The "Me Time" Tag

I'm it...

& by 'it', I mean I was tagged by the awesome Danielle at Underland to Wonderland to play along for a post to learn more about each other... The "Me Time" Tag ... where we get into my world & see what I like during Me-time...

1. What do you watch or read during me-time?

Watch?  I'll pretty much watch anything.  I usually do too.  I've been known to be on the treadmill & watch fishing shows or soccer games.  Really?  ... but I love all the top TV.  Scandal - Parks & Rec - Arrow - Downton Abby - Walking Dead ... & I'm really loving Jane the Virgin right now.

Reading?  I love a good autobiography or something light. I'm not big on reading heavy things.  My mind likes to escape during reading - not have to work double time


2. What do you wear during me-time?

Usually yoga pants & old race t-shirts. 
Let me throw on some Uggs & I am the typical girl in Starbucks.

This is so wrong.... I have an Android... not an iPhone :)

3. What are your me-time beauty products?

I'm simple.  Really simple. Like I never use moisturizer simple.  I basically use Rimmell eye make up remover & Neutrogena Natural Face Wash.  Ta-da... beauty products complete. 

When I try new products, my face becomes one big zit.  I'm a the age now I need to decide which one - zits or wrinkles - is the worst one to have.....


4. Current favorite nail polish?

Oh Lordy... I haven't painted my nails in a lifetime.  During winter (cold & flu season), I wash my hands so much, polish lasts like a half a day...

but I do have a TON of Avon nail polish that I really like.  I'm usually a dark color person - dark browns, dark purples, dark reds.  My nails are pretty much goth.


5. What do you eat or drink during me-time?

I'm always found drinking a Sparkling water or an iced coffee
Eating?  I love salty stuff.  Give me crackers, pop-chips, tortilla chips.  I adore salt where others love sugar. 
(Seriously - you would probably laugh at me if you went to dinner with me & saw how much salt I sprinkle on food)

6. Current favorite candle?

I don't even know the scent, but its a new Yankee candle (Yankee's are the BEST) & its some sort of bluish color.  I think its some sort of lavender/floral mixture. I just lit it for the first time last week & thought, I need to put these EVERYWHERE. 

I usually go for the Apple or Vanilla smells. Make my house smell like I've been baking all day.


7. Do you ever have outdoor me-time?

I try to have outdoor me time then any other me time.  I love sitting on my porch reading - its my favorite place in the whole world.... & even when its raining?  Even more so.  I love sitting on my enclosed porch when its cold (there's a heater in there) & enjoying snow & just staring at the sky & trees.  I want to go hug a tree right now #hippie

8. Would you ever go see a movie alone?

I always said I would... though I have never done it.  I don't think it would bother me really because you don't really get to talk to anyone anyways while you're in there.  I just know it would be my luck to walk into a theater alone & in there would be people I hadn't seen in like 20 years from school or my teenage years & thinking, "oh, poor girl.. she has no one in her life"  Why should I care?  I don't know.  If I could sneak in when the lights were off - I'd be all for it.

this is what I don't want people thinking I am if I went to the theater alone

9. Favorite online shop?

Amazon... for sure... I only shop there at least once a week.. sometimes up to 3 days a week.   Where else can I get joint medicine for my dog, a good book, camera equipment & underwear at the same place?

Amazon loves me too. I just know it.


10. Anything to add? What else do you do during me-time?

Well duh - me time is also full of reading blogs & checking pictures on Instagram.   That should go without saying.
I love seeing what everyone is up to... call me nosy.  I call it "being invested in others"... sounds much more important of a thing to do.

So I tag the following:

Fairytale & Fitness
Runaway Bridal Planner
The Blonder Side of Life
See you in a porridge

... & anyone else that wants to play along :)

Madlib #NoExcuses Style

I was tagged by the awesome Christy at My Dirt Road Anthem to play along with her Fitapproach to kick off the year

Let's do this fun MadLib... I'll try not to put in dumb words like I used to do for madlibs when I was 12 years old... though my mind does sorta work the same.

