Starting Today

I'll let you know how it goes. :)

Friday / This:

*Back roads farm land / Instagram shot taken on our way home from the beach.

A few favorites from around the web...

This sweater (casual outfit) for the coming cold weather.

This wreath. The simplicity makes it perfect.

This recipe for tomato sauce (similar to the one my older Italian friend uses. Minus the celery.)

This cut .... Which I would totally try. Maybe keeping the length a few inches longer due to having an abnormally round face.

This song is stuck in my head.

This movie is my classic popcorn flick choice for the weekend.

This quote. Because.  

Beach Day

We left sunburnt, sleepy and coated with sand. We stopped for chocolate ice cream, a long standing ritual dating back to my youth, before taking the back roads home (which consists of beautiful Florida farm land).

It couldn't have been more perfect. 

Mental Clearing

The youngest and I will be leaving in about an hour to spend the day at the beach. Chairs, towels, sunscreen, umbrella, a fully charged cell (so I can take more Instagram shots than are necessary) the latest Vogue / Cosmo / Self, sandwiches, grapes, cookies, chips and lots of spring water are packed and ready to go. 

Trips to the ocean tend to center a person, something we both need as our already fast paced lives are about to gain even more momentum. 

New Mantra

Last weekend I had a close call (too longwinded to go into). As it was happening I thought to myself:  I am way too bad ass to be taken down like this. 

And I landed on my feet.

That's my new mantra, it applies to any kind adversity. So far it's working. 

Thoughts

The beautiful East Coast. (No, the little old lady isn't me.)

As of today I am going to stop worrying about my age, life is challenging enough without waisting energy dreading the inevitable.

Don't get me wrong, I still plan on combating the (aging) process but I want to do it organically. I don't want to stress over the grays that are starting to sprout (fortunately, they are very few) and I most definitely do not want to resort to fillers (makes people look weird)...

I want to be the kind of woman that snacks on apples and leafy greens, drinks tons of water and sips herbal tea. Who runs at sunrise and does hot yoga in the evenings, who still has beautiful skin and a subtle appeal even at 40 something. I want to look and feel healthy.

Even more so, I want to be happy...