*Please update your bookmarks to my new website: Happy Wednesday! Anyone else watch the World Cup this morning?
It started EARLY here– 7am! But this game was well worth waking up for!!
Just when I thought the USA had been robbed of another win (we’ve had TWO games where a GOOD goal hasn’t been counted for us…), our team pulled out another goal in the 91st minute! What a way to win!!
USA! USA! USA!!!!! —> definitely a perk of working from home: I had the game on in the background while I worked! Of course, when my adrenaline started rushing from the game, I did take a couple intermittent breaks on my rebounder! Rebounding is great for releasing all that pent-up energy! (and easier to store than a big at-home cardio machine!)
Green tea has been keeping me awake this morning, too:
I go through phases with my green tea– lately, I’ve been LOVING plain, green tea! But I keep a variety of teas in my kitchen, for when my mood changes! Jasmine green tea is another favorite of mine, and I’m sure I’ll go back to it once this box runs out… I’m weird, and like to go through one whole box of a certain flavor, rather than switching up flavors daily. My one exception is night-time tea, when I always opt for herbal tea so I don’t stay up all night from caffeine!
Last night I had some herbal peppermint tea, along with a few squares of my Thin Mint dark chocolate:
I call it my “Thin Mint” dark chocolate, because it tastes EXACTLY like a Thin Mint Girl Scout Cookie! Seriously!!!! And dark chocolate is always best when paired with hot tea, in my opinion. I love the way the chocolate melts on my tongue after sipping hot tea!! (my other favorite combo is decaf chai tea + plain dark chocolate– the spicy tea makes the chocolate taste even BETTER!)
It was a perfect way to end my night, after my HUGE recovery smoothie dinner:
This smoothie contained a blender-full of spinach, 3/4 cup fresh strawberries, 1/2 cup frozen blueberries, 2 T. Sun Warrior protein, 1 tsp. Maca, 1/2 tsp. Spirulina, juice of 1/2 lemon, almond milk, cinnamon, and a couple drops of liquid stevia. It was SO filling! I have big drinking glasses– 19 oz.–and my smoothie was much bigger than that! I filled up this glass, drank it down half-way, then filled it up again with the rest! I took a much-needed after dinner walk with Yasha afterward, because I felt like a stuffed turkey! Ha ha. 
But the awesome thing about smoothies is that they fill you up immediately, but you don’t have that “heavy” feeling for long since they digest quickly!
My plan for the rest of the day:
- Work, work, work!
- Insanity workout Day #3
- Another trip to Whole Foods (downside of having a TINY fridge– lots of trips to the store!)
- Laundry and spring-cleaning!! (I hate doing laundry!!)
Reader Feedback: Any good book suggestions for me? I’m looking for something good to read, and I’ve run out of ideas lately…
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Good read….Are you there vodka, its me chelsea by chelsea handler. Very funny book. And then the series of the Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson. There are three books in the series. Hope that helps!
Yes go USA!! It was awesome!
I try to like green tea, but just a tea person.
I still haven’t ponied up the dough to try Sun Warrior protein…is it worth it, do you think?
A few of the books I’m digging into lately:
– Breakthrough by Suzanne Somers
– The Kind Diet by A.S
– Thrive by BB
Hi, Sweet Stuff! Your cousin is all about the World Cup, too! Patrick has been glued to the TV watching the Championship games (or playing Wii Mario stuff – sometimes alone but usually with Molly, Ryan, Stephanie, and/or Paul – whoever’s available!). He called me during the US soccer overtime so we could share the final minutes together ~ he was CRAZY-happy about our win! He didn’t go to bed the night before waiting for games to start. When I left that morning he was on the couch with his soccer ball next to him and his jersey on…”Feelin’ it, Mom!” Very fun!!
Outstanding book recommendation: “Switch: How to Change Things when Change is Hard,” by Chip and Dan Heath. It’s told in storyform so it’s a great read – applies to home and business.
Molly’s through with college THIS Saturday! Any chance you’ll be in KC on August 7th for her graduation party? Fingers crossed…
Hi to Austin and Sasha!
Love You, AK
Wow! Can’t believe you saw Helen Mirren. That is crazy. Let us know what you end up reading next and what you had for lunch today while you met up with your hobby.