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Happy Early Easter Y’all!

Kitchen is Done

My kitchen is finally done. 
If this is your first time here I recently moved into an apartment and
have been attempting to make it my own. 
The problem with the kitchen is it’s somewhat outdated so I have to make
due with what I have.  So with that I
decided to do a country’esque rooster/chicken theme.  I want to do a whole country/rustic theme
throughout the apartment so I figured since the kitchen was small and I spend
most of my time in there anyway I might as well start there.  Especially because I don’t have to buy any
furniture for it so any money spent is not a lot.

Day Off

I have a day off today, so I’m going to be sleeping in a
little bit and hanging out with Lilly.  I
will also be preparing some Easter goodies! 
I’m making these eggs that I saw on Facebook, I seriously love those
quick DIY videos.  I’ll post the picture
on Instagram so make sure to follow me (@jerseygirltexanheart) to see more!

My besties book is on Amazon

So my blogger bestie Ellen from Ask Away Blog, wrote a book
which I’ve talked about here before. 
Well, her book is officially available on Amazon!  Make sure to click here to be
redirected!  The book is called Fixing
your Finances which is something she did. 
She dug herself out of 25k worth of credit card debt and is now living
her happily ever after AND in her own home that she bought.  So, I’d say she did pretty alright for
herself!

Changing my eating habits

Lately with the move and everything I’ve gotten a little
distracted when it came to my weight and what not.  I thought maybe since I’m moving and lifting
things all the time I’m getting a work out, however I feel like I gained weight
(and I mean weight as in fat, not muscle). 
I don’t have a scale yet (not on purpose) so I don’t know for sure but
then I started thinking what am I doing differently.  I realized that I started eating later than
usual because by the time I come home and take Lilly out and get all settled I
just want to relax for a few minutes before going to eat.  By the time I eat it’s already late and I eat
a decent size portion then 1-2 hours later I’m in bed.  So, even though I don’t have something
telling me I gained weight I have a feeling I did.  I know that I had a body positive series
which to be honest I don’t think will be returning due to me not feeling 100%
comfortable.  I thought maybe starting
that series would motivate me to feel better about myself while helping others,
but to be honest it didn’t help me.  I
hope it helped someone else but it definitely didn’t help me.  This is the reason why I started wearing more
boho inspired outfits and more flowy tops because it hides everything.  My stomach and arms are the biggest they have
ever been and honestly I don’t like looking at myself in the mirror.  So after over a year of saying yea I’ll take
care of myself, I’ve finally decided that at this point I don’t have a choice,
and I cannot fail.  I’m not sure how this
will go this time around but I hope I can actually stick to this.  The one great thing is it’s getting warmer
out and it’s still light out for a little bit when I get home so I can start
going on long walks with Lilly.

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At Home Workout

With the last topic and the picture above I’ve decided to
also start doing some at home exercises. 
I feel as though I became bored with the normal exercises so I’m finding
other fun ways to stay active at home (I’m not a huuuuggge fan of the gym, just
a little bit, in moderation).  The great
part is I’m on the first floor so I don’t have to worry about bothering the
neighbors downstairs.  Since I have an
injured wrist I can’t do the pushup part, but I’ll do planks in place of
that.  Hopefully I can continue to find
fun workouts like this so I don’t get bored again!