Last night I posted about my personal challenge and now today I’m here with a report from Day 1: SUCCESS! I went to bed a teeny bit late, but woke up on time, have had ZERO pop today, and I styled my hair in a new way {see above}. But wait, there’s more :] Last night at the grocery store I picked up tons of fresh fruit, veggies, cheeses, nuts, lean meat, healthy [?] crackers — so my food intake today has been a thumbs up. I’m so proud of myself!
Many of you said you’d participate too, so did you?
Don’t let yourself down.
The last part of my challenge is to take a beautiful photo every day, so the photo to the above right is my picture for Day 1: on our dresser sits a pretty tea pot, my wedding bouquet and my tiara from our wedding. Beauty, it’s seriously everywhere!
HAVE YOU LOOKED FOR BEAUTY YET TODAY?
Love the hair girl! I think you should try it totally straight one day! :) I am jealous tho because my hair just doesn’t cooperate as nicely as yours appears to! haha!
And you’re right….beauty is everywhere (my exact philosophy on my photography blog!)
I love the new hairstyle! Shall I be the first to say that we will need a video tutorial of that one too? :)
Your hair looks cute. Have you read One thousand gifts by Ann Voskamp? What you’re doing seems to jive with her overall message.
yes i have! and i HEART Ann — she’s the best!
Love your hair! it looks great straight!
LOVE your hair- so pretty! I love when people want to make healthier changes in their lives :)
Hi Gussy!
SO nice to meet you! What a fabulous breath of fresh air you are! And neighbors! lol… I live in Mound, MN, and I found your site because my friend Michele Bergh said that I should check out your site. Do you know her or something? You are just a peach. I am a big goalsy person too and I totally get the value of self-promises, so I will try to do this but I am not making any promises just yet. I love your challenge though. LOVE it! I actually do a lot with my goals. I am 43, so I have “Before I Turn 50” Goals and then I break those down into the years. Not all so serious as it sounds, but I will tell you this! I started doing tai chi every day and eating better and meditating every day about a month ago and I am super more productive this month even though my “time” is less because I am doing all those things! Anyways, LOVE your site. I will surely be a neighbor here as well!
hi amy! thank you sooooo much for your comment. XO!
Gussy,
Have you met Jamie Ridler? She is also a great marketer and might be a good match for the type of projects you are doing. You may want to connect with her. Her website is http://jamieridlerstudios.ca – she is a doll just like you!
Have you tried the Livestrong website? I LOVE their My Plate feature…super helpful!
Great job today! You can do it!
I love your HAIR!! and love your question;
HAVE YOU LOOKED FOR BEAUTY YET TODAY?
Awesome job Maggie!! So far I’m holding out for no brownies after the kids are in bed, lol. We’ll see how long that lasts :)
So…I didn’t have any soda today…but I think that’s because there wasn’t any in the house {yikes}, but tomorrow I’m going two for two.
I got up early this morning instead of just laying there…awake…so that was good and I’m thrilled about that. I feel like my day was productive.
Well, I’m headed to bed so I can do the nightly read and feed….read to myself while I feed the baby…oh, the glam of motherhood :-)
Great job and keep at it!
One Thousand Gifts is an awesome book! Totally loved it!
you. are. beauty. hope to see you soon – my kids would love to come walk Bauer with ya
send me an email & let’s plan a date :)
Your hair looks so pretty!
Love the new hairstyle! I, too, get into ruts with my hair.
Hey Gussy girl! I’m loving the hair! :) Seriously! Does this mean there will be another hair styling video? wink!
I’m really proud of you for having healthier goals. I have those as well, they just never seem to get off the ground. Thanks for inspiring me to get going/moving. Have a great weekend!
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hah, thank you… but no. because i hardly know how to use a curling iron, hah!!
Cute hair.
Awesome job! Your hair looks great by the way! I too need to change up my hair. :) I’d love to join you on this!! Glad you are sharing it here! :)
Such a brilliant day. I’ve had a move around in the house to give me space to create. The spare bedroom has become my sewing room. Yes – there’s still a bed, but it’s tucked away – leaving me loads of space. Just need to find some pretty storage baskets, and a folding table on which to put my cutting board – and there’ll be no stopping me.
I can finally reclaim my dining table, and leave everything out that I’m working on! Whoop whoop.
aaaah!! so cute! i think you should TOTALLY straighten it next time ;) ;) ;)
so listen… miss inspiration… i think I’m going to do a 7 days, 7 ways feature on my blog because of this…. 7 different hair-do’s in 7 days. ya know, that big old bow on top of my head was day 1 lol!
Hi Gussy! I just read about your self-challenge, and I think it’s a fabulous one…you’ve inspired me! Thought I’d share a post I did this past week about infusing water to make it waaayyyyy more delicious and interesting – it popped into my head right away when I read that you were trying to mainly drink water during the day! Hope it helps to inspire YOU! Here’s the link: http://kristinsveranda.com/vignettes/2011/07/28/infusing-your-water-and-lemonade/
Hi Gussy!
Really love your posts, but I have a question for you: where did you get that theme (The black with orange writing on the top) that you used on the pictures?
Thanks!
hi annie! that is from an iPhone app called instagram — i love it! xoxo
OH MY GOODNESS! Your hair looks WONDERFUL! I love it curly but this is a great look!!!!!!