3 Steps to Finding Your Motivation Happy Monday! I hope you all had a good weekend and are ready for the week! I was inspired to write today's post after doing a podcast with Lifestyle Accountability a couple months ago. Good thing I finally got around to it now Three Steps to Finding Your Motivation Whether you're going after a fitness goal, working your way towards a degree, starting a business, or...
WIAW-Quinoa Broccoli Black Bean Stew For this week's What I Ate Wednesday, my recipe is perfect for the theme of the month: Love Your Veggies! I'm all about making crock pot meals for the week and I tend to just make them up based on what I already have. Today's crock pot meal turned into kind of a chili/stew type dish. I had intended a soup but I'm kind of glad how it worked out! Peas and Crayons If you're...
Thursday Thoughts Longest. Week. Ever. Thank goodness for Thursday Thoughts. 1. How is it that every year we get to St. Patrick's Day and I still don't own any green clothing? Seriously. #firstworldproblems 2. I had a Junior League committee meeting on Tuesday night that was about 1.5 miles from work so I decided to walk and stop and get Yogurtland for dinner along the way...
Book Review: The Night Circus Happy St. Patrick's Day! I hope you all had a good weekend, I definitely did! I had a lot of fun riding around on a trolley on Saturday for St. Patty's (St. Patrick's Day is a BIG deal in Chicago!) and the brunch Sunday at Barney's with some Junior League Girls. Definitely tired now though! st patrick's day Today I have a new book review for you all, a book that I loved...
Pinterest Outfits Made Affordable Another one already? Yep! I saw this outfit and wanted to try to recreate it now before it starts to get warm (haha, which will be in JUNE). If you're curious, here are the two other editions of Pinterest Outfits Made Affordable that I've done: Outfit 1 Outfit 2 booties, wool skirt, black top What I like most about this outfit is its simplicity. Most of the pieces...
Thursday Thoughts 1. Can we just stop time for a minute and all take a breather? HOW IS IT ALMOST APRIL!??? Part of me is excited because I love spring/summer but the other part of me hates that... oh wait, STILL don't have a real job. I'm really hoping God has a great reason for this one... 2. Whenever I sit down to work at my computer I always end up taking off all my jewelry, it...
A Windy Weekend & Hidden: Book Review Well hey there! I hope you all had a good weekend - I certainly did! This weekend was the Junior League of Chicago's Windy City Nights Gala, which was held at the top of the Willis (Sears) Tower! I was half excited about the event because I wanted to go up there and see the view, and half (okay, more than half) because I got to hang out with some of my new friends again!
Finding My Priorities Over the past couple of weeks, and looking at what I have on my plate in the upcoming weeks, I've been feeling overwhelmed. With the next two weekends out of town and events almost every night, on top of many more things and people I wish I had time for, I feel like there needs to be another 4 hours or so to every day. In other words: I've been spreading myself thin. I've...
Palmetto 200-Race Recap Well hey there! Yes, I am still alive! I had such a great time running the Palmetto 200 this weekend and I'm excited to share our experience with you all! Our race took about 31.5 hours, so I won't be recapping every entertaining moment, but I'll try to get through the gist of it. I arrived in Charleston around lunchtime on Thursday and Taylor, our team captain, picked...
WIAW-Palmetto 200 Food Happy Wednesday! This has been a loooong week for me, even though it's only Wednesday! I arrived in Chicago at 7:30am Monday morning and headed straight to work, then my small group met that evening and I didn't get to bed until about 10:30pm (which is very late for me...). I finally made it to the grocery store last night to grab a few essentials, but I didn't get too...
Thursday Thoughts Hello, hello, hello! Time for another week of Thursday Thoughts! 1. I slept through my alarm yesterday morning. It was lovely. photo 2 (13) reenactment 2. I've noticed that on days that I don't go to the gym, I end up running late. I think it's because I assume I have more time than I do, when in reality I just slept during the time I would normally be at the...
Link Love It's another Friday and this week I came across a lot of blog posts that I loved, so I figured it was time for another round of link love! I've linked up to Clare's Five Things Friday, although I have a lot more than five things Maybe 5 x2 or x3? Haha five-things-friday- must-reads! Favorite Posts: 10 Foods That Freeze Well Dear Body, This Is Why I Love You
Share the Love & Summer Running have a bit of a random post for you all today. I wanted to share a bunch of links but I only accumulated a few and some of them are getting a little behind the times so I thought I should get them to you asap! I also made a great running playlist that I wanted to share with you all, perfect for the summer. First, let's start with the link up! I read too many blogs, so...
