Motivate Me Monday- Baby steps and Some Special Blog Love!

Happy Monday everyone!!

I realize this is the start of the week for pretty much all of you, so I hope you're rested and ready for the week that lies ahead!

It's my friday and that could not come at a better time! That cold I had this past week has decide to leave behind a WHOLE LOT of chest congestion and trying to sing at work has been quite the challenge! Luckily, as I write this, I have 1 more show to get through before I have a day off, followed by a day with just 1 night show, and another day off. Fingers crossed that means I'll get a chance to rest up my vocalizers and let myself get drugged up on mucinex! Such a pleasant image, isn't it? I thought you all might enjoy that!

Alright!! Time for some motivation!!

Awesome news- Ashley has decided to turn Motivate Me Monday into a linkup starting next week. Go check out her blog for some fun prompts and things to think about/include in your post for Monday!

This week, I've decided I need to just start with baby steps! I'm going to, aside from following whatever prompt Ashley sets for readers, set a single goal for myself each week. They'll slowly start to pile onto each other until I just have this awesome conglomeration of things I've incorporated into my lifestyle to make me healthier! Good idea, right? I thought so.

So this week's goal: 

ALWAYS pack good treats to take to work so I don't end up making a trip to the cast cafeteria for "awful for you" snacky treats.

I went grocery shopping recently so I feel prepared for this. I got fruits, yogurts, granola bars, reduced fat cheese snacks, hardboiled eggs (I'm gonna need you to not judge me for buying pre-hard boiled eggs! This is a happy post!), and deli meats. Healthy treats galore! If on a daily basis I'm cutting out the extra calories of a pack of potato chips or poptarts- it's bound to add up sooner or later! There it is folks, baby step number 1!

Now here's a couple pins I've found to help me get and eat healthy-

Now to the blog love!!

First up, Julie from Run. Dream. Cook tagged me for 5 Fall goals! So here they are-

1. Finish setting up my craft room!! I feel like I can't start any new projects with it like that!
2. Start my Christmas shopping... I'm not supposed to talk about Christmas till after Halloween... whoops! :P
3. Start cooking more exciting recipes!! I pin all of these phenomenal looking things on pinterest and I'm always too scared to try any of them. Must get better about that!
4. Build up my stamina! In my training I stick to doing intervals but I feel the further I go- the walking gets longer and the running get's shorter. Time to work on that!
5. Start my next quilt! I've had these grand plans to make seasonal quilts for our place... Yeah, that's gone no where fast!

(Now I'm supposed to tag 5 bloggers to challenge them to do the same, but I'm sort of going to cheat and just tag everyone at the end...)

I also got the Versatile Blogger Award from Kate at Stripes and Polka Dots and from MinDog and Metch over at Shitty Fabulous Lives.

For this one I have to give you 7 facts about me-

1. I only have 1 sister and 2 first cousins. Makes for a teeny tiny immediate family but my extended family is never ending.
2. When I was little, I pulled the sword out of the stone at Magic Kingdom. I guess I've always had a little Disney magic!
3. I love singing but I am absolutely horrible at karaoke. For real though- horrible.
4. I fall asleep on the couch almost every night before I go fall asleep in bed.
5. My first aol screenname EVER was Catinhat24.
6. I probably eat cheese and wheat thins on a daily basis. 
7. I LOVE college football and have never been able to get interested in the NFL. The only pro sport I like is basketball. But that's because the Heat rock my socks so I really have no choice!

And now, to tag 15 new blogs I've found and love-

1. 20 Going on 80
2. 90% Blonde
3. a sorta fairytale
4. A Texan Odyssey
5. Birdie to Be
6. Bloom
7. eight six eleven
8. elegantly academic
9. For Love of a Cupcake
10. Keep It Classy, Alabama
11. Lemons, Avocado, and the Bay
12. Life is a Sunset
13. Maggiano Takes Austin
14. Places I Will Go
15. Ten Feet Off of Beale

Seriously, check out all of these! These ladies are fabulous with some wonderful stories! Don't you just love spreading blog love with blog awards? :)

I realize this was a long post, I just had some housekeeping to get done! Just the same, hope you enjoyed it. Who's going to get motivated with MMM next week? Go check it out and get on it!

Till then-

My Liebster Blog award... and I'm on vacation...

I've been a little MIA this week... sorry guys! I got that cold that's been making it's rounds and I had to put all my efforts and energy into fighting it off because- vacation starts tomorrow!!!! eeehhhhhkjnasfkjb,jhgby,jed,,evwghjkguywr! *You should know I legitimately made that noise just now when I typed that I'd be going on vacation.*


I am feeling a little better but luckily I don't HAVE to be 100% to enjoy laying in the sun. So I think I'll be alright.

In the midst of this cold I got a wonderful little surprise. If you've spent any time surfing around multiple blogs, you'll know we bloggers are a very friendly bunch and we just LOVE getting and receiving blog awards... I was feeling a little left out that I had yet to be acknowledged as being "blog award" worthy. Well MinDog and Metch from over at Shitty Fabulous Lives (p.s. go check them out!) made my week by honoring me as one of their 5 Liebster Awards.

Their description and background information is much more thorough than that which I am about to leave. In essence, each recipient passes the award on to 5 other blogs with less than 200 followers that they feel deserve some kudos. Oh! And there are rules. 

1. Thank the giver.

2. Pass it along to 5 other bloggers with less than 200 followers. Leave a comment and follow them.

3. Copy and paste the award on your blog.

4. Hope your followers spread the love to other bloggers.

So, without further ado-

Thank you MinDog and Metch!! So glad my first blog award came from a couple of kick ass girls!

My Liebster Blog awards go to-

Angie over at Smoosy

Michelle over at Running with Scissors

Kelsey over at Harbor Cottage

Ruthie over at The Chronicles of Ruthie Hart

Jenna over at The Duty Family

These are just a handful of some of my newest, most favoritest (take that, grammar!) blogs! I hope you guys will visit them and I hope you'll find them as interesting as I do! Pass along the happy!

And with that- I am on vacation people!! See you all at the end of this coming week... Hope it has as many smiles as mine is about to have...

Strange video... But I love the song!

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