~Olympic Haze~

2012 Olympics has mostly all of my attention, so much so I can not believe tomorrow is Wednesday and I will be picking up my best friend from the airport! I have been trying to get everything done around this house plus get my yoga practice in before she comes. I am very sad to say I will be missing yoga for a whole week, but I know it wont be bad since I will be consumed with partying with the best friend. =)

This is the first year I'm actually watching the Olympics and one of my favorite events is synchronized swimming. This is such a cool even to watch, maybe I wish I did it! Gymnastics, beach volleyball, woman's soccer and diving are the other events I try to keep up with. The USA and Canada soccer team had a great game with USA winning in overtime 4-3. The woman's USA beach volleyball team also had a great match against China.

 Yoga class Monday night was sweaty and tough! The "tough" teacher taught and there was only four other people and I. She likes small classes because then she can work us harder and work on tougher poses. I enjoy learning new tougher poses, but I was not aware of how much strength you needed to do handstands until that night.

(This is what she had us do first, showing us how strenuous the poses was going to be.)

(Here is what the handstand will look like at its fullest expression)

Please use the following link for more infomation

http://leeanncareyyoga.com/yoga/2011/06/yogis-way-featured-pose-handstand/

My arms were shaking and burning but its was an awesome feeling! I could do the handstand right next to the wall but it was a step and hopefully as I work on it I will be able to do it in the middle of the room. The following pose is what I would love to work toward.

http://www.favething.com/o-campbell/yoga/yoga-pose/

Lastly I had also make a great dinner with perogies and left over chicken. I cooked the perogies with some onions in olive oil. Preheated the oven to 350 degrees and cut up the leftover chicken. Grabbed a can of cream of mushroom soup and mixed it with the perogies, chicken and onions in a casserole dish. I put mozzarella cheese on top and put it in the over for 20mins. Added a side of Brussels sprouts and yummm. It was a very tasty meal.

 Hopefully everyone had a great week so far!

<3 ~*Britt*~

~DIY Closet~

Finally getting things accomplished! My closet was a mess and not very functional for me, pinterest was my savor. I wish I took before pictures but a visual for you, tan walls, one clothes rack, and shoes covering the floor. I took the rack down and removed everything from the closet, painted the walls blue and added stripes to the ceiling. I went to Lowes to get another rack, dowels, hooks, screws, nails, mirror hooks and Walmart for fabric.

I was always frustrated because there was not a full length mirror in the house, so I found this mirror that my mom had giving me years ago, bought some clips and wa la! Well not really, this was tough because the mirror is heavy and trying to hold it and screw the hooks in was a nightmare.

I cut the dowels down to different sizes and used them to hold my jewelry and heels. So thankful I got all those heels off the floor, I tripped all over them every time I was getting my clothes. My earrings are hanging from the left over piece of the clothes rack.

These shelves are actually drawers from a broken (cheap) dresser that I pulled apart, wrapped them in fabric, screwed them together and into the wall. 

There is so much more I need/want to do with my closet but for now I am happy with the progress. There is nothing spread across the floor so the walk to my clothes is safe. =)

If you have any questions please ask. 

<3 ~*Britt*~

~Almost Fridayyy~

Power Yoga last night was amazing, but very mentally tough. Nothing kills the excitement for class like seeing the students before you leaving, soaked in their own sweat. This means its going to be a hot class! Our teacher was also in that mood where she really wanted to push us to our limit. It got to a point when she said "foward fold" everyone in class just fell into the pose and gasped. "At the point when you want to get out of the pose, is when the pose starts working". I felt great, but ready to a long shower! The boyfriend made dinner too, now that I think of it I should have took a picture, I do not know when that will happen again ;).

Thursday is our day, the day with no after work activities. Pork chops and perogies was what was on the menu, but we decided to save them for another day. Instead we went with pasta again, we love pasta! I shredded four pieces of chicken and cooked them in a pan with some olive oil. Added some asparagus, seasons, can stewed tomatoes, sun dried tomato pesto, and some red sauce. Now for the "secret" ingredient, Velveeta cheese! Yes its wonderful, makes everyone happy. =)

 (Heaven in a pan)

So after fattening up, a walk (or a roll) was well needed and Blaze never complains. A couple blocks away is a school yard, so we take her there to run out her energy.

She loves playing ball-e so Brian throws the baseball for her. There was a football field lined out on the grass so we decided to time her running the forty yard dash. She ran it in 3.6 seconds!

The walk worked out wonderfully, Brian and Blaze are both passed out snoring. =)

Friday is tomorrow!!! Planning on getting this house straightened up this weekend. Softball playoffs Sunday so probably not much going on this weekend. I am happy with that, because I have a great friend from North Carolina flying in on Wednesday and I am sure we will exhaust all the time with staying busy.

<3 ~*Britt*~

~At Work~

Well I downloaded the blogger app to my smart phone and decided to find out how it works. Being that I am at work and very busy, this is the best time to take a break and try it out right!? The only thing is I dont know how the pictures are going to turn our or even where they will be placed but a took a couple. The one picture is a building I am currently working on, which is a renovation and addition of new steel, ugg its a complicated job, but I am finally making headway with it, thanks to field measurements! The other is my sleepy pup, who is not very happy today because its been raining and that means no outside playtime during work lunch break. Yes I bring my dog to work and its the best! If this wasn't possible then I would never have rescued her but everything worked out and she has a better life to look forward to. Well back to work! Thanks for stopping by, I hope someone is out there reading! :)

<3~*Britt*~