I have never valued sleep as much as I do now that I am a mom. I always thought of it as a ‘nice to have’ vs a ‘must have’. It was something I could have a little or a lot of but either way, I would get by fine and it would all work out.
Jokes on me. That doesn’t fly now that I have a kid to take care of every day.
I learned quickly that getting enough sleep is actually THE most important thing every single day.
My friend asked me for the recipe this week and I was like, I think the world needs to know this recipe. It’s too good not to share and seriously so easy to do, and healthy! Yay!
Two weeks ago I prepped these for our weeks’ lunch protein. Dan was thrilled of course but Parker also loved them! They are perfect to make ahead of time to then add to a salad, roasted veggies, or on the side with a soup (to get that protein in).
Remember protein is what keeps you full until your next meal, so some version of it (animal protein or plant protein/beans) is important to have in every meal.
So let’s get to it! THE famous and fan-favorite Gailas Chicken Cutlets.
I was reading through Kelly Leveque’s Body Love book and she gives a bunch of different recipes and ideas for her Fab 4 morning smoothie.
The one I created is a spin-off of one of hers with minor tweaks and my GOODNESS is it good. I am not going to lie, I have had the same shake combo for years now so changing it up like this was big for me, but WOW am I happy I did.
Kelly Leveque 🙌🏽
..If you haven’t followed her or don’t know about her check out all of her things via @bewellbykelly right now! Ditch the blog and go!
I was introduced to her morning smoothie a long time ago and have been doing it ever since. Then once I had Parker I bought her book BodyLove and learned more about her way of eating and started to apply her approach to every meal. I was amazed at what happened next…
My mom and husband kept asking me what I wanted for Christmas this year, and I kept responding with “I really can’t think of anything, there’s nothing I really want or need this year”. YET every time I have bought Christmas gifts for others, I just happened to find something else that I loved and then bought… for myself.
In conclusion, I am a big fat liar OR I just really love to shop. Either way, I was able to find a couple of things that I think are great gifts this year.
My BAD habits with working from home…
(Cue – Bad Habits By Ed Sheeran)
November of 2021, 20 months after the pandemic began, I just STARTED to realize that I had created really bad habits.
Granted my life changed drastically in those 20 months, becoming a homeowner, a dog mom, and a baby mom, not to mention going through an unprecedented pandemic. As a result of all that, my daily rituals and habits drastically changed, and not in a good way.
In college one of my majors was Entrepreneurial Studies, and “The Art of the Start” was a book that was on our required reading list. If I am being completely honest, I never actually read the whole book… my dad did and he loved it. 😉 Regardless of not reading it in its entirety, the title always stuck with me. The Art of the Start.
It has taken me a month and a half to be able to have the headspace to even attempt to or want to write a blog again. Then it took another 2.5 weeks for me to sit down to write it. Then the minute I did Mr. Parker decided he wanted to be held and sit with me. So here we are, trying to sneak in sentences, with one hand, while holding a baby who is trying to push out a poop. #momlife
