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Living Clean—Clean Eating, Healthy Living

September 5, 2013 by Laura Lohr Leave a Comment

FitBit Zip

Tuesday was the first day of third grade for Allie. It was also the first day of my commitment to clean eating, being healthy and getting in shape. We embarked on a mission in this house to living clean. For us, that entails eliminating all the processed foods, including flour and sugar. We are eating only vegan foods, with the exception of very few things, such as eggs. It’s a 6 week challenge and 6 weeks seems like a long time right now!

Yesterday was day two. I had a headache and felt a bit sluggish. I am assuming that this is all the process of detox. I muddled through the day and I made it, but man! This might be a tough road ahead of me. It’s all part of the process. This, I know!

I got on the treadmill for the first time in nearly a month. With our fabulous vacation behind us, I’ve struggled to get back on track. I have been using my FitBit Zip to motivate me to get 10,000 steps a day, nevertheless, I have fallen short many a time. I was excited that I did get to 10,000 steps yesterday.

FitBit Zip
It’s only 9 a.m. and I am more than halfway to my goal of getting 10,000 steps! Wooohooo!

I am really out of shape now. I have been trying to get back to running, yet I am struggling. I am barely able to get through 3/4 mile without stopping. I have a lot of work ahead of me to get back to where I want to be. I have goals of finishing a few half marathons next year. I want to do one this fall. That means that there is a lot of work to do!

I am doing this challenge with a couple of friends. We are keeping each other on track and it is so much fun! It helps to have someone to try to get healthy with, even if it is a virtual accountability. We have plans of going to Vegas the end of October—the three of us couples. We’re pushing each other to stay committed and I am so glad to have that motivation.

This morning at 4:30 a.m., I got up and ran for 50 minutes on the treadmill. I am never up before 7 and never before 9 if I don’t have to. When I say, “RAN,” I really mean that I did intervals. Running for 2 minutes, walking for 2 minutes. Repeat. Repeat. Repeat. It felt wonderful to get up and get my exercise in before the kid and husband were up. I had the morning all to myself.

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Allie First Day of 3rd Grade
Allie is doing really good. She joined swim team at the end of July and she’s making a lot of progress. It is fun to watch her swim and watch her get stronger everyday. She has a swim meet coming up. She couldn’t be more excited.

It’s amazing to see how grown up she is. She has grown into such a nice little lady. She is such a good little girl! It’s crazy to think that my little baby is in the third grade. She makes me laugh. She is my heart. I love her so much!

Filed Under: Health, Nutrition Tagged With: 6 week challenge, Clean Eating, friends, Getting Fit, running, Vegan

Life is Good: 40th Birthday

July 1, 2013 by Laura Lohr 10 Comments

Eric and Laura

Last week was my 40th birthday. I turned the big 4-0. I feel like a rebellious teenager, full of dreams and ideas, yet not quite old enough to be responsible for making all these grown-up decisions. How did I get to be 40 so quickly? I had the best time in my 30’s and I don’t mind being 40. The fine lines and wrinkles. All of it, I wear proudly. It’s been an awesome ride and I look forward to another 60 or so years of awesome, no matter how wrinkly I become.

Eric and Laura
I was in tears most of the day, as so much love, birthday wishes and heartfelt words came pouring in by phone, e-mail and Facebook. I felt so loved! I have so much gratitude for the amazing family and friends that I have that embrace me and love me for who I am. I am so incredibly blessed! No matter what, I know where I stand with these incredible people that surround us. What did I do to deserve all the love and friendship? My heart smiles. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Disney, Family, Friends, Health, Holiday Cheer, Kid Stuff, Laura, Marriage, Mental Health, Reviews Tagged With: 40th Birthday, Anniversary, family, friends, Love, Monsters University, Stone Brewery

New Year, New Goals, New Inspiration

February 2, 2013 by Laura Lohr Leave a Comment

Allie Ace Award Stage

We had a fabulous time with wonderful friends for New Year’s Eve. The six of us adults laughed until we cried. It was so much fun and it was the first time in more than 7 years that we celebrated the new year with other adults. We had a beer tasting. We had good food. We played games. We laughed and laughed some more. I can’t remember a New Year’s Eve celebration where Mr. Bear and I had so much fun in so many years. We are so fortunate to have amazing friends that have endured so many life changes in our lives: marriage, births, job changes, moving further and further away from each other by relocating to Birmingham. We have much in common, have similar interests and have a great time getting together—even if those get-togethers are never often enough. When you find good friends, you hold tight to them. (Thank you, Bennetts for hosting a fabulous party and ringing in the new year with us!)

