Spend a day in my shoes

I’ve always loved “A Day In The Life” blog posts, where a blogger documents basically everything s/he does throughout the run of a day. It was difficult to remember to document it all, and I felt like I was wasting time writing stuff down, especially in the morning. So here we go, a day in the life of me from last Tuesday January 22, 2013:

ootd clothes6:55a — alarm goes off, pop out of bed. Let Alfie out of his crate & feed him immediately in the den. I take my clothes that I plan to wear that day, from the bedroom to the washroom.

6:59a — Shower.

7:13a — Hop out, dry off. Stand around and do nothing for a bit. (I’m very tired, lazy and clumsy in the morning)

7:23a — Get dressed.

7:26a — Deodorant time. Thought you should know every detail ;)

combing wet hair7:27a — Comb hair & clip back to air dry.

7:29a — Brush teeth.

7:31a — Head to living room & hang out with Alfie. Play on iPad (reading blogs, checking e-mail, checking instagram)

makeup7:47a — Wash hands, do makeup.

7:53a — Chase Alfie in the other room to shush him from barking at people in the hallway. Put hair serum in hair.

hair stuff7:57a — Wash hands, dry hair.

8:09a — Feelin’ pale. Slap on some bronzer.

8:10a — Put accessories on, and put on a blazer.

8:13a — Take OOTWW photo.

8:17a —Pack snacks for work.

Alfie cuddles8:18a — Play fetch/cuddle with Alfie (he’s yawning in the photo), play on iPad again. Multi-tasker.

omg its so cold8:40a — Leave apartment bundled up.

negative something outSide note. Omg it’s -15 outside lol

groceries before work9:01a — Grabbin’ some groceries.

9:28a — Arrive at work.

breakfast at work9:35a — Have breakfast at work.

banana snack11:18a — Snack!

lunch1:33p — Lunch time. This was a frozen dinner, and best kind. However it was riddled with onions and I had to pick them off pre-microwave.

apple snack3:23p — Apple snack. Get annoyed at myself that I didn’t put it in the fridge. So warm. Much better chilled.

5:02p — Ate a pineapple flavored life saver candy.

5:52p — Get home. Put groceries in fridge. Start grill for chicken.

crossfit clothes5;55p — Change clothes for CrossFit.

6:03p — Put chicken on grill.

6:06p — Clean up kitchen.

pack for crossfit6:08p — Pack for CrossFit. (Need to bring asthma inhaler, sneakers, purse and water)

asthma inhaler6:09p — Take two puffs of my asthma inhaler. I look so happy to be doing this lol. I was pressed for time. No time for re-takes.

water bottle6:10p — Fill up water bottle.

leave house6:14p — Put on winter coat, stand around and wait for my chicken to cook. Put it in a tupperware container and head out the door.

6:29p — Arrive at CrossFit. Do WOD that made me nearly cry. My wrists killed during the front squats.

7:57p — Arrive home.

make supper8:00p — Turn on computer for twitter party! Start cooking supper. Thank myself for cutting up veggies the night before.

eat supper8:18p — Eat & Tweet.

take vitamins8:21p — Can’t forget my vitamins, with my iPad glowing on my lap ;)

8:32p — Finish supper, tweet ( #FeelBetterFL represent!)

9:09p — Jump in shower to warm up, and to de-stankify myself.

make bed9:20p — Make bed with fresh sheets.

9:31p — Head to bed with iPad and read blogs until I’m tired.

10:17p — Put the iPad down and get some beauty rest ;)

Gotta be honest you guys. I don’t eat this healthy all the time. In fact, I stocked up on some fresh fruits while I was out the other night so you wouldn’t know that I ate CANDY for snacks throughout my day. Oops. Though, I did feel awesome the next day. So maybe I should probably cut down on the candy consumption…

Hope you enjoyed the post!

What does your daily routine look like?

