April Apron of the Month!

Were you getting worried about April Apron of the month? I was! I had grand plans for April.......but you know how life goes, it happens! Good life things, like shopping adventures with my sister, watching Spring emerge in Wisconsin, spending Easter with the family, getting house projects accomplished and a spare of the moment trip to a salvage yard with the brothers to fill a rainy Saturday.  But don't worry, my grand apron plans will just be delayed a month and they will be worth waiting for.
So that brings us to 

April Apron of the Month-
  Vintage Modern Pleated Apron!
A free pattern and tutorial by
  Kitchen Confections.

Isn't she a cutie? A bit of a departure from my usually vintage patterns I feature. I was very intrigued by the use of darts in the bib. One thing I dislike about a one piece chef style apron, not very flattering for curves. Darts in the bib and a waistband solve the problem!

 Even though this a "modern" apron, it has some wonderful vintage inspired details. Like ric-rac around the pockets and on the bib, pleats in the skirt and pockets and pockets set at an angle.

 And a little detail I added myself, a ric-rac flower!

 So cute!

This is going to be a gift for my soon to be sister-in-law, do you think she will like it?

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Freaking Delicious, Lean, Turkey Meatloaf

I never knew I could be so excited about a square of meat.

But I totally can.

This meatloaf is freaking delicious. 

The thing is, I forgot all about this meatloaf. Growing up, the thought of meatloaf repulsed me. To me, "meatloaf" does not sound fun or inviting. However, my mother makes the best meatloaf in the world. She would pair it with her made from scratch macaroni and cheese and I was in pure heaven. Last week, I was on the phone with my grandmother and she was telling me that mama was in her kitchen making meatloaf for she and my grandfather. A light bulb went off in my head. I immediately made my grandmother put my mom on the phone so I could write down my her recipe. I decided to add and subtract ingredients so I could create it in a healthy, clean way. It worked! First try too! (that rarely happens).

Friends this meatloaf is easy, delicious, lean, packed with protein, and I can almost guarantee your husband, kids, dogs, cats, mistress, cousin, sister, and uncle will love this. 

• 1 pound lean or extra lean ground turkey
• HALF a pack of meat loaf seasoning
• 1/8 cup of bread crumbs of choice OR 1 slice of bread broken up into little pieces
• 1 egg and 1 egg white
• 1/2 cup of Unsweetened original almond milk 
• Low sugar ketchup OR Sriracha sauce (healthier option)
• Optional: any vegetables such as onions, peppers, etc. that you want to add. I don't like anything that "crunches" in my meatloaf thus I have omitted those.

What do you do:

• Preheat over to 375 degrees
• Spray small baking pan (8 x 8 or similar) with nonstick spray
• Place all ingredients except except ketchup or Siriacha in a large bowl
• Mix thoroughly with clean, washed hands until well blended
• Place meat in baking pan and pat until meat has formed into the pan
• Bake for 55-60 minutes
• Remove from oven and let cool for 10 minutes
• Lightly coat top of meatloaf with sauce of choice
• Enjoy with your favorite sides for a hearty meal!

Nutrition information

Serving size: 4 oz

Servings per meatloaf: 5

This will vary depending on variations of ingredients/brands used. This is to be used as a guide only.

Calories: 155

Fat: 8g

Carbohydrates: 4g

Fiber: 0g

Protein: 20g

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Bir tuğla da siz koyun!

* 2020’li yıllarda Türkiye’de Kanser tanısı konulan kişi sayısının 20 bine çıkması bekle

* Türkiye’de onkolojide uzman ve Kanser tedavisi yapan tam teşekküllü merkez sayısı yetersiz! * Kanser, yüksek maliyetli bir hastalık ve her hasta son teknolojilere, yeni çıkan ilaçlara ulaşamıyor! * Kanser hastalığında tam iyileşme %20, ömrü uzatma %20, kayıplar ise %60 oranında! * Kanseri hem

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The Hump Day Blog Hop!

Happy Hump Day everyone! We are halfway through the week and the hump day camel is too freaking cool, so lets have some fun and a blog hop to celebrate.

This is a little different than a link up. To participate, simply add your blog link. There is no required entry or anything like that. This is about networking, making new friends, and finding new blogs.

