Well I hope you all had a beautiful, happy, healthy, and wonderful Christmas! Mine was perfect and lovely! My family means so much to me and I am so glad we could spend time together! I'll recap all the glorious details (mostly in pictures...I did take some this year!) on Monday! Until then, continue enjoying the love and have a fabulous weekend! Disconnect! But if you find some downtime and want some online reading...I still have you covered 😉
XOXO From my family to yours, Happy Holidays!
SS Posts from the week:
Monday: Recipe ReDux #14 Indian Christmas Rice
Tuesday: When You Become More Than Yourself
Blog Posts and Links I loved this week:
Life, Mind, Body, Spirit:
+ 10 Ways To Stop Judging Your Body So Harshly
Give yourself some love!
+ Craving Connection
Does this sound like you?
+ Because Breaking Can Be Beautiful
Ah, I like this!
+ 10 Ways To Truly Thrive
We'll be chatting about thriving in the new year very soon 😉
+ 8 Things That I Want To be In 2015
I want to be these too!
Fitness:
+ Gym Etiquette 101: Survival Tips For Beginners
This is such a great post for the newbies!
+ 7 Reasons To Practice Vinyasa Yoga
My true love!
+ 12 Tips To Prepare For Your First Trail Race
I think trail running would be so much fun!
Food:
+ Top Gluten-Free Natural Products
Some great new finds!
+ Which Sweetener Is Best? The Lowdown On Sweeteners - Part 2
More great info!
+ The Skinny On Sprouted Grains
I love love love sprouting!
+ The Top 10 Best Tasting Apples
Eh....I don't agree.
+ What's The Difference? Answers To 25 Common Food Mix-ups
Read and learn kids!
+ 3 Ways To Turn Holiday Leftovers Into A Healthy Lunch
Load up a sweet potato!
+ 81 Vegetarian Taco Recipes That Take Taco Tuesday To The Next Level
We all should celebrate Taco Tuesday!
+ 18 Things We Learned About Coffee In 2014
Coffee...2014 was the year we reunited 🙂
+ What Living In India Taught Me About Food
They do it right and know how to live!
Health:
+ How To Stay Healthy In College
Practical and real tips!
+ The 2014 Health Trends We Can't Wait To Leave Behind
Omg...yes please!
+ Why You Shouldn't Read E-Books Before Bed
Another reason why I'm anti e-book!
Blogging, Social Media, Tech & Photography:
+ Facebook And Pinterest Settings You Want To Know About
You can get your old Pinterest feed back!
+ 10 Ways To Make The Most Out Of Your Blog Archives
Great! Just so you know, I recatogorized all 370+ blog posts this week!
+ Bettering Your Blog in 2015 & And Some Amazing Blogging Advice
Let's make 2015 the best!
+ Food Blog Trends That Need To Die
I'm sure you all saw this by now, but (I found it first!) and am still sharing! Please stop #8 #15 #19!
+ Five Things I've Learned About Creativity
You know I am all about finding creativity!
+ The Best Android Apps For Your New Android Phone
Some of these look really good!
Other:
+ 24 Famous Logos With Hidden Meanings
This is awesome! Haha!
+ 15 Things Moms Say...And What We Really Mean
Hahahaha!
+ Scary Santa 2014 - The Finalists
Hahaha, I love these every year!
+ Christmas Morning: Expectations vs. Reality
It's never how you "plan" 😉
+ 5 Chores You Should Never Skip (Even If Your Busy)
Good and easy ones to do!
Favorite Pins:
(Follow me on Pinterest – RebeccaGF666)
Vegetarian Chirashi Sushi. Now this looks like a fun meal!
Gingerbread Overnight Oats. Yea...I really want this!
Blueberry, Banana, and Walnut Oat Bake. Hello, hearty warming breakfast!
Cocoa Sesame Biscuits. O! Hazelnut flour and sesame seeds!....And chocolate!
Inspiring Spaces. I would so be inspired sitting here!
Harissa Roasted Roots with Crispy Chickpeas + Herby Millet Pilaf. This is something I would make!
A few things I loved about my week or am grateful for:
+ The beautiful holidays and my wonderful family!
So tell me:
+ Tell me one of your favorite moments this week!
Now I'm off to continue "unplugging" and to go play with my new "toys" 😉 Details soon!
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Athletic Avocado
hope you had a great Christmas! I always look forward to your friday posts! I love learning new things and getting lots of tips to benefit my health and lifestyle! 🙂
Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine
I sure did! I hope you did too! And thank you so much my friend! XOXO
Katherine
I always binge read every single thing you link to. You pick the best links! You have an eye for stories that are incredibly interesting. Now I just have to figure out how to navigate all the tabs I have open 🙂 I hope your Christmas was absolutely fantastic! xx
Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine
Hahaha! Well I'm always glad to hear that! Just doing what I love most and sharing! XOXO
Merry Christmas!!!!