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Unfortunately, despite the amazing start 2013 had, the tide turned a few days later and we three Lohrs fought the wretched flu, sinus infections, fevers, bronchitis, coughing, hacking, sneezing and other dreaded ailments. It has only been a few days since we have found our way back to good health. Here we are, however, I am thrilled to say!

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Allison was awarded an Ace Award, which is something of a Student of the Month award, to simplify it. Her teacher has such glowing things to say about our little girl. Mr. Bear and I are beyond proud of her! She works very hard in school and her hard work is certainly paying off. While she was absent, her teacher expressed how much she missed her while she was gone and my heart swelled with pride. She is easy to love. She is such a caring, loving, likable child. She is a good little girl. We could not be happier. She has made us better people with her gentle, kind spirit.

Family

Allie and Dad

Allie Ace Award

Allie Ace Award Stage

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My good friend Tracey and I are planning to do the La Jolla Half Marathon in April. I have to say that I have a lot of work ahead of me, but Tracey is a great motivator! I don’t know if I can keep up with her, but I definitely look forward to celebrating over cocktails with her afterward, like we used to in the good ‘ole days.

Filed Under: Allie School, Allison Weekly, Family, Friends, Kid Stuff, Running/Marathon, School, Weight Loss Tagged With: Ace Award, Allie, Allie School, Allison, friends, La Jolla Half Marathon, running, School, Weight Loss

Tiny Prints Holiday Photo Cards—Some of My Favorite Picks

November 19, 2012 by Laura Lohr Leave a Comment

Laugh Out Loud

It is the holiday season again already. It is difficult to believe we are already nearly done with 2012. One of my favorite things about the holidays is getting a family photo of the three of us and getting our holiday cards out. In years past, I have designed my own, but I have fallen in love with the designs that Tiny Prints offers, year after year. Of course, I am usually putting everything together at the last minute during the holiday season and I have only drooled over the beautiful cards.

For example, I love, love, love the tri-fold cards, like this one here:

Laugh Out Loud

Or, this one here:

Happy Holidays

In years past, I have enjoyed including highlights of the year in a newsletter. This card would really meet my desire to share annual highlights:

Wishes You a Merry Christmas

I absolutely love these cards and I may just order them this year—with our own photo that we still haven’t taken yet!

Check out the beautiful selection of holiday cards Tiny Prints has available this year. You are sure to fall in love, like I did. The hardest part is going to be narrowing down my selection!

Disclaimer: I received Tiny Prints credit in exchange for this post. Regardless, I only recommend products or services I use personally and believe will be good for my readers. All opinions are my own and based on personal experience and genuine love for the brand.

You can connect with Tiny Prints using the following connections:

• Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/tinyprints
• Twitter: http://twitter.com/tinyprints
• Pinterest: http://pinterest.com/tiny_prints/
• Instagram: Tiny Prints (We were just able to buy likes on Instagram for all of our posts)
• Google +: https://plus.google.com/+tinyprints/

Filed Under: Allison Weekly, Family, Friends, Holiday Cheer, Pictures, Reviews Tagged With: family, friends, Holiday Cards, Photo Cards, Photography, Photos, Reviews, Tiny Prints

Vegas or Bust—A.K.A. The Best Conference Ever #BBCVegas

October 17, 2012 by Laura Lohr 12 Comments

Over the past three years, I have been to many conferences. For me, the blogging conferences are my excuse to have a girl’s weekend out in whatever city the conference is being held in. Last year, I went to Bloggy Boot Camp in Denver, Colorado, which meant a few days with my best friend who lives in Denver and lunch with a sorority sister. This weekend, I went to Bloggy Boot Camp in Las Vegas, mostly to spend the weekend with some of my favorite Southern California bloggers, but what I got out of it turned out to be so much more!

I have to say that with all the conferences I have been to in the past couple of years, this year at Bloggy Boot Camp in Vegas was my favorite conference yet! Not only did I get to spend time with some of the smartest women I know, I learned so much!

