This is why I love country music...

Cry - Faith Hill


If I had just one tear 
Running down your cheek 
Maybe I could cope 
Maybe I'd get some sleep 
If I had just one moment at your exspense 
Maybe all my misery 
Would be well spent...yeaaaa 

Could you cry a little 
Lie just a little 
Pretend that your feeling a little more pain 
I gave now I'm wanting 
Something in return 
So cry just a little for me 

If your love could be caged, honey, I would hold the key 
And conceal it underneath the pile of lies you handed me 
And you'd hunt and those lies 
They'd be all you'd ever find 
And that'd be all you'd have to know 
For me to be fine 

And you'd cry a little 
Die just a little 
And baby I would feel just a little less pain 
I gave now I'm wanting 
Something in return 
So cry just a little for me 

Give it up baby 
I hear your goodbye 
Nothin's gonna save me 
I see it in your eyes 
Some kind of heartache 
Darlin give it a try 
I don't want pity 
I just want what is mine 

Yeah.. Could you cry a little 
Lie just a little 
Pretend that you're feeling a little more pain 
I gave now I'm wanting 
Something in return 
So cry just a little for me 


Cry just a little for me 
Could you cry just a little for me? 

Today...

If there is something that keeps me going when I feel I am drowning, that is music. Some how when living with a broken heart, romantic and break up songs are my choice #1.... I really don't know why because in the mood I am I should be listening to everything but that, but I guess there is something about these song that make me heal. Sometimes, to me the best therapy is to cry and cry until everything is out and there is nothing better for that than country songs. Yes, you heard me right! Most of you probably didn't even know that was something I was into but it is, specially on days like today, besides it kinda fit with the south!

Here is one of my favorites as it's one that makes me smile no matter how bad I'm hurting.

Crank the volume up and sing it out loud!  

**BECAUSE I REFUSE TO STOP LOVING AND DREAMING!**

This one is for all you girls looking for the one, never settle! Wait for the one you know will never hurt you, the one who will hold you forever no matter the ups and downs. Don't worry, he wil come by, the one who treats you right, the one you can love with know reservations!

Until next post!

Love y'all

Embracing Your Weirdness

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Switching to organic

One of my latest challenges has been trying to eat and feed my little one mostly organic meals while cooking with a lot more veggies than usual. Fortunately, the advantage of living in the middle of nowhere is the fact that there are plenty of farms around here. This is my second week on a co-op of fruits and veggies and even though I am just getting half a box I still find myself trying to figure out how to use everything before the week is over.

One of my biggest concerns about signing for a weekly co-op was the life of my fruits and veggies. A couple of weeks ago after church I went to my friend's house for lunch; she is a holistic health coach and of course eats tons of whole foods. I was impressed when I saw the way she stored her vegetables, items like spinach, kale, lettuce, coleslaw, broccoli and carrots were all cut and stored in separate containers ready to go. It looked so easy to cook, she just grabbed and tossed and it was done.

I decided to try it as well, because usually half of my veggies go to waste. The result, long lasting crisp veggies... hoorray! This has helped me get Sophia more interested in eating veggies, she helps me clean and get the veggies ready in their containers making her feels more eager to eat them.

My princess' latest favorite has been scrambled eggs with spinach and American cheese, she loves cooking with mommy and feels like the awesome little helper that she is.

This storage method works very well for berries, my 3 boxes of strawberries and blueberries lasted forever, making it easy to just add them to your cereal, granola or yogurt.

Do you have any other tips that I can use? I would love to hear them!

Until next post =)

CM

If I was in the CHI...

Days like yesterday make my think about what would have happened if I were in Chicago. I guess it is a good thing that I wasn't there, because it would have been pretty tempting to try to get face to face with those two and see their faces. But besides that I would have loved to be able to just do what I used to do -  drive up and down Lakeshore Drive.

To me, Lake Michigan and the Chicago skyline are a natural high. It was love at first sight when I saw a lake that looked like an ocean with the most beautiful skyline laying besides it, it just made me relax. The traffic you would ask? I can care less, when I am on Lakeshore Drive I honestly just enjoy the view, and I am happy I did this every second I was there because today I miss it so much.

On a day like today, I would have called my friends and went for a run at the lake front (weather permitting of course) or just have gone out for a coffee to pour my heart out while sitting by the window of my favorite coffee shop. I miss the people watching, the elegance of the coats, being able to dress up even if I was just going to the grocery store, my Saturday trips to the Green City Market, and how simple was to just dress up and go, because no matter what the mood was, there is always something great to do in a city like Chicago.

I wish I was in Chicago on a day like today; the good news is that my wish will come true in just a few days. I will be in Chicago by the end of the week, I will sit on the lake front bundled up in winter clothes to just contemplate my "happy place" and charge my world with the energy that only Lake Michigan and the Chicago skyline can give.

Until next post!

CM

The friend code...

Most of you know I use this blog to pour my heart out, and lately I've had some life challenges that I would like to call "growth opportunities". Well my peeps, prepare to read as this post is a good one!


