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Lets Chat Breaking Dawn, Shall We?

Posted on 30. Jul, 2010 by kris.

Happy Friday!!!

How are you doing on this day before the weekend?

I appreciate all of your comments on my Ghetto Greens post yesterday!  I love hearing all your blender stories.  Too funny!

I am on a mission for a Vita and the beautiful Jessica from DairyFreeBetty.com recommended me to a good site that seems to have a good price for this Bentley of a Blender.  Thank you Jess!  If you are interested in the site she forwarded to me, just let me know.

Has anyone ever heard of The HealthMaster blender?  My nana watches The Shopping Channel and told me all about it.  I googled it and it seems very similar to the Vita, but a bit less speed.  It is however, less than half the price of the Bentley Blender (Vita).  Thoughts??

Moving along…

Ya, I am going to get all Twilight on you here for a second or two.

Who has read Breaking Dawn?  I feel I will need you to call me later and hold me.

I need to hear other people’s opinion on this book!  I am about half way into it and I am feeling my love for the whole Eddie and Bells relationship to  be LEAVING me!  I thought this day would never come.

Now that they are hitched and with a steel bun in the oven the mystery and the suspense on if he is going to kiss the girl is gone.  Sigh…..that is what I think I loved so much.

Did anyone else feel this way while reading Breaking Dawn?

I am no where near finished yet, so it could get better and get my love tank full again, right?  Please tell me “Yes”.

A quick update on my medi sesh’s.  They are going as smooth as smooth can me.  I do get a little freaked out when I can feel someone staring at me and I open my eyes to a long brown dog  He just stares!

I am able to get my thoughts to stop from swirling around, but this isn’t for long.  They will start popping back in again and this will probably happen for another week or so.

The key is to really focus on the in and out of your breath.  This will bring you into that calmness and let your mind relax.  Ahhhh so nice…..

Yesterday was an amazing appointment with the Life Coach and I left there feeling like a million smackers!  I have made huge leaps when it has come to my voice and knowing what I really want.  I have this beautiful new acceptance for myself and I love watching it grow.

Learning to step back and observe yourself if a strange, but super interesting thing!

Ok, so I think I made a new fave dressing!

I wasn’t really feeling the apple cider vinegar yesterday, so I decided to use fresh lemon juice instead for my salad dressing.

Yes, if you follow me on Twitter this is the salad dressing that Hudson seemed to love so much

Full Of Flavour Dressing:

1 tbsp olive oil
2 tbsp fresh lemon juice
1 tsp cumin powder
sea salt and pepper to taste

Mix it all up in a bowl and drizzle it over your greens!  So simple and so freaking good!

Well it is cookie baking time, and time to get some work done.  I shall also clean…..party on and hopefully enjoy some S’bucks in there somewhere!

Have you ever heard of The HealthMaster blender?  What kind of Blender do you use?  Please tell me how you feel about Breaking Dawn!

To Your Glam Life,

xxoo

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Ghetto With My Greens!

Posted on 29. Jul, 2010 by kris.

Happy Thursday!

One day closer, how does it feel??

This morning I figured I would show you all my ghetto side. We seem to go through blenders like toilet paper around here. Seriously, we purchase, we use a few times, we bust it.

I am not sure if it is because we blend so often? Or because we load it full of stuff? Whatever is happening it is super annoying. So we are purchasing a Vita soon. Whats the point in purchasing 5 “Ok” blenders over a year when you could just buy one killer one?

I wanted to share with you the one thing that has stayed strong over the last 2 years. The one thing that has NEVER let me down.

Meet my $8 Hand Blender “Smoothie Time” we like to call him

Seriously thing has never broken, failed or sputtered. It is the best $8 bucks I have ever spent and it is was fuels us on these broken blender mornings.

This is how you roll with making the best Ghetto Greens:

1. I make mine in a large glass. The glass needs to be big enough to get “Smoothie Time” into it to mash everything up.

2. Ryan’s gets made in “Old Plastic Bowl” because he gets double the Smoothie He also gets more stuff in is (Almond Butter, more banana’s, etc)

3. Place all your ingredients (vega, fruit, milk, greens, chia seeds, etc) in the glass or bowl, pour in you milk, add the greens, and start blending! Moving the hand blender up and down trying to get each leaf of spinach. Fun Times!

