Green monster shake

My morning routine has been terrible lately.

Stop at Starbucks, order a grande decaf skinny vanilla latte. #atleastitsaskinny

Aaaaand order a lemon loaf, or a sugary scone, or maybe even a pumpkin bread. #sugarrush

Then around 10:00am I crash. Therefore, I have opted for a different breakfast, a Green Monster Smoothie.

First, I do not like protein shakes. I think they all taste like chalk, even the good expensive ones. Second, I was terrified to try this.

Amazingly it's really good and trust me, after reading numerous different recipes, you cannot taste the spinach. Seriously!

Recipe:

3 cups fresh spinach (NOT frozen)
4 cut strawberries
1/2 cut banana
1/2 C. Chobani strawberry greek yogurt
milk
3-4 ice cubes

Cut strawberries and bananas and place in baggies and store in freezer overnight. Place spinach, strawberries, banana, greek yogurt, milk and ice cubes in blender. Blend until mixed together. You can add more milk to your desired consistency. I like it very milky.

What crazy looking shake to you make?

Mommy Monday: Summer camp

Happy Father's Day to all the wonderful Father's out there! We had a fabulous day packed with golf, camping and dropping our oldest child off at overnight basketball camp.

I'm so excited for her to have this amazing experience. It was so weird helping her set her room up in the ISU dorms. That brought back memories just being in a dorm room again.

I was a little jealous, reminiscing of my days at summer camp at Lake of the Woods. Two of the best summers I ever had as a kid.

What summer camps do you send your kids to?

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Adding green accents

I've been trying to add more and more green accents to our living room.  It started when we purchased the console table in our walkway here.

I ordered some moss balls online through www.saveoncrafts.com. Which is a very addictive site, by the way.

I can't say these were "cheap" for 12 6" moss balls. They are BIG none the less.

However, I did save money because what I originally wanted were $17.99 per decorative ball. That would have totaled over $215. So, I saved over 60%, and that's still a savings.

They really look happy and green and alive in the room.

I added some natural stick balls that I had already to add more texture to the basket.

It's the little things that make me happy. And slowly checking items off this room makes me happier.

What little decorations are you adding to your room that makes you happy?