just kari

Last month, I bought a Groupon for 5 classes of hot yoga at Soul Yoga . I had heard a little bit about - you do yoga in a hot room. How hard could it possibly be?? I have taken yoga classes before...the relaxing kind. So I thought, "the heat should just make it even more relaxing". The day of my first class came. I packed my gym bag with some sweats, a tank top, and also a 3/4 length cute sparkly top. I was going to be the new girl in class so I wanted to look cute, right?? And I also had my brand new yoga mat!! I was so prepared!! I walk into the class and notice the other girls in the class had these towels over their mats that I didn't have. I asked and they said it was to absorb the sweat. NO WAY was I going to sweat THAT much!! WRONG!!! Did I mention that I didn't bring water or any type of towel? Thank goodness I had a tank top on underneath!!! I took my "cute" shirt off and had to use it as a towel!! **Remember this is immediately...

Last night in yoga class, I learned how to do a forearm stand!! I'm sure there is another technical name for them in Yoga lingo but I'm not sure what it is! I had to teach my friend Lo how to do one...so we took a *small* break from work to do just that! Our goal is to not have to use the wall! Now if I can just get her to join my hot yoga addiction :)

I've been wanting to try this restaurant since I moved up here. I finally talked David into going :) We had their amazing Sweet Potato Fries for an appetizer...they even came in a cute martini glass with some fun zebra paper! Ok, let me back up. I'm a sucker for anything animal print. Their ENTIRE decor is animal print!! Their ceilings...giraffe and zebra!! For dinner, I have to admit, I wish we would've gone off of our diet for this meal. David got Rainbow Trout with Rice and Veggies and I got Moroccan Chicken with CousCous and Spinach. Ok...it wasn't horrible. There were parts of our meals that were great. My chicken was my favorite of the meal. It was the perfect combo of sweet and spicy. The spinach was good. The couscous I had mixed feelings about. It had raisins in it. I would've been a bigger fan without the raisins, just sayin'!! David just said his meal was "ok". Next time we go, we are going to have a full fat, full cal...

My friend Laura - AKA "Lo" - (who I also work with) and I went to a training day for work this week and on our lunch, we found this cute little tea room in the city called Cafe Bella .  I took the opportunity to embarrass her by taking pictures!!  She said she wasn't embarrassed but I'm pretty sure she was just saying that to be nice!  I ALWAYS take pictures when I try out new restaurants...so she should've known!! :) (I just realized we are sitting the EXACT same way....that was totally not planned!!) This was a picture of their tabletops...cute! They have so many flavors of tea...I even saw Bubblegum and Coconut!  I, being the "stick to the same ol' - same ol' type of person that I am, ordered plain, unflavored black tea.  Laura got a Jasmine flavored tea and it was fabulous!  Next time, I will step outside of my comfort zone and order something with flavor. We both ordered the Tuscany Panini and Creamy ...

This was my first Mother's Day as a Puppy Mom!  Just look at these puppy dog eyes!!! She got me this cute little card!  Thanks Ally :) On Mother's Day, I went down to Geronimo to see my mom.  I surprised her with these flowers!  As much as I hate to admit this, MOM made ME breakfast.  She already had it planned so I didn't want to tell her no.  I was going to offer to make it instead, but knowing her, it probably would've just stressed her out even more because I would've made a mess :)  Sausage Balls.... with Fried Eggs...yummmm!!!!  She ALWAYS gets the fried eggs perfect...everytime!  Mine are never this pretty! Then for dessert, we had jelly on our sausage balls.  We have never tried this before but it was DELISH!  After breakfast, I treated her to a pedicure.  Ok, my mother has had only one...yes, ONE, other pedicure in her life!!!!  CRAZY!!!...