte reward. I looked over at the bulletin board and saw a poster for the show. In about 2 seconds I was sending a pic to my friend, telling her “I know what I want to do for my birthday!”
In other news, my mom got me a heating pad, the dvd of the Help and of All That Jazz. So cool! (and warm as the heating pad goes lol) I got her a $50 gift card to the Michael Spa Salon in her home town. She was excited, because she can use it for a deep tissue massage.
Well, that’s all for now! I gotta go make the coffee and breakfast for mom and me. My cup runneth over.
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