Only One More Sleep!

Well it is one of my most favorite days of the year, Christmas Eve! I cannot believe how it has crept up again. In my old age I am really understanding how fast time goes.

I am looking forward to dinner at my favorite restaurant Dazies with family and friends and then heading to midnight mass in Brooklyn. It has been our new tradition the past 3 years. After a busy day running from the gym, nail salon, bank, hair salon and of course, Starbucks I am looking forward to a great evening of great food and even better people!

 

There are so many Christmas Eve memories that fill my heart.... From feeling like the coolest kid when Santa would visit my home in Staten Island on Christmas Eve for pictures, to the skating shows I used to be in on Christmas Eve when I first moved out to Long Island... Although some of those very special people may no longer be here, I am grateful to have those memories and still enjoy this time of the year with those I love. 

I hope you all have an enjoyable Christmas and reflect on the most important parts of your life! 

Christmas Movie of The Day: Miracle on 34th Street

Christmas Song(s) of The Day: Santa Claus is Coming to Town

Deck The Rooftop - Glee Cast

This will be sure to put you in a good mood!

"Which is worse? A lie that draws a smile or a truth that draws a tear?"

Friday Favorites - Christmas

That's right people! Who is excited?

(but I really do know him)

I cannot believe it is December 20th! Here are a few of my favorites from this past week:

Favorite Christmas Nails:

Favorite Workout: Thursdays Studio Sampler Class & this mornings UFX Burn 3-2-1 class.

Perfect mega calorie burners. You have heard me talk about the Thursday class before. It was my first time back in awhile because of school. This morning was something I have never taken before and I am soooo sore. 3min cardio, 2min strength and 1min core. 6 rounds and each round includes different exercises. I WAS DRENCHED. In addition to them being insane workouts...they were all done to Christmas Music!

Favorite Trixie Sighting:

Favorite Christmas Hair (for kids):

and for adults:

Favorite Meme:

(Which I am proud to say I said NO to baking last night because I didn't want to over indulge. I am patiently awaiting my treat from my favorite bakery which will be here Monday. Stay tuned!)


Favorite Pat on The Back Moment: Another semester down!

(Not going to lie, disappointed with the B but still after a tough semester I'll take it!)

Favorite T1D Meme:

Christmas Song of the Day: Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas - Frank Sinatra

Christmas Movie: Miracle on 34th Street (both versions):

 

 

 

I am looking forward to one of my Christmas Traditions with my Dad tomorrow! It is going to be a fun day. Here is just a little part of our day that we do every year...

 

Christmas Cleaning

For those of you that read yesterday's post you are all awaiting this special workout. It did not require a gym or running shoes, but it did require total body strength. Yes, I cleaned my room.

It was much needed and I feel so decluttered (not sure that is a word). When it comes to everything BUT my room I am a pretty organized person. To my defense I have always been gipped of closet space, so therefore my stuff just overflows all over the place.

It was nice to get rid of a bunch of for lack of a better word "crap" that has just piled up over the years. Textbooks from freshmen year, random junk, you name it I got rid of it. I even dusted! I think my problem was that every other time I tried to clean my room I never got rid of stuff and as a result when I "cleaned" it never felt clean because the "stuff" just continued to pile up.

After a good 4 hours my room looked like new. Now the hardest part will be to keep it this way. It was a Christmas gift to myself, but mostly my mom! Haha

Moving on to my actual fun workout. This morning I debuted my Christmas/New Years Spin Profile! Before I even became a certified spin instructor, I had a vision that if I ever did get certified I would have to make a fun Christmas profile. Like everything else I do I was a bit nervous and hoped the class would like it. As a person who takes spin herself, I know we can be very critical sometimes. One bad song and consider yourself finished.

Check it out:

Hopefully you can see the songs, but if not you still have one more opportunity to come and take the class when I cover for another instructor next week. :)

I could tell the class was enjoying when they began singing Ella Fitzgerald's "Sleigh Ride" during cool down.

