Summer Smoothies | Taking A Existent Break

They are dandy to-go for walks or into the machine inwards my Clear Cups & Lids.

Summer Break

It may live rattling obvious approximately here, but I'm taking a trivial hiatus the Summer.  For me that agency making a rigid drive to focus on dwelling solid too menage unit of measurement vs. work.  I honey sharing hither too edifice my store, but every straight off too again, I demand to regroup.  I demand to simplify our routine, simplify our obligations too conduct keep it downwardly to basics.  Summer is the perfect fourth dimension for that.  I experience similar this whole persuasion of beautifying past times simplifying is the root of my build too it actually helps me larn dorsum to it when I build an drive to genuinely alive it.

Busyness is a work inwards this world.  Most of us conduct keep to/feel similar nosotros should live busy all of the time.  Such the rebel every bit I am (eh?) I essay to turn down this every bit much every bit possible.  I would similar my family's life to live less busy, less obligated, less committed too consequently, to a greater extent than full.  I desire Emma's summertime to live total of downtime too "her" fourth dimension too thence she tin live comfortable non running at a total controversy her entire life.  I'm hoping that instruction her to live content amongst simplicity too content making due amongst only beingness (instead of being entertained) that she volition pass less of her days chasing what's next, depending on others for her content-ness too to a greater extent than fourth dimension only enjoying too beingness responsible for her ain joy.

So, this is the firstly summertime (since middle school...?) that I conduct keep taken off from work.  Emma is going to campsite i morning time a calendar week too thence I tin come upward hither too build certain the boat is even too thence afloat.  Thanks to Laurie too my pack/ship team, the store tin run without my daily assist - yay!  

I've ever believed that "work" didn't conduct keep to await or fifty-fifty experience similar work.  However, amongst the increment of the store, I've spent way also much fourth dimension at my desk over the final yr too I'm develop to stretch my legs.  I'm also excited to mentally take away myself for a spell to re-commit to this dream too lifestyle of simplicity too enjoying.

(I conduct keep been taking photos of our dinners, projects too such along the way too volition part periodically.  The photos volition live a trivial to a greater extent than casual than usual, every bit most volition only live snapshots earlier dinner or mid-project.)  

I'm spending costless fourth dimension immersing myself inwards magazines (the form you lot concur inwards your hands) too cookbooks.  I'm making a existent drive to garden too piece of work inwards the yard.  I'm doing housework, working on a brace of dwelling solid projects too trying to pretend only for a brace of months that I don't conduct keep a job.

Emma is working on her cartwheels.

She is playing, discovering too beingness 4.

  

We develop together, walk to the grocery store together, create chores together too conduct keep naps together, but she is inwards accuse of her twenty-four lx minutes menstruum - her playing, her boredom, her happiness.

I'm enjoying watching her locomote to a greater extent than independent, stronger too resilient.

Her final twenty-four lx minutes menstruum of schoolhouse inwards May.

I know it is non realistic for everyone to quit their task for the summer.  During my busier times that even too thence include piece of work (the repose of the year!), nosotros build an drive to country no to also much, to conduct keep some fourth dimension that is only for beingness at home.  Even a lazy Sat morning time walk to larn donuts tin build a calendar week of piece of work melt away.

I promise you lot are all taking a pause of sorts this summertime to simplify too redirect.  The sacrifice of whatsoever you lot demand to surrender is worth it.

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Summer Smoothies

Each twenty-four lx minutes menstruum nosotros conduct keep a walk too conduct keep a smoothie.  I'm much amend at exercising when nutrient is involved.  There is no kale or poly peptide pulverization inwards here, only yummy fruit - too thence yummy too smooth.  When nosotros were inwards Seaside this spring, I was spending $8 each morning time on i of these at a nutrient truck - yikes!  These toll near $0.75/each at dwelling solid : )

This has locomote my favorite formula to build :

- Orange Juice amongst Mango
- Frozen Organic Berries (cheaper that fresh!) : I locomote along them inwards my kitchen containers inwards the freezer for slow access.  I purchase mine at Target, near $10 for a giant purse of blueberries too strawberries.
- Banana
- Chia Seeds (recent addition, non pictured) : Bought a huge purse of organic at Costco for $7.  They add together iron, omega-3s, etc.  Taste similar tiny strawberry seeds.

Plastic Kitchen Containers are restocked.

When nosotros lived amongst Mike's parents during our reno, I was convinced that I needed a fancy ($$$) blender afterward using his mom's.  But, when nosotros moved dorsum in, I was to a greater extent than interested inwards slice of furniture than smoothies too thence I settled for this $20 i from target.  I conduct keep to country - industrial plant too thence good!  I'm glad I didn't pass $500 on a blender only for smoothies.

At the starting fourth dimension of the week, I fill upward the large container amongst strawberries too medium i amongst blueberries.  My finish is to operate upward the entire container of each past times the terminate of the week.  Then, I at to the lowest degree know that I had a substantial amount of fruits mixed inwards my diet.



So far, our summertime diet consists of Tomatoes too Mozz salads, BATs (avocado instead of lettuce), waffles or muffins for breakfast too cheeseburgers on the grill for dinner.  And these salubrious smoothies... all near repose ; )

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