I Did It! In the words of Elle Woods: I DID IT! Graduations are always times in our lives that we get a little reflective: a chapter in our lives closes, people grow apart and our routine is turned upside down. Change is barreling towards us whether we like it or not and we're forced back outside of our comfort zones, which we'd spent the past few years establishing. Although...
Graduation Weekend. Hey everyone! Sooooo I. Am. Exhausted. What does this mean? 4:45am wake up + 4 hours of Bar prep + volunteering + Dr. apt = nice photo-filled recap post for you all of my graduation weekend. YAY! Yes, I'm slightly incoherent. I will be going to bed when I finish this up at 8:45 pm. Aaaaanyway, as I mentioned yesterday, I had a GREAT graduation weekend! It started out...
One Word Wednesday Hey everyone! Thank you so much for all your congratulations and well wishes on my graduation this past weekend, I really appreciate them all! I was just not in the mood to photograph all my food this week (too much stress from being behind on Bar prep - you're supposed to do a week of work beforehand, which I didn't do because I had finals and graduation ) sooo, instead...
Thursday Thoughts Hey everyone! I hope all of you are having a great week! Mine's a little overwhelming. But no need to bore you all with that! Today it's time for another round of Thursday Thoughts! 1. I bought Powerball tickets on Saturday hoping for some graduation luck Sadly I didn't win. I think I won $2 with one but I haven't actually taken it in anywhere to find out. I actually...
Good Things Come in Threes All good things come in threes, right? So today I'm sharing some things I like in threes! Three Shows I'm Loving: Ready For Love - it's a kind of spin off on the bachelor and, shamefully, I'm obsessed Dawson's Creek - I never really watched it when it first came out, but Kelsey and Lindsay are fans so I watched all six seasons on Neflix. I just finished this...
Maxwell Street Market One of my favorite things about Chicago is that there are so many different neighborhoods and areas to explore, as well as festivals and markets. I'm not very familiar with the western parts of the city, so I was intrigued to check out the Maxwell Street Market. Lindsay had been going for quite a while and was a big fan of the market and the tacos, so we all jumped at...
WIAW-Bar Prep Hey everyone! I hope you're all enjoying your 4 day week!!! For today's WIAW, I wanted to show you a typical day of bar prep for me! Today's WIAW comes from yesterday! If you're new to What I Ate Wednesday, head over to Peas and Crayons to see what it's all about, and check out the other participating bloggers! I woke up around 4:50am, had some coffee and half a banana,...
Thursday Thoughts Hey everyone, I hope you're all having a good week! I definitely am, I'm catching up with Bar prep and feeling a lot less freaked out (for now ) and I'm heading to KC this weekend for my cousin's wedding! Ready for the weekend! 1. I head this song while sitting in Starbucks and suddenly HAD to download it. I foresee this happening way too much in the next two months. ...
What's Beautiful This is a sponsored post through FitFluential and Under Armour. While I was not compensated, I was provided with apparel. All opinions are my own. I mentioned a while back that I'd joined the What's Beautiful Campaign by Under Armour. The idea is to find a goal that defines what's beautiful to you, and use the support of your teams to achieve your goal. I love the idea...
June Goals Hey everyone! I hope you all had a wonderful weekend! I had an amazing time at home with my family celebrating my cousin's wedding - more to come on my weekend tomorrow or Wednesday! You know what else happened this weekend? The first of June! Those of you who have been reading for a while now know that I have new goals at the beginning of each month. Although I don't...
Currently I saw this quiz on both Tina's blog Lindsay's blog (and a few others) so I thought I would also join in! Everything that's currently going on in my life: Current Book: Barbri study guides! Yay! Current Music: I. Am. Obsessed with this song. I'm trying to limit how much I listen to it because I know I'll get sick of it if I keep listening to it all day long
One Word Wednesday-KC Style I think this week calls for another One Word Wednesday, don't you? Although I had an amazing time in Kansas City (see below), it left me behind with studying and a smiiiidge tired. Already waiting for the weekend! Is it Friday yet? So what is One Word Wednesday? In Lindsay's words: The only rule of One Word Wednesday is that you must label your pictures with one word....
Thursday Thoughts Hey everyone! Happy Thursday! I've got work to do, so let's get to it: this week's Thursday Thoughts! 1. Saturday is Miss Molly's SECOND BIRTHDAY! She is SO grown up now! She accepts gifts. 2. I slept in today until 5:45am because our class is online only. How sad is my life? Haha.