Hi gang!\u00a0 Before I get into eats and our day, first I’m going to tell you why I told Scott to get stuffed. 
\u00a0 Part of the reason was that I had already been down the road of, Hey-we’re-friends-let’s-date, TWICE. And both of them ended ugly.\u00a0 One guy was an ass and the other guy was a rebound dude who also was an ass but for different reasons.\u00a0 I did not want to jump on that rollercoaster again.<\/p>\n
But that was only part of the reason and an actually very small part.\u00a0 The actual deal was that Scott and I had this very strong connection on so many levels.\u00a0 And I knew that this was it<\/em>.\u00a0 The for real shit you read about and swoon over.\u00a0 This was the real deal and that we would in each other’s lives always and forever.\u00a0 At 20 years old this scared the crap outta me.\u00a0 That kind of love and connection at 20? Whoa let’s just chill for a minute.\u00a0 Of course he was all, “Whatever I’m down” but it took me a little bit longer to come around. Okay on to eats!<\/p>\n July 5th marks our official, we are legally recognized as a couple, day.\u00a0 I had some plans but Mo’ Nature had been tossing rain at us all weekend and my plans involved being outside.\u00a0 I was pretty bummed when I woke up to find everything overcast and damp.\u00a0 I took care of Rocky and busted out a 3.5 mile run.\u00a0 Whoo!<\/p>\n After changing into comfy clothes and I put together some fuel.\u00a0 I was going to take Rocky on a walk later when Scott got up.<\/p>\n Coffee, wheee!\u00a0 And yogurt with:<\/p>\n Mixed it all together and chowed down while I finished my book.\u00a0 Then I worked on yesterday’s recipe and started emails to several people who need emails back from me. I promise they are on the way!<\/p>\n It finally started getting sunny and warm out which made me happy.\u00a0 When Scott got up I told him that we could do whatever he wanted.\u00a0 We could stay home and chill or we could go out and do what I had planned for us.\u00a0 He said to go! First I made us some lunch.<\/p>\n Special salad:<\/p>\n Topped with white wine vinegar and some of the olive oil the tomatoes were in.\u00a0 So fabbo!\u00a0 Fresh peaches and nectarines. A piece of multigrian bread toasted and topped with smashed avocado sprinkled with S&P, and chili garlic hot sauce. My new love! This lunch made my bellah happy.\u00a0 It was nice to munch on some fresh fruit and I just can’t get enough avocados in my diet.\u00a0 They are so creamy and delish that I need my own tree.\u00a0 The salad turned a bit creamy too as the goat cheese broke down and sort of covered everything with it’s tangy goodness.<\/p>\n After lunch, we both got dressed and took Rocky out for his quick walk.\u00a0 It was hot out by this point so we didn’t take him too far.\u00a0 He came home and plopped down on the tile floor.\u00a0 I packed us a quick snack, loaded directions on my iPhone, and we were off.<\/p>\n Backing out of the driveway ready to roll!<\/p>\n Scott had no idea where we were going.\u00a0 I just told him where to turn and when.\u00a0 Finally when we came across a road sign with directions he realized where we were headed.<\/p>\n Inniswood Gardens<\/a>!\u00a0 This is where we got hitched four years ago, in the rose garden section of the park.\u00a0 Unfortunately the roses weren’t looking too hot this year but the year we got married they were in full bloom and there was a ton of them.\u00a0 Getting married at Inniswood is free. But you can’t pre-plan it or reserve the rose garden.\u00a0 You have to just show up and hope for the best.\u00a0 Since it was just us, it really wasn’t a big deal.\u00a0 Oh yeah we eloped. A few highlights so you don’t feel overloaded.\u00a0 I’ll spread more pictures throughout the week.<\/p>\n 3.5 hours later we were done walking around. :o\u00a0 It was hot and I was getting hungry.<\/p>\n For the ride home, we got out the snacks.\u00a0 Organic sparkling raspberry green tea and some trail mix.<\/p>\n When we got back home both of us were starving! We changed into grungy clothes since we were going to grill and headed out to the deck. I needed to stuff my face more so I had some of this:<\/p>\n Kashi crackers and hummus with hot sauce on top. I had a few to get me through the grilling time.<\/p>\n Someone getting all the grill things together.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n![\"Chocolate](\"http:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/ohc_07-05-09_cs-300x225.jpg\" "\\"Chocolate")
Some recovery drink after my run, then I moved on to stretches!<\/p>\n![\"Coffee](\"http:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/ohc-07-05-09_breakfast-300x225.jpg\" "\\"Coffee")
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<\/p>\n![\"Salad,](\"http:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/ohc-07-05-09_lunch-300x225.jpg\" "\\"Salad,")
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![\"Scott](\"http:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/ohc-07-05-09_us_car-300x225.jpg\" "\\"Scott")
<\/p>\n![\"Rose](\"http:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/ohc-07-05-09_me_rosegarden.jpg\" "\\"Rose")
<\/a><\/p>\n\u00a0 Big weddings with all the stuffs, and showers, and so on, is totally not our thing. So we skipped over all that stuff. That’s me standing on the spot where we were married.<\/p>\n<\/a>Us by some very pretty yellow flowers that I was calling “prehistoric” flowers because the stems were so bizarre!<\/p>\n<\/a>There are trails and paths that go all around the gardens. I wanted to explore the park because we didn’t explore at all when we got married.\u00a0 I was starving so we jetted to breakfast and then back home that day.\u00a0 Today was about spending time together and that included exploring!<\/p>\n<\/a>Me laughing at something totally silly that Scott said while we were walking around.<\/p>\n<\/a>There were some of my favorite flowers.<\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n