Just For Fun

On Today's Menu:

Me: Smoothie for breakfast, Salad with chicken, beets and goat cheese for lunch, bbq chicken with cole slaw and zucchini for dinner.

Kids: smoothie for breakfast, provolone grilled cheese for lunch, same dinner as me. Cheerios (gluten free) and bananas for a snack.

Wellness Tip of the Week:

Do one thing each day to recharge your tank, whatever that might be.

I used to think that because the kids stress me out that I needed to de-stress by taking a bath, or meditating or having quiet time. Now that I know myself a little better (see previous post) I realize why that rarely worked for me. I recharge by doing something FUN! I've been dancing more and venturing outside of Lowell (with kids in tow) with zero agenda and just kind of end up somewhere doing something and loving the spontaneity of it all. 

Beauty Tip of the Week:

Make your own facial toner!

I had been paying $40 for a natural facial toner from a local company. It really is amazing but after looking at the ingredients I realized I could make the exact same thing at home. You want to know what the ingredients were? Water, organic ACV (apple cider vinegar), and lemongrass oil. Come on people. I started making my own and for awhile just used water and ACV with a little lavender oil, but this is the recipe I use now. You can get aloe vera juice at the health food store. The brand I get is called Lily of the Desert and I get the inner fillet, not whole leaf. 

If you don't use a toner, you should try it. It helps even out your skin and primes it for moisturizer. My skin feels so much better since using it!

Book I'm Reading:

7 Habits of Highly Effective People

If you haven't ever read it I highly recommend! I read it all the way through about once every five years, and it always hits me differently and is always life changing in some way.

Podcasts I'm Loving:

The Doctor's Farmacy

The Goal Digger Podcast

Mosaic Podcast

Quote I'm Loving:

"Breathe it all in, love it all out." -Mary Oliver

Just for Joy:

I have a chalkboard menu board in my kitchen that I'm using to write down one thing I'll do each day simply for pleasure. Today's is "take meyers-briggs test and watch a cozy movie". Ok that's two things. ;) And the simple act of intentionally planning it and writing it on my board is perhaps my favorite part about it. 

Have a great Thursday!

Lindsay