That whole buying a house and being a grown-up really eliminates free time. Also, I forgot I had a blog. Anyway, I am alive and pursing yet another big step in life. I am about to begin yoga teacher training. Generally, one giant task per year sounds doable. Alas, I don't have a money tree. If you would like to help or just read why I'm taking on this crazy endeavor, check out my GoFundMe page.
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Monday, March 16, 2015
Monday, April 21, 2014
So I bought a house...
2014 is already shaping up to be a great year. As the title of this post suggests, I bought a house. Or at least, I'm hoping it will be mine! On Good Friday, I went under contract on an adorable house and I am praying the inspection goes well. It's semi-surreal that this gypsy is clipping her wings (sorry for the mixed metaphors) and settling down. Never in a million years did I think I would be buying a house as a single twenty something in a sleepy town in south Florida. Good thing I'm not running the show! I am so thankful for the twists and turns in my life and can't wait to start this new adventure!
I've decided to document the process of making this house my home. I want my family and friends who don't live here to see the progress on my little fixer upper and I want to be able to look back on what I have accomplished.
The best part about all of this? I still don't feel like a grown-up. In the past week my age has been guessed at 23 and 24 by people who know me pretty well (except not my age!) Guess I'm not all "grow'd" up yet and that's just the way I like it!
I've decided to document the process of making this house my home. I want my family and friends who don't live here to see the progress on my little fixer upper and I want to be able to look back on what I have accomplished.
The best part about all of this? I still don't feel like a grown-up. In the past week my age has been guessed at 23 and 24 by people who know me pretty well (except not my age!) Guess I'm not all "grow'd" up yet and that's just the way I like it!
Monday, December 30, 2013
Even numbered years tend to be superior.
We are just days away from 2014 and I am fairly confident that it's going to be a lot better than 2013. I'm not overly superstitious, but my family has a thing for multiples of seven. Us "kids" even have birthdays on the 7th, 14th, and 21st. It makes me excited to see what this year has in store.
I've been thinking about what I want to accomplish and truly believe that when you write your goals down, you are much more likely to succeed. I read this article by Mackenzie Newcomb and have stolen a few (denoted by a star) in addition to some of my own.
1. Pursue some sort of Health or Wellness certification.
2. Successfully complete a food challenge. (Probably this one.)
3. *Leave the country. (I might scale this down and just do a trip to somewhere I have been dying to go in the US.)
4. *Cross something off your bucket list. (Working on #31! February 16th A1A Half)
5. Meal Prep Sunday - wash, chop, and cook as much as I can for the week for real meals.
6. *Stop beating yourself up for skipping the gym on days you truly didn't have time. But also, stop skipping the gym on days you had plenty of time to go.
7. Stick to a budget.
8. *Stop caring about how many people "like" your Instagram photos...social media anxiety is a waste of time.
9. Make more regular visits to the Farmer's Market.
10.*If you think somebody is cute, say "hi" and introduce yourself.
I'm also working on a few other things, but I'm going to keep them just for me.
I've been thinking about what I want to accomplish and truly believe that when you write your goals down, you are much more likely to succeed. I read this article by Mackenzie Newcomb and have stolen a few (denoted by a star) in addition to some of my own.
1. Pursue some sort of Health or Wellness certification.
2. Successfully complete a food challenge. (Probably this one.)
3. *Leave the country. (I might scale this down and just do a trip to somewhere I have been dying to go in the US.)
4. *Cross something off your bucket list. (Working on #31! February 16th A1A Half)
5. Meal Prep Sunday - wash, chop, and cook as much as I can for the week for real meals.
6. *Stop beating yourself up for skipping the gym on days you truly didn't have time. But also, stop skipping the gym on days you had plenty of time to go.
7. Stick to a budget.
8. *Stop caring about how many people "like" your Instagram photos...social media anxiety is a waste of time.
9. Make more regular visits to the Farmer's Market.
10.*If you think somebody is cute, say "hi" and introduce yourself.
