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2) Does going to bed before 9 pm every day this week make me lame or awesome? I'm inclined to think the latter - my body needs the rest!!
3) I am excited to make shrimp something for supper tonight (recipe to be determined) and edamame for my kids who won't eat shrimp. We NEVER buy it but it was on sale last week and has been in the freezer waiting to get consumed!! Any recipe recommendations?!
4) I've been smugly thinking that a lot of our snow melted this week which is great for my 5k trail run race on Sunday, but no, tomorrow we're supposed to get another 20 cm which will make things interesting on Sunday! Luckily I have some of those ice grippy things because the race route is pretty hilly and will not be plowed completely.
5) Am I the only one who thinks of my kids' pajamas as "lucky" when they sleep well in them? My husband thinks I am crazy. Our oldest sleeps fantastically, all the time, anywhere. Our younger daughter sleeps fantastically 90% of the time, but when she gets sick, she sleeps like crap, so when we're in that phase, I like to stick to "good luck jammies" that she's slept all night in before ;)
6) I am craving some time to sit and read but I've been going to bed so early that I haven't finished this book that I started LAST WEEK. Gotta get it done today & move on - my pile from the library is getting higher and I need to finish them soon!! However, I did read What Alice Forgot in the meantime and I can't stop thinking about it!!! Loved it SO much.
7) Is anyone else LOVING Anne Bogel's (Modern Mrs. Darcy's) podcast? It is called What Should I Read Next? and it is so entertaining listening to people chat about books in that format. I am totally hooked and I want to be in a real-life book club so badly!! I am hoping I can start one this year.
8) I am loosely following IIFYM these days, aka flexible dieting, and I love it. I need to be a bit better about tracking it in MyFitnessPal but what I love about it the most is that I am MUCH more aware of serving sizes and the calories in what I am eating. For instance, if I'm going to grab a quick snack, a handful of dried cranberries is NOT worth using up almost all my carbs and a meal's worth of calories! It really makes me think about the types of foods that get you more "bang for your buck" aka vegetables. I loved this post about it earlier this week too.
9) Lucy got an adorable monster bowling set from my sister for Christmas & yesterday we named all of the bowling pins #amIacrazymomorafunone ? Their names are Ivan, Sylvester, Jeremy, Julia, Stripey and Circle Wercle (Molly named those last two herself).
10) Someone on a local mommy facebook group posted a great idea earlier this week - when she retires she wants to charge people $5 to sit in their car with their sleeping kids while they quickly run into a store for something. I have thought SO MANY TIMES about hiring a babysitter when I have to do errands in the car - it can be a big pain to drag 2 kids in and out of a bunch of stores, especially in the winter!!!
Hope everyone is having a great week! Check out some other random thoughts over at Running with Spoons!!!
i would love to be in a real life book club as well! i haven't listened to modern mrs darcy's podcast yet, i used to follow her regularly but then stopped (creepy stalker time : we live in the same city). i've been off reading lately, haven't finished a book in well over a week. i love shrimp! it is NEVER on sale. my fave is shrimp scampi, but - don't judge me - i buy the packaged stuff most of the time. no idea on sanitising, good luck! haha. and i've been in bed before 9pm every night this week as well, though it takes me at least an hour to actually fall asleep. definitely awesome and not lame though!
ReplyDeleteI wish I could go to bed that early! & I wish I had the mindset that it is good because I am taking care of myself... I'm trying harder to be good about that! I have 3 shrimp pasta recipes on my blog if you are interested. One is a creamy one, two are tomato-y. They were all really good! I want to be in a real life book club too... someday maybe! XO -Alexandra
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Natural cleaners! The store bought stuff has so many chemicals that they can actually make you more sick. You can clean almost everything with just baking soda, vinegar, and lemon, and it will definitely kill all the germs.
ReplyDeleteI've been going to bed pretty early lately as well, and I totally blame that on the fact that it's dark at 5, so it basically feels like midnight by the time 9pm hits. And I only manage to read a few pages of my book before passing out for the night... which is why one book tends to take me a few weeks to read lol.
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