How to glow

Today I needed a rest. I felt the direct opposite of this picture.

Ineeded; a rest from working out. A rest from eating junk. A rest from planning, thinking and churning out thoughts from my mind. A rest from my negative self talk. This afternoon I took a rest, and good things happened. I organised all my paperwork and calendar for the upcoming month. I listened to a podcast by Jillian Michaels and learned about GMOs. I cooked dinner from scratch, including a healthy dessert. I planned every meal for this week. I bagged up 10 portions of almonds so I have a healthy snack for on-the-go moments. I downloaded yoga podcasts. I let miss poppy out to stretch her legs. I spent a bit of me-time.

I let my mind and body calm down from the stress of eating bad things and good things happened. I was productive, and I made progress. I know that nutrition is 80% of the battle. I can workout consistently and I enjoy it - but I burn out very, very quickly if I am not fuelling my body well.

How do I expect my body to get through 5 workouts a week on 2 cups of water a day, lots and lots of sugar and very few nutrients? No wonder I feel tired! I am going to focus on eating an unprocessed diet. Nothing major, just those little baby steps towards eating clean. More things from the ground, less from packets.

Off to make a healthy lunch and get some beauty sleep in. Maybe I'll wake up with as much glow as goldie.....
Speaking of glowing.... I heart this blog.


http://ohsheglows.com/about/

Sunday issues

I don't think I am the only person that does this. Sometime on a Sunday, this feeling starts circling me, looming and lurking in the shadows until it hits. Did I do enough with my week? Could I have worked out more? Argh I made bad food choices.... Oh crap, I've still got to hoover/clean my entire house/do 10 loads of washing/organise myself/make a food plan/figure out what career I should be doing/know who I amany variation of the above.

Today I read this article  http://celestinechua.com/blog/empowering-routines/

As part of my move towards an empowering routine - I am going to watch just 1 hour of TV each day this week. And I plan to do activites that fill me with energy and move me towards my goals.

So the weekend starts early tonight for the very exciting wedding tomorrow. Keeping everything crossed for good weather and had to post this picture. A really good disapproval from Chip. Have had ideas jangling about in my head about the purpose/direction of this blog that noone reads.... I will update me readers [me] soon.

Spring Wedding

The up and coming Deeble - Lowther wedding has inspired my stylebook...
The items I will be wearing will not be exactly the same and I will post pictures of the actual day. Hoping I can get Mr. P to wear a blue/cream corsage in his suit...... The venue is a beautiful church in Rothbury and then Linden Hall - pictured - for the reception.

Makeup and hair inspired by Kiera from 'The Edge of Love' that I watched this weekend.

Life list...

Consolidating and affirming my life focus, and here it is in all it's scary glory!

1. America Road trip
2. Machu Picchu
3. Perform in a musical
4. Get good at ballet
5. Sell a piece of artwork
6. Learn sign language
7. Go skiing
8. Go surfing
9. Go paddle boarding
10. Go rock climbing
11. Rescue more rabbits
12. Get my degree
13. Become a certified and practising counsellor
14. Use my counselling skills voluntarily
15. Rescue a dog
16. Northern Lights
17. Triathlon
18. Marathon
19. Have a creative blog as a business
20. Write a book
21. Create my perfect home
22. Go camping
23. Become a master free from cook
24. Jump into a chilly lake
25. Fly first class
26. Do 100 nice deeds for strangers
27. Go on a roller coaster
28. Go on a super romantic holiday
29. Become super flexible at yoga
30. Wake up early and like it
31. Remember all birthdays in a year
32. Learn to be punctual
33. Stonehenge
34. Disneyland
35. Look for Nessie
36. Rub a big Buddha’s belly
37. Gamble in Vegas
38. Skinny dip
39. Surprise party
40. Have a small holding
41. Try being vegetarian
42. Try being vegan
43. Try living with very little money
44. Create my life handbook
45. Learn to feel ok about making stupid mistakes
46. Stay in a log cabin with a fire
47. Berlin
48. Make out in a photo booth
49. Watch turtles hatch out and run into the sea
50. Do a job that makes a difference in the world
51. Go to Norway and see the fjords
52. Go to Brazil for carnival
53. China -Hong Kong
54. Japan - Tokyo
55. Buy skincare in a swish French pharmacy
56. Know where my meat comes from
57. Meditate
58. Make art for my home
59. Russia
60. Learn a new language
61. Find and stay at my happy weight
62. Learn to roller skate
63. Climb a mountain
64. Bartend
65. Be totally silent
66. See a sun rise and then set
67. Learn the constellations
68. Learn [or re learn] an instrument
69. Win something
70. Go on a totally spontaneous trip
71. Get wet in a waterfall
72. Read. Read. Read some more
73. Say thank you for good service
74. Make awesome origami
75. Inspire other people to live the life they can only imagine
76. See cherry blossoms in Japan
77. Let go of resentment
78. Have a really good picnic
79. Take loads of photos
80. Have kids. Survive kids
81. Bring up balanced kids
82. Go abseiling
83. Go base jumping
84. Do a cartwheel [well!]
85. Do a somersault
86. Go to Mongolia
87. Find my inner athlete
88. Floss
89. Have shiny hair and fresh skin
90. Grow and eat my own fruit and veg
91. Learn to sew
92. Go horse riding
93. Run 10k
94. Drink more water
95. Stop using products tested on animals
96. Make a gift for everyone on my xmas list to be green and save £
97. Weekly yoga practise for one month
98. Art every day journal for 365 consecutive days
99. Don’t waste food
100. Love. Live
101. Get a tattoo

Designs for my home in 2011

Have been working on and thinking about redecorating our home this year....

First images that I have put together. Living room...

Bedroom....

Kitchen...

Excited to get started! Poppy is giving me the grumpy eye right now...

The namesakes themselves...

So here are the title bearers of the blog in all their disapproving glory.....

 Chip is on the left, and Pie on the right. They are both rescue buns, Pie from a filthy pet shop and chip from Pipkin Rabbit Rescue. We must not forget the current bun using our house as her retirement home - miss poppy... Not her most beautiful photo but you don't have to look cute at 9.

Chow for now x