Life hack: watermelon

Watermelon is definitely a summer time staple. That's a given. Everyone Also knows the delicious flavor explosion of spiking the summer time refreshing snack with vodka. That's child's play. ;) 

I had a BBQ last night and let me express to you how much my mind was blown by tweaking the classic a bit. Scratch the vodka from the equation and add the refreshing and bright tastes of elderflower liquor. You will thank me later. 

So step one: obviously cut watermelon

Step two: put in bowl; submerge fruit in 2 cups elderflower liquor 

Step three: Saran Wrap bowl and place in fridge for 24 hours. (I only did mine for about 5 hours before serving; still delicous. But 24 hours would be fantastic)

Step four: eat responsibly 

Step five: send me a thank you card for blowing your usual watermelon out of the water. 

The Sunday skinny: May 18th

Well it's been a week! Phew. Here's how my week worked out. (That wasn't supposed to be phunny... Sorry; I'm just unintentionally cheesy)

This weeks life tweaks include brown rice instead of white rice. More Water; ounces upon ounces of the stuff. Green tea instead of soda. Some sort of physical activity every morning. 

Monday: woke up early and did my first DVD in my Box set of Fitness I got from amazon. It was milder than Jillian michaels which made me and my body happy during and after. It got my heart rate going early in the morning and got me to wake up. All in all a win win. I felt like it didn't work me out enough right after I was finished and that discouraged me. But after a few hours at work I could tell in my limbs and muscles that they were still humming from the stimulation earlier in morning. Huzzah. See body we can do this. 

I also made a simple and healthy lunch and snacks for me after the workout was over so that was a conscious and cost effective way to make things awesome for the week ahead; if I do say so. 

Before running out the door to work I made myself some breakfast for the first time in forever it seems. Just some peanut butter toast, simple, fast, portable, My go to...

Tuesday : woke up to realizing that the workout I did yesterday wasn't to weak after all. :-/. I realize how little upper body strength I really have. But had to power through. The fact that i didn't over excerpt myself the day before helped make me excited for yoga class bright and early at 6 am. The fact that bk was going with me didn't hurt either. I'm so thankful that he is on board the skinny train too. I need to mention I am the most uncoordinated slash unbalanced person alive(or at least I know). So it's always a spectacle for everyone in class. But I love yoga. I love the burn and the stretch. I love the being done with my workout before I used to wake up. This is will be a weekly thing. It's goooooood. And I know it'll only get better. Woot!

Wednesday: needed a break, i was so sore from yoga

Thursday: still a little sore in some places... but powered through it. I did the second dvd in my box set later in the afternoon instead of my planned morning work out routine Im trying to get set up. I always have a lot to do on my day off and the earlier I do the majority of the work the better off the rest of the day goes. 

Friday: the third dvd in the box set is what I did today. 

Saturday: i work at nine, no thank you to waking up at four to get a work out in

Sunday: didn't do what i wanted to today... 

I went a little off schedule with what came with the box set; since I will be doing yoga tuesday mornings and taking a break on Wednesdays, until i don't get as sore as I have been currently. let me tell you, I actually the soreness, the burn if you will, it makes me feel like I'm going somewhere... but being that sore and having allergies, it is so painful and pathetic; I'm in pain, sneeze, double over from the pain, laugh, be in the same pain again.. I'm an unfit mess... but back to the topic of the schedule change the dvds that I have are telling me I should be working out with one a day on monday, wednesday, and friday...  my plan is to keep the same schedule as this week for the upcoming weeks... I like the amount I'm doing and I love the yoga so heres hoping it doesn't kill me in the end...

  

Film Friday: Roll 3

here is my third roll of film developed from the darkroom.com

this is also from a trip to San Francisco. I am still just so in love with how the pictures look with my Holga... so so great. and I can tell that with the one double exposure in this roll it was a lot more planned and purposeful. which I think makes it/them look better. i love this roll through and through... i have about four favorites

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my happily ever after: planning

I still can't wrap my head around the idea that come September 1st we will be engaged to be married for a whole year. crazy... they don't lie when they tell you time flies by. Here we are in the middle of may, almost June of 2014, and I'm supposed to be planning a wedding... not just a "wedding" the happiest and most beautiful day of my life... its my responsibility, don't mind the panic attack. I know I'm just supposed to enjoy this planning stage and smile, relish in all the attention...

but that's not me. I hide from attention, I'm a stress case, and a pessimist... but I want to be a happy and go with a flow beautiful blushing bride... i will definitely be the blushing bride... which makes me smile to think that he still wants to make me his bride.. so there is a light at the end of this tunnel, eh ;).

I am actually excited to get started planning and hunting. I am actually on my way this afternoon to go take a look at one venue that we have in mind. I love that i will have this blog as a huge idea and mood board for the different places i go and see, and to work with what i want and what i can have...

The whole idea of a budget scares me.... I am not a realist in any sense of the word, the concept of money doesn't and hasn't ever really sunk in... but its starting to ... what we are working with ... whats important... its all just so daunting... i can't compare my fiscal amount to anyone Else's. which is hard, but I'm trying, and I'm doing okay.. I am not in any means rich in the money department. I am happy, i am oh so loved, and i love deep and lavishly. I am not complaining (even if it might sound like it) I'm venting; pinterest, you minx; I have learned that you are evil evil seducing lying example of what i can't have and all Ive never knew i wanted. Things I see are things that are too expensive, not diy ( for a full time working lady), or not in my location... example; I found exactly what I wanted; an outdoor ceremony in front a huge HUGE old tree; gorgeous, a single piece of white satiny material  draped through two of its boughs grazing the ground on both ends; absolutely stunning.... I showed one of my clients a couple months back, and she asked me if i wanted to do a destination wedding; that tree is only in the south.... ugh; really? of course it is... and so that idea has to get thrown out the window... but I am working on letting go of all the pretenses that I have had in my mind about the perfect wedding. I have never been one of the little girls that has had the whole soirée planned out and set in stone since they were 7, i honestly just started actually thinking about the logistics of my "wedding" the day after he asked me to marry him. and then sporadically here and there since... until now


I am on a mission to make this wedding go down. next late summer/ (hopefully)fall. If I can wait that long ;). all I want to be is married to the my loving, caring, amazing and  beautiful BK. I don't care where or how it all goes down but this little blog of mine is going to help me write it all down in jumbled thoughts and run on sentences... feel free to join me in learning exactly what my happily ever after looks like...


If you have any tips, tricks, ideas, helpful advice, websites that helped you on your big day, I can use all the help I can get .... danka

Covet: shampoo and conditioner

I am obsessed with the newest members  of the shampoo and conditioner family from bumble and bumble. 

The new hairdressers invisible oil shampoo and conditioner are heaven sent for hair types of all kinds. 

I love love love the way the new babes make my hair look and feel. That's huge people. I have never liked my hair (until now)... I can now wash my hair once every third day instead of waiting a week in between washes. It's soft and supple. And smooth; oh man smooth hair?! Amazing. I love it. I highly recommend it for everyone. Just try it. 

It's bumbles version of the Moroccan oil shampoo and conditioner I feel like. But it doesn't stain the hair. And it's not as heavy and doesn't build up on the cuticle. It cuts down drastically on styling time. And the new uv/heat protectant is a great addition to routines. just replace your prep or tonic with the new spray and watch the brush flow through the hair. 

So stop by any bumble and bumble salon and pick up a sample of my new lovely best friends :). You'll thank me after you blow dry.