4. I give the little wand a nice wash after and tuck him away for the day.

LOL, who knew Ghetto Greens could be so much fun?!  It is pretty annoying actually

Most people would just opt for possible oatmeal or pancakes for mornings where their blender bites the bun, but not us. We can’t stay away from our morning smoothies.

A morning without a smoothie is not a morning at all!

Today’s Agenda:

Blogging stuff and online work

Life Coach Appointment

Dinner (Thank goodness for left overs!)

Meeting

Read Breaking Dawn

I guess I should do some laundry in there sometime too…..hmmmm

What do you do if you blender stops working on you?  Have you ever hand blended it?

Who has a Vita Mix affiliate link??

To Your Glam Life,

xxoo

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Day 2: Meditation Sessions, Cookies and Crush It Review!

Posted on 28. Jul, 2010 by kris.

Heyyyyy!

Happy mid-week!  I hope your week is going along smoothly??

Mine has been a busy one.

Yesterday Michelle and I had a meeting with the owner of www.grooster.com for some tips and possible future work with her and opendaily.ca

We have been working our little tooskah’s off getting the site perfect for the official launch!  Tis going along smoothly

I also wanted to give my quick review of this audio book I have been listening to:

Crush It: Why Now Is The Time To Cash In On Your Passion

I tend to learn better when books like these are in an audio version.  I usually play them on the mac when I am working so I listen to them over and over again.

This book is awesome if you are looking for a way to follow your passion and make some dolla’s!  The author Gary Vaynerchuk explains how you can make money off of ANY passion of yours online.  ie. fishing and worms

Or just think – Perez Hilton.  Loves celeb gossip and has made a killing for himself and has a huge online following.

Anyways….if  you are interested in starting online doing what you love, this book is totally worth the buy!

If you have any questions for me on this topic, just let me know in the “Contact Kris” section!  I love learning and helping with this stuff

Moving along….

This morning I rocked my medi sesh.  Honestly it was pretty good and the monkeys were tame, but I had a lot of anger rolling around in there.  I could really feel it in my chest today and I am not sure why or what it is directed too.

I do know that after breakfast I am going to work on removing this anger through one of the Forgiveness Meditations that the book (Add More ~ing To Your Life) walks you through.  Fingers are crossed that this will work

On a side note, I have been very good with my thoughts lately keeping them right on track with my manifesting!  Hahaha, this sounds so strange….

You have to Eat Glam to Be Glam!

Last night’s dinner was amazing left over Sweet Potato Salad and a mondo Green Salad with cucumbers, carrots, avocado and broccoli!  Loved this meal and what I had to read with it

I also may have had a cookie or two…..

I used a simple chocolate chip recipe following this one, just omitted the cocoa and added in some cinnamon.  I also used all buckwheat flour.

I found the fluffiest buckwheat flour ever if you are looking for some.

You have to use the Anita’s Organic brand!!  This will make your cookies SING!

Have a fab day!  I am off to the beach to walk the dog and pick up some groceries  The beach deserves a “:)” and the groceries deserves a “:|”

What is your Favourite brand of flour or grain to bake with?  How often do you bake?  Do you read often?

To Your Glam Life,

xxoo

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Tick Tock, Please Watch The Clock For A Date To Shop With Me

Posted on 27. Jul, 2010 by kris.

Heyyyyy!!

How is your day going??

You can probably tell I am super excited this morning!  My morning medi was fabulous (I will tell you all about this) and I am so excited because something fab is coming to the iHeartWellness Community and I am finally allowed to share it all with you!

I decided instead of me rambling, I would rap for you  Pretend I am in front of you bustin’ out a rhyme or two.

Give me a beat!

The last few weeks have been a challenge;

I have been keeping you in suspense,
It pained me, but I had to *my hands up* in my defence!

The countdown clock has landed;
I can stop hiding like an armed bandit.

The secret is out,
I know you will love it without a doubt.

My beautiful readers;
You know me to be full of inspiration, health and hopefully good taste.
The exciting news is I have a way for you to purchase in a very safe place!

I heart wellness now has a shop where you can purchase the products I love, use and admire.
Please take a look around when the shop launches (Aug 10th!) and let me know if there is anything you desire!

