Ha ha! Isn’t that a flattering photo?
Hi August. How you doin? I can’t believe some of you are already Back to School! My kids go back the last day of this month.
We are totally getting into the swing of summer and have been having so much fun. I hope you are too! It has been blazing hot in Sacramento so we had to get creative last week with things to do that didn’t involve actually melting.
I have been wanting to get a waterproof camera just for fun on trips and when we are in the pool. It took us forever to get the hang of taking photos and once we did the lifeguards at the pool told us – “Oh no you don’t lady. No photos in a public pool.” Bah! We still had so much fun and I am now the proud owner of about 654 videos of my children doing various “tricks” underwater. Anyone else wear contacts? Anyone else wear contacts and attempt to swim underwater without goggles looking serene and beautiful like a Mommy mermaid? You get me friends. Squinty half closed eyes are where its at.
We have been doing lots of exploring this summer. We live in Northern California and there are so many little gems all around to explore. This was a beautiful free outdoor concert in a neighboring city. We got the most delicious picnic at a farm to table restaurant and got to listen to covers of Johnny Cash. I did my Mommy coloring books and the kids ran wild and we pretended not to know them. Very fun!
We went to a local pear fair that was really fun. There was a little petting zoo and the ladies that ran it are geniuses. They had little puppies for the kids to play with and probably made a small fortune off little people begging to play with the puppies. Forget the piglets, chickens, bunnies, llamas, miniature pony and goats. It was all about the puppies. This llama was the highlight of my day- so funny and so greedy! The kids were in his dining room so he would just shove you out of the way to get to the next patch of grass.
So enough of that– what things am I loving lately?
My girls got haircuts recently and the stylist used this Joico Gold Dust. It is awesome! A fine layer of gorgeous gold glitter that doesn’t look cheap and junky in the hair and isn’t all gross like normal spray glitter. Highly recommend if you are ever in need of glittery hair. We have those sorts of emergencies all the time.
I have been obsessed with finding this Givenchy Magic Lipstick. Must.have. It is a black lipstick that matches the natural tone of your lips and looks amazing. Well I think it will look amazing. So far my Sephora has been out of stock but I am on the hunt and I know I will have a tube in my hot little hands soon.
I changed gyms recently and since changing I have had to navigate my way through new classes, new instructors and a different routine. I volunteered for two weeks at Vacation Bible school in July and I was seriously so exhausted from those little stinkers. I really fell behind in my workouts. My strength training has been going well but the cardio has really dropped off. I am focusing on amping that up in August. I started hot yoga y’all! I never thought I’d do that- it is hot enough in California without shoving myself into a furnace on purpose but I am really enjoying the classes.
The first class I took I used about 400 little hand towels the gym provides and ripped my shirt off halfway through and considered making a run for the door at one point. Sadly my feet were so sweaty I knew I’d have to crawl to the door to make it and well… I decided to keep my dignity and pushed through. Try it! You might be surprised.
I can’t always make it to the cardio classes so I started a 3 miles in 30 days running program. Many of my friends are super runners and I am not. In my mind I want to be a runner and then reality sets in and after 90 seconds or so I quit. So I started this routine and hopefully that will be what my rear-end looks like in the very near future.
Want to join me? Why not! It is August 2nd so you could comfortably run 3 miles by the end of this month! Join me and I’ll post some updates on how I am doing on Instagram. I would LOVE to hear how you are doing too!
And that’s about it for this month! How is your summer rolling along? Sad to see school starting or are you thrilled to shove the little sweeties out the door?
If you have time today check out this awesome list of life tips I posted on Facebook the other day. Really great stuff- which number is your favorite?
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