Good morning, Blendfriends (well it's morning around here anyway 😆). I'm happy to be awake early after a good night's sleep; I'll have time to enjoy my workout during the coolest part of the day. I'll be doing Amanda's Lower body Pilates and barre workout. This is day 12 of my routine, the first one I ever made, and I'm really happy how it's working out. The goal of my routine was just to always have a doable (suitable for my back yet challenging) option ready in the morning. The reschedule button lets me insert rest days, bicycle days for cardio and gardening days. So today's quote is honor of creating something:

“I’m always thinking about creating. My future starts when I wake up every morning. Every day I find something creative to do with my life.” (Miles Davis)

Yesterday I got creative with lots and lots of pesto, and, for supper, combining a couple of recipes with store-bought korma sauce. Today's creative endeavour will be making something of a free Monday! It's the first time ever that my husband (who has a different employer) and I both benefit from a summer schedule consisting of four-day weeks, and we're pretty stoked about it🎉 Once we get our kayaks, it won't take much planning to know what we'll do, but today will be freestyle. I know I'll be doing a bit of laundry to take advantage of the hot sun, and I always have gardening to do. Together, we're planning a run to the écocentre, and maybe to take some things the charity shop. Then perhaps a movie. It's going to be a hot day, and a nice, air-conditioned cinema sounds nice.

What have you got coming up today?