All things sand, love, salt and yoga
Home workouts taken to another level!! I must admit that I have a new obsession to the Tabata Stopwatch app; a tabata timer. I take an arms/abs and booty class at my friend’s fitness studio. The instructor for the class always uses a tabata timer when we do our rotations. It would give cues for … Read More “Fitness Obsession: Tabata Timer” »
I’ve been away for a while, but I’ve done a lot of soul-searching and thinking and I feel like I have more to share so here I am. Quite a while ago, I wrote a post about gym shaming. It was mentioned that I didn’t feel supported at a workout studio where I had a … Read More “Gym Shaming…Got It All Wrong” »
I started a gratitude journal in August 2015 right about the time I started blogging. I read about gratitude journaling on, of course, a blog and I loved the essence of it. That particular blogger, and I am sorry that I don’t remember who it is because it was one the very first blogs I … Read More “Be Grateful” »
Yes…you can earn a free gift card or two and not pay one penny. Sounds too good to be true, but it is absolutely true. If you are willing to download 2 free apps and snap some pictures, you’re on you way to earning free gift cards. Fetch Rewards If you shop on Amazon quite … Read More “Earn a FREE Gift Card & Products” »
It is astounding how many chemicals we are exposed to every single day. In hopes of decreasing that number, I have been making some DIY essential oil products for my home. The internet has so many great resources for essential oils and it can be overwhelming. I just wanted to write another post to break … Read More “DIY Essential Oil Recipes” »
We always come to Surfside Beach in April (see previous post), but we’ve never come in the summer. As many of our friends said when we told them we were coming in July, “Why would you go to SC in July…it’s not hot enough at home?” Well…we came for several reasons. #1 – We love … Read More “My Happy Place ll: Surfside Beach, SC” »
To piggy back on my last post of visiting the beach, I wanted to write a post on the most important things in my beach bag. First of all, I have the best beach bag ever!!! I got it from Viv and Lou and I love it. They always have sales, although the regular price on it … Read More “Beach Bag Essentials” »
My happy place is the beach. I find it to be calming, serene, low stress and just….ahhhhhhhhh. One of my most favorite sounds is the sound of the waves crashing. When we go on vacation to South Carolina every April, I LOVE to keep the windows open so I can hear the crashing waves. It … Read More “Calm at My Happy Place” »
I’ve been away from my blog for awhile and I have missed it. Part of the issue was that I didn’t feel like I had anything to write about. I wasn’t inspired and I was just really drained. May and June are hard when you are a teacher because your energy is low and you … Read More “Ahhh…Balance is Sweet” »
I had 2 personal days left for the school year. If we don’t use them, we lose them. Yes…personal days are supposed to be used for emergencies or for things that cannot be done after school hours. I felt that I needed a day off and that I wanted to use the personal days because … Read More “Mental Health Day – Heck Yeah or No Never” »
