WIAW: 16 Shots

Posted on February 14, 2012

Sixteen.

That is how many Novocain shots the dentist had to give me to numb my gums today.

[Yeaaaah. Heard that quite a few times.]

If you didn’t know, I had to get all 4 wisdom teeth out today. Needless to say, I am sitting here completely numb, drooling, and with ice all over my face. I’ll spare you from seeing a picture…its not pretty.

Overall the procedure wasn’t as bad as I thought it would be, but still pretty gnarly!! I’m not one to be afraid of needles or blood, but all the digging and pulling definitely was a little uncomfortable! Especially the tooth that took TEN MINUTES to get out.

For the next few days I’ll be resting it up and eating tons of soft foods!

But don’t worry…I have been saving all of my food pics from the past few days so I could still participate in WIAW!! Believe me…you do not want to see what I’ll be eating over the next few days!

I reached out on Twitter last night for some ideas:

[Too bad I can’t stand jello! Am I the only one out there?!]

Thanks for all the suggestions ladies!!! Smoothies, soup, yogurt, and cream of wheat here I come!!

Enough tooth talk though…let’s get on to the good eats!

It’s gonna be painful to look at all these yummy pics…I am already missing all my crunchy food Sad smile

At least I will be able to go along with the theme of WIAW this month! It’s spread the veggie love month and I foresee many pureed veggies in my future…

What I’ve Been Eating:

PopChips was nice enough to send me some of their new sweet potato chips to try!!

You all know my love of sweet potatoes…so I expected to LOVE these! And they did not disappoint…perfectly sweet, crunchy, and flavorful!

Pretty good nutritionals too!

Thanks PopChips for the Valentines Day present!

[Got these free samples with my latest iHerb order!! So cool!]

[tuna chopped salad]

[toast with laughing cow and jam, baked eggplant, juicy pear]

[cottage cheese and jam english muffin]

[more chopped salad love]

What I Wore:

Today was all about comfort for the big operation Winking smile

[Sweats FTW!]

Yesterday’s ‘fit!

[Whom I kidding…EVERYDAY is about comfort. Senioritis…]

Well I am off to keep icing and am hopefully gonna attempt to go eat something! Wish me luck!

Have you ever had surgery before?

This was my first!

Have you had your wisdom teeth removed?

Please feel free to share some advice or experiences!

What’s your favorite liquid/soft food?

Happy WIAW! (even if I am a little early Winking smile )

Kaila

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Two for One Special!

Posted on January 28, 2012

Just for you!!

It’s happened again! ANOTHER giveaway winner has yet to claim their prize!

It really irks me ya know!? Because it pretty much says that they only stopped by to enter the giveaway and had no intention of ever actually reading my blog…ugh. Makes me mad. Does this bother anyone else?

But my frustration and the winner’s missed opportunity means good stuff for all of you!!!

Random Number Generator and I are becoming good friends…

The NEW winner is…

Congrats Julie!! Email me your info and I will get your scale out to you ASAP!

And remember…there is still time to enter my Shabby Apple giveaway!

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Okay Okay! ENOUGH giveaway talk.

In other news…

WHY HAS IT TAKEN ME 17 YEARS TO SEE THIS MOVIE?

Currently watching (and LOVING) this movie. Now I know why it’s a classic.

Other Saturday shenanigans included:

Driving into a blizzard!

I know the picture doesn’t show much…but seriously the BIGGEST snowflakes of my life were coming down today! Pretty? Sure. But they don’t make for good driving.

And they are probably the main reason why I backed into a wall today…crushed my backlight and all. Good winter driver, I am not.

Munching Like It’s Muh JOB.

[swiss and jam tortilla with a NEW apple!]

Well it’s new to me any ways…BUT SO DELICIOUS. I think its called an Armanji apple? Anyone ever heard of these? It’s like a cross between a fuji, a honey crisp, and a pink lady…my THREE FAVORITE apples. So pretty much, I loved this.

Mooooore PB loving.

Reading!

[I love Kristen Bell!]

Sadly most of my Saturday “reading” was school related…but I did take a few breaks to catch up on some mags!

A good Saturday overall.

You may have noticed I didn’t mention anything fitness related though! Well, I’ve decided to take a little break from exercise for the next week or so (or at least dial back the intensity a bit!). You may recall I did this back in Summer for a little experiment and I really benefited from it! Its good to give your body a little breather every once in awhile. So if you’re friends with me on Daily Mile…you may seem a little less from me over the next few days in your feed and a few wimpier workouts in your feeds LOL!

Well, that’s all for me tonight folks! It’s snack time up in here!!!

