Waited All Day….
to have needles sticking out of my body.
I’m an artist, really 😉
Bahaha.
Every time I have an acupuncture appointment, I look forward to it all day! So peaceful and a lovely hour nap. 🙂
Before my needle-y nap, I had b-fast with my mom and nana at the Delicious Egg,
taught a class
enjoyed a snack
(smoked salmon, goat cream cheese and spinach on brown rice bread)
and made some goodies.
Blonde macaroons
MOCHA roons (!)
Dehydrated veggies
and Amazeballz 🙂
It took 30 minutes to make everything and clean up. Not too shabby.
After that, I ran a couple of errands and to TJ Maxx to look for a new suitcase. My pink one (also from TJ Maxx- they have a great luggage selection and fabulous prices) is on it’s last limb and I’m leaving for a work trip on Friday.
No suitcases today, but I did manage to find a couple of other things 😉
2 dresses (both Max Studio and each $39)
and some jeans for the Pilot (Rock & Republic- $99).
I think they’ll look very nice on him 🙂 I’ve had to pick up some civilian clothes for him because they’re all in the POD. As much as I like the brown flight suit, I think he’ll enjoy having *real* clothes waiting;)
Well I’m back to work!
Enjoy the rest of your afternoon and I’ll see you tomorrow <3
xoxo
Gina
Something to think:
True self-awareness, plus the ability to choose our perceptions of life, the universe and everything, is the basis of free will.
Every situation and scene in front of us has so many possibilities in terms of how we perceive and interpret. If someone is 10% selfish and 90% generous what should we focus on, what should we perceive first within them?
Most of us are now well trained to perceive and focus on the negative, the selfishness in others, and to follow it quickly with accusation and judgment. We forget that what we perceive is what we empower within another and, more importantly what we perceive is what we empower within ourselves in that moment. And what we choose to see is usually what we get.
So …. how important is it that we choose to perceive only the best, the highest, the greatest in another, even if it’s only a half a percent? Bosses and parents – take note!! Don’t forget – your perception is your reality. Your perception is what you project. And what you project is what comes back!
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i made blonde macaroons the other day and now im obsessed!!!!!
ahhhhh the dresses are too cute!! I love TJ maxx! Im hitting it up tomorrow hopefully If I have time , its the best place, you always find sweet deals and I love their home section too ; )
Macaroons look AMAZING! Yummy!
Hope you have a great night and I bet the pilot will love those jeans, I personally love rock and republic jeans ; )
gnite! : ) xo
Ohhhh I love the pink/red dress, so pretty!!
Mocha roons! That sounds amazing!
I love the PINK dress! Awesome.
So glad that your Hubby will be home soon.
Love your dresses- those will look great on 🙂 Perception is a fabulous concept, and I think if we really sat down and realized the amazing people we have in our live and whom we come in contact with daily, we’d be treating everyone a bit nicer, kinder, and softer. Love this idea Gina!!
The Macaroons look great – how do you make them???
whispers: it’s a secret 😉
I LOVE the pink dress Gina! The black one is gorgeous too. Looks like a fantastic shopping trip! And I totally agree with the Something To Think – perception is totally what it’s all about – your world is what we make of it!
Everything looks great (food and clothes)!
I had the same smoked salmon snack as you earlier today, though I mix up some wasabi into the cream cheese — yum!! A little lemon zest on top is a great topper!
YUM! totally going to try that!
I love all the inspirational stuff you put up here! I’m doing the Brian Tracy thing you posted the other day 🙂
awesome- hope you love it!!
I love the pink (red?) dress — I am so ready for it to be warm outside — I can’t wait to wear a dress outside and not freeze!
“And what you project is what comes back!” — which is why I’ve been trying to be more positive at work, about work, at home, about everything! Thank you for posting that.
Love TJ Maxx! Going shopping on Friday (sans kiddos!) and hopefully will be making a pit stop there. Your roons look so good!
Love the retail finds! I recently visited my long distance man and brought a bunch of new clothes that I’ve been collecting for him. Its so gratifying to see him try it on and congratulate myself on a successful shop!I love it when some of the clothes I pick up for him become his favorites!
it’s fun to dress boys, huh? 🙂
I dig the pick one!
It’s a beauty!
I LOVE the dresses! A girl can NEVER have too many dresses!
Wow – I love the last paragraph about perception so much! One of my fave quotes is “you see the world not as it is, but as you ARE.”
So So true!!
TJ Maxx is awesome! I find such great things for home there!
Macaroonsss!!!
& that smoked salmon looks AMAaazing. yumm~!
love those jeans!
Super cute dresses. I’m trying to decide if I like the styles or the price tags the most! 🙂
the dresses look great! 🙂 i can’t believe you made all of that food in only 30 minutes – impressive! and i love the thought at the end of your post. definitely made me think!