I'm also working on a few other things, but I'm going to keep them just for me.
Thursday, December 12, 2013
AHHHHHHHH
While I know that may not be the most creative blog post title, it's the only thing running through my head right now. This little email just popped in my inbox.
And yes, that does say 6:00am start time.
If you know me, you know I'm not a runner. I'm fit, I'm active, but I'm not a runner. I have been training since October and I will be up to six miles this weekend, but it is NOT easy for me. Swim six miles? Ok. Run them? Ugh. Anyway, if you have seen my Bucket List then you can see that it's on there so I decided to just do it for my 28th birthday. I'm not getting any younger and my birthday is the weekend before.
I'm hoping that I will get some other people to do it with me or at least come watch, but if not, I'm pretty used to doing things on my own. Now let's just hope I can actually do this!
And yes, that does say 6:00am start time.
If you know me, you know I'm not a runner. I'm fit, I'm active, but I'm not a runner. I have been training since October and I will be up to six miles this weekend, but it is NOT easy for me. Swim six miles? Ok. Run them? Ugh. Anyway, if you have seen my Bucket List then you can see that it's on there so I decided to just do it for my 28th birthday. I'm not getting any younger and my birthday is the weekend before.
I'm hoping that I will get some other people to do it with me or at least come watch, but if not, I'm pretty used to doing things on my own. Now let's just hope I can actually do this!
Sunday, December 8, 2013
Gratefulness
Today's Elf for Health challenge has us listing 20 things for which we are grateful. I must admit that I am not feeling the most thankful or grateful these days and coming up with this list was rather difficult.
1. the #elf4health challenges - they have gotten me to focus on the good, the bad, and the ugly
2. friends - we had our gift exchange last night and I laughed so hard
3. giving gifts - (my love language) I love making and giving gifts to other people
4. glitter - it just makes things happy and is currently all over my floor
5. my students
6. hallmark christmas movies - all day every day :)
7. my best friend - I can call her crying and she's always there to listen
8. family
9. almond milk lattes made at home
10. days where I can sit on my couch and drink #9 in the morning without rushing
11. manicures - I can feel my ugliest, but pretty nails make me feel just a little bit prettier
12. the blogosphere
13. the ability to cook
14. the resources to travel
15. ACE
16. my faith - I may not be the "best" Catholic, but it keeps me going every day
17. new beginnings
18. photography
19. working out - even though I am sorely lacking any sort of motivation currently
20. smiles
1. the #elf4health challenges - they have gotten me to focus on the good, the bad, and the ugly
2. friends - we had our gift exchange last night and I laughed so hard
3. giving gifts - (my love language) I love making and giving gifts to other people
4. glitter - it just makes things happy and is currently all over my floor
5. my students
6. hallmark christmas movies - all day every day :)
7. my best friend - I can call her crying and she's always there to listen
8. family
9. almond milk lattes made at home
10. days where I can sit on my couch and drink #9 in the morning without rushing
11. manicures - I can feel my ugliest, but pretty nails make me feel just a little bit prettier
12. the blogosphere
13. the ability to cook
14. the resources to travel
15. ACE
16. my faith - I may not be the "best" Catholic, but it keeps me going every day
17. new beginnings
18. photography
19. working out - even though I am sorely lacking any sort of motivation currently
20. smiles
Wednesday, December 4, 2013
Whole 30 - Day 3
Whomp whomp...I made it a whole 2.75 days. So maybe Christmas really isn't the time to be doing this. By the end of yesterday, I was so cranky and had the worst headache. It's partially my fault for not packing dinner when I knew I would be at school until almost 8pm, but the headache and cravings were intense.
After a verbal altercation with the cashier at Target, I came home and face planted into some chocolate chips. Couldn't help myself. Plus, all I could think about was how much I missed my morning almond milk latte with three stevia.