Linda @ Veganosity
Love the scary Santa link! I think I have 2 pictures of my kids with Santa. They were so traumatized that I was afraid to ever make them sit on his lap again for fear that they'd grow up with emotional issues. To this day Alex tells me that Santa is a scary guy. She also thinks the song Santa Clause is Coming to Town if freaky. She wonders how telling a kid that "he sees you when you're sleeping, he knows when you're awake, he knows if you've been bad or good...." is healthy? Haha! If you think about it that way, I think she's right.
The bandaged hands tossing the spaghetti was much scarier in my opinion! Ick!
Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine
Hahahaha! Some of those pictures are the best! It essential for EVERYONE to have at least one "scary" santa pic! The whole concept of santa though is scary! He always sees you and comes into your house at night!
Emma @em-poweredwellness
Hope you had a wonderful Christmas Rebecca! Loved the post about what I want to be in 2015, so true.
Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine
It's a great reminder going into the new year to think about!
I hope you had a lovely holiday as well! XOXO
Carol
So glad to hear you had such a lovely Christmas. 🙂 That Tahini Hot Chocolate recipe looks amazing! Enjoy the rest of 2014, and I hope you have a very Happy New Year!
Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine
Thank you so much Carol!
I hope you have a lovely, joyful, and healthy rest of the year as well! XOXO
(That hot chocolate is just divine!)
Farrah
Glad that you had a wonderful Christmas with family! :]
I love that list on things to be for 2015! I want to work on all those things too! :]
I may be in the market for a new phone soon and am contemplating breaking away from my iPhone ( :O!!!), so that Android app article will be helpful! :] ...and I really wish I could make such a pretty messy bun. D:
Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine
Thanks Farrah! XOXO
It was such a nice post!
My phone is old now...but I've always been an Android user!
Yea...mine didn't look THAT good...but I tried 😉
B @ The Sequin Notebook
Beautiful pics, especially that yummy-looking hot chocolate! Looking forward to checking out that vinyasa yoga link, it's one of my goals to get into a more steady practice in 2015!
Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine
Food is always lovely to look at! Hahaha 😉
You so should! Ever need any encouragement, I'm here for yea!
Lauren @ The Bikini Experiment
Merry Christmas a day late! Looks like you had a wonderful holiday Thanks for all these great reads!
Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine
Merry Christmas to you too Lauren! I hope it was lovely and the fun extends into the weekend 😉
Natalie
Re-categorizing blog archives is a necessary evil...I've decided there is no perfect system that will work for all eternity 🙁
You should have taken a picture of your messy bun-inspired Christmas hair! My hair is to short for the messy bun right now, but I do love the look 🙂
Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine
No! It is so horrible...and boring....but I had to force myself to do it since I deleted ALL my categories so I would HAVE to start over, hahaha!
Don't worry, You'll see my hair styling skills on Monday 😉 Hahahaha! My hair is almost to LONG to do it. Really long hair and really short hair are just so difficult to so anything fancy with!
Heather @ Housewife Glamour
That messy bun is adorable! I'm loving buns lately. Thank you so much for linking up! Looks like you had a great holiday. Enjoy the weekend!
Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine
Yes! I seriously never straighten my hair anymore and really like just putting it up and out of the way! (Less damage anyway and it looks cute!)
You too Heather! XOXOXO
Brie @ Lean, Clean, & Brie
So happy to see you had a wonderful Christmas with your family! Have a great weekend! Can't wait to see pictures on Monday! xo
Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine
Thank you Brie! I can't wait to hear all about yours as well 😉 XOXOXOXO
Michele @ paleorunningmomma
Can't wait to check out your links because I actually have some time to chill out and read today! You always find all the best ones. Glad you had such an awesome Christmas with family. There's nothing like being home!
Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine
Haha and this week I didn't have many to share! This is a small Finisher!
Yes! It was great! Savor the weekend yourself my friend! I'm still living it up like it's Christmas...no need to rush the end of the holidays!
Katie | Healthy Seasonal Recipes
A great list of finds, as always! Lots to click through to check out. Good thing I have the day off today so I can. My favorite moment of my week was seeing my neighbor, on Christmas eve. He dressed up like Santa and tromped through the snow in our yard so my daughters could get a glimpse of Santa. They were so excited!
Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine
Haha, that is so cute! Seeing "Santa" always puts everyone in a good mood 😉
Merry Christmas Katie! XOXO