pre thanksgiving oh hey friday!

here we go…it is the pre thanksgiving oh hey friday. I’m not sure if you are aware but thanksgiving is my most favorite holiday. what a better way to spend my day than playing some turkey bowl, eating mounds of carb and not leaving my house. then comes my second favorite part black friday with my best black friday girls.  stay tuned, the recap of all that goodness will be next friday.

now for this friday…
here are the details.
you write up 5 things, anything! link it up with September Farm and The Farmers Wife and that’s it. 

                                               





1 holiday cash, that is right cash.  over the years from my first real job at my dads company, through my bartender days and up until now even at my current job that i love and am grateful everyday for, i have held some sort of job to provide me additional income.  all for good reasons that fit my need at the time. 

i sold longaberger baskets, not because i had a passion for baskets, but i liked them and the dishes and it fueled my habit of buying baskets to fill my first home i had bought.  i never made a huge income, but it was fun and i met lots of friends that had the same basket fever and that was fun. 

i sold mary kay, not because i had a passion for make up, but i liked the skin care stuff and i had some friends that did too, so i figured what the heck.  i still have a bin of mary kay products in the basement and i am sure i took a loss there.

i don’t sell beach body product, i have a passion for helping people get fit and healthy using beachbody home workout programs and drinking shakeology. i love to see people work to get results and do it on their own.  to hear the results from my challengers thrills me, results like this:

• 2 more inches (17 total), and 10 lbs.  I haven’t been this weight in probably 2 years (or more).  I almost don’t recognize myself (my body profile mostly) in the mirror.  It doesn’t look like me!  But in a good way!  
• I weighed yesterday and I’ve lost 13.2 lbs. I finally measured. 9 inches all together!! 3 inches off my waist alone, Yah Me!!
• Total synergistically DONE and I fit into a pair of pants I couldn’t wear a month ago. Whoop whoop!

message me, i would love to hear your why.

2 speaking of fitness, passion and all the good that comes with it. last night was a bliss filled night at the Q for the 6th Believe in CLE event. that is right, on the hardwood floor of the Q, right in the middle of the key where klove and the rest of the boys, including lebron, come crashing through. 

i had one of the most blissful yoga practices on the floor of the cleveland cavs, over 600 yogis packed in for a vinyasa style flow. it was great, there was energy, comradery and just all around greatness. 

this was my little section of floor!!

the music was pumping and helping you move through your flow as it boomed through the arena. after a long savasana came a beautiful chanting ending with the wine and gold confetti falling from the ceiling.  i was thrilled, just thrilled to be a part of it and to practice on the floor where the energy of the cavs is generated! 

                                                
i just love what my yoga practice has opened my eyes, my mind and my heart up to. all.good.stuff.

3. have i ever introduced you to chewy.

she is our crazy beast dog. she is amazing. she can be ferocious beast, a boys best friend, a snuggly sleeper and a high jumper.  she spends her days sleeping in mae ma’s bed and chasing all delivery vehicles down the street. she is also amazing because she knows all the cars that belong on our street.  if a car goes by that is not one that is usually seen on our street, she will chase it all the way down the length of our yard as it is going down the street, and 9 times out of 10 she beats the car.
                                     

did i mention she is fast? 
and she can jump?

and she doesn’t like boys?
or people that wear hats or hoods? 
i don’t recommend just walking up if you are or have either of the two.  
but what she does do, she watches the kids run and play all day through the yard. she watches them run across the street and back, all of them all day long. she knows where they are at all times and won’t rest until they are all where they are supposed to be. 
chewy is a good good dog, misunderstood by some, but a good dog with unwavering love for our family.