hey monday!

Hey guys ooops it is 4 days later! but i have just been very very busy.

• The minor photo shoot: the band my boy is in had their photo shoot Saturday, and it started POURING so he had to do it at one of the band members house which i happened to be at. all the pictures are AWESOME quality when they edit them I'll send you a link of their myspace. Then me and the boy got a couple pictures together because the photos were excellent quality. Plus they got it all done for FREE! The photographer is building up her book to go to warp tour next year.
• Sat the boys also did a little acoustic set at Dillard's (my dad is the manager) so now every Saturday they are going to do a little set, and this way they can make more fans,and will have a place to preform
• Sat,Sun nights have been partying which means staying up late and waking up late! sad news is i haven't had time to do yoga in 3 days,  i miss it super much(did it this morning) My friend's 21 bday happened so we had to celebrate! haha
• Do you guys know the band HEY MONDAY? the rhythm guitarist is Zoey's best friend since elementary school. They had a show last night in ft lauderdale so we went to go see them. They did such an AWESOME job! It was so cool to watch them bc this has been all their dreams to be in a famous band, everyone was singing their songs, wanting their autographs, wanting to touch their arm! I could feel the energy so i just started dancing, haha the rest of my group didn't dance, but i LOVE dancing so me and zoe dance.

Alex is all the way on the left.

WHERES THE FOOD???

I haven't taken much photos so i will just start with my brekkie:

i have been eating green monsters every morning which i love love. but i am all out of protein AND spinach! So this morning i had a shmorishborg

• broccoli
• 2 egg whites,1 egg
• 2 slices of tofu
• teryiaki sauce

WORKOUT:

20 min of yoga journal sun salutations

Kim Kardashian 30 min ab workout

10 min of cadiokie(not fun very odd so stopped early)

Hopefully ill be back for spa day, i am babysitting all day today. mulah

GIVEAWAY:

funniest thing i just remembered:

MY last night i dreamed i found PB and J larabars! hahaha i seriously thought i did but nope still have yet to find new larabars :(

Louis Vuitton Laptop bag for sale

Thank you guys for all your comments on sororities, i def have the stereotype in my head that they all are prissy so i will defiantly do rush and then go from there.

This morning i downloaded some yoga journal podcast and did two of them, one was a balance flow and one was a back opener, both very good and i am getting way more flexible. I love love love it!

Brekkie was another green monster! 

these things are good, as you can tell i ate it right after yoga.ha ha sweat and makeup less= awesome yoga sesh

 i didn't mean to look up so much.

• lot of spinach
• 1/3 banana
• 1 2/3 apricot 
• 3 dates
• coconut
• 1/3 cup almond breeze
• scoop of vanilla protein powder
• scoop of naturally more PB

YUmmmm SO good, i love green monsters now..addicted ADDICTED  I tell ya! ha ha

RANDOM:

So i recently got this laptop/messenger bag:

I am gong to sell it on ebay or craigslist if none of you girls are interested, honestly no pressure because i know it is expensive. The reason why i am selling it is because for college so i am not hounding my parents for money,also i know a lot of girls LOVE Louis Vuitton so if you want it

 i am selling it for $830, i have not used this bag the only thing with it is that the gold plate has a scratch(the person that gave it to me got it for sale bc of this) The price of the bag is usually priced at $1330! so i am cutting it $500.

The website says: abbesses (the name if the bag)

"Abbesses features three interior pockets. This large city bag can be used as a discreet attaché case and slips easily onto the Pégase suitcase.

Size: 14.1" x 10.6" x 3.9"

- Monogram canvas, leather trim, adjustable textile strap, brown canvas lining

- Flap with elastic button closure

- Zipped pocket, cell phone pocket, patch pocket, interior D-ring (to attach pouch or key holder) 

- Carried on the shoulder

PRODUCT ID: M45257"

email me at dear_nichole@yahoo.com, i would like to keep it in the USA since i have never shipped anything across seas, thanks!

Off to buy and make a large salad and watch more of the office (seriously this show, big bang theory and friends are my absolute fav shows, and food network obv)

rambles and cramming

so i am just going to jump in to what you missed...