Okay, my free styling is over….I promise

I decided when I first started iHeartwellness.com that I wanted to be not only a place for people to come know me and hang out, but a place where people can find amazing products to help them throughout their day.

I have partnered up with Open Sky as a way for me to ensure you are getting access to the products I love and recommend and in a professional, timely manner.  The i Heart Wellness Shop officially launches on August 10th!

Open Sky has been freakin’ amazing to deal with and I look forward to a long relationship!

If you have any questions about my shop, or want more info on how to get involved with Open Sky, please let me know!

I hope you have a wonderful time shopping!

Wooot!!  My morning meditation took me to a higher level! I was nervous because  yesterday’s monkey mind session was a little disturbing and I just wanted to reach a level of calmness.  Well, I finally did.  It may have only have been for a total of 5 minutes that I was “out” or “connected” but it felt like bliss.  Nothing was rollin through this noggin, it was just calm.

When was the last time I felt calmness?  Hmmmmm maybe when I fell asleep on the beaches of Hawaii a couple years ago

I really focuses on my breath this morning and thanked my thoughts as they came in and politely asked them to leave

Sweet Summer Night!  I made some killer Sweet Potato Salad last night!

Summer Sweet Potato Salad:

3 medium sweet potatoes
1/2 cup olive oil
2 tbsp dijon mustard
1 tbsp apple cider vinegar
1/2 tsp sea salt
pepper to taste
1 bunch fresh basil

Directions:

Cut sweet potatoes into 1 inch pieces.  Add to a pot and boil for 15 minutes.

Remove the potatoes from the pot and let cool.

Mix the dressing ingredients in a separate bowl and add to potatoes when room temperature.

Serve at room temp.

Divine!!

I served this with some sauteed kale, broccoli, and zucchini in coconut oil and spices!  What a wonderful dinner

Off to the gym!  Have a great day!

What is your favourite way to eat Sweet Potatoes?  Do you prefer sweet potato over white potato?  Have you worked with OpenSky or Interested with working with OpenSky?

To Your Glam Life,

xxoo

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Day 1: Beginning Of My Meditation and Dealing With Grumps!

Posted on 26. Jul, 2010 by kris.

Hey!!!

Happy Monday  Hope you in-joyed  your weekend!

Thank you for all the wonderful comments and suggestions on the Flat Tummy Drink!  I am sippin’ some of it now.

This morning I omitted the cucumber just because I didn’t have any left and I think I like it better.

Over the weekend I spent a lot of time reflecting on myself, my life, my action, the blog and what level I will take everything to.  This meant I spent a lot of time at the beach (my comfort place) thinking and outlining.

Of course I am happy with most areas of my life, but I believe I have a lot of improving and changing to do.  I am still on my way of me finding that connection that I can feel with myself and others without judging and thinking too hard about it.  I am not even sure if that makes sense or not?  ;)

I decided that starting today I am on a 30 day mindset overhaul! I feel internally that I have some “glaming” up to do and I was so excited to wake up this morning to get it on!  I am totally open with myself on the blog and what I share, you I hope you can help me or learn from my next 30 days!

Meditation was first on my list. It has been a while since I actually had a meditation schedule and really followed it.  I used to meditate before hitting the sack, but felt that I probably was sleeping more than I was actually calming the mind.

For the next 30 days I will be meditating first thing in the a.m. for at least 15 minutes.  This will allow me to get my mind right for the day, clear my clutter, and be close to my inner glam.  WOOT WOOT

I have also been really focused on my feelings these last few days.  Being aware of how your body feels is so important and helpful for all areas of your life.

For me to really feel my inner glam I had to make sure the outer glam was matching as well. I guess from the night before eating foods I wasn’t used too I felt heavy and not as pure.  It was amazing that I was able to feel this and know that I had to increase my water and green foods to bring myself back to a feeling of balance inside.

I was also Tested yesterday and reminded it is also important to be aware of how others make you feel and learn to either let it roll off of you if someone put you in a funky mood or embrace it if they raised you up to super high vibes!

