{"id":379501,"date":"2013-11-17T14:57:00","date_gmt":"2013-11-17T14:57:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staging.annahelizabeth.com\/index.php\/2013\/11\/17\/loving-the-skin-im-in\/"},"modified":"2013-11-17T14:57:00","modified_gmt":"2013-11-17T14:57:00","slug":"loving-the-skin-im-in","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.annahelizabeth.com\/index.php\/2013\/11\/17\/loving-the-skin-im-in\/","title":{"rendered":"Loving the Skin I’m In"},"content":{"rendered":"
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My week began with number five in the Soon-to-be-50 series of fun my mother\u2019s been sending me.<\/o:p><\/span><\/div>\n
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She even managed to inject a little more humor into Warren\u2019s birthday celebration!<\/span><\/div>\n
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At the ugly (as in I can\u2019t believe I\u2019m up at this time of day!) hour of pre-dawn, there\u2019s nothing that gives this Night Owl a Good-Morning-Pick-Me-Up like a pretty sky, and this sunrise couldn\u2019t have been any more mesmerizing.<\/span><\/div>\n
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And, speaking of beauty, Dove has a way of touching all the right places, don\u2019t they?<\/o:p><\/span><\/div>\n
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This recent #WeAreBeautiful campaign<\/span><\/a>left me\u2026(near) speechless\u2026<\/o:p><\/span><\/div>\n
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Thank you, Dove, for your continued inspiration and the reminders that beauty is a state of mind\u2026<\/o:p><\/span><\/div>\n
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Speaking of body image, this couldn\u2019t have come at a more opportune time\u2026<\/o:p><\/span><\/div>\n
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You know I\u2019ve sort of been celebrating my weight loss markers, but the past two weeks have been a bit rough.<\/o:p><\/span><\/div>\n
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I don\u2019t know if it\u2019s been my hormones, the rising full moon, the shrinking light in our days, or just lack of conscientiousness, but I\u2019ve been eating with reckless abandon, and all the wrong kinds of foods, like half a jar of roasted peanuts and peanut butter pretzels by the handfuls, and my Achilles heel\u2026bread\u2026<\/o:p><\/span><\/div>\n
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I can\u2019t tell you how much it warmed my heart when Big Guy announced that he wanted to contribute something to our dinner the other night.<\/span><\/div>\n

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He’s taking a Food & Nutrition class this semester and was so excited about these cheddar biscuits he\u2019d learned to make.<\/span><\/div>\n
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Given my recent weakness for all the wrong foods, I was happy that I stuck to only one biscuit, even if my plan to enjoy it over a few meals failed\u2026<\/o:p><\/span><\/div>\n
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As I\u2019ve watched the number on the scale rise, I\u2019ve been working hard to love the skin I\u2019m in, and to keep that giant hammer stashed away.<\/o:p><\/span><\/div>\n
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And speaking of treating myself well, I\u2019m so happy to tell you that my first written and audio drafts have been sent off to the TEDxSFA team!<\/o:p><\/span><\/div>\n
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I had such a feeling of accomplishment when I hit that Send<\/i>button, two weeks ahead of schedule!<\/o:p><\/span><\/div>\n
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I spent almost twelve hours editing and doing run-throughs on the components yesterday, figuring out those little glitches that read fluently but somehow are sticking points when we are speaking those same words out loud.<\/o:p><\/span><\/div>\n

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And the shower and the shaving of my legs and the putting on of clothes felt that much more refreshing at the end of the day.<\/o:p><\/span><\/div>\n

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Afterward, I spent a few hours visiting with and watching the all-new The Christmas Ornament<\/i> with a friend who loves Hallmark TV even more than I do.<\/o:p><\/span><\/div>\n

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Cameron Mathison and Kellie Martin are soooo good together!<\/o:p><\/span><\/div>\n

Unlike that biscuit, I didn\u2019t stop at one. I watched a marathon of these feel-good holiday movies.<\/span><\/p>\n

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And to round out the week?<\/o:p><\/span><\/div>\n
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I finished Level 155, Journeyers, just before sitting down to write this post.<\/span><\/div>\n
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Who cannot feel happy with this sort of silly and fun encouragement from an interactive game?<\/o:p><\/span><\/div>\n
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And now, I\u2019m off to re-start a good habit and take me and the dog for a walk, before the rain starts.<\/o:p><\/span><\/div>\n
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Heck, if I don\u2019t beat the sprinkles, maybe I\u2019ll change it up and walk, anyway! Maybe I\u2019ll find it to be an emotional cleansing, just like this Happy Happens<\/i> guest poster from Dreams and Colour<\/i><\/span><\/a> did.<\/o:p><\/span><\/div>\n
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Then I\u2019m preparing a healthy snack to take when I meet up with some people I recently met, some of who might just be paesanos<\/span><\/a>\u2026<\/o:p><\/span><\/div>\n
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What Moment(s) fed your happy this week? Spread a little healing energy and share your joyful flash(es) here!<\/o:p><\/span><\/div>\n
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