Sat

Zoey and his band "the minor" played at this bar call ( brace yourself for the name) swamp grass willy's. There was 4 bands playing and they went up first bc one band ran out of gas coming up to the show. I brought my camera and i seriously looked like a proud mom. i could not stop smiling bc they were doing so good, and he looked so happy to be up there. It was awesome. After the show we went over to one of the band member's house and partied till 3! i am never up that ate haha I'm usually a grandma, but i was having so much fun that i didnt listen to my tiredness.

My boy is on the drums.

Dont mind the people who rudly walked and stood in front of me. haha

Sunday was just getting ready for Mon and Tues orientation down in Miami. I had to wake up at 5AM i ate brekkie before i went

Green monster

• banana
• myoplex chocolate milk protein drink
• lots of spinach
• coconut
• couple dates
• lil whole food vanilla protein powder
• scoop of DCD pb

Once there i munched on a maple cliff bar.

REVIEW: it was ehhh got some sugared pecans but not much and the maple didn't really stick out for me, plus i was still grumbling after his...o well

Lunch was included in the orientation, i had an Einstein wrap, roasted veggie. It had mayo in it! I hate mayo, i really wish they would of told me what was in it o well i ate it bc dinner wasn't going to be for a long time

after a while i went into my stash and took out my next bar... macadamia and apricot fruit and nut bar. this is very good but expensive usually i bought one on sale.

Dinner was in the campus cafeteria, i was excited to see it bc that is what i will be eating while im on my stay. and thank goodness they are vegan/vegetarian options, they do not cook with trans oil, they have the nutritional info for food they make, a huge salad bar with veggies like baby corn! they have soups, and fro yo!!!!!! yummmm

I decided on a huge salad and a fruit cup.

Tues

picking out classes sucked! i spent a good 2-3 hours finding a good schedule. Man to have a nutrition degree it is A LOT of hard classes i was told that the hardest science classes i have to take to get the degree. If i find it too hard i also have a plan B which is personal relations to be an event planner. I think that would be a lot of fun to plan weddings and parties.

Brekkie

at the school was fruit,biscuit w honey and coffee.

QUESTION : What do you think about sororities? I hate ALL drama and i make sure i am not in any ever, but is that in sororities a lot? i didn't want to join one before orientation but after orientation they made it seem totally diff then i thought. were any of you girls in one? did you like it?

Also i may be doing a scholarship pageant called Ms.fiu. I'm am not sure but i would love to win a scholarship to get out of having this loan. yuck Talent i am not sure yet i have a few tricks up my sleeve. it is not until February but i want to do it for the heck of it! you know what i mean? this was i can make oodles of friends and get involved.

Today:

this morning i enjoyed a egg in the hole with a scoop of polenta my mom made last night. I loved the toast but the polenta was too heavy in my tummy. i have to remember that for next time.

Then i made lemonade magic bullet slushy. This was also not a good idea all that acid or what not in the lemon made my tummy feel bad. Does lemonade do that to you?

Lunch couldn't be something heavy since the lemonade was still with me.so i made a

green monster

• ice
• vanilla protein powder
• 3 dates
• lots of spinach
• Cinnamon (sooo good)
• peach
• 3/4 banana
• coconut for chew
• almond milk

along side i had myself a huge scoop of fluff, i needed something sweet and it def squished the craving.

Other food pics i found that i must have eaten recently...

I will get back to my regular tomorrow, cramming a lot in to one post does not do justice. I miss blogging

Hopped on the bandwagon

Friday!!!

Hey girls i am having a pretty good day today even though i haven't done much, my mood is very high.

This morning i did yoga! 20min of yogamazing podcast heart openers=back bends!!! i crave back bends when doing yoga. I love feeling like gummy and bending myself it is a lot of fun, give it a try. Then i did the 30min yogamazing podcast for abs. I love it i might just do yoga again soon because the boys are practicing since they have their first show TOMORROW! 

I am so excited to see my boys band perform, ill take pictures.

Brekkie

GREEN MONSTER 

• 3 handfuls of spinach
• 1/2 plum
• 1/3 banana
• 1/2 cranberries
• lil handful cherries
• 1/2 almond milk

Look how huge that is! it was good, a lil tart for me tomorrow will be more mellow.

On the side fig with DCD, WCW. Had another one after the photo was taken.

