A Winner, a Thunderstorm, and a Monster Salad

by Courtney on May 16, 2012

And just like that, another Wednesday is quickly coming to a close…and a terribly uncreative blog post has been published. Sorry friends, that’s all I had tonight. But anyway, how’s Wednesday shaping up for all of you lovely people out there??

Lunch

As soon as I finished my last post earlier, I quickly headed out to the kitchen to whip up a quick lunch. I was in the mood for some color today, as if ya couldn’t tell…

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Pretty green and orange cucumbers + baby carrots with roasted red pepper hummus.

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Vibrant red and blue strawberries and blueberries covering up a plain Chobani yogurt, mixed with some granola I found left in my swag from the Blend Retreat.

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My afternoon passed pretty quickly, included some potentially exciting prospects, a fun video gchat session with Tina, and some not-so-fun paying of bills. Ehh, two outta three ain’t bad, right?

Around 5:30pm, I noticed the skies were starting to darken up and then started hearing some rumbles of thunder in the background; before I knew it, we had a full on thunderstorm.

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I always love me a good thunderstorm…even if it did cancel my scheduled softball game for tonight.

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The rain was literally coming down in buckets!

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The heavy stuff didn’t last long, and now we’re just left with some gloomy grey skies…perfect for curling up on the couch with my monster of a dinner salad a put together. You know it’s a monster when it’s made in one of my favorite mixing bowls that was actually leftover at the house from when this was my grandparents house.

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What we’ve got here is a Double Turkey Salad: slices of deli turkey, turkey bacon, feta cheese, dried cranberries, lettuce, cucumbers, red onions, tomatoes, baby carrots, broccoli, yellow pepper, and pickles.

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Then I went all chopped style on it…best way to serve a salad, in my opinion. Winking smile

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Plans for tonight include, well, a whole lot of nothing since I had planned on heading out to my softball game. But that’s totally cool with me…I think I can handle that.

***The WINNER of the Reebok Custom Shoes Giveaway has been announced! Head on over to the original post to see if it was you!***

Question for the Evening:

Would you rather have…thunderstorm, windstorm, or snowstorm?

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