Magnum Ice Cream and Rainbows

Hi again!

I went to the Magnum Ice Cream pop-up shop in T.O. today and thought you'd like a little review. My friend, J, and I waited in line for about half an hour. We got to the front of the store and saw this:

Cool! I was getting excited.

Here I am with my toffee, macaron, and maple fudge chocolate ice cream bar. The experience was cool but the ice cream itself was okay; didn't live up to the hype. I give it an 8.5 because of the experience. It cost 6 dollars and had a ton of things to choose from. Chocolate or vanilla ice cream? White, milk, or dark chocolate coating? Topping such as popcorn, bacon, hazel nuts, sea salt, coconut, honey, and more. White, milk, or dark chocolate drizzle? And that was that. It was a yummy treat but it wasn't anything special after it was gone.

In other news, I decided to paint my nails with rainbows!

Not too bad huh? I couldn't do my right hand so I just painted it the colours of the rainbow. Let me know if you want a tutorial!

So that's it. My mom and I have agreed that in January I start looking for an agent. My time is coming and it's almost here. Bye friends! Wish it. Dream it. Do it.

Quick

Hi everyone!

I think I'll start doing Pilates everyday (or at least every other day) until school starts so that I can look okay for my school photo but I'm not getting serious just yet.

My mom had a FANTASTIC idea! I like it a lot! So in my last post, I said I was going to maybe workout after school. She came up with a way that I will FOR SURE workout after school. She's a smart lady, that mom of mine. First, my mom told me she read somewhere that the best times to workout during the day is between the hours of 5am-8am and from 3am-5pm. Something like that. I'm not a credible source and neither is she; she just heard it through the grapevine. So I've got the morning down (YAY!) and I notice the next window is right when I finish school...And I only like to walk around my school's area....Hmm...Getting the connection yet?

After inquiring what time my school's open until (my friend has been there until 7 before thanks to a certain teacher and his science help...), she came up with a great idea!
"Well, what if you keep your stuff in your locker, change into workout wear there and then go for your walk!? You call me when you're 15 minutes away from being done and I'll pick you up! You can go to your locker when you're done and then I'll take you home." WHAT A FANTASTIC IDEA! Why haven't I thought of that? Oh my gosh...

So, new plan for after school: Grab my workout wear from my locker, change, put on running shoes, slide my headphones on and do my usual 6.2km walk (according to google. It takes approximately 1 hour and 15 minutes to do, and after timing, it's correct). Come back to school, grab my bag and whatnot, change if I want, go home and enjoy the rest of my day.

Why is this going to work? WELL! It's not like I could be doing homework or eating or playing on the computer or doing anything else. I'm nowhere near my house and there's nothing better to do. It'll force me to walk. If I went home right away and then went for a bike ride or something it would more than likely fail. I'd be at home eating a snack, watching TV, chilling out; basically losing motivation by the second. Then there's the thought of "Oh I should be doing homework right now..." If I don't go home I don't have those distractions! Problem of the laziness solved. Thanks mom!

I'll be doing that four times a week, Friday is hangout with friends day but I would have worked out in the morning. I like this plan. I've been trying to figure out how to beat the afternoon laziness for  a while and now it's solved!

Do you have any more awesome ideas for me? Here's some questions for you to ponder and maybe help me out with: How can I motivate myself to workout on the weekends? That's the next thing to figure out.... What else would you like to see on here? I can do tutorials (crafts, vision boards, workout charts, hair bows, nails, etc.), reviews; whatever you want! Let me know some suggestions that would interest you.

Thanks friends! Hope you're enjoying the last two weeks of summer! Wish it. Dream it. Do it.

That's a picture of me being silly with Nick Jonas for your entertainment

Coming September 2013

Hi everyone!

The New Erica Project will officially start in September. Specifically, the second or third week of school; maybe sooner. I'll start really posting then. So far I've only planned out what the exercise schedule will look like during my school week.

I'm going to take some of the workouts from my Pinterest workout board (Find it here) and tape them to certain walls in my house. Every time I see them, I have to do them. I'll post which ones I'm printing when I do. I might do my own variation and I'll post them too.

I'll wakeup at 7am (NOOOOO!!!) and do some form of exercise for twenty minuets to half an hour (aka. Zumba or Pilates). I'll then take a shower. But, I'll see one of the workouts I printed and do that before hoping in. When I get out, I'll continue with my usual routine. If I feel like putting on mascara, I will. If I don't, I won't. If I want to do/have time for more than just mascara, I'll do that too. I'll go downstairs, there will be a workout there but this is one of the only times I'm allowed to skip it (if I'm sick or sore, I'll skip it too). I'll enter the living room where there will be an arm workout on the wall. I will do this because it's only arms. I'll have my breakfast, take vitamins, watch TV, and then head to school (...is it summer yet?). Fast-forward. Come home, do the workout I see, do the arm workout while I watch TV, eat snack. Then, I will evaluate my homework load. If it's not too much, I can decide if I want to workout, again, now or after or at all. Once again, when I take a shower at the end of the day I'll see the workout and do it.

I've decided that baking is a source of joy for me and for that reason, I'm not cutting out sweets. I am MONITORING my sugar intake and cutting out pop.

So that's the plan. I will try to update you with my progress as much as I can. If I stop posting, it's because school's crazy (BOO) but I'll try to keep you posted.

Bye! Wish it. Dream it. Do it!

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