Lunch:

Ginormous salad

I did not have any veggies (except 1/2 bag of spinach) at my house! i guess i ate them all, grrr. so i made it with the whole foods hot/cold bar finds ($2 off, score)

• TONS of spinach
• couple pieces of bbq seitan(my love)
• 2 slices of hone/sesame tofu
• 1 baked plantain
• on side grape leaf roll
• squirt of balsamic vinegar 
• Drink: tazo apricot vanilla(one of my fav teas now)

Very yummy, honestly those three things are my FAVORITE things from the salad bar at whole foods. As well as favorite things to put on my salad, excluding avocado (sadly had no avocado on me )

The boy wants to see bruno today, but we will see what happens. This summer i have been just chillen going with the flow.

Pamper with me

Hello everyone!

soooo sorry i haven't been able to post i have been so busy in fact today i am actually at an orientation at FIU in Miami, so hopefully the timer post works!

when i get back full report on bruno (dont go! haha) and boys band performance!

 Today i want to show you girls 2 EZPZ (haha sorry i had to) recipes for your skin!

*you might be tempted to eat these but don't! haha*

EZPZ Skin glowing/cleansing Mask

• 1 tbsp honey
  
• 2 tbsp finely ground almonds
  
• 1/2 teaspoon lemon juice
  

Mix them all together, rub on wet face gently and then rinse it off with warm water. After i suggest using a toner since your pores will be slightly opened to clean it out ( i use witch hazel, cheap and simple) then your moisturizer of choice to close everything up. 

EZPZ SUMMER SCRUB

• 1 Peach, super duper ripe.
  
• 1/3 cup brown sugar
  
• 1/3 cup white sugar
  
• 1/3 cup olive oil
  

Peel peach and mash it up into a goop, mix all ingredients together. On wet skin massage/scrub the mix onto skin. Do not let it come off right away. remember you are pampering yourself, this should not be rushed massage untill you do not want to massage anymore. Rise it off. 

Have fun with these girls, i always have fun using things in my kitchen for my pampering days because i know it has no harsh chemicals and if i can swallow them then they should be perfect for my skin.

OPTIONAL: give your self a lil time to do this podcast runs 21:21 but yga for about 17min. Try it out even if you have never done yoga, you can stop anytime you want. Also i think medatative yoga on pampering days make one calm and feel energized. 

Have a great day girls! hope you enjoyed it!

T-Rex was supposed to be extinct for a reason

Hello everyone!

Sorry i did not post yesterday, i went up to Orlando at 12 and did not get back till almost 2 in the morning! ekkk needless to say i went straight to bed. I went up to orlando with my dad and two sisters(both younger)

(this is grace)

 to see my dads brothers (who look like sets of twins). It was funny they all are very loud, its a gene i guess that runs in the family, and they all talk to random bartenders,waitresses, random people on the Disney shuttle train. Again something i found that runs in the hoskens gene.

brekkie that morning + 35min of yoga with the little one you in above

i had this amazing bowl of oatmeal/oat bran(ran out of oat bran!!!!)

• 1/3 cup of what i had left of oat bran and oatmeal to top it off
• 2/3 almond milk, 1/3 water
• 5 m&m for the fun of it
• 3 chopped dates
• 5 dried cherries 
• spoonful of choco chip cookie dough PB
• lil bit of DCD PB 

Right before we left i made an 

Anti oxidant drink

• Borba Pink clarifying packet(met this guy once at my dads store and he hooked me up) 
• handful of blueberries
• Sprinkle of coconut
• handful of ice
• cup and 1/2 of water

Along the way i had a cup of kashi 7grain cereal,peach,handful of blueberries

Lunchish: crab cake and some Asian noodles- it was a n appetizer for a snack before we went to eat (this was at 4)

 

 We went to TREX restaurant at downtown Disney. 

facts about this place

• Very cool decor dinos that move all around you, it looks like you are in Jurassic park (this may be the only plus side i had for them)
• 
  
• Everything has at least one of the following; a pound of meat, fried, load of butter
• VERY expensive at least 20 dollars if you are getting a salad(no meat) and drink 
• not that great of food unless you like fried and butter
• VERY crowded- got there at 6:30 didn't eat till 9:30! haha o man 

Now what did i eat?

I devoured the french onion soup and i did ask for a side of steamed veggies but got over cooked veggies IN a cup of butter. The waitress told me they couldn't make them special??? I was def a grumpy girl, when i am hungry and there is no options for me i will get emotional.

