My Everyday Life [Week 1]

Here's a look at my first week of the year. 

We started out with some rime ice on the trees a couple of days in a row. It made for some beautiful sites on my walks. 

Craig and I stuck with doing yoga nearly every day - we doubled up practices on Saturday and skipped Friday. We both feel stronger and better already and we're only nine days into the practice. 

I listened to this excellent podcast on a long walk to drop off a book at a friend's house. 

Pema the poser. I love how he wraps his tail around his feet. 

I stopped to watch a couple of pretty hawks on a walk. Caught this one mid-flight. He didn't like me watching him.

Picked these up at Costco and they were a good post hike snack.

If you're vegan and miss the traditional taste of cheese, go get this! It was so delicious on grilled cheese paninis. 

Pema always watches animals on tv vs in real life. No surprise that he liked the seals on Sunday morning today. His ears kept moving back and forth while he watched them.

Even though I am barely drinking alcohol and might give it up for a while, I drank some hard cider while I watched a Mixology class on zoom. I learned a lot and the teacher definitely knew his stuff!

I was excited to see this amazing vegan restaurant featured in Veg News magazine! 

Lots of food this week! We did some shopping so we have a whole new set of items to eat. I found this at Costco and it's really good. I seem to prefer this brand over other vegan cheese brands. 

I always forget how tasty a big bowl of steel cut oats is. I am not always hungry first thing in the morning, so I don't tend to make this during the work week.

Happy to report that Craig is still eating salads. Still can't believe he wouldn't have touched a bowl like this when I first met him. 

This is the week that I discovered I really enjoy winter hiking. I remembered my Leiki poles this time and they were a necessity on the trails with deeper snow. 

Due to the political divide becoming bigger in this country and the attempted coup on the Capitol this week, there was a lot of negative energy happening on social media and on the news. It's important to face these issues and change them, but it can also feel really heavy and depressing. 

I find that going into nature really helps me focus on the positives in my life and gives me energy the rest of the day. The sunshine certainly helped too. 

Now mom and I need to get out there on some snow shoes and see if we like it!

I went solo hiking as Craig's feet and hands get cold really easily. That way I could also push myself more and get more of a cardio workout in on hills like this one.

I'm trying to read more books on race this year and I started with this great and important book. It's a quick read with a great perspective from a black woman. 

My buddy Shiva. On Saturday, he was following me around the house all day. 

My Everyday Life [Week 53]

We got through the crazy year of 2020 and here is what our last week looked like. 

Craig is the crouton eater in our house. I picked up a new-to-us vegan type so I could also try them out once in a while. They were tasty! 

I had PTO on Monday and Tuesday morning, so I got outside while the weather wasn't too bad. 

I dropped off two books and picked up two new ones at the LFL. 

I figured my mom would like reading these titles. 

I listened to this podcast on my walk. It had some excellent reminders in it.

I took a long solo new years eve walk and it was so beautiful out. 

Finishing up book 65 of 2020. I really enjoyed this title and look forward to reading more by her. 

Craig's NYE drink. I liked it too but I opted for hard cider. 

I picked up an avocado roll and tofu with mixed veggies for New Years Eve dinner from Hibachi Boy. 

Pema went crazy when we brought it home. I think he thought it smelled like meat. No meat on mama's plate buddy! 

I stepped away for one second and he started pushing the avocado roll container on the table. He is obsessed with avocados, but I think he just pushed the lightest thing he could find. 

We had a hawk visiting our bird feeders. He was looking down at the juncos below him. I scared him away so he didn't grab one of them for lunch. 

Craig's random word for the year. You can watch Morgan's Instagram reel and take a random screen shot and that's your word. 

Mine is land. I wonder if either of our words will mean anything to us this year. 

The first book of 100 I am attempting to read in 2021. While I didn't want it to end, I read it in two days. The main character, Nora, was oddly very similar to me. I always find it sort of freaky when they are. 

Craig and I completed day 1 of the 30 day yoga with Adreine challenge. 

Both Pema and Shiva love this piece of tissue paper left over from Christmas. We can't throw it away because they like playing on it! The cats sure rule this house. 

Shiva still loves sitting under our bookshelf and on the heater underneath. 

Pema still loves snuggling next to us on the rocking chair. He sometimes stares up at both of us like he's in love. 

Another winter walk on a beautiful day. I don't mind walking in winter at all anymore. It is great for our mental health. 

I hope you have a wonderful first week of 2021. Make it a good one, even if you have the Sunday scaries like I do.