Year 2/Day 192

Year 2 - Day 192

Today was awesome.  My favorite poet, Anis Mojgani, hosted an Open Studio at Serenbe.  He had been nominated to attend a month long artist residency at Serenbe and today he opened up his studio to folks to come check out what he’s been working on.  It was a like a little sneak peak into his creative mind.  Simply. Amazing.  We talked with him for a little bit and purchased another copy of his new book.  He was kind enough to sign it and take a picture with me.  :)

What an amazing experience.  He is so down to earth, yet magical and inspiring.  He also mentioned that he was hoping to do a reading towards the end of February…which I will do whatever I can to make sure we attend!

Anis's studio

Anis's studio

Year 2/Day 191

Chopped locks

Uh oh…what have I done?


About once a year I finally get to the salon and get my hair trimmed and colored.  This time I decided to get a lot chopped off.  I hadn’t been taking care of my hair like I should, especially since it was so long.  I guess now it should be a lot easier to manage! ;)

Year 2 - Day 191

 

Year 2/Day 190

Year 2 - Day 190

Today was my first day back at the gym after a long time away.  Life (excuses) have gotten in the way but I’m back and recommitting myself to getting healthier.  I met with my amazing and wonderful trainer and we reestablished my baseline as well as talked about my nutrition and fitness routines.  Eating healthy is the easy part for me.  I actually love most “healthy” food and I enjoy cooking.

But exercising…I dread.  We even have a treadmill at home…but do I use it?  Let me go ahead and answer that one for you.  No.  Do I know that I should?  Yes.  Does that seem to matter?  Unfortunately not.  So my new goal is to try and focus more on the exercise aspect.  Start slow and build up.  Fingers crossed!

Oh, and I made this amazing dish for dinner tonight.  No recipe.  Just picked up some delicious looking veggies from Aldi, sauteed them up in the wok I also purchased from Aldi, added some chicken and feta and enjoyed the crap out of it!  Mmmm…(drool)

Year 2/Day 189

Year 2 - Day 189

Homework and healthy choices.

Year 2/Day 188

Year 2 - Day 188

Well, one thing I didn’t think about was the amount of dishes that weekly prepping creates…I’m talking about ALL the dishes are dirty!  Luckily I don’t mind washing dishes (normally).  Also, I’m feeling very grateful for this wonderfully open kitchen we have.  It makes everything much easier.

Guess I better buy some more soap!

Year 2/Day 187

Year 2 - Day 187
(Caprese Jar)

Meals are prepped!  This was a ton of fun, and now I have a fridge full of yummy goodness!
Can’t wait to eat everything!  haha :)

Apple Pie Oat Muffins
(Apple Pie Oat Muffins)

Snacks
(Grapes, Veggie Packs, and Hummus)

Year 2/Day 186

Year 2 - Day 186

Meal plan, week 1

I’m getting back on the healthy train.  I had good results a while ago when my mum and I meal prepped for the week, so I’m going to try that again.  I’ve found that if I have healthy food already made and waiting it’s harder to eat crap.  For a couple of reasons.  I like “healthy” food, but I don’t always like to cook.  Plus, if it’s already made I have a hard time letting it go to waste.  That’s money just getting thrown away…and I don’t like that!  :)

Year 2/Day 185

Year 2 - Day 185

This showed up today.  :)  Will actually had these sent to the hotel in North Charleston while we were there this weekend, to say thank you.  Unfortunately, I had already checked out of the hotel before they arrived.  It’s so cute!

Year 2/Day 184

Year 2 - Day 184

Wow.  After packing up both vehicles…this is all that’s left.  I can’t believe we are almost done.  Let’s take a look back and see some before/after pictures of this crazy ordeal that we’ve been through.  It’s pretty amazing that we’ve managed to get through all of this stuff.  SO much trash.  I can’t image ever living in a place that cluttered.

Before-After Bedroom
Bedroom

Before-After Closet
Closet

Before-After Kitchen
Kitchen

Before-After Living Room
Living room

Year 2/Day 183

Year 2 - Day 183

A well deserved book and beer dinner break.  Tomorrow we pack up and bring all this crap back home and fill up our house with it…

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