My New Love For Yoga!!

Not my idea of relaxing!

  As a super busy woman, I am always looking for ways to relax and unwind throughout the day. My "go to" has always been a long soak in a hot bath,which I still love, but it's not always convenient. I've thought about trying yoga before, but I've always heard that it's surprisingly hard, so I've opted for other solutions. But now that our house guests have left and the house has been cleaned it, I needed to try something extra special to relax.

  I remembered that On Demand they have little workout things, some of which were yoga and Pilates. I wasn't really looking to "workout", just relax. So after quickly ruling out Pilates I started searching through the yoga lessons. I was looking for a very specific type of yoga. It might sound lazy (isn't that the point of relaxing) but I wanted one that was the easiest and most soothing. Mostly looking for one that just focused on stretching and breathing. There was about 6 yoga videos to choose from and I went through a few minutes of each one before finally getting to the last one that was actual a prenatal yoga lesson. (Don't get any crazy ideas!) It did make the most sense though, because pregnant woman aren't suppose to do strenuous workouts, so all it focused on was stretching and breathing. It was perfect!!

  After the 15 minute session I felt more relaxed than I ever have even after hours and hours in the bathtub! It was absolutely amazing. Yoga helped me discover places that I didn't even realize I was holding stress. It does take a little getting use to clearing your mind, but I could tell that even towards the end of the first session it was getting easier. I can't wait to do it again tomorrow! And what's great about it is that it's something that can easily be done anywhere and anytime. I'm even thinking of taking 10 minutes during my lunch break and just clearing my head, breathing and relaxing!

  What are some of the techniques you use to relax?

Surviving-Day 2

  Day 2 of death dwelling inside me and not letting anything else in there is going just about as good as it sounds. My head is swimming and I have no strength left in my body. I plan on spending today the same way that I spent most of yesterday, either in bed, on the floor of the bathroom or soaking in the bathtub. In the bath I used about 1/2 cup of epsom salt (eucalyptus and spearmint), which is so relaxing. Too relaxing in fact, since I actually fell asleep for a little while in the tub! Oopsy!
  The other thing that I tried yesterday was a face mask. Made up of 1 tbsp baking soda and 1/4 cup of milk. I didn't really think it was doing anything, since it was mostly just dripping all over my face, but then it started hardening. I left it on for about 10 minutes and then washed my face off and my skin was so incredibly smooth. Even today, it is still the only part of my body that feels good!
  Last night when Ryan got home from work, he was amazing and helped me make soup and let me crawl back in bed and eat it there, and then he took the dishes back downstairs to the kitchen when I was done. And he even lied next to me in bed and didn't complain once about the cheesy romantic movies that I was watching. I watched the 1979 movie A Little Romance, that stars Diane Lane (who had to have been about 13 at the time and whom I absolutely adore, and made me really want to watch Must Love Dogs) and Laurence Olivier. And the next movie I watched was Roxanne, The 1987 movie with Steve Martin and Daryl Hannah.
  All right, back to bed for me. I hope that you are all feeling better than I am and having a good day. Keep your fingers crossed that I'll be all better by tomorrow, or even a little better, I'm not greedy!

It was bound to happen

  I missed posting anything yesterday and today I woke up with some nasty stomach flu that's been going around. I'm trying a couple of home remedies for detoxing, which I will be sure to write about as soon as I'm feeling up to it. But mostly just relaxing as much as I can between trips to the bathroom. (Yeah, I know, TMI!)
  Being sick is no fun at all. If I'm going to be quarantined in my house all day, trust me, I'd much rather be cleaning, than being stuck in bed (or sleeping on the bathroom floor). Blah! That's enough for now. Just wanted you to let you know what's going on. Let's just hope I get over this soon! Any home remedies that any of you might have to flush out this bug would be appreciated! Otherwise I hope you all have a great day. As for me, I'm going back to bed.

Surprising my Husband!

  Three months ago, from tomorrow, I married my best friend. And since we had basically paid for so much of the wedding and reception ourselves, we weren't able to go too far away for our honeymoon. So instead we went to a place that wasn't too far away, but certainly felt like it. And today I surprised my husband with a relaxing weekend away at the exact same place.

  So here we are in Midway Utah, determined at all costs to stay in pajamas all weekend and completely relax! I know what you're thinking, "Can't you just stay at home and do nothing?". Yeah, we probably could, but who really does nothing when you're at home? Okay, men do. But I certainly don't. In fact, if I really thought about it, I've got a load of laundry to do, a dishwasher that needs emptied, and then of course we'd have to eat. All while we obviously still need to eat while we're here, I don't have to make it! And more importantly, clean up from it!
  My goal is to avoid all of that for a few days. Don't worry, I'll do it when I get home. But it's easy to let those things get in the way of genuine time with your significant other. Even if we end up spending all weekend lying around in pajamas and watching tv, that's okay, because at least this way I don't feel guilty for not doing any of the other stuff. Plus, the other HUGE plus side of staying in a hotel is the pillows! Yes, I love room service as much as the next girl, and this resort also has one of the best spas in the state, but come on they're pillows! I'm currently lying on a huge soft bed, surrounded by about 10 pillows. 10 PILLOWS! 10 glorious, fluffy pieces of heaven for me to swim around in! (I'm a little obsessed) But it's one of my favorite things.
  Now that I've got myself thinking about pillows, I'm going to go curl up with a few (all) of them, and I might even let Ryan join me! Nothing more to report from here, at least nothing that I'm going to post about!

Good night everybody!