Week 32

First with all the flooding in the mid states, my thoughts and prayers go to all those involved. My family was not affected in any of the flooding in Tennessee. Well this is the first full week of school, so I'm getting better about the routine of a bedtime and the alarm going off at 5:15am.

It's been fun playing catch up this last week. I'm caught up! How exciting! Does anyone else feel like this when they return from vacation? The yard to mow, stalls to muck, water buckets to clean, animal pools to clean, laundry, cleaning the house, reading mail, etc. But we got it done.

I have discovered Trader Joe's and Whole Foods this week. My impressions Whole Foods, mine is as big as a regular grocery store lots of choices. Pricey! The same brands from Kroger to Whole Foods, and the item at Whole Foods was $0.50-$1.00 more. The positive about Whole Foods I LOVE the bulk section of the store, nuts, granola, herbs, seasonings, oats, rice, etc The prices for this were cheaper then any other store! So I will probably shop Whole Foods for the bulk bins and that will be about it!
Trader Joe's had awesome prices on organic produce and some boxed items. Their deli meat  and cheese was the cheapest of all stores. I loved the lay out of the entire store and how they promote bringing reusable bags into the store. They didn't have bulk bins at my Trader Joes.
So in a nut shell the 2 stores are 1/2 a block from each other. I would have no problems shopping between the 2 stores for all my needs. I wish they were closer, as it stands I guess I will make a once a month trip for things since the stores are 40 min from me.


EXERCISING-I've been doing great! I have worked out everyday this week! I found my work outs from the magazines I subscribe to. I get SHAPE, Fitness and Women's Health. I got an awesome deal after Christmas last year from www.discountmags.com if you bought 3 magazines for 3 years it was only $18. Thats right 3 magazines for 3 years!!! I cut the workouts from the magazine and glued them into a spiral notebook. So everyday I have a different workout to do. I'm building up my balance, muscles and endurance just from the simple workouts. I wake up a little sore everyday which lets me know I did the workout right the day before. I have pinned TONS of exercise stuff to my Pinterest so go check it out!

Adyson was trying to do this exercise. I think she did a great job at it!!! 

EAT HEALTHY- I have discovered the love of smoothies!!! I have started a Pinterest board of smoothies. I only have a few pins but very excited to try them. I have realized over the last week you can't mess up a smoothie. Its really a handful of this and that and blend it together. I have found that peanut butter has a strong taste in smoothies. To me if I add peanut butter to my smoothie that is all I can taste so I choose not to add peanut butter.
 So far my favorite has a little of everything in it.
fruits- big bag of  mixed frozen fruit from Sam's Club, measure out 1 cup portions & put in individual bags
Oats- I bought a 10 lbs box from Sams Club
Milk
Protein Powder- Picutred below, I buy at the grocery store. I like this powder I bought vanilla so I can add                                       it to anything. I will try another protein powder when I have finished this.
Spinach
carrots
banana
nuts- almonds, chia, etc (Chia seeds are a great source of fiber (6g)  and Omega 3 (2.9g) in just a tablespoon!!! You remember these little seeds....Cha Cha Chia Pets? Those little black seeds that grew green "hair" for our Chia Pet?) I found mine at Trader Joes!!

                       

I mix everything up depending on my mood that morning. I do take a multi-vitamin every other day. If you eat healthy, ( I have not had "processed food" in almost 1 month) there is no reason to take a vitamin everyday.

SMOKE FREE FOR 3 WEEKS!! 😀🎉 I feel so much better. between eating healthy and quitting smoking its amazing the amounts of energy I have. I haven't felt like this in years!!!!

READING- I forgot to add my review of "Perfect Fling" by Carly Phillips on last weeks blog, so here it is!

 It was funny & romantic(a few exotic parts), I loved it!!! Great plot, and characters were life like!

I have started The Percy Jackson Series. I know I'm a little old for it but I love those kinds of stories. I loved Harry Potter too! The first book in the series is The Lightening Thief. Yes I know its already a movie. You must remember I am ALWAYS behind when it comes to book/movie stuff like this. Yes I know the 2nd book was turned into a movie that starts soon. I'm getting there!!! 

MIND GAMES- I know I'm 32 years old, but I can't help myself when it comes to Disney's game Where's My Water. I downloaded it for Adyson, she loves it too, and yells at me when she catches me playing it. I think its addicting!!! You must help Swampy the crocodile get water to take a shower. So you have to route the water around obstacles. LOVE IT!!!!

Update on my LIFEPROOF case...so I bought mine from Walmart. The case works wonderful. I got online to register my new case (yes you have to register the case, it has 2 serial numbers) I was having problems registering my case. So I called customer service at LIFEPROOF (which I waited in line 35 minutes before I got to speak to a person) where it was explained to me because I bought it from Walmart it does NOT have the same "water warranty". You only get the water warranty if you by the case from LIFEPROOF directly or from Verizon. So when you get online to look up prices you will notice that the cases are $10 more BUT WORTH IT for the warranty I think! So I took my case back to Walmart , got my money back. Then ordered it from LIFEPROOF.

Moral of the story- ALWAYS buy direct from the company whenever possible!



Hope you all had a good week and have a great weekend! Leave me your questions in the comments below. Let me know if there is anything you would like to know! 

Adyson was getting frustrated with me at the store!!! haha