Love the dresses! and the artwork 😉 Whenever you mention acupuncture I get more and more curious. Maybe some day I’ll get up enough courage to test it out.
Woo nice choice on the jeans! Love. Think there will be any future promos with Sunwarrior coming up??? Im almost out of mine! I swear I go through that bag so fast sometimes! lol
I just scheduled an acupuncture treatment for this coming Thursday and I can’t WAIT! I realllllllyyyyyy need it! Your food stuffs look so delish!
Gotta love the Maxx!! Just bought a cute purple dress there myself!
Love that pink dress!!
Beautiful artwork and bakework!
I love TJ Maxx, especially their home decor section! Looks like you got some great buys! It’s so much easier shopping for boys, all they need is jeans and tees!
30 minutes!!! Now that is efficiency! Great find with $99 Rock n Republics. They’re my favorite brand of jeans, but I can’t really indulge my craving for them too much with the usual $200 price tag.
I was just at Marshall’s over the weekend and bought new dishes. I love TJ’s and marshalls for great deals! Especially on things like luggage. Nice jeans and dresses score!
“It took 30 minutes to make everything and clean up. Not too shabby.”–yes, but the smell of macaroons wafting thru your house for the next 18 hours is just pure torture 🙂 lol
Have fun on your work trip! And hope your acupuncture sesh was awesome!
pretty dresses!
haha love the drawing 😛
i want a dehydrator so bad 🙁
RR for $99 is pretty good!! I really need to get on top of making the amazeballs!!
Mmmm can you come make me those snacks in Australia? 🙂
Love the “something to think about”. I adore that in every moment we can choose how we respond to things, look a things and view others. Very empowering!
Yum! I need to make amazeballs still but haven’t done it! 🙁 Tomorrow. 🙂
Hahha love the lil drawing, too cute 😉
Mmmmmmmmm you have me craving goat cheese and smoked salmon, yum!
I really need and want to try acupuncture, it’s on my list!!
ahh I LOVE smoked salmon. LOVE LOVE LOVE.
Love the fun clothes…and the snack with goat cheese and salmon looks amazing.
dig the dresses!
don’t pick up too many clothes for the pilot…encourage nudity instead 🙂
oh, don’t you fret 😉
what’s the appeal of dehydrated veggies??
I don’t know, I feel like my husband would still be wearing his flight suit everyday if he could (he said it’s like wearing PJs to work). When we got married, he literally had one pair of jeans and like 4 shirts. One of my first missions was to get him some real clothes, especially after he got injured and was medically retired. It wasn’t just his clothes either, the boy only had 3 plates too…thank goodness for wedding registries!
I never would have thought of getting stuck with needles as relaxing, but if you can fall asleep, I guess it must be!
I saw your post on Twitter and was hoping that you’d show us the new dresses. I love them! You just inspired me to visit Marshalls or TJs at lunch… 🙂
Surprised they had R&R jeans at Tj Maxx… Definitely never seen that before.
So – do you simply eat your dehydrated veggies as veggie “chips”? Or do you do anything else with them. I bet the beets are great for dehydrating – do you have to let them sit out on a paper towel at all to drain a little? Do you season them? Sea salt or anything else? Thanks for the info. Nice that you can buy your Pilot clothes – does his weight ever shift when he’s gone? Due to stress/diet etc? Have a wonderful day.
Mo
yes, i eat them plain and dehydrate with a little sea salt. so good!
his weight definitely shifts- sometimes he comes home and could wear my jeans, other times he comes back like a chiseled greek god 🙂
I love TJ Maxx for luggage! Suitcases can be soooo expensive and I’d way prefer to spend money on other things! I like that TJ has some good quality pieces for a fraction of that you’d pay in a dept store.
exactly! i hate spending a lot of money on luggage… would much rather spend it on my trip 🙂
buying clothes for the pilot must mean he’s coming home soon — WOOOOOOOOOO!! 🙂
yes, sooner rather than later 🙂
Do you blanch the veggies before dehydrating or do they go straight from raw??? How long in the dehydrator?
I know you are ready for the pilot to come home. Hang in there.
straight from raw- they take 24-36 hours
thank you <3
I love that it’s time for you to start buying clothes for your hubby… sounds like he’ll be home in no time! 😀
how is accupunture? i made an appointment because i have been having stomach/sleep problems, and no traditional dr. has helped. she seems awesome, and does accupunture on front & back .. kinda unsure of it! she does a holistic evaluation to see if any daily habits effect your body etc. really excited but nervous too!!
don’t be nervous! i’m the biggest needle phobe in the world and i LOVE it. i look forward to my appointment all week!! just go with an open mind and heart- you’ll be fine