It Goes a Little Something Like This...

**This is a lot of information and I apologize if you're not ready for it.


1. I've been feeling under the weather lately. I'm not going to go into all of my ailments (of which there are plenty) but I will let you know that I've had a killer runny nose for three days now. So, for the TMI: Last night I woke up in the middle of the night with something running down my cheek. I swiped at it. Looked at my hand, saw that it was dark, and figured I woke up with a bloody nose. This should alarm you. It did me. Who wakes up in the middle of the night with a bloody nose? Isn't that what happens to really, really sick people? Actually it was just my runny nose and somewhere in waking myself up for my runny nose I busted my lip open. Yup, I'm pretty cool.

2. As part of my 30 before 30 I decided I wanted to become a certified yoga teacher. I have applied to a studio near my home and classes begin (if I'm accepted) on April 14. This is actually pretty cool. I'll be able to cross something off my list. I'll be able to do yoga and make some money doing it! I get free classes all summer long at this studio (if I'm accepted)! Sweet, right? Then why am I a little nervous to do it?

3. I have been applying for Summer jobs for back home once the season is over and I've also been applying for "real" jobs. Just in case. When I apply for a "real" job I only choose the ones in places that I would like to live. Maybe this is bad, and I should apply to everything just to broaden my capability of finding something, but what is the point of applying for a "real" job in a dump place when one day Matt and I could have to make a decision between my work and his work? But yes, I totally want to work from home and teach yoga at the same time. Is that too much to ask?

4. The hockey season could be over soon. There. I said it. I'll have more details on Monday...depending on what happens.

5. I absolutely think it's brutal that Picnik is going bye-bye in April. Who's shutting it down? Why are you shutting it down? I need to edit my pictures. I am just not that adept with Photoshop and Picnik is way easier and quicker anyway.

6. I'm pretty good at making cheeseburgers. I better be if it's my fav food. Usually we stuff them with a few things, put some spices in the meat, sometimes mix some onions and cheese right in there with it too. My favorite, probably goat cheese mixed in. Last summer I even made a homemade mango barbecue sauce and soaked the beef in that for a bit before grilling them up. Omelets and burgers are my forte. Why am I telling you this? Because we're having burgers for dinner tonight ... and I totally put maple syrup in them.

7. My husband is seeing my friends husband behind my back. They had a cappuccino date tonight before practice. No wonder he left early... {I know this because I just turned on the iPad and it beeped that there was a Skype message. It showed up at the top of the screen exactly what was said. I wasn't snooping I swear!!}


8. Right now on eBay I'm watching three Burberry wallets, one Louis Vuitton wallet, a burberry bag, and then this random coat that I can't remember where it came from. There's also a burnt orange shirt with a fox in a fedora on there. Then after typing those two sentences I spent about five more minutes browsing eBay before coming back to type this one.

9. There is a girl I'm following on Pinterest who only pins pictures of hot girls. With unreal bodies. I mean this in a strictly fitness, workout, healthy type of way. They're in unbelievable shape. These usually link to a workout of some sort, or a blog that can usually be categorized as "fitspo", but I'm not sure what to think of all these pictures of girls. Maybe she's a very visual person and needs constant affirmation that what she's doing will get her the body she's working towards. Maybe she likes girls.

10. Matt and I were talking the other day about how awesome this Summer will be because we're not planning a wedding. It sucked and I'm never doing it again. Yay for being married already. There's no one here to high five.

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Work Off the Weekend

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You may have spent your weekend eating everything in sight, boozing like it was your best friend's 21st birthday, or snuggling on the couch with your sweetheart eating tons of ice cream because you don't believe in Valentine's Day but you do believe in everyday. Well it's Monday and that means back to the grind. Work, appointments, errands, and most people's five day gym schedule. You'd be surprised at how many people take the weekend's off of working out just like they take the weekend off for everything else. Serious.