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How did you spend your Saturday?

Winter driving skillz? Do you have them?!

Favorite apple? GO.

Kaila

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WIAW: 20 Questions

Posted on January 24, 2012

I know you’ve all seen this little questionnaire floating around the blogosphere….but I really wanted to fill it out for myself! I love these survey things. So bear with me….pleeeease.

Plus it’s WIAW…so you still get all that usual fun with just some random Q’s thrown in! AND, there is a giveaway winner at the end of this post! So if you’re just here for that…keep on scrolling. But I hope you’ll stick around for the other shenanigans Winking smile .

[thanks Jenn]

What I Ate:

[just a few pics this week…sorrrrry]

[I have been filling my french meadow bakery tortillas with EVERYTHING lately! They are seriously the best tortillas I’ve ever had!]

[pb and raisins…amazing]

[another new obsession…equally delicious with peanut butter!]

[tuna-humus salad with a garnet yam!]

[ricotta and jam on wasa’s=delicious]

[Found this gem at the back of my pantry! Can’t believe I forgot about it! Love TJ’s!!!]

What I Worked:

The steady state was done at an incline of 10 and a resistance of 35. The intervals were the following:

Incline @ 5 for 30 minutes

Alternate:

1 minute-30 resistance

30 seconds-25 resistance

30 seconds-35 resistance

Repeat for 30 minutes!

Where I Was Featured:

These past few days the bloggy has been featured on a few sites/newsletters around the web!

Healthy Living Blogs

Elite Wellness

The Healthy Living Blogs Newsletter….thanks to Healthiful Balance

20 Questions for Wednesday:

1) What is one of your favorite ways to spend a Saturday?

A yummy breakfast. A nice long walk with Ella. A trip to the Farmers Market. A sweaty workout/run. A few of my favorite meals. And a movie and blogging to cap off the night!

2) List your top three favorite TV shows.
This is tough! I follow a ton of shows! But my top three of ALL time would have to be:

-The Office

-LOST (oh how I miss you!)

-A 3 way tie between: Parks and Rec/30 Rock/Modern Family
3) Would you rather be in pictures or take them?

I like being in pictures with my family to document memories and moments…but I’ve really developed a passion for taking pictures ever since I started blogging! I’ve really come to appreciate a good quality photograph!

4) Why do you blog?

It’s my outlet for expression! There are so many parts of me I never felt comfortable sharing with others until I entered the blogging community! Now I have found so many people who share my passions and values and have developed such great relationships because of it! I also love the interaction and feedback…the comments sections is one of my favorite aspects!

5) Share five websites that you visit regularly…

6) If you could have lunch with one person from your Twitter list who would it be?

Can I have a lunch convention? Cause there are SO many people I would love to meet! Not only would I love to meet all my blogging buddies in real life…but some of the celebrities I follow would be pretty cool too! I would LOOOVE to meet ELLEN! Plus she’s vegan so I’m sure we could agree on a really yummy lunch place!

7) List a few of your favorite snacks.

-cereal fruit bowls with almond milk

-sweet potatoes

-carrots with pb and rice cakes

-homemade scuffins

-veggies with dip

-yogurt messes

8 ) Do you have a pet? If so, what kind?

I think you all know Ella by now!

She’s my sweet, little yorkie!!!

9) Which three material possessions would you struggle to live without?

I hate to admit this stuff (it makes me seem so materialistic!!!):

-my computer

-my phone

-my TV

#firstworldproblems to the extreme….

10) What’s your favorite drink?

I actually don’t drink nearly as many liquids as I should! But when I do drink I reach for water, veggie juice, or almond milk!

11) Do you enjoy cooking?

I LOVE IT! I only wish I had more time to dedicate to it! If I didn’t have school I could be rolling out recipes 24/7!

12) Do you have children?

If you count pup’s as children…then yes (see question 8)! But honestly, I DO NOT want kids when I’m older! #sorryimnotsorry

13) What are your favorite hobbies?

-blogging

-being active

-baking

-acting

-writing

14) Would you consider yourself to be shy or outgoing?

I’m pretty outgoing I’d say! I love being in front of people, interacting, and having conversation! But don’t get be wrong… I love my alone time too and definitely embrace my inner “shy” person!

15) If you could change one thing about yourself, what would you change?

I would make myself be less hard on myself. I sometimes set to high of standards for myself and then cause my stress a lot of stress in trying to achieve them/live up to them.

16) Who is your favorite actor?

Don’t have one actually…there are SO many good ones out there. I really like Liam Neeson though! (Schindler’s List is one of my favorite meetings!!)