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March Self Portrait: Working From Anywhere

One of my favorite things about being my own boss is the flexibility to work anywhere. As long as I pack up my laptop, I can bring my business with me and work anywhere in the world. I've been doing a lot of traveling during the winter down time, so it's nice that I don't have to take any time off from work while I'm traveling - I just bring my laptop wherever I go, and I'm all set:)

When I went to Florida last week I did a lot of planning and goal setting for the future of my business. Which requires time to just sit and think about where I want to go and what I want to do. So this was me, working (aka thinking), in Florida. This is my ideal work setting:)

 

Happy Friday!

Amanda - March 30, 2012 - 2:54 pm

Ahhh… the life.

My Favorite Beach Baby

Gosh I love this little girl to pieces:

 

I took a trip down to Florida with my mom, sister, and Addy last week to visit my grandparents - it was such a nice, relaxing trip. No plans, no itinerary, just sitting on the beach all day long. I got my fill of Addy time, she's too fun to have on the beach.

Side note - some girls have super sexy beach hair. Yeah, that's something I have to work on:

 

Ah! That little smile kills me:) Addy and my sister are coming up to PA today to stay with me for the weekend - can't wait to hang out with this little nug again:)

More Florida pictures coming soon!

Amanda Young - March 29, 2012 - 11:13 pm

SO DARN CUTE. Oh man, you’re going to be such a stinking cute mommy one day! And beach hair… aka, how I spent the first 22 years of my life. Let’s not go there! ;)

Faye Bernoulli - March 29, 2012 - 8:09 pm

I love her chubby little legs kicking up in the air as you hug her! So cute :) And I feel ya on the sexy beach hair…my bangs are in that awkward in-between stage where it doesn’t get in my eyes IF I DON’T MOVE but they’re too short to tuck behind my ear -_-

Amanda - March 29, 2012 - 10:36 am

Ah! So cute! I feel you on the hair. A hair band and eight +/- bobby pins is how I rock beach hair too. — And tell Jess to please e-mail me where she got that super cute swimsuit. I have been looking all over for one for Ava, and it is so much harder than I expected!

Cait - March 29, 2012 - 8:35 am

She is just too precious!!! I love these of you two!!! I think your beach hair looks like mine lol!!!!

4 Hour Body Update

Today is March 26th. Meaning Christmas was three months ago. And this photo, my friends, shows something that has never before happened ever in my life:

It's a bag of peanut M&M's, that has lasted me 3 months. Yep, they're M&M's from Christmas time, and they're STILL NOT GONE. Do you know how huge this is? Peanut M&M's are my favorite. I could easily down a whole bag in an afternoon if I'd let myself. Although I do have to give a disclaimer - this wasn't a little personal bag of M&M's, or even the normal size bag - it was a gallon size bag....so maybe this isn't as impressive as I thought:)

Jay and I are still going strong on the 4 Hour Body diet, and I'm SO glad we've stuck with it. He's down almost 30 pounds, and I'm down 12. Five more pounds to go for me! I've hit a plateau for a while now.....why does it seem like the last 5 pounds are always the hardest to lose? I guess it's time I actually start exercising, I'm sure that will help:) Not only have we lost weight on this diet, but we both just FEEL so much better. It's amazing what eating non-processed food can to for you....and what it can do for your skin! I feel like my skin is more clear than it's been in a long time:) This diet was REALLY hard to adjust to in the beginning, because we'd try so many recipes that tasted AWFUL. But now that we found recipes that are actually really tasty, it's not a hard diet to stick with. And that cheat day once a week? It feels like Christmas. Every week. We usually have our cheat day on Saturdays, and I seriously wake up at about 6am because I can't wait to shove a few donuts in my mouth. It's just enough to keep you going from week to week.

Has anyone else stuck with their New Year's resolution? I think this is the first time in my life that I have!

Amanda - March 26, 2012 - 2:15 pm

I love the visual of you sneaking down to the kitchen early in the morning to shovel in a few donuts! Haha! I told Allen just the other day, I should have a rule that I will only eat something myself if I would feed it to Ava. I’m so conscious about what quality of food goes into her body, but it doesn’t phase me one bit to have eight chocolate chip cookies for dinner. I’m not kidding — that happened recently. Good for you for sticking to it. I bet you look great!

Jess - March 26, 2012 - 10:59 am

Good for you guys! Mike feels great on that diet too, and you all look great! Keep it up :)

Bethany Ann - March 26, 2012 - 8:51 am

Congratulations on how far you’ve come with the 4 hour body diet!!! :) Happy Monday!!

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