While walking the sea wall yesterday with Ryan and Hudson we had stopped at 3 little boys having a lemonade stand.  I thought how cute of these little entrepreneurs workin it!  I was flipping through my wallet to get some cash for them as this grumpy old dude stopped us and said “Did you read the sign back there?”  ”No sir, we didn’t”

He insisted that he pull us over there to show us that NO DOGS were allowed on this part of the sea wall.  I was fuming inside that A.-He ruined my moment with me feeling good helping these 3 little boys and B. -That he had the nerve to be all up in my biz.  I felt that he could have been nicer about it and that why did it really matter to him anyways?

So I stopped took some deep breaths and realized I can’t change what just happened, he can’t change my mood and decided to forgive him and let it go.

In the Add More ~ing To Your Life book it says to stop and allow yourself to feel for 90 seconds after you are in a situation.

I could really feel my mood change after the elderly man issue and I had to fight to allow myself to not be bothered with it. This will get better over the next 30 days  I am happy about that!

It is mucho important to keep yourself eating properly to feel good.  The food you eat is huge for your energy and your overall vibing!

If you are eating whole nutritious foods that are “high vibers” you will get that back as well.

Yesterday’s Get Me Out Of The Dumps Food:

Bowl of Fresh Fruit: 1/2 and apple, 1/2 a grapefruit, and 1 plum

1 large Green Smoothie with Vanilla Chai Vega, 1/2 frozen banana, spinach, chia seeds and hemp milk

2 Vegan Dreamy Decadent Cookies

1 decaf americano (what can I say…it was Sunday )

A LOT of water and 1 litre Lemon Water (For bringing my bod back to alkaline)

Cucumber and Carrot slices

A Whole Food Vibrancy Vega Bar (I was eating anything green!)

A mondo salad with Asian Portobellos, bok choy and fresh peas.

Another cookie……

A plum and another spinach salad

Of course I needed to have a good stress reliever workout in the afternoon as well and rocked out P90X Kenpo along with 15 minutes on the ‘mill while listening to  Dynamite by Taio Cruz

Felt like heaven!

I am happy to report today I am back to myself and enjoyed my morning medi and feeling exercise

Today’s Agenda:

-Blog for Opendaily.ca and finish up the Official Launch Email

-Gym

-Work Stuff / Social Media

-Wash the Hair

-Read some of BREAKING DAWN!  YESSS I found it!  I was on a major hunt these last few days  I feel whole again.

Come’on Give Your Best Stress Buster Tips!  Do you Meditate?  If so, with music or without?  Do you stop and support little kids and their sidewalk stores??  I just love it!

To Your Glam Life,

xxoo

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The Flat Tummy Drink

Posted on 25. Jul, 2010 by kris.

Hey, Hey, Haaaayyyyy!!

Happy Sunday!

How has your weekend been going?  Mine has been going wonderfully well.

Last night was our dinner with date with our new friends Kate and her husband Sukhi.  We went to a local Indian Restaurant ate our faces off and chatted the night away!  The four of us have so much in common and before we knew it we were closing the restaurant down.

Can you believe I didn’t even take pics of my meal?  Great food blogger I am

Ryan and I shared the Channa Massala with mild spice {I ate most of this dish} and an Aloo Gobhi with extra hot spice {Ryan ate all of this one.  Because he is half Japanese he likes things “wasabi” hot} and a side of fancy rice.

I also splurged on a wonderful glass of BC white and enjoyed every sip until a bug flew into it.

If you knew me, you would know that I always get bugs in my wine.  I think it is because I am always thinking that I am going to get that bug in my wine now.  See, what you think about, you bring about.  If you watched my Video Vision Board training video {newsletter subscribers only - So sign up now to receive it!} you would know all about this

Before our wonderful evening out, I was busy at home.  I did some laundry, wrote out my week ahead, worked out, and made a batch of Flat Tummy Drink.

What is this Flat Tummy Drink you ask?

I was visiting with Ryan’s mom the other day and she showed me a new cookbook she purchased “Flat Belly Diet!” and told me about this drink that helps you get your flat belly!

The ingredients in this drink are alkaline, promote “movement” in the body and hydration.

The key to weight loss is to remove those toxins that live in the belly, cellulite, and areas of the body.  Being properly hydrated and urinating {sexy, I know} frequently will speed up the fat removal from the body.