• This year I would like to get my weight down, feel healthy, and stretch more often
• It would also be super duper awesome if I also didn't get injured this year.  It's not a resolution, though, just a reminder to myself to try & have the best year yet because I'm sick of hurting (#truth)
• The thing I am looking forward to most this year is doing a race again. (I haven't done a race since April of 2014... not expecting anything more then to cross the finish line & happy about that)
• I'll use the one thing that truly gets me out of bed in the morning which is a dog in my face to help me get up, get to the kitchen for water & lemon & get after my #NoExcuses 2015.
• Speaking of excuses (ahem), my very favorite excuse is I have no time & I have used it to get out of doing anything & everything on more then countless (number) occasions.
• I vow to move my body & to be more healthy this year even if it means that I have to do workouts in my pajamas.
• Even if my alarm clock gets eaten by the dog in the middle of the night, I'll still have to clean up clock poop before I go to work. (See, I told you I'm like a 12 yr old at mad libs)
• I will stop blaming the hubs for eating the rest of the chocolate when everyone knows it was really me.
• My dinosaur are not the reason I make excuses.  I will show my lazy who's boss this year & get my mojo back. (I was clueless for the first word & that was the first one that came to mind... madlibs - right?)
• I know that stretching is better than not stretching.  (I'm a genius)
• I will reward myself by feeling better about the way I look.
• No Excuses 2015 has just begun & already I am imagining myself a winner.  I can't wait to rock shorts (article of clothing) from wherever I can afford.  I can’t wait till my sweaty friends are jealous of how fresh, clean and awesome I am between workouts with help from ShowerPill body wipes. I can see myself rocking downward dog[yoga pose / workout move] in new Perfect Stride Leggings [article of clothing from Actio926] from Actio926 and looking fit and fly while doing it. And of course, I’ll be taking my workouts to the next level and improving my body[noun] with my new ActivMotion Bar to help me train for my next  10K [distance] race with Sasquatch Racing.
• Oh, and let’s not forget how amazing my Rock the Course Leggings [article of clothing] will smell in my / during my P90X [favorite type of workout] after washing with some WIN Detergent. And lastly, I’ll keep rocking my 2015 with clean eats and nutrition from Beaming with Health!

OK... I feel like that part in Annie where Daddy Warbucks says, "Did I just do an  advertisement?"...

It is what it is...

I'll play along...

afterwall, if you tag & tweet 3 friends to take this survey & share how you will have a #NoExcuses2015 you can win prizes.  I'm all about prizes.
Use the #NoExcuses hashtag and post to win prizes from Augusta Active, ShowerPill, ActivMotion Bar, WIN Detergent, Actio926, Beaming with Health, and Sasquatch Racing.

So if you want to play along, feel free...

My writing Process....

So last week I was nominated by the awesome & incredible Lauren over at Lauren's Glass Slipper to get a glimpse behind the scenes of my blog...

Go visit her - she rocks!

this should be interesting... a look behind the curtain...

So this is how this works...

What I must do
- Acknowledge the blogger/blog that invited you to the Tour.
– Answer some questions about your blogging process
– Choose 3 bloggers to plug, give a short bio of the blogs and link to their sites

The Questions

1. What am I working on?

I am currently working on not falling 100% apart.  With injuries spurring up every day, I'm trying to hold it all together.  I was wanting to do my 7th half marathon in the Fall, but yeah... probably not going to happen... so I'm just working on my health.  Kicking my 40's in its butt!  Learning all I can about food & nutrition & what works for me.


2. How does my work differ from others of its type/genre?

I'm not sure.  I know there are some amazing BIG BLOGS that have all the answers & advice.  I'm someone who is constantly asking for advice & answers & then just seeing how it works in my life.  One thing about me, I'm always real... with a touch of wit & humor... I hope

3. Why do I write what I do?

I usually write exactly what is happening in my life.  Recaps on workouts, what frustrates me, the injuries I am having, the struggles I am dealing with, & of course, add in a few confessions for light heartedness, or even honest moments, or recaps on weekends that are just fun to talk about.  It's just life.  It must be written about.

There's more then this provincial life... BAM!  Belle reference!

4. How does  my writing process work?

Wait... there's supposed to be a writing process?

I honestly just pull up my blog & think what's on my mind ... & then type.
Process... completed.

I do love the Friday Five & topics for link ups.  Give me a topic & I can talk/write for days.  Again, process... done!

I am jealous of people who are organized & having a real process, but I think if I did that, I'd overthink & it wouldn't be the real me anymore.  May work for someone else, but just not for me.

... not until I start typing...

My Nominees

Miss Kriss @ Sneakers & Sequins
Ursula @ Northern Ambitions
Katie @ From Ice Cream to Marathon

So do you all still love me after finding out I have no process whatsoever?

hope so!