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February 17, 2020

Intentions for the Week

Looking to get your head in the game? Tracy from Shutterbean makes a weekly TO DO LIST called her Intentions for the Week. Here's what this week looks like:

Intentions for the Week

Week 8 of 2020

Happy Monday, friends!

This weekend we were away for a baseball tournament. Championship is today. Wish us luck!  I’m taking a moment to mediate on all I have to do this week & running through what I did last week.  Let’s take a moment to spell out our Intentions for the week, shall we?!  Since Cooper has to day off of school I am doing my meal prep on a Monday instead of Sunday. 

LAST WEEK’S INTENTIONS:

  • laundry
  • therapy appointment
  • sit down with my calendar and plan
  • package/ship food journals The Handwriting Club 
  • track what I eat in my food journal this week
  • catch up on social media
  • drink enough water (this  lid for a mason jar helps!)
  • continue not eating dairy, gluten & drinking alcohol
  • pull cards and write in my sketchbook
  • track my steps with my Fitbit 
  • grocery shopping
  • celebrate Valentine’s Day
  • make Valentine’s cards with Cooper
  • paint nails
  • finish hose project
  • work in my sketchbook
  • upload stuff for client
  • clean up my bedroom closet
  • post smoothie recipe
  • work on turkey burger recipe
  • bookkeeping work/tax stuff
  • new print for Etsy
  • water plants
  • research flights
  • make new recipe
  • edit photos
  • work on giveaway
  • make artwork for post
  • drop off library books
  • workout x 3  (worked out twice)
  • work in the garden
  • build some time in to meditate
  • take good care of myself

INTENTIONS THIS WEEK:

  • laundry
  • do meal prep
  • email to Daphne
  • spend quality time with family
  • break down boxes
  • sit down with my calendar and plan
  • package/ship food journals The Handwriting Club 
  • track what I eat in my food journal this week
  • work in my Currently Workbook
  • catch up on social media
  • drink enough water (this  lid for a mason jar helps!)
  • continue not eating dairy, gluten & drinking alcohol
  • pull cards and write in my sketchbook
  • track my steps with my Fitbit 
  • grocery shopping
  • paint nails
  • work in my sketchbook
  • work on turkey burger recipe
  • bookkeeping work/tax stuff
  • work on spreadsheet for expenses
  • water plants
  • make new recipe
  • edit photos
  • make artwork for post
  • go to the library
  • go to the post office
  • go through tupperware from car
  • call to refill RX
  • put battery in new scale
  • follow up with insurance
  • cancel XM subscription
  • give TLC to my grandpa’s christmas cactus
  • workout x 3
  • work in the garden
  • build some time in to meditate
  • carve out time to do some art
  • take good care of myself

 

Recipes to Try:

Tracy Benjamin of Shutterbean shares her favorite recipes if you're looking for What to Eat in Spring!

Spring is coming up! Here are some ideas of what to eat in SPRING! 

Spring Minestrone with Chicken Meatballs

Shaved Asparagus Prosciutto Pizza

Penne with Mint Pistachio Pesto

Herbed Goat Cheese

Carrot Ginger Bread is a great way to use leftover carrots. Find the recipe on Shutterbean.com

Carrot Ginger Bread

Ricotta Pancakes with Roasted Strawberries

Easy French Toast

 

Pump Jam for the Week:

 

Mantra for the week!

Every week, Tracy Benjamin from Shutterbean.com types up her TO DO list with her Intentions for the Week post. Check out this week's post!

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Feeling stuck? Make a list! Write down your intentions for the week to help hold you accountable to action.

I’m rooting for you!

Sending sparkles, 

Tracy

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my everyday life, Photography
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February 16, 2020

My Everyday Life: Week 7

Here’s what this past week looked like –  My Everyday Life Week 7

Cooper’s Valentines this year!

He made them in Procreate on my iPad and we printed them out!

I love making them with him every year.

Volunteered some of my time this week. It always feels good to give back to our school community.

New growth.