All I ask:

1) "The Hump Day" blog hop button button be displayed anywhere on your blog page or a specific entry with a link back to me or the weekly co-host. (Please do this. These blog hops take a lot of work and preparation.)

2) You don't have to follow me, but in the words of Blake Shelton: it'd sure be cool if ya did.

3) Please follow the co-host. I love helping and promoting these amazing women in the blog world! I do this to not only meet new people, but help my friends make new friends and readers.

4) Mingle with your fellow Bloggers.

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Please help me welcome this weeks co-host; Rebecca from Red Tag Chic Los Angeles 

Rebecca is just... I mean look at her. Pure awesome. She is full of style, beauty, and grace. I'm not that big into fashion, but with Rebecca's blog, I connected to her instantly - especially her her very "down to earth" nature. She is a CPA by profession but I think we can all tell what other calling she has. The part of I like most about her "about me" Much as I would love to have the latest “IT” bag, a front row seat at the Fashion Week, and all the top luxury brands at my beck and call, I love the thrill of saving a couple of bucks by finding a good deal, remixing and shopping in my closet……and living in Los Angeles makes it all fun and easy. Definitely make sure you hop on over to her spot and say hello! 

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FOOD CHAIN

Being on the top of the food chain affords us humans many opportunities. To me there is nothing more dominate than saying “I have made it to the top. I choose where to live, what to eat, and who to mate with.” A very simple yet powerful mindset rooted in all of us. In that regard, choosing to be a vegan or vegetarian is pretty empowering. I mean you are literally saying fuck you to planet earth. I am so dominate that I CHOOSE not to eat or use animal products. Generations of humans have worked hard to put humans on the top and now you are so far above all life that you don’t even need animals anymore. You gotta respect that even if it is not in line with the Alpha male primal focus this blog promotes.

Granted being vegan is a first world luxury and is only something that has become a feasible option in the last 100 years or so. Forgive me; I am not too familiar with the vegan movement of the Upper Paleolithic era circa 40,000 BC. You’ll be hard pressed to find a vegan in Syria. Just having the option to not eat certain foods from a moral or ethical stand point is pretty advanced. I have witnessed utter poverty first hand. Kids crapping in the front “yard” and using their left hand to wipe their ass, eating their dogs, having sex with sheep, adults using the roof of their mud hut as a bathroom so the smell lingers up and out with the wind, women fist fighting for kernels of corn etc… These people are only concerned with one thing…staying alive. They eat whatever they can, whenever they can. Fuck, they will eat you if they have to. Trying to describe veganism to an Afghan is on the same level as watching a cat with no legs bury a turd on a frozen pond.

not vegan but Paleo?

(This will become relevant momentarily, bare with me.)

Ask any number of serious weightlifters about working out and you will generally get the same response. It’s all we care about. It is life. It takes priority over everything and almost everyone. Your entire mindset forever changes. You start measuring your day in proteins and fats, when you eat next, how much sleep you will need, when you next workout is and what it will be. You wake up and your entire day is almost a ritual into your lift for the day. Things painstakingly planned out around your schedule as best as possible. You will avoid things that might impair your lift i.e. some buddies getting together to play football because you are afraid you might pull a muscle or take a hit that will affect your workout. Sounds sissy but it’s often times the case. 

Like I have said in previous posts weightlifting is sadistic. Sadism can be seen by some as selfishness. “I know what I want; I will do it to myself to get the pleasure no matter how much it hurts. I will feel no remorse for my intent.” (test boost +10 after typing that) This is why people who turn their bodies into chiseled slabs of wood are perceived as vain or shallow because it becomes the primary focus of life. Dangerous? Yes. Are there D-Bags ruining the environment and attitude of our fitness culture? HELL YES. (I will leave it to your discretion to judge if I may be one of those.) But the ultimate sadistic nature of weightlifting cannot be ignored. What I want and need take precedence over everything else. So now that I have rightfully praised the idea and principles of Veganism I can feel no guilt when stating that veganism simply just does not fit into the lifestyle of a serious weightlifter. (DISCLAIMER: nothing but extreme respect for vegans. It requires great discipline and passion to live that lifestyle. Do you.)

