I hope that everyone had a great weekend! I’m finally back in my own apartment and getting resettled before entering the reality of work life. At least it’s a short week.
If you’ve been offline for the long weekend, you can recap the latter half of last week on this post. As for the rest of my weekend, quite frankly, it was rather uneventful but absolutely wonderful. First off, I got to spend a lot of time with this guy:
My mom has had Mochi for the past month because she missed having him around. She’s definitely plumped him up a bit since “he looks so sad when we’re eating”. [Note to self: If I ever decide to have children, no summers at grandma’s place because I’ll have obese kids.]
I miss my fluff monster, but it’s been nice not having him around because I know he gets a lot more attention (and food) being with my mom. I’ll be picking him back up after New Years.
My sister and I spent a majority of Saturday helping my mom prepare dinner and watching movies. We were both a bit sore from our run on Friday to want to do another run. We were supposed to cover 4 miles, but the trail had SO MUCH snow that we cut it down to 3.5. It felt like we were running on sand, so we ended up sweating like crazy and being completely pooped. Check it out:
So, instead of working out, we rented Crazy Stupid Love and Kung Fu Panda 2, both of which were good. I was so hungry by the time we ate that I forgot to take pictures of the food we helped make. You’ll probably be seeing the leftovers pop up on my blog throughout the week though 😛
I was hoping to make it back home in time to get in my long run before I had to pick up my friend for dinner and to take her to the airport, but time just wasn’t working out. No big deal, I’ll get back on track tomorrow, and I didn’t completely derail my workouts this past weekend.
We headed to La Sandia in the Stapleton area for happy hour since it’s a short distance from the airport. [photo from website]
We started off with chips and salsa + guacamole.
Plus a sangria for both of us.
We also got a combination of their chicken and pork tacos to share.
As well as their mini chimichangas with chile verde.
We were both stuffed! The salsa has a bit of a smoky, chipotle flavor to it. The guacamole and chimichangas were delicious, but the tacos were lacking a bit in the flavor department and got soggy very quickly. The overall bill only came out to around $30 with the drinks, so not a bad deal for so much food.
Now I’ve got to get myself all unsettled and cleaned up for the week. I can’t believe next weekend is already New Years Eve! I don’t have solid plans aside from dinner…gotta get on the ball.
Question of the Day: Do you have New Years Eve plans yet?
Fit on the Rocks 
Stuffed with delicious food it looks like! I am still deciding what to do on New Years Eve…
Hahaha, loved the comment about not sending your future children to their grandparents’ house! I actually do have New Year’s Eve plans–my older sister’s boyfriend is having a party so I will be going there to celebrate!
That sounds like a lot of fun. I haven’t been to a party in ages, and I wish my friends were wanting to do that this year.
I went to the La Sandia at Park Meadows and really liked the guacamole too. I like how it was made fresh at your table.
My new years plans is going to Miami! My friend bought me a ticket to a place called the Blue Martini and there is an open bar from 8 till 11 with a champagne toast. I’m excited to try this place out since the last time I did not go out in South Beach.
Miami! I’ve always wanted to go there, so I’m jealous 😛 That should be a total blast.
I asked my husband what we are doing and his response was “getting wasted.” I’m not sure where exactly we are going yet
lol typical guy answer. Whatever you end up doing, I hope you have a lot of fun and can get a little tipsy as well. Baby-sitting sober is not fun.
Mmm Sangrias are some of my favorite drinks! I am going into the city near me, Boston, and going to a club with some friends! I have never done anything like that for New Years so I am rather psyched 🙂
You’ll have a ton of fun! It’ll probably get crazy, but NYE can always use a little crazy.
I cant believe Christmas is already over..it went by so fast!
My family and I are having some guests over on New Years.
Every year feels like it’s moving faster and faster. I can’t believe it’s already New Years time.
hahhaaha nothing like an Asian mom to ensure her kids (or pets) fatten up!! Right? It’s funny because that’s how they show love and care! And crazy enough…I like to feed people too, lol.
And the snow looks beautiful!! Although socal’s weather is really on the warm side, the snow makes me wanna get away somewhere cold. And your doggie is so cute! Have a wonderful rest of the day~
ps: I never have plans ahead of time, not even new years.
So true! I actually like to fatten people up too, but not my dog. I want him to live a glorious non-obese life hahaha. I’m trying to learn to be okay with not having concrete plans because it slightly stresses me out 😛
Haha, I love your statement about not sending your future kids to your mom’s house because they would be obese. I feel the same way. My mom would probably feed my future kids with too much food too.
The snow look lovely! We didn’t have any snow this year on Christmas. It only rained. 😦
I already made new years eve plans with my boyfriend, but nothing is set in stone yet. I can’t wait though because no matter what, I know we both will have a great time. 🙂
Oh boo…I am not a fan of rain, so I’m glad it doesn’t rain too much here 😛 I know you’ll have a ton of fun with your bf.
My mom would definitely overfeed my future kids too!
I have reservations at Nakama (I think there are only two in the country, it’s a hibachi grill/sushi bar) with 10 people.
Nice! I’ve only got dinner plans with 10 people right now, but they’re all couples and then me…so yeah…
yum I love sangria! Those tacos also look amazing! That’s a ton of snow..it must have been really hard to run in!
I was sweating like a pig for sure.
I love tacos good call! Never had a chimachanga before but I need to do so asap!
Stay away if you’re afraid of fried foods because it’s basically like a fried burrito…yummmmm.
I’m so jealous you have so much snow! For New Year’s I’m heading to the Poconos with a group of friends for some partying and skiing. Too bad there hasn’t been any real snow there yet this year!
I’ve heard! The snow in the mountains is actually pretty “crappy” right now. I put that in quotes because people from the East are in love with it right now compared to what’s (not) on the slopes over there.
Is your dog a bichon frise???
No, he’s not. He was supposed to be a pure Maltese, but I’m pretty sure they lied since he’s like 12 lbs, slightly curly, and a little bit beige on the tips of his ears lol
you can never win with asian parents…too skinny or too fat! Anyways, that place looks good! I see it on savored.com all the time! Anyways, no definite plans yet but I won tickets to this event….
Hah at least you have some plan as a back-up. I guess I do, too, but nothing sounds all that fun.