Bloggers of the Day (chosen randomly from your comments)

• Jogging My Memory – Julia is a newer reader and I already really like her blog. She competes in a marathon this coming weekend!
• Heather’s Dish – I love this chick and everything about her blog! ‘Nough said.
• Little Bitty Bakes – Liz makes amazing treats…including the candy corn inspired recipes she is currently whipping up. Today’s? Candy corn frosting!!

Monday again. Some Mondays I simply need to put on a happy face and go through the day with a cheery outlook. Some Mondays I need to grumble. For those of you out there enjoying Columbus Day off, you likely fall into the former category. I normally do, too. Today? Today I fall into the latter. I think its a lack of sleep catching up to me.

You know cockroaches creep me out more than any other bug. So you may also figure that when I pick up the toilet paper tube and one falls out on me during my 2 am potty break, I lose any sense of a restful evening. Suicide-bombing-cockroaches definitely irk me. Or perhaps a bigger pet peeve is the toilet paper roll not being ON the dispenser. For which, only I am to blame.

Something else that causes loss of sleep and drives me crazy? M’s digestive tract. Does it seriously have to insist on her needing to poop at 6 am every morning? This only forces her awake to try to go in the potty and not want to go back to bed. In other words, I no longer have my morning time and start the day looking pretty rough.

Then, its breakfast time. Pet peeve #3 of the morning? The child asks for one breakfast and I give it to her. Yet as soon as she sees me making oats, she wants oats. Starving, I have to wait another 30 minutes to eat so she will actually eat what is in front of her. I promise it’s with love that she fills two spots on this list.

When my breakfast time came, the pet peeves continued. How can you make something the same as always but it turn out wrong? My oats came out all soupy, despite preparing them the same way as always. Be for real, oats!

Even better? When you decide you need a cup of coffee either to aid the lack of sleep or to relax….but find this when you open the container.

I guess on the bright side it means less of these to do.

Seriously, how do they multiply so fast? How come I can never keep up? And to this day I do not know what the people who owned this house before us were thinking with the teal tile. Blech.

The morning continued with grocery shopping. I really do not like grocery shopping. Biggest pet peeve of the day? That my store recently got a new layout for no good reason and it now takes me at least 15 minutes longer to figure out where in the heck to find everything. Why did they do this? There was no need.

Now for one last thing. You know those days where you simply cannot get full and feel you could snack all day long? Of course today would be one. I don’t like feeling hungry. I know I have eaten enough. Body, please act accordingly.

Ahhhh. Lack of sleep can make me cranky, but it feels better now. Other random pet peeves of mine?

• commercials that make no sense whatsoever
• people who go to the gym and only stand around talking
• when something doesn’t taste as good as it looks
• the sound of people picking their nails or scratching dry skin
• misspellings of words like “their/they’re/there” or “too/to/two”

What are some of your pet peeves? Do you agree some days it just feels good to vent?

Bloggers of the Day!! (chosen randomly from your comments)

• Food In Real Life – Jamie has been a friend of mine through the internet for a few years. She’s a genuine person with a lot of passion for healthy living.
• A Fit and Spicy Life – I’ve known Mellissa just as long as Jamie. She is such a great person. She loves traveling, wine, and giving out amazing recipes!
• Mangiare Buono, Vivere Bello – That means “Eat Well, Live Beautifully” and describes Steph perfectly. She posts killer workouts too. 

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I hope you all have had wonderful weekends. Sad to think they are coming to an end. As you may have read, I had a fabulous start to the weekend yesterday morning. After a delicious breakfast (pumpkin stuffed french toast), some chill time, and an hour long walk with the family, we headed out to the fair!

 

I love county fairs!! This was the first time we went together as a family. I had more fun than I expected. Likely from seeing my little M enjoy herself so much.

The fair had so much to see and do. We started off with the mini-zoo to let M peek at some of the animals.

 

I think she would have stared at that zebra all day. But, we had other plans for her.

She didn’t feel too certain on her first two rides, but by the end of the day, she kept asking to ride things again, again. Sorry, baby. Fairs are dang expensive!

Amidst all the teacup, sky bucket, motorcycle, and horse riding, we also meandered through the little country sections of the fair grounds.

 

Too bad, it was too hot to try some fresh cider! We had to have some fair food and what better to choose than the classic choice of funnel cake?

 

I already can’t wait until next year! It’s one of those Southern things about me. Just like my cravings for BBQ, which is what we had for dinner last night.

The BBQ dinner came with an unexpected side, however. Not the cole slaw or sweet potato fries. Those are pretty standard. Something else. 

At first, I couldn’t tell what bothered me. I knew I didn’t feel guilt. After all, I had a healthy breakfast and lunch, then my dinner was kept to reasonable portions. I only ate the meat with a some of the slaw and not even half of the sweet potato fries. I enjoyed it all. Through talking it out with Peter, I figured it out. I feel as though I am in eating limbo. I have things I want to improve with my dietary choices, such as being more mindful of ingredients and choosing whole foods more often.  The issue? I have no motivation to do so right now.

It’s so odd to mentally want to do these things and get back to eating in a more 90/10 ratio of quality food over things that don’t offer much nutritional value. Yet physically, sweets and really hearty meals sound incredibly appealing and I go with it. By no means do I not eat enough quality food. I know I do. On some level, however, I still don’t quite feel like myself and it gets to me that during pregnancy I somehow lack the drive to just do what suits my personal preferences outside of pregnancy.

When I add all that in to writing a healthy living blog, sometimes I feel hypocritical. I guess because I know my normal, I feel a bit like an imposter sharing my current lifestyle as healthy when I know its not really MY healthiest. No matter what, I always believe in balance. Pregnant or not, I still indulge in treats without guilt. In a few months, I won’t drastically change into this all or nothing person who never eats anything processed or refuses to eat some funnel cake or BBQ. Believe me!

I guess I am trying to say…I’m ready. I get excited thinking about having the motivation and desire for my regular lifestyle. I await the days where my mental and physical cravings coincide. I enjoy learning more about fueling my body properly for my passion of working out and having fun along the way. In truth, I know I am not a hypocrite. I’m simply a person with one small piece of the whole puzzle missing. It will return soon and I cannot wait to share it with all of you.

• Have you ever felt in limbo over something?
• Do you like going to fairs? What’s your favorite fair food if you have one?