Well, I spent my weekend boozing with my husband's buddy because Matt had prior team engagements and couldn't partake in the "Heyyy, haven't seen you in months"-party that we had on Friday night. Saturday I did a little workout, not much, then hopped the train to Florence for the night. There may have been a lot of walking around Florence but I don't necessarily consider that my workout. Especially when I do my best to eat everything amazing in every city that I go to. Which this weekend included ravioli, fettuccine, sushi, cod, calamari, a few cappuccini and a Kit Kat or two along the way.

It's been awhile since I've run. I had every intention of getting a gym membership once it started snowing but it took so long to snow and by now I'm basically thinking I could be home any day. That's a total excuse, I know. I really should just get over and get a membership for at least a month so that I can keep training for this half marathon, but again, I have an excuse. However, I have found some great things on Pinterest. **Yeah, yeah, Pinterest. I get it. Enough already. But I'm back to the grind this week with everyone else!


My most recent finds are these day-by-day workouts that you can totally do at home. I have been doing three sets of each daily workout, with a five minute jump rope warm up, and five minutes of jumping rope in between. Afterward I include a little something more, usually yoga, if not more body weight exercises. Walking in the snow with my enormous Sorel boots on is definitely a workout in itself! Basically by the end I'm a sweaty mess and my body hurts. Even Sunday morning after my first workout I woke up sore and hurting in places that I obviously had not been concentrating on for a long time. Running is great, yoga is great, but I love lifting and doing specific toning exercises and those have been lacking from my regiment lately. I can't wait to get back in the gym. Maybe I should stop making excuses and suck it up and pay for a membership for at least a month.

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Today's Set

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You Know Those One Things...

You know those one pictures on Pinterest, the ones with funny looking pencil-drawn people, who always have something snide and totally perfect to say? Those are what I'm loving lately. Whoever decided that those would be a "thing" is a pure genius. It was probably your one friend who says everything on her mind that you totally agree with but don't say because you know it will hurt someone else's feelings. Or it's all the things you don't say because it's going to start World War III and you're just not okay with that, because you'd rather just say it and be done. Even possibly, whoever thought to make these, did it because they're tired of saying it, being misunderstood and realized that if you draw a picture, put it on a colored background, and "pin it" then people will think it's funny.

It's like when I tell a joke and my husband just glares at me or doesn't even crack a smile because it came from me and not one of his buddies. True story.

So, here's to Some eCards: When you care enough to hit send. Because that's who makes these. Did you know that?

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It's Friday!

Yes, I may be doing a whole lot of piggy-backing lately (i.e. using other blogger's link-ups for my content as of late) but I just don't have a whole lot to say. At least not a whole lot that the rest of you would like to listen to. Let's just leave it at that. So as is tradition around here, I'm linking up with Leslie again for a Friday Confessional.

1. If you haven't noticed I have created a new tab. It's called February Photo a Day, and is again stolen from someone way more creative than I have been these past few weeks. I really like this idea and thought it deserved it's own tab because it's a daily photo of some really random, but quite possibly awesome things. As long as Fat Mum Slim is holding this challenge I'm going to be posting pictures on that tab daily for months. Or until I decide I actually have something interesting for you guys and nix it completely.

2. I haven't done a full yoga routine in about two weeks. Even though I have been meaning to do it almost everyday. Somehow I find myself doing other things. I miss yoga. I'm doing it tonight...or so help me God.

3. My husband really is funny. Today he said, "A rock for a rock. You know, it's like an eye for an eye except ..." Except he couldn't think of an eye for an eye at the time he started talking and came up with that. Then he gracefully put on his shoes, coat, hat, gloves and went to practice. Don't worry, honey. I won't tell anyone.

4. We are supposed to get a break starting on Sunday. It is so necessary, much needed, perfectly timed, and if for some reason the boys do not get it you might find my face on TV in the top corner of CNN, Fox News, your local news station, whatever you watch, as the "American girl imprisoned for going 'b-a-n-a-n-a-s on their asses.'"

