Riding today was awesome, it felt like the above!
We were together and working like a team! Today I introduced some jumps into our flat lesson, and she took to them splendidly :D So proud of my girl <3
And I just had a really great, emotional plus physically demanding yoga session. My body is sore from yesterday’s workout, and from baseball too.
Good day so far, plus it’s pay day, and my man in home in 3 days! Woop woop!
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Baseball was SO. FUN!
I even got a complementary hat for participation hehehe
I am going to play baseball with a bunch of people from my man’s work tonight, without my man. I sucked at baseball when I was 12, let’s see how much has changed (not a lot, I bet!)
Not okay with this.
Good approximation of how I felt upon noticing this “feature”.
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5 Ingredient Peanut Butter Granola Bars
makes 12-16 granola squares
Ingredients:
- 4 cups rolled oats
- 2 tablespoons chia seeds (these are optional, I just love the texture they give)
- 1/2 cup unsalted peanuts, chopped
- 3/4 cup natural peanut butter, melted
- 1/2 cup brown rice syrup (honey works too!)
- add ins: chocolate chips, wheat germ, flaxseed, dried fruit (I made some with cherries!), other nuts, seeds, coconut
Directions:
- Preheat over to 350.
- In a large bowl, combine oats, chia seeds and peanuts. Add brown rice syrup (or honey) and mix to combine. Add melted peanut butter and mix until moistened. This works as a perfect, simple granola bar, but you can also throw in any add-ins at this time. Fold them into the dough. You may need to get in there with your hands and work the granola dough! If dough is still too dry (this can depend on your ingredients) add more peanut butter or syrup (or honey) 1 tablespoon at a time until moistened.
- Press dough in a greased (non-stick spray) 9 x 13 baking dish. Bake for 25 minutes.
- These would also work as a great no-bake granola bar, but I liked how they came together and the chocolate chips melted as they got warm. If you want to make no-bakes, simply press the dough into the pan and refrigerate for 60 minutes.
I found out from the program I felt I was a sure shoe-in today. Not accepted.
My interview and paper were above average, but my high school academics were slightly below average.
She then told me that I was given an interview despite my grades because I am an alumni of that school. Why even give me one if I wasn’t going to have a chance??
I have one program left to hear from, the masters, which should be in the next few weeks. After that, I don’t know what I’m going to do with myself.
:(
“OH MY GAWWWWDDD something more cute than I am! “
Today I made salsa black bean/mixed bean burgers and hummus! Both were so good, I had them for lunch and supper! And I’m definitely taking the burgers camping next week! Beef does bad things to my gut, and I’m sick of feeling crappy in the wilderness (plus it’s not very romantic, lol)
Rode that boogerface (the horse) tonight and she was so good! Yesterday she was really cuddly after the ride, and it was the same today. It’s kind of unusual for our particular relationship, but I am not going to lie, I like it! And we started serious work tonight on shoulders in and she did very well. I feel bad about this at the same time, because she is coming 6, I halfway feel like we should have done this in previous years, but mentally I know she’s in a good place where I can be a lot more demanding and she won’t shut down.
I did the Tara Stiles workout yoga video this morning after reading the comments, which promised a challenge. It wasn’t too bad, I blew through it easily. Tomorrow I will do a few other flow videos to add some more oomph to my free practice.
want to learn scorpion pose?
it’s going to be a long road ahead, but this is a video of me showing you key moves and poses to practice in order to build up the strength you will need for the pose!
remember: you need to be able to hold a forearm stand with both legs straightened. how?
- forearm plank. i recommend practicing this pose everyday. once you build up your time to around 2-3 minutes, that’s great. it’s always good to strive to hold that even longer as well. a good way to build up your strength is just trying to hold it a little longer each day, by practicing, you’ll see results. this pose is also great for building core strength, you’ll need that too.
- downward facing dog on your forearms. same rules apply here as they do above. try to increase your holding time the same way you are doing for forearm plank.
- from downward facing dog on your forearms, raises your forearms up and down. by doing this everyday, you will strengthen your body to prepare for the final pose! do as many as you can, and everyday try to add more. it’s all about practice and finding what works for you. if you can only do one at a time for now, that’s fine. work up to raising both at once!
- forearm stand prep. from your downward dog on your forearms, raise one leg. hold that for three long deep breaths, then try the other side. repeat that as many times as you can. try to add more repetitions of that on every few days, while also staying in the pose for a few extra deep breaths as well to build your strength.
- forearm stand prep.. hops. from your forearm stand prep with one leg lifted, start taking little baby hops up, like you are going to counterbalance your legs in forearm stand. this is important: remember to draw your hoping leg up with your core strength, while also engaging your shoulders. you should know when it feels right. eventually, you’ll progress and jump high enough one day that you can draw your bottom leg up enough (using your core!) to be able to counter balance your legs. ***from a counterbalanced forearm stand, all it takes to draw your legs straight is core strength and stamina. practice drawing that bottom leg up everyday and the top leg back to meet it, and you will eventually get it. trust me, i’ve been there!
- forearm stand (straight legs.) from your full forearm stand, keep engaging your core and start to bend your legs back. don’t push it! just remember to try to breathe a little bit deeper into the pose everyday. again, i’ve been there. if you go easy with your breath and try to sink a little deeper on your exhales.. you’ll see your feet growing closer to your head eventually. then you should have a nice scorpion pose to add to your practice!
good luck. hope this helped. :) it may take months and months but, the end result is worth it! also remember, these can be done against a wall/chair/whatever until you feel comfortable and in control.
The 40 Calorie Flour Tortilla
I made some home made guacamole to go with these. They’re pretty easy to make and delicious!Market Comparison:
In terms of cost, I’m not sure as I’ve never bought tortillas from the store… But I imagine they do not cost 1 cent per tortilla. Nutritionally, 1 Flour Mission Tortilla is 150 calories… These are about a FOURTH of that. :)
Ingredients:
- 1/8 Teaspoon Salt
- .5 oz Water
- 1/4 Cup Flour
- 1/8 Teaspoon Baking Powder
Servings: Creates 2 Tortillas (1 Tortilla = 1 Serving)
Nutritional Facts:
- Calories Per Serving: 41.25 cal
- Fat (g) per Serving: 0.00 g
- Carbs (g) per Serving: 8.63 g
- Protein (g) per Serving: 1.13 g
- Sodium: 32.50 mg
Financial Facts:
Cost Per Serving is $0.01.
Directions:
- Combine all ingredients into a bowl and mix. Dough should combine in to a single ball. If this doesn’t happen, add a little more water incrementally until it does.
- Cover the dough with a wet towel or cloth for ~15 minutes.
- Split dough into two balls. Roll into round shapes.
- Flour the counter.
- Take each ball and roll out into a very flat circle.
- Take each circle and place onto an ungreased skillet.
- Cook over medium heat until tortilla starts to show brown spots.
- Enjoy!
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This is perfect, I assume it would work the same with wholewheat flour?
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Off to Safeway to get ingredients for veggie burgers! Walking!! Tuuli is staying at home though! Can you spot her?
When I see pics like this, I wonder why I sometimes struggle with body image.
is messed up. I had a series of horrible nightmares, where my brother died, and my man died, and I woke up THREE TIMES crying into my pillow. I’d roll over (crying), fall back asleep (crying), only to have a new dream where they died again but in a different way, to wake up crying again. Everyone is alive, by the way.
But seriously, what a heinous start to the day!!