CONTINUE READING

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LISTS
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February 14, 2020

I LOVE LISTS

I LOVE LISTS

  1. How to reward yourself without spending money.
  2. Clever space-saving ideas.
  3. How to force yourself off the computer.
  4. Why people get the Sunday Scaries.
  5. I love 1950’s interior design photos
  6. Photos + embroidery
  7. Be kind.
  8. A simple way to prank people. Stickers.
  9. Being stuck on a cruise with the coronavirus must be wild!
  10. 3 ways for Big Tech to keep teenagers from harm
  11. New Wes Anderson Movie! 
  12. Long walks in San Francisco – wanna do this!
  13. Accepting Mom friendships for what they are.
  14. Bong Joon Ho’s favorite films
  15. I loved watching this story about painted backdrops in Hollywood.
  16. How to Roast Garlic
  17. Midi skirt love:  stripey / ruffled / fuchsia fantasy / leopard
  18. 182 Unusual Attractions in San Francisco
  19. Cooper would love playing with these, I’m sure.
  20. Family builds its own tiny house village.
  21. This tent inspired house in Japan is sooooo cool.
  22. Find the light!

Simple Valentine’s Day Ideas if you need to pull something together last-minute <3

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recipes
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February 12, 2020

Bright Green Smoothie

My friend Catherine (of Weelicious) is a smoothie QUEEN! I love tuning in to see what she’s putting into her children’s smoothies every morning when she shares her #smoothieproject stories on Instagram.  Catherine’s latest book, Smoothie Project recently hit the shelves and this Bright Green Smoothie is the first of maaaaany smoothies I cannot wait to try.  I’ve got my sights set on both the Mocha Almond and the Halva smoothies next. 

This color makes me so happy.

Here’s what’s in it! 

I tested the recipe in this High-Speed Philips Blender .  I’m giving one away! 

Stay tuned!

Orange juice goes in. I didn’t have a frozen banana so I used fresh.

Either one is fine. 

That green is something else, huh?

Such a perfect way to start the morning.

It tastes tropical and citrusy! You would never guess there’s spinach in there, other than the color.

Now I just need to make sure I have spinach on hand. 

Oh! Hey! I’m giving away this Philips High-Speed Power Blender ($600 value) to a lucky reader on my Instagram this Friday, February 14th. 

To win, go to my Instagram account- @shutterbean  and see how to enter!  Post will go up 9am PST! 

 

Bright Green Smoothie

serves one

recipe slightly adapted from Smoothie Project 

  • 1 cup fresh spinach
  • 1/3 cup frozen pineapple chunks
  • 1/3 cup frozen mango chunks
  • 1/2 banana (fresh or frozen)
  • 3/4 cup orange juice

 

Mix ingredients together in a blender. Blend until well combine. Drink immediately. 

 

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February 10, 2020

Intentions for the Week

Looking to get your head in the game? Tracy from Shutterbean makes a weekly TO DO LIST called her Intentions for the Week. Here's what this week looks like:

Intentions for the Week- Week 7 of 2020

Hi Friends!

It’s MONDAY. Let’s get into it. Our weekend included basketball and baseball. I also did a ton of housework and meal prep!

Here’s what I’m starting the week with:

 

Meal Prep this Week Includes:

I’m glad to have some healthy things in the fridge to start the week with.

Now it’s time to get down my Intentions for the Week! 

CONTINUE READING

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February 9, 2020

My Everyday Life: Week 6

Here’s what this past week looked like- My Everyday Life Week 6

My safe place is here. 

Library adventure.

Beautiful morning light.

A corner of my house that makes me smile.

Huggy toe beans.

CONTINUE READING

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LISTS
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February 7, 2020

I LOVE LISTS

I LOVE LISTS

I LOVE LISTS:

  1. Instagram announcing a new feature.
  2. I could get lost looking at/printing these images to color in.
  3. Who owns your DNA? 
  4. Lovers from the past.
  5. I’m not sure I’ve ever had a dunkaroo. I guess I can try one now.
  6. Cats that are abnormally stretchy!
  7. I’ve been cutting spaghetti squash wrong.
  8. How to get through a panic attack.
  9. Bad/crappy design always makes me laugh.
  10. Why grocery stores have tiny shopping carts for kids.
  11. How our kids are being sold to these days goes beyond toy commercials on TV
  12. The story behind “These Boots Were Made for Walking” song by Nancy Sinatra. 
  13. Texans don’t want any more of us Californians.
  14. These clouds are crazy, 
  15. The emotional benefits of cooking.
  16. Why some people don’t return their shopping carts. 
  17. These photos make me want to play with glasses & flowers. 
  18. Simple Valentine’s Day ideas 
  19. This cake is my idea of heaven.
  20. Making a smoothie from The Smoothie Project this weekend! Stay tuned.
  21. It would be amazing to stumble upon this at a beach.

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