5. I saw this picture on Pinterest and thought of Texagermanadian.

6. I don't think the government realizes how imperative it is for European hockey players and their families to stream free TV. What tech-savvy individual out there wants to create a site, solely for athletes overseas, with a username/password type deal, that costs $50/year where we can watch ANY and ALL shows we could possibly dream of, whenever we wanted, that won't be shut down, or slowed down by anti-piracy acts? Ready, go!

7. I need to stop sitting here and finding reasons why I shouldn't work out. Commence working out...

Ciao!

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Tuesday {Not So} Talent{ed} Show

Pinterest has given me so many amazing things. Like a complex over stuff I can't have; and a sore neck and back because I'm always hunched over the computer. But, finally, it's given me something awesome. Well, at least it looks and sounds like it's delicious. When I bake something it's not quite the same. Ever. This recipe for Cinnamon Roll Cake looked like it couldn't be screwed up.  Sorry, Nikki (over at Chef In Training), your recipe has met its match. What you have perfected to look like a masterpiece, I have turned into a half-assed attempt, mediocre at best, cake-type Cinnamon Roll. I can only hope you don't boot me from your Tuesday Talent Show link-up because I've made such a mockery of your hard work.

Nikki's Cinnamon Roll Cake made my mouth water and consequently became something I bookmarked and put on my list of things to try. Her Cinnamon Roll Cake looks like this:

Mine looks like this:

Now, maybe it's not a complete debacle ... but can't you tell I Picnik'd the shiz out of that photo? It's called editing and I take full advantage of it to make my food pics look presentable. Why is mine not oozing icing goodness? Why don't my brown sugar/cinnamon crevices look moist {what a gross word} and delicious? Also, why the heck doesn't mine look fluffy like you're bouncing on a cloud in cinnamon roll heaven? Just deal with it, Matt. Baking is not my forte. Would you like a omelette instead? I'm good at those.

Let's just chalk this one up to me being in crazy good shape and not making these for myself because I don't eat sugar, flour, carbs, or dairy so I didn't have to try too hard. (That entire sentence is a lie.)  Here is my step-by-step evening of baking.

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It's All So Pinteresting

Don't act like you're not a Pinner. You are. We all are. It's kind of the new thing. When I discovered Pinterest I was on the site for hours upon hours at a time. The first two weeks I knew about it I couldn't, shall I say, put it down! I loved everything about it. I'm nowhere near some Pinners out there but I currently have 21 boards and 596 pins. That means that there are 596 random photos out there that I have grouped onto 21 "boards" relating to 21 different topics. Follow all my boards here! Maybe you'll find something that interests you. Or pinterests you. Oh man, I'm funny.

My favorite, current, pins.

An owl made out of coffee beans? What more could my little heart desire?

Such a cute idea to hide those ridiculous plugs.

Baby owls. I just want to love it.

This Photoshopped Cheetah cub is precious.

There are so many of these color combos out there. Need inspiration for your next room makeover?

I would love to have this picture with Matt.

Inspiration quotes like this are popping up all over Pinterest.

Go ahead. Sign up for Pinterest if you haven't already. Ladies, it's like crack. I must warn you. Do not Pin at work if you're looking to keep your job.

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...Because Everyone Needs a Place to Put Their Coffee

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Yes, I have a slight obsession with coffee. I get it, you're over it. I'm not. Moving on ...

There has been one thing lately that I just can't quit looking at. Something that's essential to a household. Essential to an evening by the fire, watching a movie, a gathering with friends or when you just need to rest a bit. There is an infinite number of ways to go about it. Traditional, modern, country, or eclectic; whatever you're personal style is. Maybe it's because I don't currently have one, and have really never owned one exactly the way I envision it. Maybe it's because I'm a helpless online window shopper and I have a massive problem that needs to be stopped. Or at least talked over to I can move on to my next obsession.

