Hello and happy almost weekend!
Ryan and I have plans to go tubing in the springs this weekend which makes me incredibly excited. I love a day on the water and haven’t been tubing in the springs since a camping trip with friends years ago. We are overdue!
Now it’s time to rock ‘n’ roll and kick things off with today’s Things I’m Loving Friday post. Number 35 coming at ya!
Things I’m Loving Friday
This is probably my all-time favorite tea… and has been for years! A former coworker gave me a bag to try one time and I’m so glad she did. I probably never would have bought this tea on my own because the flavor sounds rather bleh, but I adore it. One cup of this tea kicks off any day on the right note. It’s so soothing and minty and also makes a great afternoon tea!
While I continue to wait for my dance talent to surface, in the meantime I will enjoy watching ridiculously awesome dance routines like this one by The Company at the Vibe XIX dance competition earlier this year. I am thoroughly impressed! (P.S. To everyone out there who loves So You Think You Can Dance, now that Ryan and I don’t have TV, you must let me know if there are any dances we need to watch on YouTube this season!)
I blogged about this service a year and a half ago, but it really is terrific. Twice is a company that accepts gently used brand-name clothing and resells it on their website for a discounted price. You simply ship your clothes to them using one of their prepaid labels and then they make an offer on all or some of the items. You can accept the offer or, if you choose not to, you can pay $5 for return shipping or elect to have Twice donate the unwanted items to Goodwill for free. I just sent the above batch of clothes in yesterday!
A video for my fellow animal lovers! I hope this makes you smile!
After hearing the best things about this show, Ryan and I started watching it a couple of months ago. At first, I couldn’t handle it. It was too stressful for me to watch! I kept thinking people were going to be killed every second and watching it just made me anxious. I told Ryan it wasn’t my kind of show. Well, Ryan kept at it and when he’d start playing it on Netflix, I’d inevitably find myself next to him on the couch, watching the show out of one eye. Before I knew it, I was totally invested and we just reached the final season this week. It’s intense!
- This Elliptical Workout
Yesterday I just wasn’t feeling my workout. On days when I’m feeling particularly lazy at the gym, I like to hop on an elliptical with a magazine and zone out. Well, about five minutes into my time on the elliptical, I felt my energy kick in and decided to complete the above interval workout. It’s a great go-to workout for days when you want to sweat but aren’t in the mood to do anything high-impact.
Past Things I’m Loving Friday Posts
Questions of the Day
- What is one thing you’ve been loving this week?
- Tea drinkers: What is your favorite flavor of tea at the moment?
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Wow that Twice website sounds so great! I’m definitely going to check it out!
And I love dogs reacting to cats in their spaces too. So cuuuuute! And dogs win all the way! 🙂
I’ve been loving sweet potato fries this week. I had some last night that were delicious! Have fun tubing. That sounds like a blast!
You watched 5 season of breaking bad in a month!? That’s crazy! Makes me scared to start watching if I’ll get sucked in that fast!
Haha when I actually started thinking about it, we have definitely been watching for more than a month… prob more like 2.5 months (I updated the post to reflect this). But we did get sucked in!!
I watched it in a week over Christmas… haha so addicting!
i love trader joe’s candy cane tea! i stock up around the holidays!
I hoard yogi teas and have a ton of them on my desk (enough that I get made fun of for it). I really love the floral ones right now. I was skeptical, but somehow they work! There is a skin detox rose tea, and a honey lavender anti-stress tea that I’m flipping back and forth between right now.
Oooh I want to try the honey lavender! Sounds amazing!
My co worker and I hit the gym at our school last night and we were just talking about how the elliptical can feel like a cop out workout sometimes, but it is needed at times! Although after reading your pin, I see that maybe coasting at resistance 9 the entire time is part of the problem, lol! TGIF!
Favorite tea=mighty leaf-green tea tropical
I love Bigelow Green Tea with Mango. Such a yummy flavor!!
And I love that my new apartment complex has a pool just down the steps from my front door. I went in last night, and it was fantastic!
I love cinnamon tea in the morning, it is so warming and comforting. This week I have been loving…I blame it on the weather. OK, I always love ice cream, who am I kidding?
I definitely need to try that twice service!
I love doing a breakfast-y Arnold Palmer. Green tea+a little lemonade. It’s wonderful!
