Good evening my pals! Did you have a good day? I certainly hope so. I know its only been a couple days, but would love to hear your thoughts on my new ways of posting – more often, more personal in the 30 DSLR posts, random glimpses into my life on other posts, occasional tips, etc. I will always be true to myself, but value you all as my readers and friends. Therefore, I care about your take on things as well.

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My energy the past few days has certainly compensated for the lackluster drive I had for anything last week. Last week, I had no desire for a formal workout whatsoever. This week I felt the complete opposite. Monday I completed a TurboKick workout at home. Tuesday I took a spin class. Wednesday I went for a walk. And today I made sure to get in a weights session with an at home circuit.

I typically use a Cathe DVD for weights workouts at home, but I didn’t feel like having to set up a bunch of equipment in my basement. So, I opted for resistance bands. They are such a handy workout tool for versatile, effective, and portable workouts. For today’s workout, I mixed up a lot of squats, lunges, and pushups with moves like rows, overhead presses, bicep curls, and triceps extensions with the band. I basically continued alternating upper and lower body moves to keep my heart rate up for a solid 30 minutes. Coupled with another walk, it made for a great impromptu and couldn’t-make-it-to-the-gym workout.

Oh I can’t wait for post baby when I start designing my own workouts to share with you guys!! 😀 Some ladies out there know what I can come up with. 😉

I worked up a decent appetite and figured tonight was a perfect night to healthify one of my favorites right now – Mexican! After seeing veggie enchiladas on Caitlin’s, Jessica’s, and Brittany’s blogs I have craved them. I kind of did a hodge podge of all their creations.

I cooked up some baby bella mushrooms, sweet corn, onion, and green bell pepper until soft.

I combined about 1/4 c of sour cream and 1 small can green chilies to mix with the veggies. Then, I placed a couple spoonfuls of refried black beans and the veggie mixture into each tortilla.

Rolled up, topped with more sauce and cheese, then baked in a 350 oven for about 25 minutes.

More of a mixing together of things than a recipe (and not very photogenic), but they sure turned out good!

You should try them! Then, stay away from me for about the next 24 hours. Toot toot! 😀 See ya in the morning!

• Please feel free to share any feedback that I mentioned at the start of the post. 😀
• What type of workouts do you do when in a time-crunch or stuck at home?

The only title that suits this post is “Just WOW!!” I feel like that right now and wonder how I’m going to form words for you to read tonight. You all need to know just how much your comments, posts, tweets, emails, etc, etc, etc today mean to me.

I even leaked some tears quite a few times. No joke or exaggeration. Many happy tears for the joy and confidence I could feel from your posts, but also a few sad tears for things some of you turned to me for. My prayers reside with each one of you in hopes that this brings the positive changes I know it has the power to conceive. I cannot convey my thanks to each of you enough. Now let’s continue this self-love fest tomorrow and for the remainder of September. We need to keep this spark lit in order to see it reach its fullest potential working in our hearts and lives.

I don’t quite know how to segue my way from that awesomeness into my normal day to day living. I have no super witty or fun post today mainly because my mind is still shell-shocked by this morning and seeing something I feel so strongly about accepted so openly. I still have stuff I can share though so here we go.

Boys. They are quite the different species, huh? Love the men in my life dearly, including little man B in my belly, but dear goodness they require some special care.

I watched my 2 nephews for a few hours yesterday and about went insane. Little M plays so calmly and sweetly. Then, her little cousin enlightened her on how to cause a raucous. That may be an understatement. The non stop running back and forth, climbing on tables, screeching as a pretend car, and so much more left me blinking in that 3 year old’s dust. “Ohhhhh boy!!!” ran through my head on repeat.

Keeping with today’s confidence theme– I know I am a good and loving mom, so I will make parenting two work…but it’s going to be different than just hanging with this little face.

On top of that, yesterday M discovered how to climb out of her crib. In the morning she greeted me at 6 am with a “Hi mommy! Awake!” proclamation. She had to tell me just in case the thunk overhead from her jumping out of the crib didn’t give me the hint.

So I guess you could say yesterday was a long one. I ended it nicely though. We made some Almost Meatless Sloppy Joes for dinner. This recipe never fails! So easy and delicious. Thank you Katie for posting it awhile ago!

I also had kale chips for the first time. I really liked them. I think next time I need to cut them into smaller “chips” and bake a bit longer since some parts were a bit chewy instead of crunchy. Overall, I will definitely have them again. I don’t know why I take so long to try things sometimes.

Now I must relax my body from the kick, spin, and Power classes I’ve done this week. Yay for a rest day tomorrow! I need it. `

• What food have you tried that was inspired by bloggers? Did you like It?
• When do you take your rest days? Mine are Thursday and Sunday. I love them!
• If you posted about the 30 Days on your blog or shared it in some way today please let me know with a comment. I meant to keep a running list to post as a thank you but got a bit overwhelmed with everything and lost track. I don’t want to leave anyone out who shared! Thanks.