I have an interest in Pinterest!

Ok so I fell, and I fell hard.  I'm a huge fan of Pinterest.  At first I was on the fence to the whole concept, but I have already gotten some great DIY ideas and some fantastic recipes.  My user name is jamielynnss.  Short and sweet!

Souper Bowl Workouts

Yes, I know it's a corny title.  However, as the winter has been mild to say the least, I feel like there haven't been many stews or soups.  Typically you would not hear my complaining about this, as for most of the winter I've stuck to Progresso soups for lunch.  Low calorie, quick to eat and filling.  My favorite "off the shelf" soups are Campbell's V8 soup.  I am not even sure which is my favorite, but probably the Corn Chowder.  I know everyone tries to lose a few pounds after the holidays and before summer.  I too am on this horse.  So for me it's been Special K Red Berries for breakfast and then soup for lunch.  I have to work on dinners that are a little more healthy.  I also need to find time to squeeze in a workout.  By the time dinner is over, tubbie time is over and books have been read, I just want to have some 'me' time.  I just have to figure out how to turn that 'me' time into some cardio time, at home.  What are some of your favorite at home workouts? 

Keeping Up with the Kardashians

I find myself eerily drawn into this show every now and then.  I can't figure out why.  The Kardashians have nothing I want to keep up with.  Yes, "Keeping up with the Jones" is obviously something that everyone finds themselves plagued with from time to time.  No matter if you are a have or a have not, there are a limited number of people who that have it all, even then I wonder if they really do.  However, there are some people that I seem to find myself thinking, yes we should keep up with them.  There are so many women doing extraordinary things.

Here are a few women that I find to be more than interesting (in no particular order).
1.  Oprah
2.  Arianna Huffington
3.  Gabrielle Giffords: “She’s a shining example of strength, perseverance and the ideals that transcend party or politics. She has devoted her career to the idea of working together to make the lives of her fellow Arizonans—and fellow Americans—better." President Barack Obama.  I cannot imagine the strength and personal fight it must take to heal from her wounds.
4.  Masarat Daud-Jamadar
5.  Amy Stokes

Who are your inspirations?

Where are my keys?

For those who know me, and not even well, know that I can lose something very quickly!  Well I lost my keys at work today.  Not sure where, as when I noticed I was leaving with children in tow.  Not my finest moment.  So after much searching, I found my keys.  Now I did not find the keys I lost, as they were actually my back up keys.  I found the set of keys that I lost months ago.  They were in a fairly common hiding spot, the couch.  They weren't even that hidden, but again I have a knack for losing things.  I am always the girl that finds money in coat pockets that haven't been worn for at least a season.  But that brings me to my question:  How do you stay organized?  I have attempted the key dish, the hook and just putting them in my bag.  Alas, for any of these to work you have to put the keys in the designated spot and I cannot seem to make it a habit. 

Here is one of the most interesting and humorous and hopefully useful articles on losing keys!

Make life easier? Yes please!

I am constantly looking for short cuts and ways to make life easier!  I found this article especially useful.  There are some tips I've actually not even seen before.  What are some ways you make your life easier?

25 clever ideas to make life easier!

Tasty Tuesdays

There are so many good restaurants.  Due to the overwhelmingly different palates of friends it can be more than difficult to find a place where everyone will enjoy a meal.  This is one of the reasons I prefer to go out to dinner with smaller groups.  However, if you include good beer the options seem to open up.  Two Stones Pub, is a fairly new arrival and a welcome one!  It was difficult to find an extensive microbrew selection in Delaware, but with the taps changing regularly TSP has become a beer drinkers paradise.  They also include a regularly changing menu, special beer dinners and weekly specials.

Facetious, Enchanting, Witty, Sarcastic

Starting a blog is something I've wanted to do for some time, but could not figure out a good topic.  Each time I would think of a genre of blog, I would find one already being written that I loved.  So then I thought, how do people find blogs?  I've just found them using Facebook or randomly clicking through the cyber-world.  At first I thought, who cares?  Then I realized that people care, for the same reason I care, because it is interesting to get a glimpse into the lives of others or find new people, places or things to love.  There is nothing about the blogs that I read that is similar, sure some of them have some over lap, but others have nothing in common.  Yet I find things on these blogs that are new and refreshing thoughts or products. 

I've used Facebook and email to share these ideas and blogs with friends.  While I don't always have time to read my favorite blogs daily and I'm sure neither do my friends, I thought if I post highlights, then people can get a cliff notes of the best posts I've read each week.  Also I figured I might throw in some of my own favorite things from time to time. 

I found this whimsical blog template from one of my favorite blogs:  Monograms and Martinis: The Adventures of KGB.  I met KGB when I lived in NYC.  She has an obsession for anything monogrammed and preppy. 

Also because it is the holidays I thought I would share my favorite card/stationary designer:  KOCO New York and the fantastic e-card site koco new york ecards!