Tubing? I no longer allow the driver to take pleasure in my misery as I’m flipping off my tube. I stick with water skiing now, it’s safer. Maybe it’s because my older brother is always driving the boat. Our big t.v. show that we are addicted too is Person of Interest. Have fun tubing!
I think I definitely need that tea in my life – I have been OBSESSED with citrus ginger tea lately. It literally tastes like dessert. 🙂
Love the Dog video!! Had me laughing at my desk…so funny!!!! Oh how I love animals!
I love the teavana chai tea at the moment.
I really love the Republic of Tea’s Get Gorgeous tea. It’s a red tea, which supposedly has even more benefits than green/black tea. Not only does it taste great, I truly believe it keeps my skin looking nice!
Today I’m loving: RIPPED classes. I’ve never worked harder in a workout class, and I get to see my mom! We both love the classes and attend 2x a week. 🙂
Happy Friday!
I want to try RIPPED!
Twice sounds so awesome!! I need to try that!!
It is SO funny that you are posting about that tea today — I was recently on the hunt for a tea that would taste really similar to the Aveda Comfort Tea (but not be astronomically expensive – $26 a box? No thanks!) I saw reviews on Amazon for the Yogi Egyptian Licorice Mint and ordered 6 boxes…it should arrive today and I am SO excited to try it! Clearly I know who to send it to if I don’t end up liking it (but I’m sure I will) 🙂
It tastes soooo much like the Aveda tea!!
That dance routine is amazing! It took me a couple tries to get into Breaking Bad, too, but once I was hooked I couldn’t stop. Seriously the most intense show ever!
You always have the best videos! Loved the dance and the cats and dogs! I’m loving the fact that my son just graduated high school and is starting a new chapter in his life. But I’m loving, even more, that he will be commuting to school and I get to keep him around for a few more years! 🙂
I THOROUGHLY enjoyed the cat in dog bed video… So funny and cute! I love when the beagle tries to fit in the cat bed, hilarious! Happy Friday!
I know!!! The beagle was so adorable!
Haha I’m totally going to have to look at the dogs reacting to cats thing, I love that!
I had a hard time with the first few episodes of Breaking Bad too, but it gets so much easier to watch, and it will continue to draw you in until the last episode. Quite frankly, I was sad to have it end. I wanted more!
I sell my clothes using an online service called ThredUp, which is super easy as well. Here’s my recap on it: http://aladygoeswest.com/2014/04/15/make-money-from-your-clothes-with-thredup/
Happy Friday! 🙂
Breaking Bad!!!!!! At first I was hooked, then I wasn’t, then I was, and I finished it a couple of weeks ago doing a marathon of the last episodes because I coudn’t stop!! Loved it!!!
Breaking Bad is definitely one of my favorite series. I never could have predicted the ways that show twisted and turned throughout the season while watching the first episode. They are planning a type of spin-off that they will begin shooting soon. I hope you enjoy the finale! (I used to get so excited to go home and squeeze in an episode-we borrowed the dvd’s from someone…it turned into almost a sick addiction. I rarely stay up just to watch tv, but with that show, I was so into it that I would beg my husband…one more-even if it was at a crazy hour like 11:00 (which is crazy for me since I get up at 4:30 and go to bed at 9:30…10 if we are pushing it!) Have a great weekend!
Omg that dog and cat video is ADORABLE! Thanks for sharing that! 😀
I’m loving SYTYCD! And that dance routine is so awesome! I’m right there with ya waiting for my dance skills to be perfected while I sleep and dance like them! You can get old fashioned bunny ears or and HD reciever at target to get the local channels, we’ve been doing that for about 5 years now!
This elliptical workout looks awesome! Can’t wait to try — after long days at work sometimes I need to just zone out and not think about a complicated workout!
Hope you like it!! 🙂
That tea sounds really good!!! And omg that video of the dogs and cats, way to cute!! Love it when the dogs are pulling them around on their beds. And the ending is just way to cute 🙂
I love the tip about Twice, I’ll definitely check into it. I think however I love the dog/cat video more. Thanks for the morning laugh! Have a great weekend!
Breaking Bad was an incredible show! I still miss it.
I hear they are doing a spin-off prequel starring Saul and possibly Jesse.
My boyfriend and I just started the final season of Breaking Bad, too. I can’t wait to see what happens and don’t know how they’ll manage to cram everything into just one season!
Twice sounds similar to ThreadUp, yes? I was just recently introduced to ThredUp, and I’m intrigued by the idea of the service.
Have fun tubing this weekend! Sounds like a blast!
