Tag: Summer

July Favourites.

TV Show Please Take Care of My Refrigerator | It is a South Korean cooking-variety program starring various chefs and celebrity guests. Each episode two guests have their refrigerator brought in, the guests request two dishes they would like to have made for them, and two of the eight chefs battle in a 15 minute cook off using ingredients from the guests fridge. This show is incredibly entertaining and I have always had a great love for cooking shows. Netflix has 46 episodes available (it is called Chef & My Fridge on there) and there are various places to find more online.

YouTube Channel RemLife | This is Remi Cruz’s vlog channel. Up until a few weeks ago I have never watched anything by Remi nor even heard of her, but I somehow stumbled across her vlog channel. She comes across as very likable, fun, hardworking, and positive. Her smile and laugh are infectious.

https://www.youtube.com/user/RemLife

Book Percy Jackson & the Olympians series by Rick Riordan | I started reading this series at the beginning of the month and already on book 3. It is a set of 5 fantasy adventure novels that revolve around the character Percy Jackson. I don’t want to give too much away, but he is the son of a Greek god and goes off from there. These are great light reads and are entertaining.

Song BTS – ddaeng | BTS celebrated 5 years since their debut this June. Every year they put on a smaller concert in Korea to celebrate their debut, in which they prepare various special stages and collaborations with each other. This year their rap line; RM, Suga, and J-Hope; collaborated on a new rap track. It is very catchy and has a unique sound.

Cider | The cider portion of my favourites has been either suspended or discontinued, I have yet to decide which. About 2 weeks ago I gave up casually drinking. It has never been in line with my goals, but up until now I have been unable to give it up.

Food Strawberry & Yogurt Smoothie | I have been making a specific smoothie for the majority of the month. It is not much different from what I would normally make, but I have been finding it extra delicious and very refreshing on these hot Summer days. In my NutriBullet I combine;

  • Frozen Whole Strawberries | 150g
  • Plain or Vanilla Greek Yogurt | 100-150g
  • Vanilla Protein Powder | ~25g (if desired)
  • Water

July Life Updates.

It has been over three months since I wrote my last post, I would say it is time for a life update.

On May 29th I turned 30. I never do much for my birthday and this year was no exception. My day consisted of taking my first spin class at BPM, which I loved! Once Aaron arrived hom from work we walked downtown to Kid Sister ice cream, after which watched Deadpool 2.

Fitness | Since that first class I have been attending spin pretty regularly. I have taken 17 classes so far and by the end of the Summer I will have attended at least 40. I have been doing my best to keep up with my lifts, but some weeks have been better than others. I had to reset my weights since I was being pretty sporadic and now I am working my way back up.

Health | 17 days ago I finally quit drinking. Not for good, but I will now only drink socially and responsibly. No more binge drinking! As a result I have been eating healthier and I have lost 3 pounds.

2018 Goals | Most of my goals have seen little to no progress. The only goal I have been working on every day is my Learn Japanese goal. I believe what is driving me to focus on this goal is our upcoming trip to Japan in 41 days. The other goal that has been carried over every year is my Learn to Drive goal. The only progress that has been made on this one is as follows; my Learners license expired 4 days ago and I went to ICBC to re-take the test today. An updated version of Learn to Drive is now Learn to Drive before my Learners License expires again in 2 years.

There you have it. Finally another update.

(The photo is the first of our Stargazer Lilies to bloom this year.)