Fun Facts Friday

1. I thought I had the BEST little idea to cut down on Christmas shopping gluttony. 4 gifts, something you want, something you need, something to wear, and something to read. I was wrong. Categories, people, kids, planning, excel spreadsheets (yes, I've been using this to help). It's just too much. I prefer my free-for-all strategy.

2. I didn't get my workout in yesterday. Sad, I know. But, rest days are important, too! Listen to your body!

3. I ordered some snazzy pink compression socks last night. They will be multipurpose.
                                                         1. A stocking stuffer,
                                                         2. For our long plane ride,
                                                         3. For distance runs.
BOOM! I got this.

4. Apparently Wal-mart is sold out of Glow Worms. What!? I know, right? My mission this weekend is to find a glow worm for my new niece. It's a family tradition. :)

5. I got 4 inches cut off my hair last week. Love it! You can see it in my Thanksgiving post.

6. I love technology! I can talk to my sister, on the other side of the world through iMessage. Thank you, Apple.

7. I may or may not have grabbed a handful of Udi's vanilla granola, while preparing my breakfast this morning.

8. I LOVE LOVE LOVE Christmas. I don't think the season is long enough, honestly. The lights, decorations, smells, etc. I think I need to post about how I decorate my home for Christmas.

9. I tend to ramble. True Story.

10. "True Story." Clearly, I watch How I Met Your Mother way too much. Thank you, Netflix! :)

Happy Friday, y'all!

The gym closes early tonight, so P90X, it is. KenpoX or Plyometrics? Hmm...

Breakfast

Cream of rice topped w/ almond butter, ground flax seeds, and sliced banana

Fine, fine. Yes, I had some of Udi's vanilla granola to boot. 

Lunch

Arbonne Chocolate Protein Shake mixed w/ unsweetened vanilla almond milk

Dinner

TBA - There is a church christmas thing tonight for families, I'll eat there if it will be friendly to my gluten free ways. If not, a baked potato sounds MARVELOUS. :)

Snacks

Banana

Fun Facts Friday (FFF)

1. I ran an errand at lunch and realized I was pretty darn close (a hop, skip, and jump) away from the best little gluten free bakery. I stopped to look and maybe get a snicker-doodle cookie. I realized after getting my cookie, I should probably get the kid one. (Such a nice mom.) A few samples later, I decided that I wanted needed to get a loaf of pumpkin bread. Mmm, that glorious pumpkin bread. I absolutely cannot wait for breakfast tomorrow. :)

Happy Friday to me!

2. I added 2 tsp of pumpkin pie spice to my vanilla protein shake, today. Holy moly, that was some good stuff. I just might turn in to a pumpkin, at this rate.

3. Blogging has reaffirmed my appreciation for the Document Design course I took in grad school.

4. There's going to be lots and lots of tasting and testing and taste-testing going on in Little Rock, this weekend. It's all purely research for my product reviews, of course!

5. I've decided to brush up on actually learn techniques for photography. I see some pretty amazing food pics on blogs, I've been inspired to attempt it.

6. Since nut butters are so darn expensive and so darn yummy, I'm going to make a formidable attempt at making my own, tomorrow. I know I did a test run the other day, but all I have to work with is my Cuisinart mini-prep and Magic Bullet. Almonds are some tough suckers and take a lot of time (20 minutes of constant processing, from what I've read) to turn out some smooth almond butter.  My dad has a big Cuisinart food processor and I think it will get the job done! If not, I foresee a Fresh Market trip in my future.

7. When I was hopping in bed last night the thought crossed my mind that I may workout in the morning, if I'm up early enough. Low and behold, my eyes were open around 4:15 - not quite willingly, mind you. I tried to get back to sleep - those extra 45 minutes mean a lot to me. After 15-20 minutes, I gave up. On a good note, I got a good work out in this morning!

8. I do plan to run in the morning, which will be my first run since my half. I'm thinking a couple miles is sufficient. There are a few other races I have my eye on. I'm excited, since I now know I can run a 13.1!

9. This is my new sassy wallpaper. Thank you, pinterest. 

10. This little craft for Christmas it just the cutest darn thing!

Fun Facts Friday

1. I'm ready for bed. Really, I am. I spent my Thursday evening engaged in a homework battle with a 9-year-old. Enough said.

2. I am actually GLAD it's Friday, so I can go home and spend family time with the 9-year-old. :) No homework battles on the weekends, baby!

3. There's a butternut squash in my fridge that is waiting to be cooked. I have never actually cooked with butternut squash before, so I'm scouring Pinterest for recipes. So far, there's fries, casserole, and a pasta dish. Pinterest makes me hungry.

4. I think I eat more when I'm tired. Maybe I correlate the exhaustion with low blood sugar? It's 1:10 pm (to be exact) and my 2 snacks and lunch are in my belly. Yup - still tired. I just need sleep, not food.

5. The elections are Tuesday, November 6th! The kid and I went to early vote last week. A nice poll worker with a 26.2 tattoo kept coming over to give him fun size M&M bags. I'm glad my kid shares; it made waiting in line much yummier.

6. We leave for Dubai on Christmas Day. Excited much? :)

7.  A pretty cool company (Zevia) sent me some products to review. It will be coming up soon!! :)

8. I tend to pick a show and watch it from beginning to end on Netflix. My latest is Gossip Girl. How have I missed out on this show? It's in the final season, of course. I'm finally up to last season. I just love Blair Waldorf.

 

9. This is how serious I am about starting my weekend. 

          

10. I have absolutely nothing on our agenda for the weekend. Lazy days with my cuddle bug - I can't wait!

Happy Friday!

Fun facts Friday

10. Piece (in the blog name) is a play on the puzzle pieces, the symbol often used for autism awareness. I work a lot with Autism Speaks and my son is on the autism spectrum.

9. Love is for my family, my mom, my friends, God, and life.I LOVE peanut butter in any way, shape or form. (there goes that love again...)

8.Today is "Go Pink for the Cure Day" in Arkansas.



7. I am keeping my parent's ADORABLE Westie (West Highland Terrie), while my dad is nursing a hurt leg. I took her to the groomers this morning. Molly said this was how we were going to roll this morning. Apparently my arm makes a good place to perch.

 

6. I have a MASSIVE amount of homework to complete.  

5. Tomorrow is Arkansas Walk now for Autism Speaks in downtown Little Rock! It will be a blast! Pics are coming!

4. I had a fantabulous breakfast this morning. I am out of almond butter, but I improvised with a still-really-good-but-not-as-good-without-almond butter-oatmeal. Crumbled dark chocolate kashi cookie, ground flax seed, unsweetened cocoa, and just a tiny bit of craisins for a kick. LOVED it... 

3. I only had one cup of coffee this morning... :(

2. I am prepping for Christmas shopping..what, what?!

1. I have a plan to do NOTHING this weekend. Yes, I have to plan "nothing" in to my calendar. I'm a busy girl!

Happy Friday!!