Things I liked - it got me to sit down and eat a filling, healthy breakfast. I will keep this going. Also, I did cut waaaay back on sugar and I've only had two small bites of grains. I hope to keep this up for as long as possible. It also made me look even more closely at food labels and I am SHOCKED by what I found. Did you know there is added sugar in some brands of table salt?! Publix brand, I'm looking at you. I will be much more aware of the things I am buying and splurge for organic or "fancy" items more frequently.
So moral of the story...this program can work and I will try it again, but just not during one of the craziest months of the year. And most importantly, I just want to get to a point where I don't think about every single thing I ate or will be eating. It's exhausting!
In other news, it's make-up free Wednesday! Those extra 10 minutes were so very welcome this morning. Let's see what the students think. If I could get $5 for every time one of them comments that I look tired I would have a lot of dollars at the end of the day :)
After a verbal altercation with the cashier at Target, I came home and face planted into some chocolate chips. Couldn't help myself. Plus, all I could think about was how much I missed my morning almond milk latte with three stevia.
Things I liked - it got me to sit down and eat a filling, healthy breakfast. I will keep this going. Also, I did cut waaaay back on sugar and I've only had two small bites of grains. I hope to keep this up for as long as possible. It also made me look even more closely at food labels and I am SHOCKED by what I found. Did you know there is added sugar in some brands of table salt?! Publix brand, I'm looking at you. I will be much more aware of the things I am buying and splurge for organic or "fancy" items more frequently.
So moral of the story...this program can work and I will try it again, but just not during one of the craziest months of the year. And most importantly, I just want to get to a point where I don't think about every single thing I ate or will be eating. It's exhausting!
In other news, it's make-up free Wednesday! Those extra 10 minutes were so very welcome this morning. Let's see what the students think. If I could get $5 for every time one of them comments that I look tired I would have a lot of dollars at the end of the day :)
Monday, December 2, 2013
Whole30 - Day 2
Day 2 was a little bit harder. Ok, a lot harder. Here are the eats and how I felt.
Meal 1 (6:15am) - Egg scramble with sweet potatoes, spinach, yellow peppers and avocado and coconut oil, coffee with coconut milk. Realized my new salt contains dextrose so I used Kosher salt and WOW did I overdo it.
I felt super full after this meal and was craving my almond milk latte.
Meal 2 (12:20pm) - 2 small salmon cakes, green beans and avocado with a very small apple
This was not enough food at all. While I was really full after lunch, I was hungry once school was over. Going to have to tweak the whole lunch thing.
Meal 3 (4:00-5:00pm) - umm...a hard-boiled egg, lots of dates and cashews, a Larabar, 2 salmon cakes with avocado.
Not super proud of this afternoon. I was stressed and used to coming home and snacking on junk. After eating all of this I definitely felt like crap. While it was all "approved" food, they weren't meals and I didn't sit to eat any of it. I had a bit of a rough day and I really wanted to dive into the chocolate chips and bagels plus I have quite the headache, but that could be from all sorts of things. Overall though, I mostly did things right.
Now it's off to do laundry and prep some food for the rest of this crazy week!
Meal 1 (6:15am) - Egg scramble with sweet potatoes, spinach, yellow peppers and avocado and coconut oil, coffee with coconut milk. Realized my new salt contains dextrose so I used Kosher salt and WOW did I overdo it.
I felt super full after this meal and was craving my almond milk latte.
Meal 2 (12:20pm) - 2 small salmon cakes, green beans and avocado with a very small apple
This was not enough food at all. While I was really full after lunch, I was hungry once school was over. Going to have to tweak the whole lunch thing.
Meal 3 (4:00-5:00pm) - umm...a hard-boiled egg, lots of dates and cashews, a Larabar, 2 salmon cakes with avocado.
Not super proud of this afternoon. I was stressed and used to coming home and snacking on junk. After eating all of this I definitely felt like crap. While it was all "approved" food, they weren't meals and I didn't sit to eat any of it. I had a bit of a rough day and I really wanted to dive into the chocolate chips and bagels plus I have quite the headache, but that could be from all sorts of things. Overall though, I mostly did things right.
Now it's off to do laundry and prep some food for the rest of this crazy week!
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