Guess what today is???
Today this old bag of bones turns 26!
Though birthdays are always fun, I can’t help but feel a little nostalgic that another year has come and gone. Stay tuned for a fun recap of this past year later this afternoon!
Workout
This morning, I awoke to a husband singing me happy birthday and a dog showering me with birthday kisses. I’m just going to pretend that Sadie knows it’s my birthday… just like we pretend she knows when it’s her own birthday.
After quickly changing into our gym clothes, Ryan and I headed to the gym to begin our workouts with 20 minutes of cardio on the elliptical.
Then it was time for BodyPump! We did release 77 which I really enjoyed. It made my muscles buuurn!
Breakfast
After a walk with Sadie and a super-fast shower, it was breakfast time!
I thought about doing something totally cheesy this morning like eating a big bowl of oatmeal with a candle in it in honor of my birthday, but then I realized that I’d feel like an idiot blowing out a candle by myself and I really wanted a smoothie anyway.
Candles don’t exactly work in smoothies.
Today’s smoothie was a mocha green monster!
I added a tablespoon of cocoa powder to the mix to give it a little extra chocolate flava and slurped it down like it was cool… which it was.
Birthday smoothies are the j-a-m!
As I sipped on my smoothie, I started to think about birthday meals. Growing up, whenever it was my birthday, I got to select my favorite meal that my mom would then make for my birthday dinner. I don’t think I had one go-to meal, but I remember selecting corned beef and cabbage on a number of occasions as well as soft-shell crabs, clams (last year’s selection), oysters and shellfish. I’m a seafood lover at heart!
Question of the Morning
If you could pick one meal to have specially prepared for you on your birthday, what would you select?
HAPPY HAPPY HAPPY BIRTHDAY JULIE 😀
Aw, beautiful flowers! Wishing you a very happy birthday filled with lots of laughter and delicious treats. Have a great one!
This Sunday is my family birthday party and we’re having a family favorite. I selected hamburgers, fried noodles (egg noodles pan fried in butter with bread crumbs), stewed tomatoes and a green salad with my favorite, avocado! It’s such a staple in our family but does it sound weird? Of course, there will be cake…a lemon cake with whipped frosting! yum yum yum!!
From one April baby to another, happy birthday Julie!!
Happy birthday, Julie! Have a great day!
Happy Birthday, Julie!! 🙂
I almost always pick my mom’s chicken parm for my birthday dinner. It’s MY j-a-m! 😉
Happy Birthday Julie! I hope you have a fabulous day with all the things important to you! 🙂
Happy birthday! I hope it’s amazing!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!! I hope you have an awesome day!
Happy Birthday, Julie! I hope it’s amazing!
I would pick my mom’s pasta sauce, hands down…or maybe fried chicken 🙂
Happy Birthday, Julie! I hope you have an incredible day today! First birthday being married!! 🙂 Those roses are beautiful!
Happy birthday Julie! Hope you have a great day filled with lots of fro yo, ice cream, cake and everything else you neglected during lent :)! So many meals which I love but one that comes to mind in particular is lobster linguini in marinara sauce topped with parmesan: Y-U-M!
Happy Birthday 🙂 Have a fantastic day!!! Enjoy your birthday and think about what a fabulous year you had and what wonderful things 26 will bring! 😉
HAPPY BIRTHDAY! For my birthday I would love to have my mom cook veal osso bucco with polenta. It’s absolutely delicious. Then I’d have some brownie ice cream OR red velvet cake!
Happy Birthday Julie! I stumbled across your blog one day and now I have to read it everyday 🙂 The meal I always ask for is tacos or tacoritos! Or basically anything my mom cooks because she is amazing!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY JULIE 🙂 Hope your day rocks!!
Happy Birthday!
It’s my boyfriend’s birthday too and I’m making him arugula pizza for lunch but we’re going out to dinner.
I hope you have a super birthday.
aw, happy birthday to your boyfriend!
