Heat wave! Are you keeping cool? Pixie is trying 
I knew I had to get the exercise done early unless I wanted to go to the gym and do the treadmill, so I was outside at 7 am to run at the track. It was a nice quiet 3-mile run, although warm already at 70 degrees 
I will spare you the picture of what I looked like when I finished. I was ready for a cold drink and made up some iced coffee with my protein waffles.
To make the cold brewed coffee, I just put 1 cup of ground coffee with 4 cups of water and let it sit overnight. Then filtered it this morning.
It tastes so much better than brewed coffee that you let get cold and ice.
I have a busy few days coming up. John left for Atlantic City on a spur of the moment trip with a friend for a couple days. That means that I need to take care of the business, along with my own work – not to mention that I start training for my new job on Wednesday. It all depends on how busy each of those things is. So, I may not get around to some reading some of your blogs for a couple days! I had better make a bunch of the cold-brewed coffee. 
More cool eats for lunch:
Vanilla greek yogurt, low fat granola and berries. The classic.
Finally turned on the AC when the living room thermometer said 86 degrees. I didn’t even want to see how hot it was upstairs. This is why I could never live in the South. Then we had a brown out. At first while I was working, I noticed it got very quiet in the house. The AC kicked off, as did my fan. Computer was still on because of the battery, so it took me a bit to figure out what happened (duh). I have no car, as it went to Atlantic City, so that nixed the idea of trying to go somewhere cool like the library because I was not biking in this heat! Funny that the TV would come on, but the internet, AC and fans would not work, or the fridge. It got pretty hot soon:
I checked the status with the power company and they estimated about 2 hours for the power to come back up. It ended up being 1.5, so that was good. Of course, I got hungry during this time and the espresso machine would not power up…. booo! So I just had a slice of bread and nut butter.
I was going to toast it, but the toaster oven wasn’t working and check out the state of it:
Door isn’t supposed to open like that….
CSN stores is going to let me do a review of a toaster oven for them. They have several websites selling a lot of things like dining room furniture, cookware, etc. Good thing I am going to do this review, because we use our toaster oven a lot!
My plumerias are blooming. They are indoor plants and are getting a little unwieldy now, but they smell heavenly when they bloom:
This particular one is about 4 feet tall.
Dinner time and I poked around the fridge to see what to use up. With John gone, I am going to need to eat up a bunch of produce! I decided to use the last bit of hamburger and put it on a sweet potato with laughing cow and caramelized onions (good thing I am a bachelorette tonight!). It actually was surprisingly tasty. And I managed to not burn my broccoli tonight.
I need to work tonight and pack orders and try to keep from snacking without John here. Isn’t that what swinging singles do? I can’t even remember LOL! I decided if I get hungry I can have a banana Maybe that will keep me out of the cereal…..
If you haven’t checked my mindful/intuitive eating post, here is the link if you are interested.
Time for the bachelorette lifestyle! See you tomorrow….
It is really hot here too and I don’t have A/C, so I am keeping movement to a minimum. Only my fingers are moving…
Pixie is so funny…not to mention furry!
Enjoy your alone time!
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Aww your poor toaster oven!
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I usually scoff when folks in the north talk about a heat wave, but you guys are *really* having some heat. Wishing you cool breezes and if not that, then no brownouts.
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Yea, it’s hot here too….but hubby will not let me go for a day without turning on the AC!
YAY for product reviews!! I wish I could get more of them, I like doing them too, but sometimes I just don’t get around to posting them quickly (due to the Pnut!) Cant wait to read what you’ve got to say about the toaster oven!
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It’s really hot here too and has been for the last months – ugh. I just exercise first thing before the heat gets going!
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Cats are so smart, aren’t they?
We’ve got a heat wave going on over here, too.
It was hot here again as well. I think with all my working out outside it’s not bothering me as much as others. I got an unplanned cool down today in the………..hospital today as I got patched up from my bike accident!
Im melting.
Im melting.
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Wow- 88 in the house is unbarable! And I thought it was hot here…!
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Yes, this heat is CRAZY! Sorry about that A/C! Enjoy the time alone, knowing your hubby will be back soon.
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Ooof. 88 inside is pretty grim. However, that iced coffee looks and sounds excellent.
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OMG, that pic of Pixie!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! LOVE IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! So sorry for that heat wave. Talking about it on the news here & we have cooler than normal weather in southern CA.. sun barely came out yesterday & it is July! I will take it over your stuff!
Love my toaster oven.. looks close to yours except it is black so can’t see all the wear & tear & it is newer so it is still surviving!
Good luck with new job stuff & again, talking about you over at my place!
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Poor Pixie. I’ve got a fan in the unairconditioned downstairs that the dogs gather around like a fire in winter. They’re afraid of it, but they realize they need it, so they snuggle tentatively next to it. LOL
Looking forward to your toaster review. Wish I could get a gig like that! I need a new one every few years for as often as we use ours.
Here’s wishing you no brownouts today.
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Pixie knows how to keep cool. Too cute.
Although I like iced coffee, it doesn’t matter how hot it gets, I have to have my hot cup-o-jo in the am.
We have more problems with toaster ovens as well. I swear they only last about 2 years in our house.
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Your toaster oven reminds me of my real oven. The handle broke and the glass is threatening to fall out! I need to get it fixed asap!
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yes you are busy and with your new job-is that today? or next wednesday? my hubby is starting a new job next week too and i have my 2nd interview next week-exciting times i tell you. i am with you on cavendish-he thought he had it in the bag-hee hee. your kitty is so cute. can you send me some heat please?
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Bummer about the electric and the heat. Hope you’re cooler now. Love the picture of Pixie in front of the fan, she’s too funny lol.
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88 in the house is very hot checked mine just now and it’s 75 degrees in my house but it doesn’t feel hot. We’re heading towards a few hot days again, can’t say I look forward to it.
I’m a single every now and then too and love it, especially that I can watch anything on the tv when and what I want to
Sorry for the lack of power. Have fun “bachin” it!
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It’s hard not to make bad eating choices when left to our own devices! Sometimes when the BF has plans, I’ll just go to Subway. Or I get sushi.
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enjoy the single life! it’s fun on this end…at least most days
love the eats!
Yeah, that’s just too hot…I keep my A/C set at 78, but if I’m really moving around (like vacuuming) I lower it. Hope your heatwave breaks soon!
Btw, I thought of you today at the grocery store – they had BEAUTIFUL blueberries for $1.77 a (rather large) container – I bought some and had the best berry/Fage/Fiber One combo!
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I could imagine it was still steamin’ at 7am! It’s that way here from at least 5:30am straight through til midnight, if not all night. Good for you for braving it! Oh no with the air going off- good thing it came back on quick enough!
Great tips on how to make iced coffee! I will try it sometime once there is enough room in my freezer for ice.
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