Your Nautical and Coffee Obsessed Best Friend: From Travel to Fashion and Everything in between
"A simple life is good with me. I don't need a whole lot. For me, a T-shirt, a pair of shorts, barefoot on a beach and I'm happy." ~ Yanni Active on Vacation Despite being athletic, I tend to have a love hate relationship with working out in my day to day life. Physically and [...]
"Running clears my mind, and gives me a reason to get out of bed in the morning." ~ Ronnie O'Sullivan Running Therapy Their is something about running that breathes life into the soul. It invigorates the body and sets the mind at ease. While the first couple miles are always the toughest, once my stride, [...]
"I'm hard on myself, so I'm working on shifting perspective toward self-acceptance, with all my flaws and weaknesses." ~ Gwyneth Paltrow If you saw yesterday’s post you know that I didn’t go home for Mother’s Day. And if you read last week's recap, you also know I have been fighting the creeping crud, otherwise known as [...]
"To hold a pen is to be at war." ~ Voltaire Oh Voltaire, you smart little thinker you. Last night it felt like I had run a brain marathon. Seriously. My mind was panting, I felt like I was going to collapse, I think I even broke a sweat a time or two. I was [...]
"There's something about most phobias where there's a tiny, tiny corner where you think this really actually could happen." ~ Roz Chast I think of myself as a pretty tough cookie. All those scenes on Grey's totally fine. Pain equals no gain. Even critters, I have handled from mice in my hair to the New York [...]
"Look deep into nature, and then you will understand everything better." ~ Albert Einstein While I may have grown up in New Hampshire and I like hiking and being outside, there are a couple things I do not like. Spiders for one. I absolutely abhor spiders. I am usually calm cool and collected except when [...]
The early hours of dawn glisten with light. I mumble and grumble because as much as I am a morning person, I am still not fit for human contact. My feet slip into my Asics like a cozy slipper, and I put my earbuds in and hit play. I am ready for battle. I set [...]
The hardest part of yoga, is getting on your mat. Almost every teacher I have come into contact with, as well as practitioner say that, myself included. It isn't the level two three classes or the heated hundred degree room. It isn't even remembering to breathe (though that is a close second) it is getting [...]