Greek yogurt

I love it!!!
Tonight I tried substituting sour cream with plain Greek yogurt.
It tastes just like sour cream, but then a tiny bit better!
I love it, I love it!

Yoga

Since I'm working on managing my time better, I'm designating Tuesdays for blog updates.

I would love to update more than that, but just for now expect a new post each Tuesday.

This past week I've made time for yoga every single day!

On days that I go into work early I've been doing it when I get home, & the days I'm off or go in late I do it in the morning. 

I AM SO SORE!

It's kindof embarrassing how sore I am, but other than that I feel great!

Every night that I come home & do yoga after work I feel instantly relaxed, & when I do it in the morning I feel energized & ready to take on the day!
Doing yoga has also inspired me to start eating better! I'm working on putting together little meals & snacks to keep me from binging on candy & crap throughout the day.

I've started following lots of yoga & healthy eating accounts on instagram to keep me motivated, and it seems to be helping! 

Time, time, time

For the past few months I've constantly felt like I don't have enough time.

I find myself thinking "I wish I had time to do that," every single day.

 

I want to do yoga,

I want to swim,

I want to start scrapbooking,

I want to read,

I want to finish the projects I've started & start new ones.

 

I've decided to stop complaining about not having the time for things & to make time.

I just wrote out all the things I would do if I had time, & then I fit them into my schedule.

With everything written out like that, I actually feel like I have alot of spare time!

No more excuses, it's time to do the things I want to do!

 



21'st Birthday!

Ok, even though my birthday isn't until June I've already gone way overboard planning my party.

I can't help it, I get too excited about things!

If you hadn't already guessed, it's going to be 90's themed (since I was born in the 90's!)

Which means tacky bike shorts, Nsync, Britney Spears & bubble tape! I AM SO EXCITED!

I've decided to order some custom print fabric from Spoonflower so I can make my own costume!

Along with the black splatter pattern above, I've made two other possible fabric designs!

I may be alone on this, but geometric shape prints definitely take me back to elementary school!

& another paint splatter, I couldn't decide between black & white, so I made both!

The white is kindof bad though, it's the first one I made & when it's tiled for the fabric you can see a definite line on the right edge. But I can fix that! 

I'm going to order samples of each since I'm having such a hard time deciding! 

I'm making slap bracelets for the gift bags (those are 90's right?!) & I'm splattering glow in the dark neon paint on the fabric for them! 

Since I'll be in Colorado the week of my birthday, I'll have it the Saturday that I get back. Which means I wont have time to make a cake! Unfortunately I'm too much of a control freak to let any of my friends make it for me, so I think this year I'll have to order on from a bakery.

But at least that means my cake will be near perfect! 

I'm obsessed with this cake I found on google, I literally show it to everyone I talk to!

This one with the furby & gigs pets is really neat too!

I know I'm going way overboard with the splatter thing, but I just really love the idea of my outfit, invitations, cake & party favors all matching!

The coolest part is that one of my employees is in a band & offered to play 90's covers as a birthday gift!

Really the whole band is just stoked they get to dress up in awesome 90's clothes c;

We were also thinking of having a slip n slide, but that seems a little bit too high school cliche. 

But then again it IS a 21st birthday AND it's 90's, two thing allowed to be outrageous!

Ah! I just can't wait! 

Bad babies!

This morning I caught Piper & Toulouse eating the marshmallows from the marshmallow cone Keith got me on Valentine's Day...

Those little stinkers! Toulouse had one he was licking, & Piper swooped in & gobbled up two. 

(he actually ate the one above the second after I took a picture)

Bad, bad, but very cute, babies!

I've also made a little rule for myself that I'm only going to use the manual mode on my camera for a while. I've become way too reliant on auto! 

My morning

I woke up & did some yoga while Toulouse eyed me from Piper's bed. Now I'm enjoying a bagel & some Piper time before work. Today will be a good day!

Headache update!

So far in 2013 I've attempted so many different diets to help my headaches it's crazy!

First I tried being vegan; that went well for two weeks, then on date night I allowed myself some queso & things went down hill from there.

So then I decided to stick to a vegan diet on the weekdays, but allow myself meat & dairy on the weekends. This also went well for a week or two, then I ate donuts on a Monday & couldn't stop.

 My mom forwarded me this email about refined sugars, so I started trying to cut most sugar out of my diet. This one lasted two days until I saw the gas station by my house carried red velvet cake ice cream pints....

With all these crazy changes in my diet it's been easier for me to figure out how certain foods make me feel.

 I THINK breads are one of the foods causing my headaches. I'm not completely positive about this, but it seems like I'll be fine until a bit after I eat a sandwich. This may be a complete coincidence, but my next "crazy diet" is going to be cutting gluten. This actually shouldn't be too hard for me, I work at a restaurant that specializes in gluten free food! Plus during my vegan days I stocked up on some gluten free pastas, so hopefully this will be easier & help my headaches!