Photo a Day Challenge - January Recap

And before we knew it January was over and gone! Here are all the photos taken during the month! Enjoy and stay warm everyone!

February here we come!

Mileage & CrossFit Monday

Running stats and CrossFit WOD's for the week of January 20th - January 26th... I was hoping that I would get more workouts in than what I did this week, but between Phonathon, work, school, Dan's schedule, the dog.... etc.... I just didn't have much time for anything else. Sadly, this upcoming week doesn't look too promising either. BLAH!

Monday, January 20th, 2014 - Ran 5.1 miles / STRETCH / Great running weather today

Tuesday, January 21st, 2014 - REST DAY!

Wednesday, January 22nd, 2014 - REST DAY!

Thursday, January 23rd, 2014 - REST DAY!

Friday, January 24th, 2014 - REST DAY!

Saturday, January 25th, 2014 - REST DAY! (Phonathon Training)

Sunday, January 26th, 2014 - REST DAY! (Phonathon Training)

Total miles ran this week : 5.1 miles

Photo a Day Challenge : Week #3

Day 19 - Breakfast

Day 20 - To Do List

Day 21 - Blue (I miss this blue water)

Day 22 - Nice! (my #shwings finally arrived!!)

Day 23 - Bedtime (Remi in bed with his baby kong)

Day 24 - My Space (the phonathon room)

Day 25 - A Taste of Winter

30 Before 30 - January's Healthy Breakfast (No Bake Breakfast Bars)

I'm not a breakfast person on the weekdays. Most of the time I'm in so much of a rush to get out the door and into work that I only have coffee in the morning and I continue to drink that until lunch time. I know that I really need to work on eating breakfast since I know it's better for my body. This week I decided to make Breakfast Bars in hopes that I can take one of these to work with me in the morning and a piece of fruit to fuel me throughout my day.

No Bake Breakfast Bars (www.pbfingers.com)

Ingredients

• 2 cups old fashioned oats
• 8 tablespoons protein powder (I used coffee flavor)
• 2 teaspoon cocoa powder (optional, but recommended for a more chocolaty flavor)
• 8 tablespoons almond butter
• 4 tablespoons chocolate chips
• 4 tablespoons white chocolate chips
• 8 tablespoons slivered almonds
• 8 tablespoons milk

Combine all ingredients except for milk. Stir everything together and add milk, one tablespoon at a time until everything is moistened but thick enough to shape into bars.

Cut into bars and refrigerate overnight.

Tada! Then you have a speedy and good for you breakfast in the morning!

Dan and I have been eating these like they're going out of style!

YUM!

Mileage & CrossFit Monday

Running stats and CrossFit WOD's for the week of January 13th - January 19th... this was a decent week for me with everything going on. I have been preparing documents for Phonathon which starts next week. That is always a crazy time. My proposal class for school started which always creates a lot of stress. And I've really been trying to concentrate on my workouts. I definitely did more CrossFit than running this week, but I consider either a win. Most of my runs I was dragging... but I really tried to keep pushing through.

Monday, January 13th, 2014 - Ran 4.1 miles around UIndy's campus / Warm up : double under practice, ring pull up practice, skin the cat practice / Strength : banded bench press (50# weights & 30# bands) / WOD : 20 minute AMRAP (5 hang squat cleans (45#), 10 box dips, 120 single jump ropes)... 7 rounds

Tuesday, January 14th, 2014 - 100 sit ups & STRETCH

Wednesday, January 15th, 2014 - REST DAY!

Thursday, January 16th, 2014 - At Home WOD : 10 minute EMOM (3 push press (40#) & 10 hand release push ups)... 10 rounds / 100 sit ups / STRETCH

Friday, January 17th, 2014 - REST DAY!

Saturday, January 18th, 2014 - Ran 4 miles / Walked 1 mile / STRETCH

Sunday, January 19th, 2014 - At Home WOD : 15 minute AMRAP (15 sit ups & 21 dead lifts (50#)... 4 rounds + 43 sit ups / STRETCH

Total miles ran this week : 8.1 miles

Photo a Day Challenge : Week #2

Day 12 - Colorful

Day 13 - Makes Me Smile (these treats always make Remi smile)

Day 14 - 3 Things (a boy, his dog, and an IPhone... what more do you need)

Day 15 - Black & White

Day 16 - Sun

Day 17 - Tiny

Day 18 - Happy Place (always with him)

Impress Press on Manicure

Something I have been loving recently is the Impress Press on Manicure!

I have seen these manicure kits for a while now, but I really thought that they would probably be a waste of money and not work...

Oh how wrong I was and I owe my friend Debbie and her daughter Paige for showing me the light!

Pretty much what you do is clean your nails off with a little cleansing pad that comes in the kit. Then you find the press ons that will fit your nails best. Then you simply press them on and avoid contact with water for 30 minutes. It's that easy!

To remove them you just peel them right off or use a little nail polish remover to loosen them up!

I have tried these twice now... once during my week long cruise... and they stayed on without any problems at all... even longer than a week! And what is even more exciting is that I can get two uses out of one package!

What can I say... these things bring me a little bit of happiness and make me feel extra pretty! 

Try them out for heaven's sake!