I Love Christmas!

I love baking and eating, wrapping presents and giving them, Christmas movies and carols. I love the Christmas season, so much. Today was my first full day home this Christmas and it was full of baking gingerbread cookies! It was amazing. I love decorating cookies and listening to Christmas music. I think my new favorite Christmas cd is the Glee holiday album. I've been listening to it nonstop since it came out. Then again, I listen too all my Glee cds on repeat... don't judge. :)

I'm just super excited to see all my family this break! Most of my cousins are coming up to visit and I even get to go to Arizona on the 29th!

I think that's the best part about Christmas. Being close with all my family. :) I have some of the best cousins I could ever ask for. I'm sure tons of pictures and videos will ensue as soon as they all get here. I've been counting down the days! My oldest cousin and his girlfriend arrive on the 23rd. They are the cutest couple I've ever seen, no lie!

So much love is in the air. I just want to talk a walk outside in the beautiful snow and enjoy this break from school. No homework, no tests and no papers. Just freedom and joy. I'm going to enjoy every single moment! How are you spending your Christmas break?

Coffee is My Best Friend

This morning, I took my first final as a college student. It wasn't as bad as I was anticipating. But I can't believe this semester has gone by so quickly! It seems like just yesterday I was starting my first day of class, scared out of my mind. Scared because I didn't know anyone in my class, but mostly scared because my first class was Spanish, which was highly intimidating. Tomorrow I take my Spanish final. And then I will feel accomplished. Honestly, passing Spanish will be my biggest accomplishment. Something I'll be super proud of.

I've learned so much this semester, both in and out of the classroom. I love it here. I love college, I love Concordia. I don't even mind that I'm super tired and I'm basically on a coffee IV drip. I'm enjoying life. :) Next semester, here I come!

Oh, also, I found this interesting website: Death by Caffeine. It basically says how much of certain caffeinated drinks will kill you, if they're all in your system at once. Super entertaining :) I found out it would take 235 cans of Cherry Coke to kill me. Crazy!

A Picture is Worth 1,000 Words

Finals are creeping closer. And as the semester comes to a close, I'm finding myself getting more and more distracted by life around me. From things as stupid as Like a Little to things as important as my guitar, I'm discovering it difficult to get things done. I do what I can, but I'm starting to end up getting way less sleep than I would like in order to get things done.

My favorite go-to website for when I'm procrastinating is ImgFave. It's just a website with awesome pictures from all over cyber space that range from inspirational to funny. It's full of celebrities, food and, my favorite, adorable little kids and babies. I always get a little pick-me-up from looking at Img Fave. Here is my most favorite one that I found today:



 Hope this made your day just  a little bit better! :)

What Not to Eat

I don’t think I can go more than 3 hours without some sort of processed sugar. Most of my friends know this about me. All my life, I’ve been blessed with my father’s metabolism that allows me to eat a whole pizza in one sitting and not gain any weight. For the most part, I was good about what I ate. I had sugar everyday, but I tried not to have too much of it, and I was pretty good at portion control for the rest of my food.

 

Then, something both marvelous  and monstrous happened to me: Dining Services. The food is good and plentiful and my metabolism has been having quite a duty trying to keep up with my. My side-kick, Emma, and I are known for our food shenanigans. We frequent Taco Bell like it’s our job and just a few days ago, we bought a whole pumpkin pie and devoured the entire thing in less than 48 hours.

Last night seemed to be the last straw for the both of us. For desert, we made a waffle and piled it with ice cream, whipped topping, chocolate sauce and whopper bites. It was disgustingly delicious, but it got me thinking a lot about those extra pounds that have been creeping up on me since schools started. Then and there, we both decided that it was time to stop being lazy and actually work out, so we started a 9-minute abs program. 9 different abdominal workouts for 1 minute each, with push-ups in between each minute.

I felt pretty good when I woke up this morning, but as the day as progressed, I’ve started to feel the effects. A simple laugh and I feel the burn from last night’s workout. Not going to lie, I love that feeling. Makes me feel like I actually did something productive for my body.

I think the hardest part will be sticking to it, but that’s why we’re doing it together.