I discovered my Lululemon yoga mat makes a great GREEN backdrop for a photo!
Today I want to do a product review. I purchased these Ezekiel Whole Grain Tortillas last week as a reward for my early rising challenge. The challenge is still going well- I have been getting up between 6-6:20am, with a few slip-ups here and there when I need more sleep. I’m not sure if I will be able to break into the 5’s like I hoped, but I am happy with around 6 anyways.
I was really excited to try these as I have been wondering about them for over a year now.
I had the wrap with a delicious quinoa mixture- 1 cup quinoa, 2 heaping tablespoons hummus, ground pepper, and 1 tablespoon tomato paste. Very delicious! On a bed of baby spinach.
I was a bit disappointed with these wraps because they are quite tough. I was expecting a soft tortilla but these were not soft. They don’t taste bad, but I would prefer to spend my dough on other dough…
I definitely prefer the Ezekiel bread to these. The bread seems more filling to me, even though it is about the same number of calories. Maybe it is because I toast the bread.
Someone mentioned that the Ezekiel English muffins are really good so I think I will try those next!
Celery is like air to me. Very fun to crunch though. That is one thing I love about veggies…so. much. chewing. 
I also made a fun discovery with my tea.
I rarely drink black tea lately, but I used to drink it all the time. Eric drinks it a lot so he has got me drinking some decaf at night time again. I wanted a creamy tea so I tried adding coconut milk. I put about 3 tablespoons of coconut milk into my tea. At first I wasn’t sure about the taste, but as I drank it I really enjoyed it. The tea was so creamy and rich tasting! A definite keeper.
Nothing like a hot cuppa tea on a cold winter’s night…
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This was a question I posed on Twitter tonight and I got some interesting responses:
“For all the ladies out there who want children- do you have a certain age that you want to have your first by?”
I would also like to ask: For those of you who already have children please share your thoughts on your own experience! Did you have them early enough, too late, just right?
Or have you decided that you don’t want to have children?
Any MEN out there who want to chime in? (I’d pretty much die happy if one did…)
In the next couple of years is the plan.
I already have a 4-year-old but I totally wanted one before I was 30…and I had her when I was 29 so it worked out perfect!
I love coconut milk in my tea, especially chai tea! I’m reasonably sure I want kids, and I know that if I have ’em, I want to be young! Maybe in the next five years? – that puts me in at before 25. So many people waitwaitwait these days (including my mom!- and although she’s still doing great, she is definitely getting on…), but I’ve always been keen on being a younger mom.
This is so interesting to me, because I got married at 21 and right around that time I was thinking of kids in 4-5 years. Now, a couple years later, and I keep realizing more and more that I’m ok with waiting longer. I wonder if many women find this when they age?
(Totally not saying you will though, my old best friend always wanted a ton of kids and to start young, and she and her husband just had their first baby and she’s 23!)
I don’t want to put a concrete date on things, especially since I’m currently single, but I think 30 would be ideal. Young enough to be an active mom, old enough to have thoroughly enjoyed my pre-child years.
I chose not to have children – I have always felt this way even as a young girl. I think kids are great and I am great with them, but motherhood is not something I strived for and I feel that society looks down on women that chose not to have children. I have heard oh you just haven’t found the right man or such other comments, some very insulting to say the least. I think that not bringing a child into the world is not the worst thing a woman can do. I do think though that 30 or 31 is a great time for a child – you are still young enough to keep up with them but old enough to have a good head on your shoulders to raise them.
What a neat discussion! I’m thrilled to see so many ladies are in the same boat as me.
I’m getting ready to turn 28 and my husband and I have been married for 5 years in July. In some ways I thought we’d have one child by now but I’m so glad we didn’t.
We struggled to pay off bills and learn how to live with each other those first few years but now we’re in a great place. So any day now would be good, seriously. Preferably having the first one by 30, because I want a few ;-)
My mom and my grandmother both had their first kid at 32 so I always figured that would be the age for me. My husband comes from a “kids at 20” family. It’s interesting thinking about the advantages and disadvantages of kids at the various ages. I think I started being ready at 26, but then there was the question of when our relationship would be ready – so now we’re looking at the next year – so probably 29 when we actually have our first. I have a friend who had her first at 20 as she finished up college and thrived on it (second during grad school). It’s really one of those things that works for each person differently. My parents were among the older parents when I was growing up (they were 38 when I was born), but now I’d say that since more people are waiting until their 30s that probably won’t be as true.
Hi Angela :)
I had my daughter at 21 (then separated from my partner a few years later). I’m 29 now and settled with a new man but neither of us are sure that we even want anymore kids. It’s sort of nice now that my daughter’s old enough to look after herself a bit.
Physically I don’t feel too much different at 29 than I did at 21 although I had a super easy pregnancy and birth (according to the midwives – it didn’t feel easy!).
Laugh – just missed being the first guy to respond. As I’m 30 now in the next 3-6 years would be ideal; that seems several years later than I would have said a few years ago.
An interesting follow-up for women – if you qualified for the Boston Marathon (or similar racing accomplishment) would you delay having kids, by up to about a year so you could run the race? Guys (if you could actually have a child)?
