A gift for you… a gift for me!! :)

So I was SUPER happy yesterday when Elizabeth sent me a message saying that the package I sent her had FINALLY been received!! 
We did a cross border exchange and it was SO FUN!

Make sure to check out her post to see the goods I sent her!
 
I am VERY interested in doing this again, with someone from the US or anywhere else really! As I’ve said before, especially somewhere close to Trader Joes as it looks like it has SO MUCH GOOD STUFF!   Let me know if you are interested! (and of course it would all have to be dairy free stuff!)

I can’t wait to receive my box, I promise to write all about it!!

Then once again my door bell rang – my mailman must think I’ve got something illegal going down,
I get lots of packages! hehe

Any guesses?

Only good stuff can come from this place!

(Remember the give away I won?)

I was almost as excited by the Empower Glo Bar… except someone took a bite out of it?!?! hehe  Soooo good!!
You can order these yummy little hunnies here!

If any people from here want to share in shipping let me know, as I would LOVE some of these!!
Onto the rest of the box…

I believe this stuff is some of Ang’s favorite tea!!
It’s very spicy smelling, will be awesome with some almond milk!

And then the star of the show!!

The LULULEMON yoga tote – it’s gorgeous!! Hot pink and black are my favorites!!

Thank you SO MUCH Ang…  this package was AWESOME
(ps, her blog is in my top #3 favourite's so if you have never checked it out go visit RIGHT NOW!, plus her blog is the reason I started blogging!)

Then the mail came and I got ANOTHER goodie!!
Rather than a spiralizer I decided on this little gadget…

I shall give you a review once I’ve given it a go!  Veggie pasta is in my near,near future!
Last night for dinner I made some very filling/comfort foodish dinner.

Remember the dip I made the other day with roasted peppers, cashews, sesame seeds, well I spread it on a brown rice wrap and with kale, mushrooms and 1 egg….

Wrapped it up and served it with some veg and fruit – it was so amazing and full of flavor!

Next up breaky!
I have been drooling over the breakfast cookie recipe from Tina. 
I used it as inspiration and made this for breakfast

Oh yes, this will be a new breakfast staple for me.  I felt guilty eating a cookie for breakfast, but it was full of loads of good stuff. 
Plus I had it with a green monster, so I covered all my nutrition bases this AM!

*sigh* then I decided I needed some “self care” today – after having an appointment to talk to someone about my little non friend called anxiety.   She suggested I go do some things that make me really happy.  

Sushi makes me really happy! ahaha

I got enough for lunch and a snack later!  Yam/avocado roll, salmon skin roll and avocado roll…

Plus this was calling my name from the refrigeration section.

I had one little bite and it was tasty!
It tasted crunchy, salty, and sesamey… I can’t wait to eat more!

Anywhoo… must do some cleaning up before heading to work.

Also must study tonight, as my first exam is NEXT THURSDAY! EEK!

Ps.  While I was “talking to that lady” today – I mentioned something for the first time out loud and thought I should pass it along.
I find that some of my blog friends are more supportive than my real friends in life – which makes me happy and sad at the same time…
I love that I have found so many great friends through here, and makes me want to re-evaluate some of my in person relationships.
Bottom line, I love you guys and thank you for being so supportive of everything!! :)

I hope I can be just as supportive to all of you!

Question of the day – What are your two stars and a wish today?
(two good things that happened to you and a wish for tomorrow)

Much love,
Jessica

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Thanks! 

Two stars and a wish!

Another day almost gone!! It's been a productive day!!

I got pretty much everything on my to do list done!! Lance is feeling better yay!! I had fun in the garden today, I didn't realize how many green tomatoes I had left. I put a plea out on facebook to see who wanted some, when my friend Eric (who is an amazing chef) said he did, I had to find out what their future looked like... "Fried green tomatoes, chutney and something else I can't remember" Well that was it, I decided to make fried green tomatoes for the first time ever. At first bite I didn't like it AT ALL! But after that I really started enjoying them and that was it, I was a happy camper!

Then I was off to the police station to get my criminal record check done! I figured it was my last easy step for my application - NOPE... because I lived in Alberta I have to submit my Alberta check first before they will issue my BC one!! $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ Now my criminal record check will cost almost $100 EEK...

Then I got "the" phone call ... your EI claim has still not been processed... this is week 8. :) Which also means I cannot move forward with my school application yet either... *sigh*

So then I decided I needed salt and chocolate to make myself feel much better... so I made a bowl of popcorn with hot sauce and earth balance vegan butter (that is delicious FYI, I highly recommend it, even for dairy lovers, it's healthier than margarine and butter!! ... and some dark chocolate (dairy free thank the lord, I miss chocolate) from rocky mountain chocolate YUM ...

After all that snacking today, I moved onto dinner which was my lentil soup from yesterday and 2 pieces of toast with Earth Balance butter! How can you tell Dave isn't home.. haha... NO MEAT in this meal... or in the whole day for that matter! Don't get me wrong I could never be a veggie or a vegan, but I enjoy meat free meals!!

As for the title of my post... I have used 2 stars and a wish forever with kids I work with, and my mom and I do it every night through email (which I love) ...

You have to state 2 good things that happened in your day and a wish for tomorrow... Here are mine;
*The sun was shinning and it was a beautiful day.
* I got lots done which included moving my treadmill into my house (you would have laughed... )

Wish - that I can go for a lonnnnnnnng walk tomorrow and tomorrow is the day they are supposed to approve my EI so here's hopin....

What are your 2* and a wish?

Anyways, I decided to have my very own girls night... well girl night... time to get extra beautiful. I will write about my fantastic all natural products I use for this!!!

Speaking of beautiful you HAVE to check out this blog and get on posting stuff everywhere you go!! OPERATION BEAUTIFUL

Sweet dreams and remember you are beautiful just the way you are... now believe it!!
xo