I was super excited to get on this drink and while grocery shopping I picked up the ingredients and whipped some up yesterday.  Tastes like heaven and weight loss

Flat Tummy Drink:

2 organic lemons
1/2 organic cucumber
1 tbsp grated fresh ginger
1 bunch chopped fresh mint leaves
6 cups – 8 cups filtered water

Directions:

Wash the lemons, cucumbers and mint leaves well {they will be sitting in your drinking water}

Grate the ginger and a quarter of the cucumber.  Slice the remaining quarter of the cucumber.

Squeeze 1 and a half lemons into a large water jug, slice the other half of the lemon and add the slices to the jug along with the remaining ingredients.

Let the jug full of goodness sit in the fridge for a bit to get the full flavour.  Sip on this refreshing bevy throughout the day!

You will love the taste and how refreshing this is!

Ginger is extremely good for your digestion and is wonderful for gentle detoxifying

Well I am off t walk the poochy poo around the sea wall!  Enjoy your day!

Do you enjoy fruit in your water?  How much water do you think you drink a day?  Do you have any “flat tummy secrets” you can share?

To Your Glam Life,

xxoo

Kris

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Cheesy Corn That Pops

Posted on 24. Jul, 2010 by kris.

Happy Saturday Everyone!

How are you?

Ugh, I am sorry for missing my post yesterday.  I had this video all prepared to show you on my Twilight Creeping (I googled and found the Cullen’s house here in Vancouver! Michelle and I found the house ) and I can’t convert the video to work on my mac  I will keep at it and see if I can post it!

Besides that, I have been enjoying the sun!  Michelle and I went to West Vancouver for another Whole Foodies lunch and blogging at S’Bucks.

OH!  I finally got to the grocery store to get the Vega Health Optimizer (for $11 cheaper than WH’s) so I can breath again.  I had to go 2 breakfast’s without it.  I never thought I could do it, but I did  And I survived…..sort of.

Last night was a wonderful night in watching a movie and eating snacks  We watched “She’s Out Of My League” and it was freaking hilarious.  They do claim that this was supposed to be just as funny as The Hangover, not even close. Is there any movie funnier than the Hangover?! NO WAY!

But there were a few scenes in Shes Out Of My League that had me crying.  Ummm like the bathroom scene – with the razor.  Enough said folks!

Our snacks consisted of:

Cheesy Popcorn:

Drizzle of coconut oil with nutritional yeast (thanks for the idea here Averie)

and

Chocolate covered Goji’s that I scored at WH’s!

With some tea for sipping

Hudson always seems to curl up nicely between Ryan and I when we are watching movies.  A big happy family!

Tonight is a very special night!  Ryan and I are meeting up with Kate (ConsciousDivas.com) and her husband for some Indian food!  Kate and I instantly hit it off the last time we met up and can’t wait for our dinner

I am off to make a healthy beverage concoction that I can’t wait to share!  Until tomorrow my friends

What has been your Favourite snack item so far this weekend?  Do you indulge on the weekends?  Anyone out there do video editing on mac’s???

To Your Glam Life,

xxoo

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Feeling The Love and Sharing The Love

Posted on 22. Jul, 2010 by kris.

Heyyyyyyy!!!

Happy Thursday!  How is your day going?

I seem to be better now.  Honestly I was having a struggle getting my rear in gear this morning with work and online stuff.  I found myself “keeping busy” in other areas around the house avoiding my office!

So I scrubbed the bathroom, cleaned the kitchen and vacuumed the casa  I am finally now, sitting enjoying a protein salad and getting my blog on!

Protein Salad Giant for Lunch:

Raw Organic Kale (more protein than cooked chicken boobs!), 1 carrot, 1 celery, handful of sprouts, and 1/4 avocado.

Dressing:

1 tbsp evoo
1 1/2 tsp apple cider vinegar
1/2 tsp hot dijon mustard

Mix well and drizzle!

This salad is making me feel better as I relax and eat it

Feeling The Love!

Thank you Laury @ TheFitnessDish.com for being so kind and nominating me for The Versatile Blogger Award!  I feel the love <3

There are some Rules and Guidelines for this Award:

1. Thank the beautiful person who presented you with this award

2. Tell 7 things about yourself

3. Pass the award on to 10 bloggers who you have recently discovered, and think are fantastic!

Here we go, 7 things about ME!