Weight lifting requires a fierce commitment. You have to eat and work like an animal to achieve the said “gains”. Us weightlifters do both. We eat what we have to and lift what we have to in order to be the best. If you are consciously avoiding a tool that will unlock greater strength, energy, and size for moral or ethical reasons then you are not committed to becoming a truly dominate force in the gym. You are placing others in front of yourself. While that is a very noble thing it does not allow you to be the strongest person possible. If you are set on weightlifting and being vegan more power to you (you will need all the power you can get lol) but when everyone passes you in PR’s, size, energy, and skill don’t cry. There are plenty of plants and animals out there that will be mirin’ your gains.

I won’t praise the merits of vegan weightlifting but I am not going to shit on you because you are one. It should go without saying that I would rather you be concerned with your physical fitness and well being then be a flabby, odd shaped lump. I just find it incredibly baffling that someone so concerned with their appearance and muscular development could be so defiant in the face of things proven to give you what you have been working so hard for. I see a die-hard vegan lifter and all I can think to myself is “if only this person would take the next step into the gains lifestyle. They could dominate. *Le sigh*

"YOU CAN WEIGHT LIFT AND BE VEGAN, ASSHOLE!" - trustXVXdust

As a recovering vegan I speak from experience. I was vegan and vegetarian for 6+ years. I took an activate interest in my health after 4 years worth of white bread, Clif bars, and candy. Naturally weightlifting came into play. I enjoyed working out and being vegetarian at the same time. But then a line in the sand was drawn. The Lords of Iron spoke to me in my sleep one night and said “Adam. You have come as far as you can in your journey of gains. You must give yourself fully to us or be condemned to a life of mediocre muscle gains and size small t shirts.” I was awakened. That very night I was baptized into the Brotherhood of Protein. I gave myself fully to the almighty. HE HAS RISEN! I ate all the eggs and sushi in sight and never looked back. In 5 years time I went from 175lbs to 225lbs.

that moment when a "Fence Walker" makes the commitment to get huge.

Eating well and lifting hard. COMMIT TO BOTH. That’s what we do. Doing one or the other is called “Fence Walking” and will only get your ego jerked off for a few months. People will notice the changes in you and compliment you. They will be impressed and may even find themselves with muscle envy. You must strike quick once this phase has begun. You cannot linger in this here for too long. Granted there is a larger window in this phase for idling then others down the road but you want to move up in the long run. Rule of thumb: a year is usually the limit in this phase because after a while you will plateau and people will stop noticing your gains. You will drift into the “oh yeah that guy works out” zone instead of the “that dudes a fucking beast” zone. The “oh yeah that guy works out” zone is something to be avoided AT ALL COSTS! It is the Friendzone of weightlifting.

Are you ready to do whatever it takes to build yourself to be the biggest, baddest, strongest mother fucker in the gym? I know you are. You have made it this far. Then fuck your morals and ethics. Consume. Build. Annihilate. Enjoy your life on the top of the food chain. Pay respect to your ancestors by graciously consuming what they worked so hard to provide. Don’t let anything stand in your way of becoming what you want.

 

 

 

 

 

S`*CK IT!

 

 

STAY GRIM AND HIT THE GYM

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Ennie, meenie, minnie, moe.........

Do you find light fixture shopping as frustrating as I do? (Good thing I started early!) Last winter I started looking around for nice light fixtures that had a vintage feel to them. They were either way way out of my budget ($200!?!) or ugly as all get out. I agonized for several more weeks searching and searching for something that would do. Then I began to think........
I had fixtures for the bedrooms as two years ago just as I was thinking of buying a house, I started looking for a vintage light fixture for my Mom's rooms. She loved all the detail of the light in my old bedroom and wanted one for hers. You know how it goes, before I knew it I had two shades and four fixtures!

 I spied this one for the kitchen at one of our favorite antique stores. Isn't it a beauty? Since it had a center hole for a more modern style fixture I was able to buy an inexpensive fixture at the hardware store and have the kitchen done of $40!

 Can you guess whose bedroom light this is? Yes it is mine! Isn't it a fabulous color?! And the best thing is at night it casts a wonderful rosie pink glow over the room!

My sister and brother-in-law actually found this one for me, I couldn't have picked a better one! Love the beaded edge!

This one is in my sister's room. Much more classic and understated.