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OOTWW & Triple F Friday #15

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Clearly looks like I didn’t want to look at the camera this week. Oops? Whatever I like the outcome. As for today’s photo, I was trying to show you a new hair style that I learned off YouTube. The woman doing the tutorial had much longer, thicker hair and it came out pretty retro looking on her. But on me, it’s a completely different outcome, and I still kinda like it, even if it is pretty messy looking lol.

back-of-hairIt’s been a chilly week, but I don’t mind it one bit! It’s a different type of cold up here in Ontario than it is back home in Newfoundland. You immediately warm up as soon as you’re inside on the ‘mainland’. It’s a drier cold that sucks every bit of moisture out of my skin, which causes mild yet annoying eczema on my poor skin. But I don’t mind the weather, so you’re not bound to see me complain about it any time soon.

Hope everyone had a good week. I have a busy weekend ahead of me! I plan on going out to get some veggies tomorrow at a local market with Stephanie. Then head to another city to see my Mom’s Aunt and also her granddaughter (my cousin Vanessa!).

What are your plans?

Onto Triple F Friday:

Community_ChrisStoutenberg_rotatorChris Stoutenburg (@stouty_13 on twitter) was featured in the CrossFit forums last week, an incredible read. “A month after he started CrossFit, Stoutenberg accomplished something doctors told him would never be possible.” . Read the full article.  He can do the Fran WOD in less than 9 minutes. I think my time for Fran was 13+. That’s what I call beast-mode. Love it Chris! He also has a YouTube channel.

ROJRunning-Valentines-Gift-Exchange-2013Julie is doing a Valentine’s Day gift exchange. How fun is that?

My friend, @fivetimemommy needs to change her username to six time mommy! Go ahead and congratulate her on her 6th pregnancy!

Megs pipesIt’s Meg’s 50th High Five Friday! Plus she had some gains (literally) this week, and I want to personally congratulate her on her successes.  Look at those pipes.

Brittany blogs about: You may need more calories than you think.

krystenKrysten is going in for surgery for her robot heart next Friday. She’s a positive one, and I love her for her.

Morgan shares about what she learned about detoxing.

sincerelyjulesHAIRJules is one of those lucky people who looks great wearing any hairstyle/outfit she chooses. Yesterday she blogged about Hair Week.

Submit yourself to my weekly Fun, Fit, Fashionable posts. You can certainly submit your own, next week. Just shoot me an e-mail to spiffykerms@gmail.com. Just include any of the following:

  • Your name
  • Your URL, if you have a blog
  • Description of you being Fun, Fit or Fashionable
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OOTWW & TFF #14

It’s going to take me years to get used to this new camera of mine. YEARS.

The OOTWW still looks the same as it did last week. I got fed up fiddling with the white balance, and the flash intensity that I just said screw it, for now.

ootwwAs for the weekly Triple F Friday feature I’ve submitted Fun, Fit and/or Fashionable people to be on my blog! Check them out :)

Morgan, always hilarious with her blog posts. She doesn’t update as often any more but when she does — I wait until I have a quiet moment to myself to thoroughly read her posts. Not a post goes by that I don’t crack a smile, or even let out an embarrassingly loud “HA HA”. Tuesday she wrote why she doesn’t make new years resolutions.

Sarah, a fellow FitFluential blogger teaches us how to “un-sick” yourself with her home remedy.

Josephine, another FitFluential ambassador has a great post up this week: “Don’t be that runner

Clare is making the most of long distance relationships. A cool gift she got the BF to keep it exciting! (Side note: The Boyf and I did long distance for a full year before I moved here to Ontario.)

Submit yourself to my weekly Fun, Fit, Fashionable posts. You can certainly submit your own, next week. Just shoot me an e-mail to spiffykerms@gmail.com. Just include any of the following:

  • Your name
  • Your URL, if you have a blog
  • Description of you being Fun, Fit or Fashionable
  • A photo, which is optional of course
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