1. I believe 100% in the Law of Attraction

2. I google Robert Pattinson at least once a day now for any new gossip that is out there.  (omg, I am such a creep! Dang Twilight books!)

3. I started my own business 1 year ago now and work full time from home.

4. I have to keep reminders all over my office to pay my flipping cell phone bill.  This is one bill I always forget!

5. I sometimes miss eating french fries…..shhhhhh

6. I rarely shop online, unless it is for a Forever 21 order.  I love the in person hunt!

7. I am 5 foot 9 and 3/4’s and I wish I had the guts to rock 4 inch heels.  UGH!  How do models do it??

I am passing this award along to 10 of my gorg blogger friends!

SoleInTheCity.ca

SnackingSquirrel.com

Wheres The Beach

Spa Bettie

Love Veggies And Yoga

Dairy Free Betty

Girl On Raw

High On Health

A Chocolate Covered To Do List

One Fit Foodie

Of course there are MANY more of you that I want to present this award with, so Please join in!

Sharing The Love!

As you all know I am a HUGE lover of Gabrielle Bernstein  I have been reading and studying her newest book “Add More ~ing To Your Life“ love, love, LOVE it!

I read a lot of personal development, motivational and self help books and I have really resonated well with this one.

Tuesday was a rough day and there was some tension rolling around in my life.  Wednesday morning when I woke up I got my tea, my book and sat outside on the patio.  The chapter I was starting was on Negative thinking and a bit to do with Forgiveness.  I reread this chapter 3 times soaking in everything it was saying.  I really needed that on the other morning.

One quote that really shot out to me was “Worry is a prayer for chaos.  When your mind is stuck in a pattern of chaos, this is all you’ll experience.”  Do you believe that worrying brings on more negative things in your life?

I always knew if you were thinking dis-empowering thoughts, anger, fears, you would get it all back.  Worry is such a strong emotion that I think we all have.

If we are in a constant state of worry (not eating right, work, finances, relationships) we will just get this recycled back to us.

How do you Stop This Negative Thinking or Worry Thinking?

These negative thoughts and worries are all Ego driven.  Remember that

It is said in the book to wear an elastic band on your wrist.  Be aware on when you have a negative thought, limiting belief, or “worry” and snap the elastic band.  This is not meant as a way to abuse yourself, but it is away for you to stay constantly aware of what you are thinking about.

When you have a negative thought or limiting belief or crazy worry.  Think about it, snap your elastic and be with the feeling for 90 seconds.

Carry a little journal with you wherever you go (I do this all the time!) and write out how your ego is stopping you.  Gabrielle suggests writing out “I block myself when I listen to my ego say ______________”

“I block myself when I listen to my ego say I am not good enough to be a successful blogger”

What I will do after I write out my bad ego lingo is I write out an affirming sentence right next to it.  ”I provide amazing value to my readers and AM a successful blogger”

See how I use the “AM” in that new affirmation? I am  always affirming as if this is happening now.  This will really boost the subconscious to believe what you are affirming to be true. This brings your new way of thinking to you very quickly!

Gabrielle also goes onto guiding you through a climbing process which represents you climbing above your ego and getting above your negative thoughts.  Stand at the bottom of a ladder, a rock climbing wall or even your stair master.  Go over in your head your limiting belief or negative self talk and decide to move on from that belief.  Get climbing!  When you climb you reach past your ego, the nasty words that you are thinking, feeling and saying to yourself.

Do this for 30 days and see if your thoughts, self talk and beliefs change :)

She has an amazing guided meditation on itunes where she walks you through releasing.  I have tried a few and loved them all

A little more light hearted:

We went to the beach yesterday and Hudson loves Digging for his ball in the sand……he apparently also loves eating it!

Love you Hudsy!

How do you deal with Worry?  Do you have a routine that you do to stop negative thoughts?  Do you believe you hold yourself back with your thoughts and beliefs?  I know I did until I became aware of what I was really thinking about!

To Your Glam Life,

xxoo

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Drumroll Please……ddrrrrrrrrr – Strap Perfect Winner!

Posted on 22. Jul, 2010 by kris.

Hey Everyone!

I am sorry for the late post today.  I have had my mind all over the place today and finally now have the time to sit down share the winner of the Strap Perfect Give Away!!

Who is the lucky reader who gets these?