Great starburst in the center! Shades like one can be found for around $10.

This beautiful fixture was going to go in my parent's room at the old house. Before we had time to put it up I bought my house and now it is in their new room.

Love all the details! With this type of light the shade hangs from three ball chains. It can be a bit tricky finding the fixtures, but the glass shades are plentiful.

So I decided since I had all the light fixtures for the bedrooms and then some. Why not look around and find vintage fixtures for the rest of the house? This is still an ongoing search. I found a fixture for the dining room and thought I found a shade for it too, but it didn't fit. Now the shade will go in the living room, but I still need a fixture......
Plus, it gives me a great excuse to antique shopping! ;)

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My Weekly Nutrition and Training Plan

The below nutrition plan is what I eat Monday through Friday. Saturday and Sunday during the day I still eat clean but will eat whatever is left over or what I have around my apartment. Two nights a week I have "treat" meals - whatever I choose. They are usually Saturday and Sunday night, but it does vary. I switch up my eating every week. I plan the week before what I want to have for meals, make the grocery list, and prep the food on Sunday's. A lot of times people will ask me if I get bored eating the same thing everyday. The answer is no. It is only 5 days a week that I eat the same thing. I eat to live - not live to eat. It took me a long time to come to that.  I also do this to save money. I live alone so I can't really cook tons of different things during the week because it's too expensive and will go bad. There are also ways you can switch up your eating day to day. Like my Quest Bars for instance; I eat a different flavor everyday, same with my yogurt. You can read here for meal prep ideas!

Total down (since 11/25/13):  46.6 pounds!

Meal 1 (7:15 AM)

2 slices of turkey bacon and 1/4 cup of plain grits with pepper.

I always buy the cleanest type of bacon I can, it's worth the price.

Meal 2 (10:30 AM)

Chocolate and Strawberry Protein Oats

1/4 cup of plain oats, half a scoop of Lean Body protein, unsweetened vanilla almond milk, and sliced fresh strawberries.

Meal 3 (1:15 PM)

Meal 4 (4 PM) - [Pre-workout]

1 Quest Bar and an apple

Gym: 5-6:15(30)

Meal 5 (6:30 PM) [Post workout]

1 pack of Kay's Natural protein chips and fresh grapes

Meal 6 (8:30 PM)

Lean turkey meatloaf (freaking delicious), made from scratch clean red potatoes, and sauteed asparagus

Recipe coming soon for meatloaf and potatoes

Bed time: 11 PM

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Sunday: (Rest) - done!

Monday: (Weights) - done!

-30 minutes of cardio: StairMill ( HIIT: 150 SPM for my work and 60 SPM at rest. Work is 60 seconds, rest is 90 seconds)

-Weight Circuit:

   -Shoulders: Seated lateral raise machine, 50 pounds: 3 x 15

   -Back: Lateral pull down machine, 75 pounds: 3 x 15

   -Biceps: Standing bicep curls, 15 pounds: 3 x 15

   -Chest: Lying chest press with dumbbells, 22.5 pounds: 3 x 15

   -Triceps: Tricep kickbacks with dumbbells, 12.5 pounds: 3 x 15

    Sample workout

-15 minutes cardio: Elliptical (Incline 9, Resistance 10)

Tuesday: (Core)

-10 minutes of high intensity interval training: Tredmill (Work: 2 minute walk on a speed of 3.2 MPH with an incline of 12 [the highest is 15] Rest: 1 minute walk at 0 incline and a 3.4 MPH speed. Alternate)

-20 minutes cardio: Elliptical (Incline 9, Resistance 10)

- 3 sets of 45 second planks

- 3 sets of "Russian Twists" with a 10 pound weight plate

- 3 sets of 20 crunches

- 3 sets of 20 heel touches

- 3 sets of  10 elevated leg crunches

-10 minutes of high intensity interval training: Tredmill (Work: 2 minute walk on a speed of 3.2 MPH with an incline of 12 [the highest is 15] Rest: 1 minute walk at 0 incline and a 3.4 MPH speed. Alternate)

-10 minutes cardio: Elliptical (Incline 9, Resistance 10)

Wednesday: (Weights)

-20 minutes of cardio: StairMill ( HIIT: 150 SPM for my work and 60 SPM at rest. Work is 60 seconds, rest is 90 seconds)

