The Jazz Festival & What I've Been Working On!

Ahhh.... 

I'm excited to announce that I am feeling much, MUCH better in the past 3 days since having to succumb to some allergy medication. *ugh. 

But it's nice to wake up and not have this terrible groggy, fog hanging over me all day!

I will be happy when that evil golden plant that is lining the ditches in massive amounts dies off from the cold and stops spreading it's pollenous pollutants all up into my nostrils! (aka ragweed)

This morning I woke up at 4 a.m. ready to rock.  

Seriously: I finally fell asleep probably around midnight so I knew 4 hours technically shouldn't have been enough for me... but after laying in bed for an extra 50 minutes (with an adorably cute little munchkin who decided he needed some snuggles this morning) I couldn't take it anymore!  So I hopped out of bed, started the coffee pot, and got to blogging.

Perhaps all of my excitement from FINALLY getting to the point of ALMOST revealing what I've been working SO hard (and quietly) on in my spare time is getting to me!

Many of you know I like to blog.

I like to blog. And shop. 

Annnnd.... fun prints and things that sparkle and "treasure hunting" for deals....

and "hippie" things (healthy, organic, nontoxic) as well as fitness.

....and I like to shop online, too. Did I mention that?

I also love all things business. I mean.... I like making money.

Thing is: I just am not a "traditional" 9-5 j-o-b kind of girl.

I also love helping people (and myself. Personal development, baby!)

So how in the heck to roll ALL of that into one, right?

.... there was my problem.

Then I got this crazy idea over a year ago.  Thing was: with everything going on in my personal life and moving a billion times.... I let myself get overwhelmed and THIS got put on the backburner.

But recently I just felt like: now's the time!  So I've been working hard! 

My crazy idea was to roll all of my passions and hobbies into one.

Ok ok ok. You got me.
I hate secrets! I'm too excited! Here's a sneak peek... but you can't go viral sharing it yet or anything.... because I'm still working on it and I'm sure not all of the links work... YET!
 It's called www.nontoxicdiva.com and it's my blog / hub for all things that I love! 

Anywho: that's probably why I got up so early today and got a jumpstart on my day!

Now the boys are FINALLY waking up (8:30... whoa. They slept in!) and I plan on getting a little inspiration today and going for a drive.  I drive out into nature. By a lake. I like to dream a bit.... and I dream best in the morning.

I'm curious: how do YOU get inspired?

OH and here are some photos I took last night at the jazz festival we went to in downtown Stevens Point. Want to know what i like about living around here? Running into people (I actually WANT to see). Yes!  I ran into an old friend from high school.  I just love her. Maybe I can con her into taking me shopping because she was so darn cute and trendy in her dress and boho bag and oversized glasses! It's nice being able to run into people and see a familiar face every now and again. That NEVER happened living as a military family far, far away from home in a galaxy far, far away. Oh wait.... sorry. My Star Wars just eeked out a little. OOPS! 

I swear: I only had ONE CUP of coffee this morning!

Hope you all are enjoying fall!  Labor day today. 
And the start of my last month without baby!
(By the end of next month baby will be here. OH. MY. GOODNESS!)

p.s. I'm pumped. The pool finally re-opens tomorrow!  I NEED to get my swim on.
For the first time in this entire pregnancy my back started to ache yesterday and I know it's because I haven't been able to swim for 9 days!

OH - by the way.
check out what the boys are wearing on their feet in the first picture, there!
They wanted to SHARE a single pair of shoes (christophers green crocs) and then "match" by each wearing their rainboots ;)  How cute is that, right?!  And how can you say no?
So... yes. As you can see from the pictures above. I totally let them wear that in public.