Blog Updates, Travels, Good Reads, and Juice Cleanses

Goodness, I am in a bit of shock at how fast this year has gone by. Can you believe we are in October already?! It is crazy. Last month was also a bit crazy and a few blog posts slipped by- mostly those on Sunday. I know, it is awful. To make up for it, I plan on starting Sunday posts back up as of this week. This picture is also a bit of an apology for the lack of Sunday posts... It is one of my favorites and was taken right around this time four-years ago. The umbrella was random and quite needed since our photo shoot got rained out. Ended up being pretty great anyway!

Another P+K bonus is that we will be doing a few giveaways this month as well in honor of P+K's bday! Yep, P+K is turning two this month and to celebrate, I will be in Greece!! Yayyy! So excited about our trip to Greece in a few short weeks. Ahhhh, still have no idea what to pack though... All in time I guess...

If anyone has any must-see or must-eat at places, please let me know. Also, if you have any yoga studios you love, that will be great to know as well. We will be there for about a week towards the end of October and I have heard that the weather has been and will be fantastic!

This trip has been a goal of mine for about ever and I am seriously excited to finally be going!!! Another big goal this year has just started as of September. We are going for a big business goal that will take an entire year to accomplish. The funny thing is, this was not on the hubs or my goal plans for this year. We kind of just decided it in May and have been building the framework for it ever since. It is a bit crazy how all this happened, but pretty awesome at the same time.

Honestly, I am just so excited about everything we have going on. To add to it, P+K will be having a few guest bloggers and two new weekly article topics. The first being health and fitness app reviews. The second is a challenge post each week. If you missed the 100 burpee challenge, check it out! The challenge posts will be similar to that, but not always that insane. By the way, did you do the 100 burpee challenge? My 100 were completed in 14:30. I was shaking afterwards.

Anyway, I am not quite sure how these articles will all work into the weekly mix. There may need to be some days with multiple topics (a weekly round-up with challenge?), or a few days with more than one article per day. However it works, we will figure it out as needed! And, since this has been quite the long article about a whole lot and very little, here is something funny AND informative. I laughed out loud when I read this article and used it to learn a bit more about juice cleanses.

Juice cleanses have become such a hit that is just seems silly to not try out a few of these juice companies and let you know which are great and which to avoid. If you have any juicing companies you want me to check out, let me know through e-mail or in the comments below.

Question: Have you ever done a juice cleanse? If so, did you like it? What about Greece? Let me know what I should see please oh please!

5 New Life Adventures

I have recently discovered a few new things that I never knew existed, but now, cannot wait to do. Maybe it is because I have been watching too many of those sappy Olympic commercials, but it feels like those New Year's goals have been refreshed in my mind a bit this week and their reminder has propelled me to make a few more... No, these are not goals for this year and no, I do not think that most of them will occur this year, but here are just a few new adventures that have been added to my bucket list- or my before 30 list. We'll see.

Visit Angel Falls

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Did you know that Paradise Falls from the movie, "Up" is a real place? Well, it is and I just learned about it. This may be a bit behind the times, But Angel Falls is a real place in Venezuela that is where Paradise Falls was based after.  Shortly after a friend told me that this was a real place, we had gotten a group together that have all vowed to visit it at some point in the future. Oh boy, I cannot wait! Going on adventures is super fun, but going on adventures with friends is even better!

Zipline in Costa Rica

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A few years ago my two cousins and my aunt went ziplining in Costa Rica. Ever since hearing their stories, I have wanted to go. Some of what they said scared me, but a lot of it sounded exciting. Honestly, the idea of ziplining over a canyon 2,000+ feet in the air has not always sounded inciting. Until the hubs and I had our first ziplining excursion together on our last trip to California, I was not quite sure it would be for me. Since then, I have officially added it to the bucket list.

Complete the runDisney Coast to Coast Race

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So, I just found out about this two nights ago and immediately decided that this must be done as soon as possible. The runDisney Coast to Coast Race is accomplished by running a Disney Half Marathons or longer at both Disney World and Disneyland in the same calendar year. The two races that I would like to complete for this would have to be Tinkerbell Half Marathon at Disneyland and the Food and Wine Half Marathon at EPCOT. UNfortunelty, this can no longer happen for 2014, but will for sure be on the radar for 2015.

Accomplish the Scorpion Pose

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This may not be an adventure in the literal sense, but boy will accomplishing this be an adventure in every other way! For me, accomplishing this will mean being able to complete this pose while balancing on my forearms. This is quite the hefty goal considering that I am still in the process of mastering the headstand alone. I will keep you posted on the progress.

Last Week in Pins: Adventures

Last week was a bit of a pin-crazy week for me. Between New Year's and being at home sick, I had plenty of ambition and time to Pin. Being in the New Year's mood, my pins mainly relate to things I want to do or pretty clothes to do them in. It makes sense, right? Here are a few of my personal favorites, all focusing around those New Year's resolutions.

I went bungy jumping once and formed a bit of a fear of falling from it. Now, I guess it must be done again to get rid of the fear. This is one of the places that I would be ok with jumping off a ledge and dangling from my feet.

For all those cold adventures where I need a sweater... and some style...

Best be in shape for an adventure, especially if it includes trekking the wilderness or jumping from way too tall of things. This 30-day bum challenge seems to be shooting quite a few birds with one 30-day stone!

The Dismals Canyons in Alabama. This place is pretty fantastic backpacking inspiration! Apparently, they are one of the only locations where you can see dismals- these insects that glow blue when larvae. The insect larvae will line the cavern walls so at night, they glow blue!