Through My Looking Glass- A Modern Mom and Domestic Goddess In Training

        Flashback to my high school years and I was running on average six miles a day, five or six days a week, as well as lifting. Good ole cross-country! To say the least, I haven't really kept up with that regimen. I have been randomly working out or going on little spurts of daily exercise over the years, but never really fully dedicated myself to training. Just recently, one of my best friends and I started working out everyday before the sun even comes up. It was extremely hard to get out of bed that early, especially since I am NOT a morning person at all. But we are now on our third week of working out and it feels so great! I hope I can keep this momentum going and just feel healthier all around.       Sometimes all you need to push yourself that extra mile is the perfect workout song. When I was in cross-country, I remember always listening to fast paced and sometimes even outright angry music to get pumped up before the race. Currently my favorite workout songs are:

     The 2013 Oscars were last night! Here are a few of my favorite outfits! Loved Naomi Watts's metallic dress! one of my favorite couples                                                       I am big into the metallic dresses this year.                                                                    Charlize Theron                                                             Stunning Zoe Saldana

    A friend of mine and I were chatting it up on the black leather couch in my home. With the television on in the background and Starbucks coffee in our hands, we talked about life and how stressful it can be. She then mentioned to me a website that her mother shared with her; Mindbloom. Mindbloom is a website to help you relax, be inspired and enjoy the little things in life. There is also an app for this website, called Bloom. Bloom will remind you throughout the day to say "Take a moment and be thankful for what's in your life" or "Go get a refreshing glass of water" along with soothing images and music. I have fallen in love with this website and thank my friend, Rachel, for sharing it with me! In a hectic and busy world, it is nice to take a moment to just breathe.

I've become one of the millions of people that fell in love with Instagram. I enjoy seeing all the different artistic and sometimes just outright funny postings. InstaCollage, InstaFrame, InstaText, InstaPicFrame, and InstaEffect are a few of the entertaining apps I've used for my Instagram. For those of you interested in a fun way to use your Instagram "art", visit http://printstagr.am/ . This site has several affordable print options for you to utilize. I personally ordered the stickers and the poster collage. I am very satisfied with my purchase and I'm sure you will be too. Enjoy! Liz

I love being a Mom of two little girls, but it can definitely be stressful! Here are some cute and humorous things about Moms, and true!! Lol. Enjoy :) New favorite show: NickMom.

    For the third time in a year and a half, my husband and I are back visiting Burlington, Vermont. His company's main office is located here. We drove the 12 hours to get to Vermont from Ohio. Along the drive, I really wanted to stop at some unique, maybe even cheesy, road stops. I searched for the world's largest and smallest roadside stops. I found a great website that helps locate stops along your route. Check it out! I will definitely be using this site more often.  Roadtrippers With the above website, I found the World's Smallest Church located in New York. The church is in the Guinness Book of World Records and can fit two people inside. People have visited this church from all over and it has even been the site for weddings! However, since it is in the middle of a pond, the guest had to sit in boats. The rest of our drive to Vermont was through the Adirondack Mountains. It was beautiful! I will be uploading more photos in another post.

   I am sitting here all cozy on the recliner watching "Watch What Happens: Live" on Bravo. My 3 month old Basset-Hound/Border Collie mix puppy is sitting on the floor next to me, annoyingly attempting to chew on my computer cord. And now she is on the couch chewing on my red flowered pillows, even though two of her toys and her bone are sitting only a few feet away. It is 11:11 pm (make a wish!) and I have been browsing the Internet in my down time. My husband and children are sound asleep and I am nowhere near ready for bed. I'm such a night owl. Anyways, I found a very helpful site and I thought to myself, "How come I never thought of this before!? What a great idea". I am always looking for ways to organize my childrens' room and the cost of containers, shelves, etc. can really start to add up. This site has a great idea to use your old Folgers coffee cans! And they even have some labels already made up, all you have to do is print them. I am really loo