This weekend was a tough one see why here but it was also filled with a 4 year nieces birthday so a lot of fun times too. I also felt like I got a lot of my chores and projects done this weekend which starts the week off on the right foot. Not a lot of items left on my to do list that is for sure! Love that feeling!

 

 

 

 

 1a. 1b.1c.1d.  Hello Kitty Birthday Party for my niece. Isn’t she just the cutest. She is very much like her mom was at that age. 🙂

 

 

2. I have signed up for the Color Run with my two bestest friends.  This are the ones were they throw powdered colors on you so you end up looking like a rainbow by the end. I am so excited!! 

 

 

3. I also signed up to become a Turbo Kick Instructor!! As a Beachbody Coach I fell in love with Turbo Fire and Turbo Kick is the original program. The class is in June and I am sure I will have to rope some friends in to help me practice! 😉 Just warning you!

 

 

  4. Sunday is my day of “rest” or should I say prep. Food prep that is. I put together all my meals for the week with the exception of dinner. All snack go into baggies, chicken and veggies get cooked.

 5. This week veggie of the week is asparagus.

What did you do this weekend? Would love to hear from you.

Linking up with Sami at Sami’s Shenanigans and Leann at Join the Gossip .

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Today is a day of self reflection. You know those moments when you feel so overwhelmed, everything is breaking all at once, nothing is going as you planned? That is when I put my foot in my mouth, saying the wrong thing, acting in a way I am not proud of, spending the majority of the week in tears. That is when you have to quiet your mind, be brave and grow.

My whole life it was expected of me to be great, to be perfect. Wait scratch that, I think maybe not expected but more so felt I had to be. Life isn’t perfect, people aren’t perfect, situations aren’t perfect, I AM NOT PERFECT. I know that I am not. My job may demand it at times but I too make mistakes, I too learn something new everyday. I struggle with remembering that on days when too much is happening, when demands are high.  Stress seems to be lurking around every corner. On days when every phone call seems to be a call to arms on my patience.

Today is my day to sit in reflection and to work on solutions to those moments. Working on how I deal with those moments. How I may grow and be a better person. One of my goals for this year was to read or listen to 12 self-help/personal development books and they may range from money, health, business, communication and relationships. This weekend I will be knocking one of my list to help me grow.

Admitting your faults is so extremely hard and painful to admit, at least for me. Without admitting them though you can’t find solutions to them. I may stumble, I may forget but I will promise to myself to always try to be better than I was yesterday. I hope everyone will too? What things can you do to better? Are you working on the solution?

This is the hardest thing I have ever had to write so if you are going to comment, please be kind. It was tough. I challenge everyone to reflect on things that we struggle with and find a way to deal differently and grow.

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This weekend started off with more snow, in which I ended up pulling a muscle in my back using my snow plow, so it was a very low-key weekend for me. I went shopping, duh even with a bad back this can be accomplished though I do not recommend it. I ended up having to bend down and breathe deeply in the middle of the mall, till the pain subsided. I got a few weird looks for that one! Oh well! Sunday was spent prepping all my food for the week. Spring is coming and summer not to far behind so time to get my beach body ready!!

 

 

 

 

1. I have been looking for a new purse for months, I wanted something with pockets on the outside for my phone and I actually wanted black or brown since I don’t switch purses based on outfits. Then I saw this beauty and couldn’t resist…Yellow is my favorite color!

2. Shoe shopping was next and these were not what I was looking for but at 70% off I couldn’t resist. Love them!!

3. My back was really acting up after that shopping trip and so it was a lazy night with a heating pad, wine and a movie. That movie getting me laughing every time.

4. Sunday was even more lazy. I didn’t leave the house all day. Took a few naps and some pain pills. Seamus woke me up with his heavy breathing and death stare. I think he wanted more food. Isn’t he so adorable?!

5. Sunday is my meal prep day so I had my steak in the crock pot, chicken in the oven then I steamed a bunch of veggies. I love starting the week with one less thing to worry about.

 

 What did you do this weekend? Would love to hear from you.

Linking up with Sami at Sami’s Shenanigans and Leann at Join the Gossip .

Dear Snow – I think we should break-up, it’s not me it’s YOU! Dear Plow truck driver – Think you might want to do the road instead of the breakdown lane? Maybe then we won’t need the breakdown lane….m’kay, thanks! Dear Friday – I love you! If only it’s because it means that I get to live in my yoga pants all weekend. I may even try to get some workouts in. Dear New Purse – Oh how I have been searching everywhere for you. It took me months and many stores but I finally found you! I was looking for a purse with outside pockets for my phone and my ipod so I can quickly pull them out for workouts, and the fact that yellow is my favorite color was just the icing on the cake! I shall wear you proudly. Dear 50 Shades of Grey – You disappoint me. It took me like a year to finally read the series and while I am only beginning the third book I was quite disappointed. Women were supposedly running over each other to get this book, meme’s were created stating the repopulation of America over how steamy these books were supposed to be. It was pretty tame compared to other books I have read. This doesn’t mean I didn’t like them, just I was expecting more due to the hype.  Dear New Recipe Books – Look forward to creating some new healthy dishes, like orange chicken, pineapple, zucchini kabobs? That just might happen. Dear Stress Induced stomach-ache – I can’t believe how much you smacked me down on Wednesday, but I promise to take better care of myself and just might actually do some yoga in my yoga pants. Just kidding! I will try to stress less though, with some wine!

 

Peace out peeps! Enjoy the weekend. Go on over to The Sweet Season for the linkup!

 

 

 

 

What a cold and rainy Wednesday! I am home with  stomach issues so I bring you pins to remind me of better days to come! Enjoy! 

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