LOVE TEA.
My all time favorite is probably the lemon zinger from celestial, nothing fancy, just always soothes me! And then I love just a good english breakfast black in the morning.
Wow! I’m loving so many things in this post. Eygptian Licorice Mint is my favorite! I use to go to an Aveda salon in Orlando, and they had this delicious tea and I couldn’t ever figure out the flavor. Then I found the Yogi brand and can’t live without it!
My husband and I finished Breaking Bad last month. I agree! The violence in the beginning was way too much for me. I’d have to walk out of the room. But, the relationship between all the family is what kept me watching! Just wait until you get to the finale! WOW!
I’m definitely going to try out Twice. Thanks for the tip!
i love the tea at my aveda salon too and now im super pumped that i read this post! you guys have the answers to questions i didnt even know i had! haha thanks 🙂
Dogs reacting to cats in their beds is so cute!! I can’t wait for my cat to start bossing our puppy around!
Breaking Bad is such a great show! That is exactly how I felt when my husband started watching it. It gave me anxiety! But it eventually sucked me in.
That dance routine is AWESOME! That’s how I was with Breaking Bad…when we first started watching it I hated it. It was too intense/scary/over the top for me. Well my boyfriend kept playing episodes and I would catch it while I was on my computer trying to ignore the show and soon enough I ended up LOVING it. I think the first season is just a little to shocking!
I gave in to Breaking Bad earlier this year too and finished a few weeks ago! I was reluctant at first but I ended up enjoying it more than I expected. For favorite tea, I LOVE Yogi’s Bedtime Tea. It is so soothing and helps me sleep! I recommend it. I also recommend Mighty Leaf Chamomile Tea – it’s delicious and also a good hangover remedy (not that I need it that much! But it comes in handy!)
Twice sounds amazing! I’m always going through my closet and getting rid of clothes, so I’m definitely going to do this sometime!
That dance routine is amazing, it’d be great to be able to say I was an awesome dancer! I’m hoping some other week I’ll be able to say I’ve been loving Dance lessons, but this week, I’ve been loving hot yoga at core power. It’s a nice way to relax and I’ve found it’s helping me mend a labral tear in my hip.
I personally find all Harney & Sons teas to be delicious, I’ve been addicted to the Blueberry Green flavor recently, but my all time fave is the White Christmas blend.
Thanks for the Twice tip! In the summer I like to clean out my closet, and if I can make a little $ from doing so, I’m perfectly okay with that:-)
I have been loving Downton Abbey this week. I just started watching the show and am now in season 4. And my favorite tea flavor is camomile. I usually don’t put anything in my tea so I love that this flavor is absolutely light and soothing.
Have a great weekend!
~Bre
The same thing happened to me while watching breaking bad at first. I’d have my husband watch and then after he’d tell me what I missed. I’m so glad I tuned in again because it’s my all time favorite series! The final season is awesome!
Me too! I made Ryan give me plot summaries every time! 🙂 Eventually I got sucked in!
I am loving how I only had to work three days this week.
I am loving my $20 outfit-t shirt dress in Navy and red cardigan sweater both from Target I got for both under $10 and my cute sandals I got from DSW a few years ago for under $10. SCORE!
I am loving how there is a local Greek Festival within walking distance of our home so we can walk there and not feel as guilty of all the delicious food we will eat!
I’ve been more of a tea drinker since being pregnant. My favorite: chai green tea, especially in latte form, made with milk and coconut sugar. Have fun tubing this weekend! That sounds like a blast!
Sounds fantastic!
I didn’t think I would be able to continue to watch Breaking Bad at 1st but I could not stop. It was very disturbing/intense at times. When I finished that series, I started watching something light & funny!! Haha 🙂
I want to try that elliptical workout! I need a mix up in my gym routine 🙂 Thanks for posting it!
that dance video… awesome! and I love Breaking Bad! My boyfriend and I are still getting through it.. season 1 was so slow, but now I’m like you I get anxious every second!!
that dance video… awesome! and I love Breaking Bad! My boyfriend and I are still getting through it.. season 1 was so slow, but now I’m like you I get anxious every second!!
Whoa! You just blew my mind with that Twice company – totally need to try it. Do you feel like their offers are fair? Also, I’ve been loving elliptical intervals lately – going to try this workout in 15 minutes during lunch workout!
The offers are lower than what you’d probably get if you sold them yourself on ebay or something like that, but I love the convenience!