- We visited DJ's brother and his wife in beautiful Carnation, WA for Shade's 21st birthday. They have a beautiful home on 5 acres of very "pacific northwest" property. So much green you can't believe there IS that much green in one place. I took a quick walk before we left for home and this is one of the images I love from that. A beautiful tree reaching for the tiny patch of blue, as seen in a puddle reflection. I love reflection shots. They're magic.
- Took the above photo with my new little walking around baby, the Nikon P7100. A point and shoot, but with some definite pro benes (RAW files, decent response time.) A late Christmas present to me. It's not pocketsize really, but pretty small and easy to throw in a purse. I have it with me always.
- Found, and fell in love with, NOOSA yoghurt. Absolutely the BEST yoghurt I've ever had. It's called "Australian" (I guess, as opposed to Greek?) and it has a velvety smoothness I can't adequately describe. This was a product that purely led me to try it by it's beautiful design and marketing. Obviously I am a sucker for good design and this does not disappoint. The bad news is, I have discovered I do much better, health-wise, on a mostly Paleo lifestyle (diet) and so all dairy is out. I might work some of this back in after awhile, but for now, I can not believe the difference in how I feel after cutting out all dairy, grains and sugar. Like superman good. I am the girl who got sick with every bug that comes in the house, and since I've been exercising and eating clean (mostly clean) I've had 1 cold (that was really short-lived and not very bad) and nothing else that has run through family or friends has gotten to me. It could be coincidence, but I don't think so. More on this later. But I digress. If you love yoghurt, this is a MUST TRY.
- I blew past 35 lbs shortly after 30, but never posted it. Since then, however, I have been bouncing between there and 40 lbs for a couple weeks so can't claim that one yet. I will get there. The clean eating is helping and I have restructured my workouts a bit. Less is more style. Quality over quantity. I realized it's not realistic of me to think I will spend 400+ minutes doing cardio every week for the rest of my life. I'm working in some high intensity intervals and will see how that goes.
- Are you one of the 80 bazillion people who have downloaded Draw Something in the last couple weeks? I am. It's a fun drawing game/app, like Pictionary, you play against others online (via tablet or smartphone.) Pretty fun and much better for your creativity brain than Angry Birds. Or so I'm guessing, since I haven't played Angry Birds...
