a monday evening brain dump

Hands down, my favorite kind of post. I think it gives you a real glimpse of how my mind works. I could sit here all day and babble on and on about random things as they pop into my mind. I’ll spare you, of course, but here’s a glimpse of how I go from one extreme to the other with my thought process:

• I love, love, love that my husband can build anything I see on Pinterest. I stay far away from power tools, but if I show him just what I want, he’s really good at replicating. I think he made this nearly a year ago, but I finally added vinyl lettering and it’s one of my favorite things he’s ever made. Now, I might change my mind when he finally completes her Dr. Seuss-inspired bookshelf.

• I have been hooked on Greek yogurt for sometime now. I have a pretty constant rotation of Chobani Pear, Chobani Apple Cinnamon, and Oikos Toasted Coconut Vanilla. I eat it nearly every morning for breakfast, I’m such a creature of habit. Apparently, I’ve passed that on to BK, she wants either Vanilla Greek yogurt or pancakes each morning. 

• Speaking of eating habits, I’ve finally managed to fall into some sort of healthy living/healthy eating routine. Since school started back I’ve lost nearly 20 pounds. I’ve still got a good 10 to go, but it sure feels nice to be so much closer to my goal. I’m going to kick the workouts up a notch and stop skipping Insanity, I just might be beach ready in time for summer.

• The rate at which BK is growing is crazy, I can’t even write about it and be sentimental, it just blows my mind and I haven’t been able to wrap my head around the changes. She has conversations with us, tells us how she feels about different things, and sometimes I have to ask Allen, “Is she 2 or 12?” Regardless, she is still SO full of personality, I don’t know who her larger-than-life-never-met-a-stranger-personality comes from, but I sure love to see it shine.

• Blissdom is a little less than one month away. My plane ticket is booked, I’m working with an awesome sponsor (more to come, soon), my roomie is just as ready as I am and I have a hotel room waiting in Dallas. I can’t tell you how excited I am to get back to Blissdom this year. Are you going? We need to meet-up!!

• Speaking of Blissdom, look what was at the top of my “Last 12 Months” folder in iPhoto when I went to upload pictures for this post. It doesn’t seem like it has been a year, and it makes me miss these sweet ladies (and the rest of our Blissdom group, too). 

• I laughed when I came across the fabric at Hobby Lobby last week. Chevron print on burlap? I thought for a moment, Pinterest must have started its on fabric line. Seriously, it’s really cute and you know I love Pinterest, but it gave me a good laugh.
•  I deleted social media from my phone, I’ve done this before and I always end up putting it back on there. I just think it’s silly that I spend free moments checking Facebook and Twitter when I have people who need me a lot more right in front of me. AND, let’s be real, the constant flow of information can be just a little overwhelming, at times. I need to clear my mind a bit. I’ll be using them when I actually have time to sit down at the computer from now on.

• I didn’t delete Instagram, it’s sort of my favorite. Are you on Instagram? Are we following each other? I’m @jenniferggreen on IG.

• I have a few fun giveaways on the blog right now (some will be ending soon), you can enter through any of the links below:
  • Clorox and BlogHer are giving a $1,000 Visa gift card to a lucky commenter
  • St. Joseph’s and BlogHer are giving away their product for you and two friends here.  This post came when my feeds were down, you have a good chance of winning because of the low entries, just FYI.
  • Tide Pods and BlogHer are giving away a $100 Visa gift card to a lucky commenter here.