The calm before the storm.
I just love it.
For as long as I can remember, I’ve loved the rain. Maybe it’s because I’m an April baby? Rain soothes me and relaxes me and makes me want to curl up under the covers with a good book.
Today’s storm rolled in as I was teaching water fitness. We lucked out and made it through the entire class without hearing any thunder or seeing any lightning, but about five minutes after the class concluded, the dark clouds opened up and it started pouring. It rains pretty much ever single day in the summer in Florida, but the storms usually only last an hour or two. Today’s storm seems to be holding on for a little longer than usual which has Sadie in a tizzy.
My poor little scaredy dog.
Work today went well and I spent an hour or so with my boss learning how to teach spinning. I may be picking up some spin classes in the future and would like to take a full-day certification course, but going over the basics today was helpful.
Lunch
At lunchtime today, I quickly ran to Subway and ordered a chopped club salad that I ate with a bag of harvest cheddar Sun Chips.
I’ve always preferred sweet over salty and have never been a huge chip person (unless you put salsa or guacamole in front of me), but cheddar Sun Chips are a weakness of mine! My friend Kristen used to pack them in her lunch in elementary school and I remember trading her something from my lunch so I could have her chips on several occasions. They take me back!
Time to do a load of laundry. It’s Friiiday tomorrow!
Question of the Afternoon
- When it comes to snacks, do you prefer sweet or salty foods?
I’m a sweets girl all the way!
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I prefer salty snacks, but with being pregnant, I am all about the sweet!
I haven’t been eating many chips lately but cheddar Sunchips sound deeeelish right now! I go back and forth between sweet and salty. After I eat something salty/savory, I usually like to follow it up with something sweet.
YES! I totally agree with you on the chips thing. I’m not typically a chips person, but those Harvest Cheddar Sun Chips get me every doggone time! 😉
Very exciting that you could be teaching spin! I’d love to teach a spin class someday.
Harvest Cheddar are the best!
Salty most of the time, but sour-sweet (like sour candies) is a great treat too!
How about salty and sweet? Like chocolate covered pretzels…yum
80% of the time, I’m a sweet girl, but sometimes you just gotta have that salt! Have you tried cheddar popchips, cheddar Special K chips, or “cheesy” kale chips? All good alternatives that will satisfy the cheesy, salty craving when you just can’t shake it!
I love salty!!!!
I’m a sweets girl too. I like adding fruit to my yogurt, froyo, or smoothies to sweeten them up.
So funny…for some reason those cheddar Sun Chips are the only chips I really like either. That and tortilla chips. Rain is the best! I love our big rolling thunder Texas storms 🙂
Definitely salt! I would take chips over cookies any day. Neither one is great for you but i can’t resist salt. Pizza is also a weakness; greasy and salty. YUM
I alternate sweet and salty. Always have.
Oooh tough choice!!! It totally depends on my mood I’d say. BUT, one of my favorite ways to kill two birds with one stone are pretzel rolos 🙂 Just on a cookie sheet lay out a bunch of mini pretzals or pretzal squares, then melt a rolo on top of each in the oven for like 5 minutes, then put a pecan on top right of the chocolate right when they come out of the oven. HEAVEN, and you’ve taken care of your salty AND sweet craving 🙂
I have never liked rolos, but I tried this snack one day without knowing the chocolate part was rolos, and OH MY GOD! Delicious! I’ve never made them, but you make it sound so easy that I might have to!
I have a total sweet tooth that never seems to go away.
I definitely usually prefer sweet foods as well! In particular, I prefer sweet breakfasts. I rarely have things like eggs or sausage for breakfast–I save those for lunch 🙂
What I find funny about Florida rain is when you’re driving on the highway, there can be torrents for a couple minutes, and then absolutely no rain the next few minutes. And the cycle repeats over and over, haha.
sweet AND salty! chocolate covered pretzels are my favorite!
It tends to be salty. Just simple crusty warm brad and butter would suit me!
Ha ha! Bread, but Brad’s pretty good, too!
So long as Brad isn’t crusty. LOL
I love salty and crunch all the way! I have a MAJOR weakness for chips, especially BBQ ones!
I almost always prefer salty! Every once in a while I prefer sweets, but not often. I think it’s because my mom isn’t a sweet person, so growing up we didn’t have sweets much around the house, but we had a lot of salty snack foods!