-10 minutes cardio: Elliptical (Incline 9, Resistance 10)

-Weight Circuit:

   -Shoulders: 3 x 15

   -Back: 3 x 15

   -Biceps: 3 x 15

   -Chest: 3 x 15

   -Triceps: 3 x 15

    Sample workout

-10 minutes of high intensity interval training: Tredmill (Work: 2 minute walk on a speed of 3.2 MPH with an incline of 12 [the highest is 15] Rest: 1 minute walk at 0 incline and a 3.4 MPH speed. Alternate)

Thursday: (Plyometric Full Body + jog)

Back in February, I wrote about my "at home" workout that I created since I was snowed in for two days and could not go to the gym. I call this "The Hot Mess Express". I was incredibly sore for days after this work out, so I decided to do it once a week because it was so hard. My heart rate was through the roof and it worked every muscle in my body. My shoulders, abs, and thighs were the most sore. It is a little difficult to explain, but I will try my best. I hope to do a full blog entry and YouTube video for this soon. It truly is AWESOME.

I created a playlist on my Iphone that is an hour and 10 minutes of upbeat pop and rap songs and I blast that on my blue-tooth speaker while I exercise. It's about 12 songs, so I do 12 different routines. I repeat the routine for the entire song then switch.

Below are different routines I do during a song. I repeat the exercises for the entire song then I will move onto the next routine. I did this for 30 minutes:

-Mini suicides runs:

-Kickboxing cardio routines (I have 3-4 different routines for this. I do not know the names of the exercises so that is why I am not listing that out right now)

-10 Jumpsquats, run in place, then 10 jumping jacks

-10 regular jumping jacks, 10 scissor jumping jacks, jog around the living room

-10 pushups, jog down the hallway, walking lunges back to the living room

-20 burpees, 10 high kicks

-10 pushups, jog around the couch, 10 jumpjacks

30 minute jog on the greenway behind my apartment.

Friday: (Legs)

-20 minutes of cardio: Elliptical (Incline is switched between 1, 9, and 20. Resistance is switched between 9 and 10)

-Leg Workout:

   -Squats (4 x 15. Two sets of 55 pounds and Two sets of 75 pounds)

   - Leg Extension (3 x 15, 50 pounds)

   - Leg Curl (3 x 15, 110 pounds)

   - Leg Press (3 x 15, 270 pounds)

-10 minutes of cardio: Elliptical (Incline, 9 and Resistance, 9)

-Hard, long Stretch

Saturday: (Rest)

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Yeni Foça ve Dibek Kahve'nin Adresi Kozbeyli

Kuzey Ege Gezimizin son durağı Yeni Foça'dayız...




Taş evleri, dar sokakları, faytonları, kıyısında tekneleri,
balık restoranları, kafeleri ve Ege’nin meltemlerini doyasıya içimize çekip…  tarihe yolculuk yaptığımız Eski foça’da günün
tatlı yorgunluğunu;  ay ışığının altında
harika deniz manzarası eşliğinde Foça’nın sahil restoranlarının birinde nefis
deniz ürünleriyle

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bir başka açıdan bakınca bu şampiyonluk kadınlarımıza ve geleceğin büyükleri çocuklarımıza armağan edilmiştir.

— KemalAkalın (@kemalakalin) 27 Nisan 2014

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Gelibolu ‘ da hangi savaşlar yapılmıştır ?

Gelibolu ‘ da hangi savaşlar yapılmıştır ?

Evet , aklıma gelir birden … Gelibolu yarımadası … Çanakkale savaşlarının yapıldığı yarımada …

Anzaklar da vardı bu savaşta . 18 Mart Çanakkale Şehitleri ‘ ni Anma Günü ‘ dür .

Bu savaşta yüzbinlerce Türk askeri şehit olmuştur . Mustafa Kemal ‘ in yönettiği ordu “ Çanakkale geçilmez ! “ dedirtmiştir .

Çarpışmalarda Rus kuvvetlerine erzak ve benzeri eşyalar götüren İngiliz donanmaları bu yarımadada bozguna uğramışlardır .

Mustafa Kemal , bu savaşta liderlik vasfını da belli bir ölçüde gösterebilmiştir .

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