Canadian blogger Christmas swap 2014

WHAT???? I am actually posting?? I know it has been forever. Besides being busy I kinda lost my blogging mojo. I'm not sure how often I will be back but receiving my Christmas Blog Swap gift from Leigh was a definitely a reason to write a post :)

For the last few years Leigh and Lindsey have organized a Christmas blogger swap. It's always so much fun and I love the gifts I get every year.

This year Leigh sent me: a beautiful ornament, some cute napkins and a Starbucks card.

Thanks again Leigh!

Workouts

With the multiple moves we had last year coupled with everything else (including a LOT of work stress) to say that working out fell off the radar would be an understatement! I'm trying to get back into things but motivation has been slightly lacking......

On the running front I haven't been doing a lot but did sign myself up to the run the 10K the same day that the Scotiabank Marathon. Earlier in the year I was hoping to do the half that weekend but with where I am with running am very happy with the 10K. I really need a push in this area.

Yoga - one area that actually have been doing fairly well. When we were in between house I wasn't close enough to go to the studio I love but now that we are in the new house I am only 10 min away. So no excuse there really!

I am looking for something else I can do at home to supplement the running/yoga. I have looked at both the Beachbody T25 and the new P90X3. Has anybody tried either of these? Thoughts? I know both of these are full programs that you are supposed to do daily but I am thinking of just adding them in a couple days a week.


Who else is running the Scotiabank weekend?
Any other at home workout suggestions?

Catch Up

Goodness I don't even know where to start! It's been forever since I posted on here......

Let’s see if I can quickly catch you up without having information/picture overload

May 2013

• We went to Texas to see some dear friends of ours get married and to celebrate our anniversary. We had a fantastic 10 days down there!
• We sold our house



1. Amazing BBQ everywhere we went in Texas
2. One of the oldest dancehalls in Texas where it was cash only and beer or wine (by the bottle) only
3. Great 80's coverband the Thursday before the wedding

June 2013

• We moved out of our house and in with friends
• I went to Vegas
• We volunteered for flood clean up
• We finally bought a house
• I changed roles at work
• Mr. H changed roles at work and got a promotion

Flood clean up

July 2013

• We enjoyed a very fun (but wet Stampede)
• We went camping and spent time with my family

Lake Camping/Saskatchewan Mini Chuckwagon Races

August 2013

• We got possession of our new house and started renovating (we didn’t move in yet….)
• I celebrated my 35^th birthday

September 2013

• Mr. H celebrated his 35^th birthday

October 2013

• We moved out of our friends place (they were moving) and my Brother-in-law’s place in Bragg Creek since our house wasn’t quite done yet
• We said a sad “See ya’ll later” to some very good friends when they moved to Austin.
• Mr. H and I went to Vegas for a few days by ourselves and then Dallas with friends for a football game

Sad goodbye to these two wonderful people :(

November 2013

• Remember that house we bought back in June.... Well we finally moved into it at the end of this month!

Before/After Pics

December 2013

• One of my best friends turned 40!!
• I participated in the blog swap (Thanks again to Leigh and Lindsey for organizing and to Laura for the beautiful ornament)

Christmas swap ornament

January/February 2014

• Has been fairly low key...... We have went to a couple hockey games, celebrated New Years and celebrated a friends birthday

I am positive I have left things out along the way somewhere...... Hopefully I can get a bit better and post more often.

Hope everyone enjoyed their weekend :)

Friday Favourites

It's Friday and it's finally sunny!

A couple of things from this week that made me smile

1. This lady getting engaged. She's gone from a little cousin I used to babysit when I was younger to an amazing young lady that I am super close to. I'm excited to be part of this new chapter in her life and helping her plan her wedding! Anybody have an unique wedding venue suggestions? She's already challenging me in saying she wants mountains AND a lake wherever she gets married.

2. It's my Friday off. I get to spend some time alone in Starbucks and I am working on a long overdue catch up blog post ;)

3. This recipe for chocolate Chia pudding. I can't get enough of it lately. It's SO easy to make and satisfies my sweet craving.

4. We went out for dinner at the Lake House last night which just opened up close to our house. Besides the pretty views the food was amazing and we had the sweetest server. I love finding new places to eat :)

Have a great weekend :)

Sad Cat Diary

Just a little video I came across this weekend that should make you laugh on a Monday

Low Key Weekend

I can't believe its Monday again already!

I had a fairly low key key weekend as Mr. H was out of town visiting family. So besides my serious catching up on sleep my weekend included:

• Making these delicious dark chocolate almond bites. And then proceeded to eat more than my share of them.



• Going to yoga classes - I am almost done my 30 day challenge.

• And trying to keep the house clean. We listed our house last week so I vacuumed and swept and wiped things down more times than I care to remember.

And that's about it.... not very exciting.....

It was the food truck frenzy here in the weekend. Did anyone go? We went last year and loved it but with Mr. H out of town we had to miss it this year :(

Good News Thursday

I used to love watching the news and we usually had it on in the mornings when we were getting ready for work and then in the evenings when we were making supper. Eventually though I came to slowly notice that for those two hours I watching the news it was mostly filled with negative stories - where were all the positive things happening around us. Now don't get me wrong I know that everything in our world is not sunshine and lollipops but there are so many good news stories out there that we never hear about.

So I thought I would try something new and every week share one of the good news stories I have found that brought a smile to my face. Hopefully it will bring one to yours.

Truckers Rescue Pets in Need of New Home

The nonprofit Operation Roger is matching truck drivers with abandoned animals, transporting them to families that are willing to adopt.

 

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