YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAWN!!!!
Good morning everyone! Man, I am one sleepy girl today…last night we had the privilege of doing the photography for the WillPower Method DVD launch, and we didn’t get home and in bed until 12:30! Apparently that is now past my bedtime…long gone are the days of college when I could stay up til 3 and wake up at 6 and never bat an eye!
Yesterday I FINALLY got my green monster I’ve been craving! This beaut had 1 cup of milk, 1 cup of frozen strawberries, 1 fresh banana, and 1 cup of spinach:
Mark my words, smoothies in a jar are going to over the world! Work was a whirlwind to say the least, so by lunchtime I was starving and very much in need of food. Enter some leftover Spicy Chicken Sausage, Eggplant, and Zucchini Bake:
Molto delizioso! After work we rushed home, changed clothes, and booked it to downtown Denver for the party at the Beauty Bar. Now, the Beauty Bar was actually a pretty cool place…it’s a chain of sorts in major cities across the country, and it’s basically decked out like an old-school beauty parlor. There’s glitter on the walls (is that Ke$ha I hear in the background…?) and pink everywhere and old pictures of women (not the REALLY old creep kind where no one’s smiling) bedecking the walls. I really enjoyed it! It would be perfect for things like really girly bachelorette parties or birthdays or girls’ nights out. Anyway, dinner prior to was a kid’s meal from Sonic – klassy with a capitol ‘K’ 🙂
Upon arriving home we checked the mail and I found the book I ordered a couple days ago: Eat Pray Love! As most of you might know, Angela’s been doing a review of sorts on her blog of the book, and I have been meaning to read it for a while now. I decided to take the plunge and just order it rather than count on myself to remember to go to Barnes & Noble to get it 🙂
I really can’t wait to start reading this, although I know I’m going to be investing in a box of tissue to go along with it. Turns out books that feature someone trying to find their way through life tend to make me cry a little (or a lot)!
What books are you reading these days? What are they about? If you’re not reading anything currently, what kinds of books do you normally gravitate to? We are finishing up The 4-Hour Work Week, and then I’m planning on reading Eat Pray Love immediately after! I would say I tend to go more towards inspirational true stories, cookbooks, and anything written by Francine Rivers 🙂
I read random stuff from Dean Koontz (great writer) to biographies. A couple of really good books I have read this summer are 1) Three signs of a miserable job – sounds funny but if you are starting a business it is great for the boss to know certain techniques to keep his employees happy. It recounts this guy who was a CEO of how he worked a couple of jobs and was successful. 2)To live a thousand lives – talks about how we can live our lives and leave a legacy behind for each generation that follows so that it goes on for generations.
Happy reading! It keeps the mind sharp!
I loved loved loved EPL. I actually keep a copy of page 283 on my desk and read about the day Liz and Felipe spend at the beach in Bali. It reminds me to go slow, enjoy life, and appreciate the little things like freshly caught fish, cold beers and chilled fruit interspersed with swimming, napping, reading, and spending the day with a loved one.
I also loved 4 hour work week and being self-employed, I took away quite a bit of good information – mostly because it reminded me to stay focused on what’s important to me – which is to work less, live more. My favorite part of that book was the story of the American businessman and the Mexican fisherman who after a little work in the morning liked to sleep late, fish a little, play with his children, take a siesta with his wife, stroll into the village, sip wine and play guitar with his friends – A full and busy life!
ummm, Francine Rivers is the BOMB DOT COM!! I LOVE her books….I also tend to gravitate to biographies, and historical fiction.
of course, every summer, I also stock up on all that fab Chic-lit, that makes every poolside lounging Saturday that much brighter 🙂
I am currently reading Difficult Conversations which is teaching me how to discuss what matters most. I am not the best communicator and I am hoping this book will help change that.
love that book. i read it a LONG time ago when it first came out. i cant wait to see the movie.
i REALLY want to read eat pray love!! I bet the movie is going to be SOO amazing!! I love julia roberts!
I loved EPL and can’t wait for the movie. I just starting reading the Omnivore’s Dilemma which I have been meaning to read for a looong time.
I really do need to read more books. Besides the Bible, I’m not reading anything right now. Which really is sad. Because there is nothing better than getting lost in a good book. As far as my book preferences go, I’ll read anything from Nicholas Sparks to marriage books, to Christian women writers.
I loved reading Eat, Pray, Love so much! I’m certain you’re going to enjoy it. If you’re looking for a fiction novel, I recently read The Help, and it’s great. And for a memoir, I just finished Beautiful Boy, which was a sad but worthwhile read.
