Paris: Day One Get prepared for TONS of pictures! I took about 500 pictures while I was in Paris, so I had to be really selective with what I put in these posts. Even then, there are so many! Haha hope you're ready! When I arrived in Paris you couldn't wipe the grin off my face. Leaving the airport I took the metro line to Gare du Nord (Gare = train station), which was just a couple... (2 views)
10 Instagram Pictures and What They Mean to Me Summary: Instagram is definitely the social media outlet “of the moment.” Here’s a look at my recent Instagram images, with a 3 word description. (2 views)
Top 5 Favorite Foods From Trader Joe’s Summary: Today I’m going to share some of my favorite classic products from Trader Joe’s. (2 views)
Obama Expected to Nominate Loretta Lynch for Attorney General Summary: The top pick to replace Eric Holder as U.S. Attorney General is that of the Attorney for the Eastern District of New York, Loretta Lynch. (2 views)
Paris: Day Two Most of my second day in Paris was spent outside the city at Versailles. In case you missed it, here's My Take on Flying Internationally, and Paris Day One. I loved taking the metro out there because I left when most people were leaving for work, which made me feel like a Parisian leaving for work! Haha. IMG_1176 After waiting in several lines (and quite a debacle of... (2 views)
How Can You Serve? Over the past year or so of writing this blog, I've been slowly and slowly mentioning my faith and tossing it into blog posts. I've always been afraid to really discuss it in this space because I'm worried about alienating some of my readers. As much as I love everyone's support and want to make each and every one of you feel like you can relate to me, I also have to... (2 views)
Tips For Traveling On A Budget After showing you all the pictures from my trip to France and Spain, many of you asked for tips on how to travel on a budget. As many of my readers know, I don't make much money in a temp job right now, so a trip to Europe seemed impossible, however I was blessed enough to make it happen. IMG_1612 So how much did I spend on two weeks in Europe? What would you guess? I... (2 views)
There Is No "Normal" Average, typical, regular, expected, ordinary, conventional, normal. The topic of "normal" seems to keep coming up in my life and mind these days and I thought it was important to remind everyone that there is no normal. Normal (adjective): conforming to a standard; usual, typical, or expected... (2 views)
Thursday Thoughts 1. If you hadn't noticed from my Instagram feed, I've been puppy-sitting Molly all week! The only bad part? She wakes me up a lot a night so I've been exhausted all week. Thankfully, however, she slept soundly last night so I'm feeling a lot better today! 20140703-072835-26915234.jpg 2. Is it bad that I'm not excited tomorrow is a holiday? Don't get me wrong, I love the... (2 views)
Book Reviews Hey there everyone! It's been quite a while since my last book review, hasn't it? Well I've definitely been reading, that's for sure! I've finished 13 books since my last review! Don't worry, I won't review them all right now, just a couple today! Where'd You Go, Bernadette by Maria Semple (2 views)
WIAW Meal Prep Style Wait, WHAT? A What I Ate Wednesday Post!?!?!? I know, the insanity. I cannot remember the last time I did a WIAW post! I mostly stopped because 1) it's hard to remember to take pictures all day and 2) I didn't really love the idea of people comparing what they ate to what others ate. But WIAW was started in the spirit of sharing meal ideas, so today I want to share my meal... (2 views)
Summer Fun with Blue Diamond This post is sponsored by Blue Diamond Almonds. All opinions are my own. Summer is definitely the busiest time of the year here in Chicago, as I'm sure it is most other places. All you want to do is be outside, and there is so much travel with vacations and weddings. PicMonkey Collage Because I can't eat gluten or soy, I am sometimes limited on food choices when... (2 views)
Summer Work Outfits Hey everyone, I hope you all had a great weekend! I had a very busy one, including a night at a country bar with a live band, over 11 hours at the CEP Compression booth for the Chicago Rock N Roll expo, and several church events Sunday including my own baptism! (more on that another day...). Anyway, since I didn't have a lot of time to recap my weekend, I thought today... (2 views)
Catching Up - Denver Weekend Hey everyone! I hope you all had a good weekend. Sorry I haven't been the best about keeping up with posts recently, but life is getting busy! I spent this past weekend in Denver and had a great time! Haha there were a few tears & a sprained ankle, but there's nothing better than hanging out with your best friend. (2 views)
Interesting Uses For Essential Oils I've mentioned before that I am a DoTerra Independent Consultant, but a lot of people don't understand the point of essential oils. Why would you buy them? What would you use them for? It's surprising just how many uses there are for many of the oils, many of which I need to learn and use mine for! DoTerra offers a starter kit for people who are unfamiliar with oils and... (2 views)
