I love getting up early in the morning. Its not always easy to get out of bed, but I love having that time to myself in the morning. Take this morning for example, I got up at 5am naturally with no alarm. I made myself a little breakfast, had a small coffee, and watched the news while messing around on the computer. I then headed out for at 5:50am for a 7.5 mile run. I got back just about exactly an hour later, and Shawn and Cori had just gotten up. By 10am I had cooked breakfast, washed dishes, showered, swept, vacuumed, and got all the general house cleaning done that I wanted to for the day. I just love having everything done and knowing I have the rest of the day to enjoy. Especially since we haven't seen the sun in a while and its finally back today!
Do you like to get up early and get your workouts done or do you wait until later in the day?
Once I start marathon training in a week and a half I will have no choice but to rise early to beat the heat and get in my runs before Shawn goes to work for the day! When I try to wait until the evening I find that I have no energy, so I always try to get it done early.
As promised, a recipe for the week. I made cookies with Devin yesterday because it was yet another rainy day and we needed things to do. We'd already done a foot soak and scrub and painted our toes, read books, and so on to baking we went. She has a new love for honey, so we decided on Honey Banana Oatmeal Cookies. They came out pretty good!
Honey Banana Oatmeal Cookies
1/3 cup of honey
1 banana, mashed
1 egg
1 1/4 cup of oats
1 tsp baking powder
2 tbs cocoa powder (optional)
Mix all of the wet ingredients, mix the dry ingredients separately and than add them to the wet. Put 'em on a cookie sheet and bake them at 350 degrees. I think the time was like 10-12 minutes, I could be wrong so check them often! Enjoy!
Do you use honey? What is your favorite thing to do with it?
Hope you are all having a great weekend!
I am an early riser too. I am always up by 5 if not earlier. I love the quiet of the morning and love to have my run done before my husband goes to work! I love honey! I am not that creative with cooking with it though. I love it on toast.
ReplyDeleteI usually workout mid-day or night. But then I spend my time complaining about how hot it is :)
ReplyDeleteI love getting up early too...I'd rather get all of my "must do" things done early in the day so the rest of the day I can enjoy! And if you're running outside you really have to get an early start in the summer!
ReplyDeleteI love honey! Its so good on toast with peanut butter and banana slices! I've also tried to cut out artificial sweeteners, and honey is delicious in coffee instead of splenda!