Friday love lists

My Friday love lists are things I find myself being thankful for throughout the week.  These are things besides the "givens"(parents, house) so don't think they're petty! :)
Time to give thanks!

Week one Friday: I am thankful for...

• winter clothes so I don't freeze
• A loving, steady relationship with Joseph
• apple cider
• heaters
• actually having quarters when you need a drink from the vending machine
• my hair- I have just been loving my hair recently :D

Week two Friday: I am thankful for...

• fireplaces
• the access to healthy/organic foods
• the internet as a means for spreading information that aids in my everyday learning
• making new friends
• having the luxury to be planning parties
• college- even though it's a pain in my behind right now, signing up for next semesters classes reinstated my thankful feelings towards the fact that I am getting my education paid for
• being dominatly left brained- this is what makes me so great with things like history, english, psychology, sociology etc you get the point :P Excelling in these subjects is a major source of pride for me, I don't know who I would be without this character trait

Week 4 over view

I know this is being put up a little late, but better late than never eh?

So last week I concously took the time to find relaxing activities to help my mind calm down. 
The things that I found to be most relaxing are spending time with Joseph and the pets.  It's simple, but makes a huge difference for me.  Nothing better than a great hug and giving your fuzzy doggy a belly rub. 
   Another activity that was great was volunteering at the cat shelter, definatly a calming experience.  There truly is something to be said for animals lowering blood pressure!  (interesting to study further huh?) I think that the fact that I was helping others and being nurturing that aided in my relaxation. 
     Last week I also started watch way more TV than normal.  It was to the point that this week I had a super hard time pulling myself away(so addicting!).  While the other things primarly caused my body to relax, this helped my brain calm down.  There can be alot of psychological comfort in doing absolutly nothing sometimes.  Plus if you watch the right stuff it can be an inspiring(girl power!) or learning experience(yay documentaries!) which ads to the experience. 

  I am labling last week as a success.  I came out the other end less stressed and I felt healthier(that sinus infection that I had for 3 months, went away, yaaaay). 

The only thing that I did not focus on that I still need to work with is my breathing.  I need to breath more. When I get fast thoughts my chest clenches, which is obviously not good(stupid epinephrine).  To counter act this I need to start taking deep breaths and being centered for a few moments daily. I will blog more about in in the near future. 

What do you do to destress? Are your destressing activities healthy(not chocolate)?

Week 4

This week I am going to challenge myself to find activities that are relaxing.  As of now all I really have on my list of relaxing things is watching tv. Which is great but I would like to diversify. 

I will let you know what I come up with.

It's Tuesday, and so far I have found that spending time with friends and playing with Buddy have been nice.  Yayyyyyy friends!!

It seems to be November

 I just have to start off by saying, holy crap it's already November!
Okay now that that's out in the open, time to introduce this months challenge!

In the spirit of Thanksgiving, this month is going to be the month of thanks.  Every Friday I will post a 'love list'.  This will be a list of my favorite things throughout the week. Stuff that I am thankful for and things that made the week more enjoyable.  It's time to think positive people!! Regaining my positive outlook is a main goal of mine.  I hope that taking a few moments to contemplate what i loved and enjoyed about that day will add to the positive vibes.

The day of the antsy pets

Yesterday the animamimals could not sit still.   Here they are in their squirmy cuteness!

                   Buddy realizing he is not as inconspicuous as he thinks he is.  Trash fiend!!!

                                                   Pie digs through our food for treasures

             Charlie doing his " I want you to pet me but i'm going to be aloof"

                                              Buddy barking at Joesph, he wants our chips.

Smoothie time!

 Smoothies are my favorite way to get the fruits and veggies I need.  Here is a yummy one I made recently and it was so tasty I wanted to share it with you. :)

                                                           A super delicious papaya!

            The end result: 1 papaya, 1cup of strawberries, dash of orange juice and filtered water


This was a great smoothie and as soon as papayas go back on sale I will be making this again!


What are your favorite smoothie recipes?