I WANT TO READ THAT BOOK SOOOOO BAD!!! I can’t wait for the movie to come out Aug 13! I’m about to start reading Reefer madness by Eric Schlosser….finally going to sit down and start reading again. 🙂
I loved the book EPL. Cannot wait for the movie!
that book is great!! the last chapter was a little boring, to be honest, but the beginning &middle are can’t-put-this-down fun/interesting 🙂
kids meal for dinner? awesome. haha
I just finished Audrey Niffenegger’s ‘Her Fearful Symmetry,’ which I loved! I couldn’t put it down if I tried. She is the author of The Time Traveler’s Wife – my favorite book I’ve ever read. She’s a little dark, but her writing is so light, and her words are alive.
I have that book on hold for me at the library. Right now though I’m reading a Sookie Stackhouse book – the vampire series from True Blood. LOL Gotta have variety.
You’re going to love that book!!! Its so good!
I’m currently not reading anything 😉
I read a few Jennifer McMahon books on our trip, and they were good– scary!!! But good.
Yep…12:30 is officially a “late night” for me too now…when did we get so old?!? 🙂
I really liked The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo.
My hubs says Born To Run is really inspiring.
And Water for Elephants is a good one too.
I really enjoyed Eat, Pray, Love and am psyched about the movie! I do have to say the India section was a little slow (guess I’m more of an eater/lover than prayer). Hope you enjoy it!
I’m really worried I won’t like EPL – I want to read it but I’m such a book snob! Let us know how it is! Right now I’m reading In Defense of Food (Michael Pollan) but my favorite books are serious literature with complex story structures and themes and things to be analyzed and dissected. I was an English major in college – like I said, literary snob.
Your posts always make me HUNGRY.
My fiance & I read the 4-Hour Work Week together when we moved to Belize last year. Loved it!
I am currently reading the Sookie Stackhouse series– but I usually like to read food/exercise books (last one I read was “This is why you’re fat by Jackie Warner) or motivation/self help books (The Secret, The Magic of Thinking Big).
Everyone keeps talking about EPL, I may just have to pick it up for myself!
Enjoy EPL! It’s a book I constantly turn back too. Definitely one of my favorites. Thought I must admit I am a sucker for books that feature people on journeys trying to create themselves.
I’m the exact same way – I have such a hard time if I go to bed passed 11 and need to get up at 7. What’s crazy is that I used to work the overnight shift and still could go to the gym, classes and out. I feel old.
Right now I’m starting on the The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo – I heard so many good things but life has been busy so I’m just getting it to it. Loving it so far.
I gravitate towards historical accounts, like My Life with Jaqueline Kennedy (love this book), Jack and Jackie (love this book too, what? Idon’thaveanobsessionwiththekennedies), and books from the Holocaust amongst others. Have you ever read Night? Really haunting.
I read books by Harlan Coben. He’s a mystery writer. here arealways twists around the corner when you don’t expect them.
I loved Eat Pray Love. I have probably read it like 4 times now. I just finished up The Happiness Project which is interesting to pair with Eat Pray Love. Now I’m on to The Girl with the Dragon Tatoo series. It is quite possibly one of the best series I’ve ever read. I’m on book two and am totally sucked into it.
I LOVED this book….warning: You are going to want to go to Italy…BAD!
haven’t read it yet!
Just discovered your blog! 😀
I’d love to read Eat Pray Love, but I have a feeling I won’t get around to it until after the movie is released… I’ve heard that most people love it! (but that tissues are necessary!)
I’m currently reading Dan Brown’s “The Lost Symbol,” and it’s pretty good so far!
I read that book half way through then stopped but I must get back to it before the movie comes out. LOVE julia roberts!
With all my free time this summer I really should be reading more.
Have a great day!
My boyfriend is currently reading the 4-hour work week. I’ve gotten mixed reviews from him, it sort of sounds like a get rich quick scheme and dont do any of the work. I just finished Emily Giffin’s new book and loved it!
New reader, first time commenter…hope you don’t mind me chiming in! 🙂
I really liked Eat, Pray, Love. It’s one of those books that I got from the library, but ended up wanting to give it a permanent home in my personal library.
I tend to gravitate toward cookbooks and crafty books (knitting, sewing), memoirs, and chick-lit type stuff, with the occasional mystery thrown in.
I just started The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo. I’m sure I’m probably the only person left who hasn’t read it yet, so I figured I’d get on it. 😉
Yum! Now I want a smoothie!! Also, I feel like I’m the only person in the world who didn’t love Eat, Pray, Love, I started it like 3 times, got halfway through and always went on to another book:( Maybe the movie will be better for me.
That is such a good book….you will LOVE it!
I am still on The Help. I have had NO time to read whatsoever. I have been reading it since June…lol.
Ha! You’re funny – I didn’t think about the old creepy photos until you mentioned it 🙂
I would love to hear what you think of EPL. I really enjoyed it because I love how different people take different approaches to ‘finding their way’ in life.