I guess this is not written anywhere, but there is for those with principles what is called a "friend code" where boundaries are established when it comes to dating friend's ex's. To someone with some sort of principles it should be unacceptable to date the recently separated wife of his very good friend. Well I guess my ex does not have those types of principals; so ladies and gentleman hide your Husbands, Hide your Wives, because these two know of no friend codes.

Let me remind you that I walked out of my engagement after a nasty fight with my ex where he told me very nasty things about how he felt about us because of me not making money. When I told him why was he still with me if he felt that way, he said - and I quote "why would I break up with you if you don't have a job and I will still HAVE to pay for everything" (I had just lost my job again) leaving me with no option but to walk out. I don't want to be with someone just because he feels trapped, if you love someone set him free if he's yours he will come back if not he was never yours. Within a few days I was apologizing and asking him to get back together - In my mind I was still blaming myself even after all the horrible things he had said. This just happened a little over 2 months with the man I thought I would spend the rest of my life with.

Well 2 weeks before that happened one of the married couples that we used to hang out with had split up their marriage of 17 years. My ex was really good friends with them even before I came into the picture but we took a couple of trips together and hung out often so when the separation between them happened WE were of course a shoulder to cry on. I considered her a friend so it was ok. I have to say that we kind of sided with her and we withdraw a bit from him, but at some point I realized that she was calling my fiancée way too much and kind of stopped calling me. She was asking him to have lunch together as they worked close by. At that point I stepped in and asked him to stop that as I thought it was very inappropriate. 

Well was I right... Today I received a call from her husband telling me he had run into them this morning while they (his soon to be ex-wife and my ex-fiancee) were checking out a hotel downtown. The occasion you may ask? Yesterday was her birthday, so knowing my romantic ex he wanted to make sure he wined and dined her just like he only knows. That is something that he is really good at; impress the ladies with romantic nights that cost tons of money.

Of course I left a nasty voicemail calling names in a rage, I am only human and I feel very hurt that out of thousands of single men and women out there these two had to go this low. But my pain had to be minimal next to our friend's pain, after 17 years of marriage his soon to be ex-wife (because they are still not legally divorced) was now sleeping with one of his best friends. 

I just don't understand what leads people to make such poor choices. Because this is not bad enough my ex has the nerve to call me saying that he doesn't appreciate my v-mail and name-callings and that he can date whom ever he wants because he is a "free man". Then he proceeds to threaten me to report the car that he agreed I would take (and pay for when I could) as stolen, and starts threatening me with going to my immigration hearing and other family stuff. Really dude? You get caught doing something as low as that and you are upset at me?

I guess its nothing personal as he also threatened our mutual friend too, when he ran into them he took a picture of them loading their luggage in what used to be MY car... oh the irony! and then posted it on his Facebook... Oh the power of social media! Obviously they were on the down low and they are not so proud of what they are doing. IF YOU ARE SUCH A FREE MAN AND CAN DATE WHOM EVER YOU WANT THEN GO ON WITH YOUR LIVES AND LEAVE US ALONE.

All I can say is that karma is a BITCH and sleeping with friend's soon to be ex-wives is not cool, there are plenty of people out there, so this was a really poor choice.

Would love to see comments on this post, I think the "friend code" topic is quite an interesting one.

Being busy makes me proud!

"Happy are those who dream dreams and are ready to pay the price to make them come true"

I am so excited about my new life. Even though I just moved to a new city where I literally had just ONE friend, I have managed in just 2 months to make new friends and start building a network of people with similar interests. This week has been super hectic and I have been booked pretty much every day working on things I love like social media, health & nutrition and of course the very much needed ME time at the gym.

I have been attracting everything that I want to be surrounded by. I just took a project working with a life coach who focuses in powerful tools to make your days amazing ones. He has what he calls the 11 day challenge, a series of action steps that help you start your day with inspiration, gratitude, joy, and the feeling that you are in charge of your life and not the other way around. The best thing about this project is that I need the utmost positive mindset, which is very easy to do when working with someone like Alex Obed.

I also started a new venture in the health & wellness arena which we all know I am very passionate about. Our team consists of a Naturopathic Doctor, a Chiropractor, a life coach, a boot camp trainer and moi! I am dying to add a nutritionist to the team, which is actually in the works. The point is that my focus lately has been in positive thinking and things that I am passionate about. This makes life so much more exciting and has made my mood the best EVER!

I even had the chance to go out to a local bar with my friend Jackie, and boy was that fun! What a different crowd there was but I am learning to appreciate the positives of a small town and I am learning how to have fun everywhere I go even if it isn't exactly what I would have wanted it to be.

I welcome all of you to go to the 11 day challenge link and take this challenge yourself, I would love to hear comments about what your thoughts are. Feel free to follow Alex Obed in Twitter, we are starting to build his twitter community and I am sure he will be happy to see new followers as well as interact with them.

This is it for now, but I will keep posting updates about these wonderful projects as well as any other tools that I think would impact your lives in a positive way.

Till the next post my friends!

CM