May Book!

Guess what just arrived on this soggy raining day? 

My new May Book!!

I saw on a fellow blogger's post how great their products are and decided to give it a whirl!

I choose a nautical rope cover with my monogram in green! 

The inside is just line paper. 

I considered about ordering an agenda 

although am so picky about the layout played it safe.

(Even the packaging was adorable!) 

Being a college student I try to budget 

and this great find did not break the budget!

Adorable, Monogramed and Affordable... Definitely a win! 

Click here for your own May Book!

Where did the Time Go??

Gah this summer truly flew by!

I am finishing up my second summer course 

and while I love the class, I am ready to sleep in!

Those 8am mornings are really taking a toll on me.

Knowing of course it is going become a regular thing...

if I ever join the real world? 

Graduate school is looking really good about now 

Although the GRE is no fun studying for!

Kapaln's blog makes it a little more fun. 

Although it is still a dreaded task. 

Can I just say one thing though... for real?

This time next year I will be a college graduate! 

How scary is that? One of my best friends from high school 

got engaged this week.... that's even scarier!!!

I am so not ready to grow up... 

why can't I just stay an undergrad student forever!!

Workin' On My Fitness

... She's My Witness

Like I said earlier working out has been a regular thing lately. 

I begin with a 1.5 mile jog/run around the park. 

After simple hamstring and calf stretches 

(ex. attempting to touch my toes, butterfly and leaning back with my toes flexed)

I begin with a body circuit and core circuit. 

Naturally it gets changed up based on how humid it is 

and...

what muscles are sore from the day before. 

Below are my cheat sheets I made for myself. 

The numbers are personalized to my fitness, 

and are constantly changing as I get in shape

remember quality over quantity!  

Anyone else working to get in shape this summer?

Sweet Isla!

I just noticed my lack of Isla pictures! She is adorable and sassy. On the Fourth of July I put a bow on her and she acted like such a queen bee! Anyway Isla and I have been going for runs and getting our "fit" on. I surely feel a difference and she seems to sleep better at night. It's so nice to have a little workout buddy. I feel like she judges me if I slow down. Promise my next post will be about the killer workouts I have been doing at the park. Isla isn't one for a body circuit, she just sits and enjoys the attention from the male dogs. Isla is such a flirt... oh wait she gets that from me! 

A Different Approach

            Today I had an interview with a family looking for a nanny. All seemed fine until they mentioned she will be attended a Montessori school. They described it to me as giving their 2 year old independence to discover her talents. At two years old I was concerned what her talents are... napping? coloring? They were proud to tell me she will be learning cursive block letters and will not have a teacher but a "guide". The students learn from each other... there is no curriculum, in fact their are only three different levels in the school. In fact they will not have any homework. This "method of the child" approach seems very off for me.   In all of my studies we learn how children need structure so this concept is very foreign to me. This is a very different approach... but does it work?? 

Defiantly Some Heat Here

      Craft and I laid out by the pool last week. Needless, to say I invested in an Aloe Plant. I read you could drink the juice for some great benefits but I stuck with the more traditional methods. Once I got over the texture it worked like a charm! Don't bother with the bottle of green goo and just get the plant. I don't have much of a green thumb but will make the effort to get this one through the summer! Besides working fantastically on sunburn it also helps with cold sores and frostbite... neither of which I have to worry about but defiantly a plus!