My husband and I were considering waiting to try until I have the chance to run my first full marathon. We haven’t decided what to do just yet, as we are not ready to start growing our family just yet, but I find it funny that running is affecting our decision
No because I think that training for a marathon would be a great way to get back in the habit of running after a pregnacy. Also, my timing situation is going to be tricky at best (since I plan to start at 30 or 31 and have 2 or 3 kids before I am 35), so I don’t think that a marathon is worth messing my plans up that much.
I always had a “deadline” of when I wantd to have kids. Wanted my first by 26 and second by 28. I made my deadline, however as I look back now, I suppose I would change a few things. The first thing I would do is take a bit more time to travel before having a baby. Once they arrive, it is difficult to travel the world with playpen, stroller, diapers and toys in tow! Also, a vacation is never quite the same when you are travelling with little ones. The second thing I would do is space the kids out a bit more. 25 months apart is quite difficult when they are small.
On the other hand, I am happy to be a young mom. I think it is easier on a woman’s body to bounce back when she is younger.
Also, I think having the kids close in age is good for them, just hard on me at times :)
I see more and more people having their first child well in their 30s and I think that is becoming more the norm.
My advice is to do everything in life that you can that you don’t want to put off for 15-20 years! ;)
I love my kids more than anything (as you know) and I can’t imagine what I would do without them!
To each his own! :)
Great timing. I was just thinking about the whole child/age thing today. When I was in law school, the thought of children scared the crap out of me. Now that I am starting my career, I can at least think about it without feeling sick. I think that 28 or 30 is going to be a good age for me to start.
I’m 24 and I think we’re going to start trying around when I’m 28. Four more years of total luxury, quiet, and Sunday afternoon naps? Yes please!
I had my first at 21 and second at 23 and was always jealous of friends that had kids into their 30’s because they had done so much “living” and seemed to be more financially secure. But as I thought I about it, I realized that my kids would be on their own and I would still only be 40 and have plenty of years for fun.
Fast forward a few years and I am now 31, remarried, and pregnant with #3. My biggest concern is that I’ve become a much more selfish person because I’ve developed more personal life than when I had my first children. My other concern is that I’ve set that “having fun” time back to my 50’s.
Ah, live and learn. The biggest lesson having children has taught me is flexibility and learning to roll with the punches. Whatever happens in life, you gotta learn to deal.
I’m 23 and have friends who already have kids which scares me. Right now I’m single and happy and free, but I would like to have a family in the next 5 or 10 years. It’ll will just depend on when I find my someone and when’s a good time for us?
Are you and Eric trying to start a family? We’d love love to see a “glowing” baby :)
I was never one to want kids early.
Ideally I think I would want to have kids after 30, prob in my early 30’s. I won’t even graduate school till I’m 27…so I want to wait a while. :)
I feel the same way about the wraps. They taste good but they are too tough. They’re not bad if you toast them until they are crunchy, then break them up and use them to scoop your food though.
As for the kid thing, I know it’s going to be soonish. Soonish b/c I have to get married (which is happening in the spring of 2011), my fiance has to graduate from med school, and we have to figure out our insurance situation since we’ll be getting married and potentially moving and starting new jobs. So depending on whether insurance requires us to wait a year before getting pregnant, I could be trying for my first child as early as age 30 (I turn 29 this August).
Saying that out loud makes me nervous. But I really want to be done having kids by 35 and my fiance just brought up the idea that “3 could be fun, but we can see how it works out with the timing of the first two.” I also read a report saying that you should wait 11 months between pregnancies- so I feel like I need a spreadsheet to figure out the timing of my future pregnancies. It’s okay though because I want to have my children very close together in age. :)
I guess my answer to your question is “before 35.”
Interesting question – I can’t wait to see what everyone says! I actually have no desire to have babies of my own. It’s always been my goal to adopt foster children when I’m settled and making better money closer to my 40’s. Ideally I’d get older children that I can help get back on track. I went through and saw a lot as a teenager, and I think I could help at least one kid get through to the other side.
I know you’d die happy but don’t die now I’d feel terrible!
I haven’t found the right woman yet so therefore no children. Somedays I think it’s getting late in life as I just turned 38 but then I think of my uncle who started having kids again with his second wife in his forties with the last one being born when he was 49-51.
Anyways before I can have kids I need to find the love of my life right or at least someone I can put up with “till the end of time”(Meatloaf line) :-)
What a way to delurk,eh?
I have always said I would like to have my first baby at 27, second by 30 and then I would see if I wanted any more after that. I just turned 24 though, and am still single, so at this point, I am just hoping to have my first by 30.
I am a labor and delivery nurse, so I am around people having babies ALL the time. Some days I really crave it, but other days I love my single life :)
Hi Angela –
I am normally a lurker but wanted to comment on this question b/c I often had wondered the same thing.
I am actually newly pregnant and am thrilled with the timing. I am going to be 30 next month and my hubby is 32 and I feel like we are in the perfect place both maturity wise and financially. I wasn’t sure before when or if I would want kids and I just figured it would come up naturally and it did!
All the sudden we decided it was time, we made it happen and here we are. Couldn’t be happier!