Friday night, about 10 of us got together for an ice cream social downstairs in the Southpoint Casino we were staying at. We had great conversation about blogging, networking, husbands, working with brands, and being moms. There were not many topics we did not touch. We ended up laughing, talking and hanging out until 3 a.m. We weren’t drinking, gambling, dancing or anything like that. We were enjoying great conversations and everyone was excited about the conference the next day. I did not get a full 8 hours of sleep and it was totally worth it! It is so important to me to connect with other bloggers and to network. The result has been that I have a really fabulous network of friends.

San Diego Bloggers

The San Diego Bloggers

I came back home with so many ideas in my head and so much gratitude in my heart. I am so grateful to have found this community of supportive women that I have had the privilege and honor to know. I have so many plans in my head, I do not know where to start, but I know which direction I want to go. I feel inspired and I am excited to start moving on! It is going to take me a week or so to synthesize all the information I got out of the conference.

Me with Melissa

I got to see many San Diego bloggers I have met many times, as well as some Southern California bloggers I know from Facebook and Twitter that I have not met before. I loved listening to all the women speakers of the day. I was inspired by the strength and courage of the women in the room, including the Warriors in Pink that were at the conference sharing their stories.

Me and Lolo

Me and Lolo

Some important lessons I learned (that I may or may not have applied yet!)

1. Set working hours. I think my working hours are going to be 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. I need to make myself wholly available to my family during the hours I am not working.

2. I need to come up with a business plan. No more of this throwing things on the wall and seeing if they stick. I need to focus on where I want to be and work my way backwards.

3. I need to find ways to simplify my life so I can focus on my work during my business hours. I think this means a housekeeper is in order. I need someone to come in and do the deep cleaning so I can focus on my business and get this enterprise feedback management to help me keep track of my client´s reviews.

4. Wednesday nights are for Mr. Bear and I. We are going to have a date night every Wednesday. We need some time together, without interruptions from our little bundle of joy.

5. I do not need to worry about my critics.

“Don’t try to win over the haters. You’re not the jackass whisperer.”

— Scott Stratten, author of Unmarketing: Stop Marketing. Start Engaging.

Some of the people I hung out with that I think are AMAZING!

Tiffany of SITS and one of the women behind Bloggy Boot Camp. She is one of the funniest women and I love her! I left the conference so inspired and ready to put the work in to get where I want to be. I found out she is also my friend Tracey’s neighbor. We will have to invite her over at our next get together.

Gigi of Kludgy Mom. I got to bend Gigi’s ear for a while at the conference and she is awesome. She has so much knowledge and I learned so much in such a short conversation.

Melissa of Miz Meliz She is one of a kind! I had so much fun with her! She seriously has one of the most contagious smiles of anyone I have met before. She and her husband joined Mr. Bear, me and a few others at the Hofbräuhaus in Las Vegas. It was a lot of fun and I am so glad she joined us!

Danielle Smith of Extraordinary Mommy She inspired me so much, listening to her speak at the conference. She is one extraordinary woman for sure! She inspired me to pursue my dreams and to make them happen. She also reinforced the working hours rule that I will be soon implementing.

Carolyn West of This Talk Aint Cheap and founder of SoCal Lady Bloggers. We got to chat about a lot of things over the weekend. Carolyn was inspired over the weekend too and I cannot wait to see the incredible things that result! Carolyn joined us for dinner at the Hofbräuhaus after the conference. (We got to see quite a bit of spanking, which was very interesting. Every time someone ordered a shot, the servers would swat the shot-taker.)

Lolo of Crazy About My Baybah. Lolo is one of my good friends and although this is only the second time I have got to hug her in person, I feel like I have known her forever! It was great to see her!

Bibi of Bibi’s Culinary Journey. Bibi is from Canada, but joined the Southern California ladies meet-up on Friday night. She is a lot of fun and I am so glad we got to meet. She and her friend also joined us at the Hofbräuhaus Saturday night. She was kind enough to give us a ride over.

I also got to see Ali, Theresa, Surferwife, Laural, Wendy, and many other bloggers. Unfortunately, one day was not enough time to get to hang out with everyone.

Filed Under: Blogging, Bloggy Boot Camp, Community, Entertainment, Events, Friends, Meet-up, Vacation Tagged With: blogging, Bloggy Boot Camp, Bloggy Boot Camp Las Vegas, Conference, Entertainment, Events, friends, Las Vegas, networking

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