It's been nearly five weeks since I've had a decent ride on my bicycle, with one short day in there as an exception. I was on a medication that kept me off for two weeks (no sun). When I finally finished that, I went for one ride and wrecked my bike and broke my elbow. That was almost three weeks ago. Today, I threw caution to the wind and I got on my bike. I needed it.
To be honest, it was really freaking tough. It's amazing how much strength and endurance one can lose in five weeks. I struggled through a two mile ride. By struggled I mean, I really, really struggled! If I'm being fair here, it was also over a hundred degrees outside, so... let's all smile and nod and say that must have been what was causing the challenge! HA!
I needed to go, as I wrote before. I need the movement of my body pushing against the earth. I need the quieting of all of my thoughts and I need to push myself to the point of exhaustion. I need to feel the wind on my skin and see my body push itself up one.more.hill. I need to conquer myself and my desire to quit. I need to be where I was.
Riding has given me freedom, clarity, comfort. It vents my disappointments, and shows me that I'm stronger than I believed myself capable of being. Even on the days where I struggle through two miles.
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Monday, December 31, 2012
Breakfast
Have you ever pondered how much money you spend on breakfast cereals? Have you actually looked at the label and figured out what you're spoon feeding to your children? The ingredient list on some of the "healthy" cereal choices (Cheerios I'm looking at you!) will shock you!
I removed, quite a while ago, the typical boxed cereals from my home. Breakfast, in my opinion, should be something cooked. Why? Because when you have to prepare your food, you think much more about what you are consuming.
Breakfast in our home is often Oatmeal. There are a thousand different ways to flavor it: apples, pears, cranberries, nectarines, blackberries, raspberries, strawberries, peaches, cinnamon, sugar, honey, milk, almonds, real maple syrup, and on and on. It's also cheap. I buy one box of oats for $6.99 a month and that feeds all of my children. You can scarcely pay that amount of money for one box of Cheerios nowadays! Plus, I control the sugar amount in their cereal (and often times I don't put any sugar at all!). Oatmeal can be made in the refrigerator (refrigerator oatmeal) overnight, in the crockpot (overnight), or in a pot in the morning (takes approximately 15 minutes from start to finish). You can use frozen fruits (I buy fruit in season, wash and freeze it myself, and use it as needed throughout the year), fresh fruit, and more. You can create a breakfast buffet with oatmeal toppings and allow your children to pick their own.
The possibilities are endless! So think about making a breakfast change and put some more change in your pocket! ;)
I removed, quite a while ago, the typical boxed cereals from my home. Breakfast, in my opinion, should be something cooked. Why? Because when you have to prepare your food, you think much more about what you are consuming.
Breakfast in our home is often Oatmeal. There are a thousand different ways to flavor it: apples, pears, cranberries, nectarines, blackberries, raspberries, strawberries, peaches, cinnamon, sugar, honey, milk, almonds, real maple syrup, and on and on. It's also cheap. I buy one box of oats for $6.99 a month and that feeds all of my children. You can scarcely pay that amount of money for one box of Cheerios nowadays! Plus, I control the sugar amount in their cereal (and often times I don't put any sugar at all!). Oatmeal can be made in the refrigerator (refrigerator oatmeal) overnight, in the crockpot (overnight), or in a pot in the morning (takes approximately 15 minutes from start to finish). You can use frozen fruits (I buy fruit in season, wash and freeze it myself, and use it as needed throughout the year), fresh fruit, and more. You can create a breakfast buffet with oatmeal toppings and allow your children to pick their own.
The possibilities are endless! So think about making a breakfast change and put some more change in your pocket! ;)
Thursday, November 8, 2012
Operation Waxation Nation Savings
Women are furry. Let's just face it. And we're not necessarily furry in the cute puppy kind of way. We're furry in gross, terrifying places that men would probably panic if they actually knew how furry we really are. The mustache? It's not just for men... Apparently God thought it would be funny to give it to us ladies too, and then He saw fit to invent all sorts of things for us to keep that sucker under control. Can I say unibrow? Um, the majority of women actually have one, if they don't tame the wild eye brow beasts that are growing on their faces. I promise you, it's highly likely that your tender dear feminine love has a forest growing someplace that you would rather not EVER know exists.
This brings me to my how-to-save-on-something point. Stop investing your hard earned dollars on a waxation nation consultant and become your own. That's right folks, I am advocating learning to do it for yourself. About a year ago, I purchased my own "wax at home" kit and learned to tame the furry beasts on my face. I can't even begin to tell you the amount of money I have saved by learning to wax myself. Not to mention, I can wax at my convenience, not someone else's.
I have insanely sensitive skin (seriously), and waxing myself allows me to be selective about the type of wax and the temperature it is heated to (believe it or not, the temperature is a huge factor over whether or not I look like a tractor plowed across my face).
Gone are the days of paying someone else to do my dirty work. Present are the days where I can say ca ching! every time I warm up my little wax pot. :)
Happy Thursday!
This brings me to my how-to-save-on-something point. Stop investing your hard earned dollars on a waxation nation consultant and become your own. That's right folks, I am advocating learning to do it for yourself. About a year ago, I purchased my own "wax at home" kit and learned to tame the furry beasts on my face. I can't even begin to tell you the amount of money I have saved by learning to wax myself. Not to mention, I can wax at my convenience, not someone else's.
I have insanely sensitive skin (seriously), and waxing myself allows me to be selective about the type of wax and the temperature it is heated to (believe it or not, the temperature is a huge factor over whether or not I look like a tractor plowed across my face).
Gone are the days of paying someone else to do my dirty work. Present are the days where I can say ca ching! every time I warm up my little wax pot. :)
Happy Thursday!
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