When you work full-time, it’s inevitable that some days will seem monotonous, no matter how much you love your job. One thing that always breaks up a mundane day is a birthday celebration!
Today’s birthday celebration included cake, cookie cake and mini cupcakes! I had a little bit of everything (the cupcake went straight into my mouth). I also went back for more cake frosting because that’s clearly the best part of cake.
Fortunately the birthday celebration occurred after lunch, so I didn’t fill up on cake before my mid-day meal.
Today’s lunch included salmon salad on top of a toasted sandwich thin.
I prepared the salmon salad by combining approximately 3 ounces of salmon with about 1.5 tablespoons of onion and chive cream cheese and one sliced celery stalk.
Pepper slices were served on the side.
Revamped leftovers rule! 
Dog Park + Dinner
Once the workday was over, I came home and headed to the dog park with Ryan and Sadie.
Sadie loved every minute we spent throwing the ball for her. She was a sprinting machine!
Such a happy girl!
Eventually our stomachs told us it was time to head home for dinner.
On the menu tonight was a random crock pot concoction!
Before heading to work this morning, I combined the following in the crockpot:
- 2 chicken breasts
- 1 can chicken broth
- 5 carrots, chopped
- 1 onion, chopped
- 1 green pepper, chopped
- Thyme, to taste (about 5 shakes)
After cooking all day on low, we had a delicious veggie-packed chicken dish to enjoy for dinner! 
For being made with a random assortment of stuff I grabbed from the fridge, it was a pretty darn good meal!
Before signing off for the night I want to thank you guys for your amazing book recommendations. I feel like Ryan and I now have a great list of books to read in the upcoming months.
Up first: Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen.
I’m excited to get readin’! Apparently there is a movie-version of the book coming out in April, so I think we will be reading it at the perfect time.
Off to chill with Ryan and Sadie. I’m sleepy tonight.
(P.S. The Fashion page was updated this evening!)
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Water for Elephants is one of my FAVORITE books!!!
Water for Elephants is an excellent choice! I am not a big reader but read it last summer and couldn’t put it down. It’s beautifully written and really touched me!
Have you ever read The Glass House by Jeanette Walls? It’s amazing. I couldn’t put it down and now both my Mum and Dad have read it too. WFE is definitely on my reading list – I have to read it before the movie.
Cake without frosting is incomplete 🙂
I loved Water for Elephants…you will definitely enjoy it! I can’t wait for the movie, and I always like to read books before the movie comes out. Happy reading:)