What I Ate Wednesday-Job Search Hey all! I hope you're all having a good week - halfway through! Although, personally, I wish time would just slow down a bit! It's finally fall here in Chicago and I pulled out my jacket for the first time since May! For today's WIAW, I'm showing you what I had yesterday, a day including a visit with my career counselor and some job hunting. If you're new to What I Ate... (2 views)
Ellovi Body Butter Disclaimer: Although I received Ellovi Body Butter free of charge, all opinions and thoughts expressed are my own. First, I want to say good luck and HAVE FUN to everyone running the marathon this weekend!!! I'll be volunteering at the Mile 18 Aid Station so if you're running, say hi! I'm sure I'll be really discernible as one of about a bazillion people in matching... (2 views)
Thursday Thoughts Hey everyone! Wooohooo Thursday! It's 5am and I'm about to head out into freezing rain REALLY? I guess that's what we get when we hope for the weather to warm up! So lovely. Anyway, on to this week's Thursday Thoughts! 1. So I work near the Wrigley building downtown and I noticed that in three of the windows (that I can see) there are lights shining out of the... (2 views)
Liebster Award Hey everyone!! Who is excited for the weekend?!?! I am! I also cannot believe that I only have ONE WEEK of classes left!Seriously, where did law school go???? At least this isn't like college where I wish I could go back and do it all again and again. No way. Haha. So last week I got an e-mail from Kristina saying she'd nominated me for the Liebster Award! I've done a lot... (2 views)
One Word Wednesday About a month and a half ago, when I was in Colorado, I did a One Word Wednesday inspired by Lindsay. I really enjoyed it as a nice little break from WIAW posts, especially since school is getting to be a much for real WIAW type of post (and I just can't remember to take the pictures right now ). So what is One Word Wednesday? In Lindsay's words: The only rule of One... (2 views)
Helpful Tips I Learned at Healthy Living Summit Today I wanted to share with all of you the top things that I took away from the sessions I attended at the Healthy Living Summit. I love the session portion of the summit because it really re-inspires me to write my blog, but this year it also inspired me to search for a job or career that I really love, but you'll see more below! I attended several sessions, including... (2 views)
Link Love Hey everyone! IT'S FRIDAY!!!! Did you know? Well now you do. I'm really excited for this weekend because we have our Chicago Blogger BOOKCLUB! (aka winos/foodies anonymous). It's been eight weeks since our last one, so I'm ready to see everyone! 20130303_145718 For those of you sitting in an office, unable to focus and dying for the clock to hit 5, I thought a good Link... (2 views)
I'm Done. Sooo today's post has been hard for me to write. Not because I'm nervous to share this with you all, but because I'm having a hard time expressing myself. I just don't want it to sound like a preachy, look at me I'm so great now, everything will be puppies and rainbows from here on out , kind of post. Since many of you may be new to my blog, I thought I'd just start form... (2 views)
The Fault in Our Stars & Green Juice So today I've got a couple fun things for you, but we'll start off with my very first juicing experience! My cousin is moving and getting married (so rude leaving me) but while cleaning out her apartment she gave me her juicer! (as well as a life-time supply of brita filters and Energy Gels - she's a runner as well). Personally, I'd rather have my cousin, but the juicer... (2 views)
To Boston: Marathon runners are a little crazy, yes, but we all share a love for running and for being a part of something bigger than ourselves. Boston isn't just a marathon, it's a symbol of the hard work and dedication of so many runners who've qualified, and the hopes and dreams of those of us who haven't. The attack on Boston was felt by so many because we, as runners, are a... (2 views)
Intuitive Drinking I know, I know, a lot of Intuitive Eating stuff on the blog this week! Today is actually day 19 of 21, I can't believe it's almost over! Today, however, we're not talking food, but alcohol! (Did Blame It On the Alcohol just pop into anyone else's head? Oh I miss college ). Aaaanyway, I was surprised to open up my e-mail last week and see an IE Challenge about intuitive... (2 views)
BBC-Week 3 Hey everyone! I hope you all had a restful weekend and are ready for a new week.I had a pretty good weekend: Girls on the Run 5K, trip to Whole Foods with my sister-in-law, a couple movies, a walk with my brother and Molly, food-prep for the week and some solid procrastination And guess what? Only TEN DAYS until Thanksgiving!!! How crazy is that?! Haha kind of scaring... (2 views)
Inspiring, Beautiful and Sunshine Awards! Over the past couple of months I've been nominated for a few blogger awards by some of my lovely readers! I kind of stink at remembering this and posting the questions you're supposed to answer when nominated, so I decided to do them all at once! I was nominated for the Beautiful Blogger Award by Krissy and the City, the Sunshine Award by Eating For Balance, and the Very... (2 views)