OK no fast forward.........bzzzzzzzzzzzzzzIP (fast forward noise obviously) 

TODAY

Woke up late so i had this veggie pocket with a piece of RAW cheddar cheese and a spoon of cottage cheese , I Also 2 dates with a lil of PB for the heck of it.

Review: This was pretty good it had bell pepper,broccoli, beans, marinara sauce and some other veggies. I enjoyed this a lot the inside was like a micro cal zone but the bread was amazing! i love gooey, doughy, soggyish pizza dough so i took ALL the inside out and ate the veggies then the bread as my dessert.haha

I went over to zoes to hang out but got a call from FIU saying i didn't accept my scholarships!!! what the heck, so after a couple hours of my heart at my stomach and freakishly typing emails i got it all fixed!! yayay. My hunger was gone after that,I found out when i stress out i just do not eat because i am not hungry when I'm stressed. I had to go to the mall(near whole foods of course) and so i picked up an energy bar for my orientation on mon and tues, and got some "tasters" at whole foods

• a fig
• taste of this tonic stuff(blarggg)
• Tofu honey sesame stick

Once i got back o zoeys i made this....dun dun da dun da( some tune for an excited suspense)

GREEN MONSTER!!!!

• 2 HUGE handful of spinach
• 1 kiwi
• 1/2 peach
• 2 blocks of honey dew
• 1/3 of banana
• 1 scoop of protein powder(whole foods vanilla brand)
• 2  chopped dates for chew
• lil spoon of naturally more pb

This was amazing i decided i ADORE my fruit smoothies, so i do not need to get rid of them i just need to add spinach and that is what i did. I could not taste any spinach at all!

Now off to hang with the boy, ta ta for now

Giveaway: nikes and ponytails

AN apple a day

shopaholic addict

Happy Tuesday!

Yesterday morn-afternoon was just me,myself,and I. I watched confessions of a shopaholic, and let me tell you that is one of my fav movies now! i do not know why but i was laughing out loud through out the movie. Go rent this if you like girly movie now! I felt so good and relaxed after me time. After pampering i hung out wit the boy and just chilled like usual, i got him to do a couple min of yoga and then he went to play drums,haha it isn't his cup of tea. so i just did an extra 20min that day and felt even better. then watched bachelorette  and here comes the newlyweds(love this, and my fav couple won so is going to the finally). Sorry for the lack of food pics it was pamper day! next time ill make sure to post pics.

I got a lot of comments saying how they have not pampered themselves in forever, which is the same for me. I can not remember the last time i did this...8th/9TH grade maybe! that is like 4 years ago! i guess i have just gotten all caught up in everybody else and making sure i everyone was having fun around me, but i think EVERYONE needs to pamper themselves. You might be thinking o no that is too expensive, or i have no time for that silliness. Although it is the complete opposite! just look around your house and I'm sure you have at least one item that you can pamper yourself with and everyone has enough time to chill out and paint toenails, how much time are you on the computer(I'm always am on it when i got nada to do!) or watching tv? paint your nails, give yourself a mask face and/or hair.  You will feel a lot better about yourself and when you feel good about yourself everyone around you will feel better. Happiness is contagious.

What do you girls think about every Monday i do a pamper me Monday, where i show how to pamper yourself for free or at least very cheaply? 

Anyway back to today!!

This morning I did the yoga video from yogatoday.com turning fear in to self confidence. It is still hard but i did better today and did the whole video...well except the head stand, instead i did diff back bends to try to get deeper into those poses. I was SWEATING and very attractive. ;) but i felt so good after and proceeded to enjoy...

Oat Bran

• 1/3 cup oat bran
• 1/2 almond milk, 1/2 water
• some dried cherries cooked in
• 3 dried dates chopped, cooked in
• a sprinkle of coconut
• lil spoonfuls of jiff natural, WCW, Choco chip cookie dough p, strawberry jam( wanted some pb and j action)

AMAZING once again i love oat bran, i used to ONLY like spicy/savory oats but wanted pb so i just added pb instead. Whatever my taste buds want i go for.

The cherries plumped up when cooked 

Now i am munching on a fruit bowl and hot tea

• mango
• 2 kiwi
• sprinkle of dried cherries (I'm addicted i love them they are soo tart and squishy)
• a handful of blueberries

Oh yes that's a yummy bowl

Now I'm just going to watch shopaholic again, because I'm addicted and start my lil craft.