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…)
My cut off age for starting to have kids is 30. I also know that I want to have at least 2, maybe three kids, and I don’t want to be having my kids when I’m too old. For the longest time I didn’t even want kids, then I wasn’t sure. I’m 27 now, so I have some time, but I’m really getting the urge!! Sometimes I do wish I had started earlier like my mom- she was something like 21 and 22 when she had me and my brother, so by the time she was 43 we were all out of the house!
This is a great question and one that I have been wrestling with since I was 29. When I was in high school I always said I would be married and have my first child at 24 . . . well, I did get married, but not in the usual fashion (immigration issues up the wazoo!) and now my husband and I have been together 9 years and still no kids! However, we’re thinking of maybe changing that this year. It has been hard though. People ALWAYS ask that question and when you say you’re not sure, then it’s either, “well, you had better hurry up” or “you have no idea what you’re missing out on” etc etc. I know – trust me. I have been babysitting my boss’s children for the last 11 years and started with the oldest when she was 9 months and the youngest when she was 6 weeks. The looking after the baby isn’t the big deal for me. It’s having to go through pregnancy and deal with 9 months of not being myself.
The other thought that concerns me is that our child could probably be an only child – what does that mean for them? Our friends are all at different life stages too which makes it interesting.
I’m pretty sure (not 100% but as close as you can be with these things) that I don’t want children. I’ve been with my boyfriend for over 7 years and I told him from very early on how I felt. I am the youngest in my family (at 28)and yet the first grandchild was only born last year so there wasn’t any pressure to have children and now my dad has a grandson to dote on there’s even less pressure! I just don’t talk about it with my family though. I love my nephew but even being around him I think “this is definitely not somethat I want in my life”. I feel sad about it sometimes and maybe I’ll change my mind but the feeling seems to grow stronger every year. Not something you mention in polite company though, not wanting children is definitely a taboo subject!
I agree. I think that “not wanting children” tends to reflect badly on you — for whatever reasons. More I think that because most women *do* want children (if not *now*, than at some point in the future), it just seems odd to most people if you don’t want them/aren’t interested. I’ve just never been drawn to babies/children at all.
I am married nearly 4 years, and my husband knows my lack of interest in having children. What we agreed was that we would never take having kids off the table, just revisit the topic periodically to see how we felt. He wants them, but I am truly blessed with feeling no pressure from him at all one way or the other. I like to hold the topic lightly, and remember that inclinations and desires change with time.
Then there’s the other issue – once you have one child the question becomes. “When are you going to have a sibling?”!!
I think because I am not married people are more concerned with asking “when is the big day happening?” so I don’t get questioned on babies. My manager in work is younger than me and has been married for a couple of years and she gets the “when are you starting a family” question quite a bit. Sometimes people just don’t know when to BACK OFF lol..
AGS I know what you mean when you say “hold the issue lightly”. Who knows if the maternal instinct will just kick in overnight. I have been known to change my mind on things all the time. I just know that when I held my nephew for the first time I felt a surge of love for something so precious and tiny but NOT a “oh I want one too.” I lost my mother relatively young as well so maybe fear of being completely at sea with a baby is part of it. There are SO many reasons!
I would like to have kids between 30 and 33 probably. But I would like to me married for a few years before I have them. I’m only 26 now though so my boyfriend and I have a quite a few more years before we need to worry about this!
I’ve always said around 27 for the first one…but that might be because that’s how old my mom was when she had me? I also know how much can change from year to year. A lot of it also has to do with not having many friends who are ready for kids- I know it’s not their decision, but having a kid is a big impact on your whole lifestyle, so you have to include your whole lifestyle in your decision.
i want a baby right now but my husband isn’t ready. :( i would seriously get pregnant tomorrow if he was game.
Ezekial english muffins are amazing! Especially toasted. YUM. You’ll like them better than the bread, I bet.
I want kids in maybe 3-5 years? (I’m only 25.) But, I have friends my age with 2 kids already and they think that I can’t have kids. Sheesh! ;)
I had my first little girl when I was 25 (and married for 2 years) and my son when I was 27. In the moment, my age was perfect, so I thought, but looking back on it, I almost wish I had waited until I was alittle older. I’m 30 now and they are the light of my life, but I feel like maybe I didn’t travel enough, maybe I didn’t party enough, maybe I didn’t discover who I was and now that I’m older I feel like I missed out and need to make up for it but can’t. I don’t know if that’s just a quarter life crisis of sorts going on…I love them like crazy though and they definitely make my world a better place!! :)
I was married at 23, had my first child at 25 and my second at 28. The plan is to get pregnant again at the end of the summer for the third and last time (I’ll be 32). My husband is three years younger than I. It has worked for us and our plan for our lives. I wanted to have a big family and have them all relatively close so that they will have better relationships with each other, and also so that I can get them all out of the house while I still have some “good years” to go enjoy the world with my husband :)
Between the ultrasound and the baby question, you/ somebody close to you has something to tell us, or this is a very drawn out April Fools joke!
