July 22, 2012

1. Waking Up with Lemon Water

I read this article yesterday that discusses the positive effects of drinking warm water with the juice of half a lemon squeezed into it each morning. Since I'm always looking for ways to make my mornings less tortuous (I hate getting up in the morning), as well as tricks for drinking more water, it resonated with me. I did it this morning and it actually tasted good. A much cleaner feeling than the sweet, creaminess of coffee first thing in the morning. When I was done, I had a big mug of sweet, creamy coffee :-/

2. Healthified Sunday Morning Breakfast

Big Tex (my husband) makes the best blueberry pancakes and I have a total weakness for them (like I do with almost all sweets and baked goods!). So when he told me he was making pancakes this morning, I came thisclose to just throwing in the towel (on my healthy lifestyle journey that I re-start every morning because usually I break it at some point each day ;-)). But, today, I overcame the urge! Since it was Sunday morning and I love our Sunday morning breakfasts together, I decided to compromise. I had one blueberry pancake (whole wheat, thank you very much) with syrup and no butter. I also had a hard-boiled egg, an apricot, and a homemade pumpkin smoothie. Fruits, vegetables (is pumpkin a vegetable?), fiber, whole grains, and protein. YES. 

3. Laundry Room Progress

On my other blog, Widgapae, I've been documenting the Great Kitchen/Laundry Room Makeover of 2012 that is taking place in my house right now. Today, Big Tex and I made some serious progress in the laundry room. We finished installing about half of the paneling on the walls and it's looking great!

4. New Recipes

Today, I made two dishes that I have looooved for a long time, but have never made myself: moussaka and tzatziki. The moussaka recipe came from Rachael Ray, while the tzatziki came from AllRecipes. They came out awesome, and it was a good feeling!


5. I Made This Blog!
I've been thinking about creating this blog for a while now, and decided to just get on it today. Sometimes I get lazy and overwhelmed about trying to eat right, work out, read good books, be nice to everyone, wake up early, drink lots of water, do all my DIY projects...all the stuff that I want to do. So I thought keeping this log might help me make it fun and would give me a daily, tangible goal to associate with my larger, existential goal. You know, perfection :-)


It's a pretty huge goal to try to write on the blog every day, so I may not be able to expound on each of my Five Good Things each day, but I'll at least try to jot off a list!