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…)
Great question! I had my first at 28 and my second at 30. Both pregnancies were really easy and the timing worked out great for me. Those early years with a 2 year old and a new born were exhausting, but wonderful. My brother just adopted his first child at 40 and he’s really having a more difficult time with it, but still wonderful. ;)
I don’t really like ezekial wraps either – so tough!
Awesome question…I want to have them before 30 … probably within the next 2 years.
I agree with the wraps, not so good. The same company makes a brown rice wrap, that appears softer.
I haven’t had any yet. Would like them by 38. I’m currently 31, and not yet married.
I just turned 30 and am a newlywed (although my hubby and I have been together for almost six years). We definitely want kids at some point, but we’re just not ready yet. We are both really ambitious and focused on building our careers – and our jobs have kept us traveling/moving for the past few years. Our goal is to settle in one city, buy a home, and then re-evaluate where we are in two years. So, I think we’ll probably start trying somewhere around 32-34 – but not until it feels right.
My wife and I really want to get pregnant this year. She’s 26 and I’m 32. I think we’re at good ages.
My husband and I are not planning to have children and I am 33.
As for the coconut milk, I used to love it in coffee but have since given up caffeine. It is so tasty!
Good question.
I’m in a unique position, because my boyfriend is so much younger than me. I’m 27 and he’s 22. We’re committed and want to get married when he’s done University [this May, woo!], so probably when I’m 30 or so. I feel really young, to be honest, and don’t feel that I should be hemmed in by what society expects. Maybe everyone else is having babies by the time they’re 28, but I’m comfortable with waiting. I believe everything will happen as it should. :-)
Well, I guess it’s time to de-lurk! :) This question has been on my mind a lot lately.
I’m in a similar situation, Jennie, but in our case I’m the one who’s younger (I’m 27 and my fiance is 44). At first glance our age gap may appear insurmountable, but after 7 years together, a move across the country, our upcoming wedding, and becoming vegan together, I completely agree that one shouldn’t be held back by expectations!
That being said, however, I love kids and always thought that I’d have one or two, but in the end it’s not a deal-breaker for us. For practical reasons we’d want/need to have a child within the next couple of years, but I’m just graduating from university, I feel so young and we really want to travel!
Like you said though, everything will happen as it should and life can be amazing and fulfilling with biological or adopted children, or none at all :)
i’m ready soon :) a few career-related details need to be worked out, but i definitely have baby fever. hopefully will start within the next 1-2 years! i kind of want 3 so i feel like i need to get crackin’.
I got pregnant at 24 and gave birth at 25, and we had gotten married and bought a house in the same year. The first year was rough. It was a lot of huge changes for us to face at once. However, we worked through our struggles and I love being a youngish mom. We have a lot of fun as a family. If I had been a little older or we were married a little longer maybe things would have been easier or maybe not. Having a baby definitely changes your life in an unfathomable way, not matter what your age.
And ditto the person that said 6am is sleeping in when you have a baby!
I just turned 27 and my husband is 31. 28-30 would be great for our first to give us a little more time to enjoy being newlyweds, as we have been married 8 months. But then again, you can’t always plan these things!
Great question!! I want them when the timing is right, but not after 37ish. I want to make sure I’m healthy to carry the child in my belly for 9 months, but that I’m also not 70 when they graduate from kindergarten! But at the current time, I’m in no rush… gotta get a ring first! :)
The hubby and I chose 2012 as the year to start a family. I’ll be 29. We knew we wouldn’t be able to financially support a child any earlier. Now that it’s two years away I’m still not sure we’ll be able to do it right, but biologically it seems like the right time. We’ve been either married or dating since 2000 so we’ve had a whole decade together already!
I was also disappointed with the ezekiel wraps. I’m a definite fan of the english muffin style but I always toast them. Overall it is a much harder bread than others.
I just turned a big 30 this year and I’m getting married in a few months. I always thought that I would be married and having children by 30 but I truly feel I’m in the perfect place at the perfect time. I do think we will have children somewhat soon- for various reasons but rushed is not a word I would use. I do worry about the high risk factors in your late 30’s but otherwise- it will happen when my body is ready (well, and when we are too!)
I’m 32 and had my first child at 27 (almost 28). I think that was perfect for me. Hubby & I had been married 3 years and we’re pretty stable financially. My body bounced back easier from my first pregnancy than my second. I had my second child at 30 and at 32 I am DONE! :)
Don’t give up hope on the Ezekiel wraps! They make the best pizza crust EVAH. Simply toast it in the oven, add on some hummus and roasted veggies marinated in hoisen sauce, pop in the oven for a few more minutes. I’m obsessed. Obsessed!
I don’t feel the pressure to have kids yet, but I’m only 25. I feel like if I had kids now, I’d be WAY too selfish to give my all to them. I think I’d like to have kids around 28-29.
I had my son, Jon, at 23 (he is now almost 14 – ACK!!). I had my daughter, Hannah, at 29. In hindsight, 23 was young. I was at a rough point in my life and it was not planned. However, I think that Jon may have saved my life. I was headed down a path of destruction & getting pregnant with him forced me to straighten up & take responsibility for my actions. Looking back now, I wouldn’t change a thing about my life.
Kim
Hmmm, does Miss Angela have a confession to make??
I never saw myself as having kids, but something has changed in the last few years (badgering by husband and family, maybe? Kidding). In all seriousness, I realized I’d regret not having them a lot more than having them and have actually found myself thinking of it a lot in the last year or so. I’ve also come to the realization that I may feel settled enough to think ANY time will be the right time, so might as well dive in.
So definitely some tick-tock action going (I just turned 31), but I think I still need a year or two to get used to the idea, and right now we’re not in the best situation financially, job wise (me), or location wise (Trinidad hospitals are the stuff of nightmares!).
Such a good question I think about this often. I’m 25 and about to get married, but my fiance is about to turn 29. I am NO where near ready to have kids (I teach kindergarten, so I know too much about what it involves), but I’m hoping by 30ish I am ready…still gives me some time :)
I had my first at 30. He is 18 months and now I just found out I’m pregnant with number 2. I am so glad I waited. I got married at 28. I really feel like I got to live my single life before starting a family. I was totally ready. I can see the benefit of doing earlier if you were in a committed relationship though. If I had married my college boyfriend and had babies though…I would definitely be divorced and very unhappy. I think the most important thing is that you’re totally ready to give a lot of your time to someone else and that you are in a committed relationship with someone that wants the same as you. I don’t think I could have survived the first year without my husband. I know people do it and I give them a lot of credit!
Physically…I think your mid-twenties would be perfect to have a child. That is when a woman is at her strongest and healthiest. The older you get the more complications tend to come up. I remember my mom telling me when she had me at 27 the doctor who delivered me said that she was almost too old for child birth. Lol! Crazy doctor. But in a way he’s right.