Lovely Day: Sunshine/Cloud

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Sunshine:

  • It's not that cold out. It feels like October and not December, which is great- because it IS October.
  • I'm sitting here with a pot of coffee and no plans. In leggings. I could not be happier.
  • Andrey is taking the dog for a walk, for the moment the house is quiet and I can change the laundry without Pip going nuts.
  • Soon I am going to make myself some sugar free baby pumpkin pies.
  • I just ate a mini Halloween Kit Kat bar (my favorite).
Clouds:
  • Today is Sunday...and while I love work, Sundays are always ick days. 
  • Andrey and I planned a run followed by Besito for lunch yesterday and had to cancel both.
  • As much as I want to eat the whole bag... I know just one Kit Kat is enough. 

Lovely Day: Sunshine/Cloud

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Sunshines:

  • It's Friday!
  • We have the weekend free from any obligations of any sort...apple picking is in order!
  • I've been uber prepared and organized at school this year (so far), and it's making my life so much easier. 
  • My father-in-law is coming to visit next week!

Clouds:
  • We keep having crickets come into the house and they're mad loud! Keeping us awake.
  • I cooked and ate way too many parsnips last night, and it wasn't even worth it. No one makes parsnips like my Aunt Julie, so I'll just wait til the next holiday to eat them again. 
  • I'm on new medicine for my skin, which seems to be helping, but is making my skin peels like crazy. Ouch. 
  • My sewing room is a total mess and I need to clean it...I have to get started on holiday gifts! 

Lovely Day: Daily Wrap Up!

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Loving: Sweet potatoes! I've been eating them a ton since being on the Whole30 and "going paleo" with my lifestyle. My new love is sweet potatoes, fried in coconut oil, with apple pie spice on top. So decadent!
Obsessing Over: The future. Who doesn't obsess over the future?
Vexed at: Public Storage. I owned a unit for literally 15 minutes (seriously), and they were coming after me for more money. Not cool, Public Storage. Thankfully my incessant tweeting about them to all the major news stations got them to call me frantically twice. Go me.
Eating: So much coconut oil, with every meal. I even threw it into Eric's mac and cheese (I used coconut manna, which is a little thicker), in place of butter!
Linking to: Delighted Momma's recipe on how to make your own almond flour!
Yesterday was: a long day. It was the type of day in which you find yourself rearranging your living room at 11PM. Seriously.

Okay, chicks, what are you L.O.V.E.L.Y. today?! 

Lovely Day: Sunshine/Cloud

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When I was back in college I was a resident advisor to a theme house (shoutout to Asia Tree House!), and the woman, Michelle, who ran all the theme houses, had us do this "Sunshine/Cloud" game. We all went around and said one thing which was the sunshine of our day, and one thing which was the cloud. I still do this with my students, except we call it the "Sol/Nubes" game! (that's Latin for sun/clouds). So, here's my sunshines and clouds for today...

Sunshines:
  • Eric will be playing his regular gig at the vineyard this weekend and I can't wait to bring lunch, some good books, and some school work...sit back and just relax! While he's playing music for 4 hours, I get a mini-vacation. 
  • My cousin's engagement party this weekend! So excited for them.
  • I got my tush on the treadmill today, and as much as I hated it, I did my one mile. Go me!
  • Parenthood is on tonight!

Clouds:

Okay, do share: what's your sunshine and cloud of today? 

Lovely Day: A Daily Wrap Up!

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Loving...the gym. I've been eating lunch at school and it makes it so much easier to get to the gym. Rather than going home and getting stuck there, I stop on my way home and knock out a work out. I love it! I love getting a good sweat on and knowing for the rest of the day I've done something really good for myself.

 Obsessing over...my $15 Ellen Tracy pencil skirt from Costco. I wear it all. the. time. So comfy and easy to pair with tops.

 Vexed at...other drivers. Turn signals aren't just a cool idea. Cutting in front of me in the rain with no turn signal is just dumb.

 Eating...grapes. Like a boss. Soon I will turn into a grape.

 Linking to...Bonnie's post about what inspires her to move! What great motivation- and what a lovely way to honor those around her who do good for themselves on the regular. I am inspired by her post even...in fact, I think someday soon you'll see a copy cat post coming from me!

 Yesterday was...okay. Fast. Emotional. I left Andrey for the week (cloud) but got to hang with Olivia all day (sunshine!). Plus, we had the day off from school- which was nice, but I thought today was Monday all day!