I’ve heard great things about Ezekial muffins too, cinnamon raisin… yum!
And to answer your question.. I would say that I want kids by age 30. I used to have it all planned out and I actually thought i’d be married my now. But here I am, not married. Or engaged. Or even close. But you know, i’m ok with that. I’m enjoying being single for a while. Because chances are, the years you are single will be MUCH less than the years of your life married. Enjoy while you can, I say!
I’ll be 24 next month and am hoping to at least be thinking about kids around 30-32 ish. I’m no where near marriage, i.e. no relationship at the moment, so that will obviously take a few years. I want to make sure I’ve gotten the chance to just be married with no kids for a little while. If you had asked this even a year ago I would have said “no kids, absolutely not.” All of a sudden though around this time last year my maternal instinct totally kicked in and I decided I definitely want babies. And a lot. A big family (4 or 5 maybe?) – I know crazy. Come to think of it though, if I don’t start until 32, I’ll be like 40 raising a 2 or 3 yr old! Now I’m not so sure, LOL.
im 27 and id like to wait a couple more years, im having too much fun with the hubbie by ourselves!
but i really hope my ovaries don’t grow mold and cobwebs on them by then….
De-lurking to answer this question. I had my first just before I turned 30 and second when I was 32 (they are 30 months apart). My husband and I had had the chance to travel, I had lived in Paris for 4 months and I felt fairly established in my career. I knew I felt ready but you will never be fully prepared. I wouldn’t change a thing now. Even though I am constantly exhausted and finding the time to exercise while working full time is a struggle, having kids was the best decision I ever made (after marrying my husband of course). Everyday they put a smile on my face and coming home at then end of the day to two kids who just want to hug you, cuddle and spend time with you makes everything else worthwhile.
By the way, just received my first order of Glo bars and am loving them!
I had my first at 34. He was very much planned as was the timing of his arrival. I agree with others, I felt like I had gotten out all of my partying in my 20’s and was ready. It was also a good time with where I had gotten in my career. However, I think you can almost always find a reason it may not be the “perfect” time. I also think it’s important to keep in mind that no matter how well you “plan” the timing of your pregnancy, it may not happen as quickly as you’d like. It takes the average couple something like 6 months to conceive.
I consider myself too young to have kids (I’m 24) but my best friend from high school has a 4 month old and is totally in love! I think you have to think about where you are in your life. My Mom had me when she was 28, which she loved, but she was also at the beginning of an art career that was pushed aside when I came along, and never really came back. I think once a couple is happy with staying where they are in life for a while, THAT is the perfect time. The number game can be different for every person.
I was married and had my first baby @ 17, my second @ 20, and my third @ 23. I wouldn’t change it for the world! Here I am 25 1/2 years later and I have my first grandson. He is beautiful and I’m still relatively young (43) and healthy enough to enjoy him.
And now I have to go and find some Ezekial english muffins!
I’m 29 years old and had my first child at 28. For us, it was the absolute perfect time. I had my time to be single and carefree, my hubs and I had some time to be married for a few years, but I’m still young enough to run around after him, which is a workout all on its own. :) I think that if I had been older if I had my first kid, the pregnancy would have been more challenging, and it would be an even bigger shock to the system because I would have been even more set in my ways.
That being said, I think that it’s all relative. My husband and I had been together for 9 years (married 3) before we had our first son. We come from small towns and we were the last of our friends from “home” to have a baby. We now live in Chicago and we are the youngest parents we know. So go figure. Every age is a good age to have kids. I’m curious what is prompting this!
What a great post and the comments are awesome- no judging or cattiness!
I will be 29 next week and am very undecided on kids, if we do decide it will be after I am 30. I feel very strongly about no kids until after I am 30. I have grown so much in my 20’s and still have so many things that I want to accomplish.
I knew at a very early age that I wanted to be “done” having kids by the time I hit 30. Mission accomplished…I was 25 & 27 when my babes were born. I don’t regret the decision at all. I have friends who are just now starting families and my kids are pretty self sufficient at 10 & 8. I’m starting to get some freedom back and I have more money to have fun with now that I ever did in my 20’s.
BTW, we have the exact same blog post titles today (yesterday)!!! LOL!