I go for sweets almost all the time, but if someone offers me sunchips I might take those over sugar. It might just be my weird taste buds, but sunchips have a nice hint of sweetness
I always have my afternoon chocolate craving. Sometimes I hold out but I just love chocolate
I’m all about the sweet things. I have a huge sweet tooth!
Salt salt saltsaltsalt! Wait is that a jimmy buffet song?!?! Margaritas with my salt and chips please.
Definitely salty! Though I can always tell when I get hormonal because I crave ice cream and candy haha!
For snacks it needs to be salty for me!! I love sun chips cheddar too 🙂
I definitely prefer a combo of sweet and salty snacks 🙂
I have never ordered a salad at Subway but that looks amazing and very delicious! May have to try one very soon!
sweet or salty depends on my mood, but I usually like a combo. And I’m no April baby (October) but I LOVE rainstorms! Especially big thunderstorms.
I love sweet snacks but you can’t beat salty…so I usually go for something like coconut oil homemade popcorn sea salt. YUM!
Sun Chips are definitely my favorite kind of chip! I haven’t tried the salads from Subway yet, but it looks delicious. I’m totally a sweets girl!
I always have pumpkin seeds and raisins as a snack- I love the salty sweet combo. Also, just the other day I discovered the goodness that is Snapea crisps. DELICIOUS and perfectly salty. I guess I’ve been about salty lately!?
That’s so cool that you’ll be teaching spinning! Hope you’ll tell us all about the certification course cause I’ve thought of doing it.
I’m def a sweets gal too- got such a sweet tooth, wish I didn’t but oh well!
Salty, always. Nachos, popcorn…. the BEST!
I never met a sweet snack I didn’t like 🙂 Ok, that’s a lie. But my favorite is a combo: trail mix. The sweet/salty raisins are my weakness.
I like salty snacks. If it’s sweet, it’s dessert to me. Which I’m also ok with. One of my favorite salty snacks is those Harvest Cheddar Sun Chips dipped into Smooth Ranch Dip. It’s soooo good!
Oh I’m such a sucker for rainy days every once in a while too…its just a good excuse to stay in the pjs all day ha
Salty for sure. Thing is though, when I don’t drink beer, I crave sweet things. Interesting. it must be the sugar in the beer that keeps me going. Im always making cheese platters, love them and I highly recommend a great selection of cheeses and red wine. Awesome.
Sweets. Always sweets.
We had about the same weather this morning here in Wisconsin too. I absolutely love it. Bring on the storms!
I would definitely say I’m a salty snack person. I’m right there with ya on the salsa and guacamole. Get’s me every time. My real weakness: popcorn.
I’m definitely a sweet-tooth. For me, the dessert makes the meal!
I’m definitely a sweet girl, too! And I used to like the rain as well until this year. We have had SO much rain. Literally, we could go without a drop of rain for the rest of the year, and we would still have a surplus for the annual average. It’s starting to drive me crazy!
Oh girl! I am salty all the way! maybe just a smidge of sweet & then back to salty.
Definitely sweets. Although a random craving for salty will sometimes appear out of nowhere!
YOu know I’m a sweets lover myself but definitely have a weakness for cheddar sun chips as well.
Sweet, for sure!
I’m the exact same way with rain… I love it when it rains right as your crawling into bed so you can fall asleep to the sound of rain drops 🙂
I’m definitely more of a salty snacker all the way! I love my cheese and dips but I do have a soft spot for a little something sweet especially after dinner.
For me it just depends on my mood. Or I like a combo snack. I really like the peanut butter chia seed protein bites that I blogged about last week!!! Those were super good and easy to make.
I’m all about the sweets!! I try to limit myself but sometimes the cravings are just too strong!
mmmm I LOVE Subway salads. They have always been a staple for me if I wanted something quick, easy and healthy.
I am definitely a savory girl when it comes to snacks. Don’t get me wrong – I love sweets, but I’d take a hunk of cheese over chocolate every time.
I love the rain too. Especially on Sunday afternoon.
I love both sweet and salty but never together. I LOVE chocolate but some days I could eat an entire bag of Ruffles chips…..YUMMMMM. I may have to work out double today because now I’m craving chips 🙂
I love both sweet and salty. Lately I’ve just been wanting pretzels with hummus. If I’m eating salty, it’s gotta have a really nice crunch to it!