It is here!

Summer i over! The sunshine of summer will probably stay with us until lay September; and probably come to visit us in between our "fall/winter". You see in Texas, especially where I live...the sunshine is great, the summer's are long and are winters are hardly harsh. Regardless, I love it! The semester of fall 2012 is among us; classes start tommorow and I tried to make a bet with my husband in regards to how long it will be before I have an emotional breakdown...My husband refused to answer and smirked and told me that he hoped NOT! ahhh, i love this man, I appreciate quite deeply his enthusiasm; I on the other hand I am doubting my capability to handle the upcoming stress. I am nervous about not being able to continue exercising granted the fact that I have been kicking ass the last month or so... I have an office that I never use; hence this picture. I love the kitchen table because of its close proximity to the fridge. Note to self: keep plenty of salads around. Enjoyed having some culinary adventures this weekend...It is important for me to cook at home because not only do I know what goes in my food; but it also helps me keep track of my nutrition intake (my hubby too)...Made some smokey tasting turkey burgers, which I enjoyed flavoring with pickled roasted red peppers (discovered them when I went grocery shopping on saturday night and they were on a good price tag)...note to self: continue to buy these; they are great on salads too! For dinner tonight, I made some chicken breast and turkey sausage style jumbalaya, whole grain rice, and veggies (peas and corn, as per my hubby's request)... We love peas and corn, but peas are heavy in starch so we try to avoid them; and well corn is really not the greatest vegetable either! But oh man, was it heavenly!!! For dessert, we happily enjoyed 1 tbsp of nutella and low cal/low carb vanilla yogurt mixed with fruit: peaches, strawberries, and oranges It doesn't look that great, but it sure curbs the craving for sweet after our main course! Hoping for a good school semester! P.S. I got orange and chocolate on my mind for an innovative dessert; it really IS a great combo!

Busy as a Bee

This is absolutely the best chapstick i've ever used! I could bathe in this stuff! Honestly, it is worth the extra pennies. I will never use any other chapstick again!! The good thing about burt's bees products is that they are 100 percent natural and they do not test on animals! <3 Excited, because I have an extra long weekend coming up! I am working only 8 to 1pm on Friday and I am off saturday, sunday, and Monday. Looking fowarding to bumming around and enjoying the last bits of freedom I have prior to starting another semester of school! School starts up again on August 27! Excited, but nervous. Excited that my mind will be busy, but nervous about feeling extremely fatigued again. Between work and school, it gives me little time to just relax and even less time to exercise. That indeed has me walking on eggshells. So far, exercising is on positive continuum! The more I do it, the better I feel and the better my mood is! Haven't had a fallout in a couple of weeks. Feels good to feel positive again. It takes effort for me to be less anxious and worried about a million things. I guess that comes along with being a nurse. My mind sometimes tends to race with the most absurd things! Exercising definetly helps soothe my frazzled nerves!!! If you are looking for a way out from a rut, run and sweat your heart out!!!

Fast, Fast, Fast

Went running this AM. Felt great about it. Decided to compromise a little, run one lap around the park and play some soccer/soccer drills with my hub. He was excited to change it up a little. In the words of my husband "jogging can get boring quickly"; I chose to love running because it is the easiest way to get your mind somewhere else without going anywhere! The weekend was short, but I am excited about the weeks that are ye to come... I have a CPR class planned for this weekend (this coming saturday)..and the following weekend I am headed to Vegas! Excited, but nervous at the same time. A place different we havent visited yet; nervous about budgets and how much which should really spend over there. Must not over spend either because upon returning I must expedite money towards books and tuition. Eeeeek!!! One thing at the time will be the only way to keep my nerves from becoming frazzled!!