DISCLAIMER: While my blog posts usually do not have this type of content, this is something I feel that it is important to put out there! If you do not want to read about it, then don’t read the post. That being said, I tried to keep it rated at about PG-13. No pictures are included and these are all 100% my own thoughts and feelings.
DISCLAIMER 2: Also, if you haven’t read the books, and I have spoiled part of a book for you, I am deeply sorry because I know how much book spoiling ruins a good book. I tried to keep a lot of the important details from the 2nd and 3rd book out of this post and tried to show it with most of the first book.
Reading for me is disappearing into an alternate universe. (Hint: Sometimes I really believe that it is books that helped me make it through my years in middle school and high school) It is an escape from reality, where you don’t have to talk to people. I should really focus my blog on writing more book reviews, but then reading becomes a chore instead of my me time. Sometimes, I enjoy reading other people’s book reviews because it gives me another insight as to how someone else perceived the book. I’ve read many books. I enjoy reading and I probably finish one, if not two books a week during the summer.
Crazy Life.
This week has been crazy. We were gone all weekend at the Wisner Tractor Pull, I spent most of the last three days getting things organized for classes and a new job. The house is starting to get semi clean again and I have been working my butt off to get in shape for my PT test in October. I promise that I will get back on my writing schedule after school starts back up, but right now, LIFE IS CRAZY.
I hope all my readers are having a good couple of weeks and I will be sure to be on top of my blog next week!
Here is a great picture of Matt and I on an Air Boat ride at the Wisner Tractor Pull! (: Isn’t he cute (:
Picture Canvas for the Wall!
After getting everything moved in and completing the list of 10 Things to Do After Moving to a New City, I am excited to be getting some home decorating done! I am also so excited about this project! I have done three of them and they have all turned out great! My goal for the new apartment was to decorate and make it feel like home after we finally got moved in. Matt could not care less about what is on the walls, but I do. I love decorating and having everything colorful. I have been working on the dining room and the living room the most, but my next goal is the bathroom and bedroom.
I decided that I wanted to have quotes hanging on the walls, but I didn’t want to pay $25+ for the decorative signs that you can find on the internet.
15 Ways to Drink More Water
While I was at AIT, we had this Platoon Sergeant that was hilarious. Everyone always thought that he was joking, but you never wanted to get on his bad side. He always called me the nerd and the baby of the platoon. He would always listen to our complaints and our problems, but if there was really nothing he could do about it, his answer was always “Drink Water.” He simply meant that nothing is going to change so you might as well sit back and wait. He said it at least 15 times every day. He was known for this phrase. If something is going wrong, Drink water.
Easiest Shredded Chicken EVER!
I have spent a lot of time on Pinterest in the last few weeks trying to figure out what to make for supper. I always like having a good idea of the next few days and it is much easier to do all the grocery shopping at once!
Last week, I made some chicken pot pie filling that called for cooked, shredded chicken and realized that this is one of the most versatile things that you can make in bulk and have on hand for unplanned lazy nights.
With the shredded chicken, we have made Pot Pies, enchiladas, and BBQ Chicken Sandwiches, but the possibilities are endless. Continue reading
Saving Money while you are Abroad!
So, you raised all the money you needed for the trip. You are walking off the plane into a whole new country. Congratulations! But now you have to figure out how to not burn through your entire bank account while you are in the country. I can help! While I was in South Africa, I spent a little more than I had expected to, but I also had the trip of a lifetime. These are the 5 tips that I figured out while I was there! Continue reading
What Strengths Training Did For Me
I want to apologize to anyone who talks to me on a daily basis for anytime in the future. I have just completed the strengths training through the TeamMates and Gallup partnership! So bare with me if you have no idea what I am talking about or if you think I am a little crazy.
My first reaction to my strengths when I took the strength finder was “My mom has these on her top 5 and I am just like my mom, so why don’t I have them on my top 5.” I didn’t know why I wasn’t a Maximizer and I thought for sure that I would be a Woo. I think that I was almost disappointed with my top 5 because they weren’t what I was expecting, but after reading through the definitions of each of my top 5, I understood immediately what those strengths looked like within me. Continue reading
10 Things I Wish I Had Known Before Starting College
As college gets closer and closer, I keep thinking about all the things that I have learned and worked on since I started college last year. There are a lot of things that I truly wished that I would have known before started college that I didn’t think I would need to know. Some of these things are from other people. There are a lot more things, and every person you ask will be slightly different in the things that they tell you, but it is still good to have some idea before walking into class. Continue reading
Making Fitness Goals
I have always struggled with the motivation to lost weight. I know that I could do it if I actually just focused and put a good amount of effort into it, but every time I start, I seem to lose it pretty quickly. It is super frustrating.
I have decided that by my 20th birthday. I want to be at my goal weight. I want to make these fitness goals.
That gives me 128 days. a little over 18 weeks to accomplish my goals.
I know I am relatively healthy, but I want to be more. I want to be at my optimal goal weight and be able to continue with the things I want to do.
Today, I started my challenge off with a 3 mile run. I got up when Matt was leaving for work instead of sleeping the extra hour that I could have, and went for a run on the path that we typically go on walks. Just as I walked inside from my run, it started down pouring. That just shows that if I were to sleep that extra hour, I wouldn’t have gone for a run.
Things I am going to do to accomplish these goals:
- Count my calories every day.
- 1 “cheat day” per week (must stay reasonable)
- Eat healthier snacks
- Complete the #1500in31 challenge and continue with the other challenges that they have
- Go on walks
- Go buy a pair of 5/6 jeans from Maurices and hang them in the front on my closet.
- For every 5 pounds that I lose, I get small reward
- A BRAND NEW book (150)
- A new Wii game (145)
- A pedicure (140)
- A weekend away with Matt (135)
- A day at the spa (130)
- Workout in the mornings/ go for a walk/swim at nights.
Also, as far as the rewards go, if I successfully complete the #1500in31 days, I am rewarding myself with a FitBit Bracelet. I have been putting off buying one since March now and I really want one still. But I must earn it. Also, a new pair of tennis shoes will be in there some where as a reward.
I am going to do this by December 13th. I know that I have rewards to 130, because that is always going to be my ultimate goal, but small goals at a time! I am ready to start this challenge, again. But for the last time.
What are you doing to stay healthy? What goals do you have for your fitness?
Check us out for another Weigh In Wednesday!
Cookbook!
The hardest part of cooking for me is knowing what to cook. I have started to enjoy cooking over the last couple of years. I know that I have become an aspiring chef in my own kitchen thanks to Pinterest. Let’s just say I didn’t get grandma’s cooking skills, they have been learned instead of handed down. I am slowly working on figuring out this whole cooking combined with grocery shopping thing. I can at least say I am getting better.
The Tragic, but Beautiful Things Called Life 