Basically what I'm getting at here are the sweet and sultry sounds of the coffee table. Did that last sentence not make sense to you? Well it does in my head. Right now if I could line up the number of coffee tables I love to make a ridiculously awesome wood floor in a new home, I would. Wall to wall, people. I'm adoring the woodsy, rustic carpentry of a lot of the ones I've seen lately. I firmly believe an amazing coffee table can make a room. At least you can definitely make a room around an amazing coffee table. It can be a statement or an afterthought. I prefer statement. Here are some of my current favorites:

{from Restoration Hardware}

{from Pottery Barn}

{from Pottery Barn}

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As you can tell I'm a huge fan of the wooden, shabby, rustic look. But I really do love a tufted bench or ottoman with a tray or two to serve the purpose of a "table". There are just so many choices and just no where to put them right now! I blame the internet and all of its pretty little pictures that lure you onto a site, where you browse and want, and browse and want until you just can't take it anymore. You either end up a crazy amount of credit card debt or a whole in your heart that only the purchase of an awesome coffee table can fill. Sigh.

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{Nude}y Patootie

I've always been a big fan of nude. If you watched the Golden Globes last night you definitely saw a lot of it walking down the red carpet. Obviously, as shown above, it's a color for all ages, hair colors, skin tones, and body types. It's like being in your birthday suit and all it's glory...only not. Scratch that. It's like sort of being in your birthday suit, only you're completely clothed and leaving all the goodies to the imagination.

If you're looking for a birthday suit and you're looking to rock it in the nude {haha, I can't take it!} here are a few suggestions.

A. TFNC/Rosie Embelished Dress @ Nelly

B. Bordeaux Tripple Nugget Earrings @ Joan Shepp

C. Fogal Crochet Tights @ Barneys

D. Givenchy Ankle Boots @ Far Fetch

E. Tom Ford Beauty, Nude Vanille @ Nieman Marcus

F. Flora Hard Clutch @ Nelly

G. Essie Lacy Not Racy @ Nordstrom

I'm wishing I had somewhere awesome to wear this outfit right now. Unfortunately the European hockey world leaves you with very little events to dress up for. Looks like I'll be saving this one in the back pocket for a rainy day. Until then I'll just pine away for these pieces, and these others that I keep skimming on Pinterest.

Tomorrow is the final day of my meatless week. I'm almost there! I'll update you on my meals from Sunday, Monday and Tuesday in my post tomorrow. Has anyone else braved one meatless day with me this week? How did you like it?

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You Are Committed to What You Confess {Edwin Louis Cole}

1. Today I got my Christmas present. Matt says I'm not allowed to open it until it's actually Christmas though and that makes me really mad! I know what it is, I need it now, and I just plain want it!

It may or may not look exactly like this.

2. I already gave Matt is Christmas present for fear of him not liking it and needing to send it back home with my mom to return. However, he loves it {like I knew he would} and we're getting it sized tomorrow! I'm wayyy more excited for his gift than mine. I love that he likes it so much and that I did a good job going out on a limb and getting him something without talking to him about it first.

His new watch!

3. I have been looking up "self-help" books for my Kindle. I don't think something is wrong with me, or my relationship, I just find them interesting. There's always a lesson in there somewhere. For everyone. But looking through these books I found something that I can't wait to read. Has anyone read it yet? What did you think?

4. How freaking true is this statement?

   So, since my mom came to visit I haven't worked out in a week. Tonight I decided to jump a little rope just to get my heart rate going and feel a bit better about my lack of dedication lately. I have made a new #1.

5. Pinterest is disappointing me with "re-runs". Let's start pinning new things instead of always re-pinning!

6. Run With Me and The Healthy Change are two of my new favorite blogs. The Healthy Change is just a lot of inspiration while Run With Me is more about the blogger's life. I find her to be gorgeous, probably lots of fun, and a bit of a running inspiration. Check 'em out!

7. I didn't clean my house while my mom was here. I swept one time. I'm living in filth and it disgusts me. I seriously have a problem with semi-dirty homes.

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I did enjoy my visit to Florence with my mom. I just wish she didn't want to eat at the same restaurant twice. Although it was good, I wanted to try more things! To be totally honest, I still think Rome is the coolest place we've been yet.

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