After class a pleasant surprise came from my regulars:

So generous of them! It is nice to feel appreciated and to be acknowledged of the effort I put in each week to my profiles. I am so glad I became certified this past summer and am able to do something I love!

Christmas Movie of The Day: Home Alone 2

I love this classic even though it was the reason why I was afraid of NYC most of my childhood. Thank you Harry & Marv.

Christmas Song of The Day: Let it Snow! Ella Fitzgerald

A jazzy take on a classic! Love the whole album.

It's The Most Wonderful Time of The Year!

I AM DONE WITH FINALS!!! No more of this:

And it feels SO good. I have been free since yesterday at 5pm. My first final was a breeze, the second took me the whole 2 hours. Algebra 2/Trig without a calculator. I like math, but not 50 questions at once. It felt good to be done:

I am looking forward to this vacation and taking in some deep yoga breaths until student teaching. In fact, maybe I will actually try and make it a point to get to yoga more often.

There has been lots of celebrating so I try to step it up in the gym this time of the year especially with cardio. The treadmill has been my best friend at the gym! With that said hopefully Santa will take that into consideration.

Backtracking to Sunday, I was able to get a nice little break from studying for a dinner date with my best friend aka "twin" Tanya! We exchanged Christmas gifts too. Talk about a best friend!

I think the coffee tastes better in the Elf mug.

Speaking of elves, I have been making it a point to stick to this:

Can you believe we are a week away from Christmas Eve?! I LOVE Christmastime, but I wish there was about another 5-7 days added to the month before Christmas. It just comes and goes so fast.

Christmas Movie of The Day: The Santa Clause

Christmas Song of The Day: Cold December Night - Michael Buble
I love the classic songs, but also love some of the new songs artists are coming out with. How many ways can you sing Santa Claus is Coming to Town?

Stay tuned for tomorrow to hear about the interesting "workout" I had. Trust me, it was WAY overdue. Any guesses??

Snowy Saturday

Yesterday's snowy weather allowed for some good quality studying in preparation for my remaining two finals on Monday. I didn't say it would help, but we shall see.

After my morning gym session I hit the books... I was extremely disappointed that there was nothing good on ABC Family's 25 Days of Christmas. Toy Story and The Little Mermaid? Really? Since when are these Christmas movies?

Mom asked that "we" go out and shovel...

I went out and cleared the driveway. A little shoveling burned some extra calories so I can't complain, plus it was almost 3pm which meant one thing. Yep.

NOTHING will stop me.


I am going to be so upset when there is no more Christmas Blend or Red Cups. Enjoy it while it lasts folks.


Dinner was a gluten free 3 bean chili... perfect for the weather!

After some more studying and rewriting all of my notes and doing too many math problems I was glad too see one of my favorite movies were on TV!!

 

Still not Christmas, but I still love it. I enjoyed with bar #2 for dessert. :) 

Well by tomorrow at 5:30 I will be on WINTER BREAK!

Christmas Song of the Day:
Merry Christmas Happy Holidays - NSYNC

Christmas Movie of the Day:
Muppets Christmas Carol

Just A Few

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Of my favorite things! After coming back yesterday from my hiatus, I said I would be sharing a few of my favorites especially since it is the most wonderful time of the year. These are a few that caught my eye this past week.

Favorite Christmas Songs:

I've been listening to a lot of Kelly Clarkson's new Christmas Album, so good! Definitely check it out.

Also Ariana Grande who I have become a fan of released some Christmas tunes. My favorite has been Snow in California.

Favorite Christmas Movies:

Obviously.

Never gets old! 

Favorite Christmas Scenery:

Favorite Goodies:

Favorite Saying:

Other random favorites from this week:

(Especially during flu shot season... Boo freaken hoo) 

Looking forward to the snow?! I am. Makes bar time with a red Starbucks cup that much better.