Happy birthday from rainy, flooded Arkansas!! Hugs to you! I really really enjoy your blog! E
Happy Birthday Julie! Enjoy your day. On my birthday I just want cake and lots of it. 😉
Happy Birthday!!!!! Hope Ryan & Sadie shower you with love & kisses al day! Have an awesome day!
happy birthday julie!!! my birthday is tomorrow… we’re (almost) birthday twins! 🙂
happy almost birthday to a fellow taurus!
Thank you! I’ve been a silent reader for about a month now and I just have to tell you that i LOVE your blog! Your recipes, workouts, and attitude have helped me so much in my efforts to maintain a healthy lifestyle. Oh and you also make me laugh a lot. So thanks for being you and sharing yourself with the world!
Happy Birthday!! I used to have an addiction to ravioli when I was younger, so that was usually my birthday meal request. Enjoy your day & birthday meals!! :O)
Happy Birthday!
For a birthday meal, we almost always go out for Mongolian BBQ Stir-Fry. I just love that food!
Happy Birthday Julie!!!!!!! Hope you have an awesome day! Those flowers are gorgeous 🙂 My go-to birthday meal is fajitas and homemade strawberry shortcake.
Gorgeous flowers! I would pick cheese pizza…I’m a 5 year old at heart 🙂
Happy 26 my love! Now you can join the old lady club with me. 😉
I hope it’s absolutely wonderful. My mom used to make corned beef and cabbage too although I usually requested goulash, a stew with ground beef, elbow noodles, canned veggies, and tomatoes served with corn bread for my birthday. Now days I would probably request fish with a sweet potato, sushi or something of that nature. 🙂
Happy, Happy Birthday Julie!! Hope you have a wonderful day!!
Oh and Happy Birthday!!!!
Happy birthday lady!!! Hope it is fabulous 🙂 I always request ribs on my birthday since it usually is right around labor day weekend and the perfect time for grillin!
Happy Birthday Julie!!! Have an awesome day!
Happy Birthday Beautiful!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY JULIE!!! I hope you have a wonderful day, and a great year ahead too! If I could have a meal prepared for me for my birthday, it’d probably involve blackened salmon of some sort. I love my seafood too!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY!! What a great way to start it- with a workout and a delicious smoothie! 🙂
I always used to pick Pizza Hut pizza for my birthday meal as a kid- so creative! 😛
Happy birthday!
Looks like its off to a great start.
My birthday meal from now until the end of my life would be Cioppino (italian seafood stew) that my mom makes. i am definitely a seafood lover at heart.
Happy Birthday!! Hope it’s wonderful!!
p.s. I love my grandma’s chicken & dumplings for my birthday meal – but my birthday is during football season, so it mainly involves beer & tailgate food 🙂
Happy Birthday! Have a beauuuuutiful day 🙂
HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!
Happy Birthday Julie! Hope you enjoy lots of pb fingers 🙂
HAPPY bdaaaay julie!!!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY JULIE! 😀
happy birthday!! hope you have an amazing day!
for my last two birthdays, i selected scallops for dinner.
Happy birthday Julie!!
I used to always pick spaghetti with my favorite sauce… Ragu. I bet my mom was thinking how she really lucked out that my favorite meal was so ready-made… heh.
Happy birthday 🙂
Happy birthday girl! I would pick some sort of red meat for dinner and bread pudding for dessert!!!!!! Yesssssss.
Have a wonderful day!
happy happy birthday! i hope you get to pick your favorite meal to eat tonight, and enjoy it with some cake! 🙂
Happy birthday Julie! I always picked Olive Garden for my birthday dinner – I’d go for a homemade version with garlic bread, veggie-packed minnestrone and ravioli!
happy birthday! you just reminded me that i myself am coming up on 26 too. eeekk!
My mom did the same thing with meals! I cant remember what I usually pick, I know growing up I loved tacos so I probably picked that a lot!
Happy Birthday beautiful! I am turning the big 2-6 in a month 🙂 You’ll have to let me know how it is!
Happy birthday, pretty lady!! Growing up, my mom always let us pick whatever we wanted for dinner on our birthdays. I usually chose something like chicken fajitas. I luuurve me some Mexican food! 🙂 I hope you have a GREAT day!
aaw happy birthday!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 😀 hope you have a wonderful day, julie!