Well actually a box of them.  There are a total of 6 Perfect Straps in the box!

Ok, so I do my draws old school. Why?  Because I love it!  I love writing the names out, finding a basket and handpicking the lucky winner!

NAOMI @ OneFitFoodie.com! Congrats Doll!!  Please send me your information at iheartwellness@gmail.com

I will get the box of “oomph” out to you shortly!

My sad Vega Story…..

I am flat out of vega.  I didn’t realize how much I rely on all of these product throughout my day and when I go to get a scoop, I can’t.

I was at Whole Foods today and stopped at the Vega section to pick my choices and WOW – The tubs at WF’s is $11 MORE than what I normally pay at my local grocery store!

So now I am out of vega, not sure when I will get to my local store to pick it up for cheaper and might miss having it for my breakfast tomorrow!

Am I being crazy over $11 dollars? Would you have purchased it for more money if you knew you needed it the next day?    UGH.  Maybe I am just being too “set in my ways” with my breakfast.  I feel I need this for my morning

Tonight is the Celebration of Light here in Vancouver!  These fireworks run for 2 weeks on Wednesday and Saturday nights.  They are amazing!  Ryan and I usually head up the mountain that over looks where the barge is set up and bring our snacks  We stay away from the mobs of people that will flood around English Bay as it stresses me out!

You can read more on the Celebration Of Light here at OpenDaily.ca

Does your City have summer festivities like the Celebration of Light?  Do you eat the same thing for breakfast everyday?  Do you freak out if you run out of a major food item in your day?

To Your Glam Life,

xxoo

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Goodies in the Mail and Calming Your Environment Down

Posted on 20. Jul, 2010 by kris.

Happy Tuesday!!!

How are you today?  Fabulous I hope?

I finally realized  yesterday that the summertime nights are slowing down.  Normally when we sit on the patio eating dinner at 6:50 ish the sun is still fully on my face, but not this week  It was way far away from me already!  Ugh….I cry when fall hits usually.

We hit the road and get out of dodge at the end of September into the beginning of October to sunny warm places so I can have sun for a bit longer.   Then when I get back I cry

I received some super exciting things in the mail the other day!  If you know me, I am a sucker for free things, mail, stationary and when I get a new beauty product I must use it right away! So this package in the mail was almost all of the above, except the stationary….but that’s ok……

On the way downstairs to the gym I decided to check the mail and much to my surprise there was a large package sitting there for me!!  I totally had forgotten I had signed up for free samples of P&G products online through Brand Sampler and they came.

**Note, I believe this round of Free Samples from are closed, but you can sign up to get notified when more are available!  Register Here.

What did we get??

Some pit stick for Ryan, We each got razors, a Magic Eraser (LOVE) and some Shampoo & Conditioner.

The only items will not use will be the shampoo and conditioner as I tend to keep my shampoos a little more natural.  I find for me, my hair reacts better with less chemicals….this is probably because of the high over processing I did to it growing  up…..like say a perm on my 16th birthday. But we are totally not getting into that today

Yesterday when out and about I found some amazing candles on sale at the Super Store.  I decided that I really needed to bring some candles into my office space here at home for the days that I am feeling stressed or overwhelmed I can just light up my jasmine-mint and feel better!

Candles in the home bring such a calming to your environment.  I have a rose quartz that is made into a candle holder that we will burn immediately after someone “toxic” or someone with bad vibes leaves our home.  We need to bring the positive energy back into this place A-sap or I get all annoyed  Rose Quartz is really great for emotions, loving yourself and dealing with grief.

I can remember the last place we lived in we could feel some serious funky energy rolling through there so we had to google what needed to be done to rectify the situation.  We ended up stocking up on sage and different “grass things” to light and follow through with a “smudging” process.  I got home one day from being out and Ryan had “grassed” the place and the whole house smelled like stale weed! It was gross.

So we now stick with the candles as they give off a better smell

Daily Inspiration:

If someone is getting on your nerves or you don’t like how you feel around them, don’t fight, just realize that this is who they and how your energy feels around them and remove yourself from the situation.  This is one I use often

Do you have candles in your office??  Or places in the house where stress could be held?  Have you ever burnt sage to get rid of bad energy?  How about after certain people leave your house, do you notice the change in energy?

To Your Glam Life,

xxoo

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