Coffee Talk
Some random thoughts I would throw out at you if we were having coffee this morning:
//I’m typing this on phone because that’s the only way things ever happen around here.
//Can it be fall yet please? I’m obsessed with fall whether and I’d like it to hurry up and get here so it can stick around awhile before winter rolls in.
//It’s almost consignment time at KB’s school. In order to prevent the last minute scramble that inevitably happens, I’ve been hanging, tagging, and sorting for what feels like weeks now. Can’t wait to get this stuff out if my house. Here’s to hoping I sell more than I end up buying.
//Looking at social media Saturday and Sunday mornings make me desperately wish I was training for a race. Unfortunately I’m in no shape to jump in that bandwagon right now. Maybe I should pick something to get me motivated…
//Girls weekend next week. #thankgoodness
//fave instagrams of the month:
Coffee Talk
I’m home alone without a child for the next hour.
For the first time in a month and a half.
I DON’T KNOW WHAT TO DO WITH MYSELF.
Actually, yes I do. EVERYTHING. Work, write, eat, shower, breathe, read, relax, work, what?
I’m mostly doing the responsible thing and working but my brain needed a little break, so I’m popping over here. Whoever thought it was a good idea not to send the toddler to summer school without cutting back on work was an idiot. And yeah, that was me.
It’s ok. We’re mostly having lots of fun. This week has been a little rough because I’m extra tired for whatever reason and most of our friends are gone for the holiday, but that just means today’s kid-free break is all the much more welcomed.
Anyways.
Do you know why I secretly love coffee talk days? It gives me an excuse to look at old Instagram pictures. 
It’s pretty much the only way I can remember what’s happened in the past month.
1// The Kynado discovered the existence of imposter Raffi the 2nd, a duplicate backup lovey in case he ever got so attached he couldn’t sleep without him and we lost the original. The world only slightly collapsed for a few minutes and then he put his first major life lesson behind him.
2// I made it to spin for the first time in, umm, a loooong time. A gym-hating toddler means I rarely make it to a class, but somehow, someway the stars aligned and he not only went into the childcare without tears, he managed to stay the whole time. If only I could bottle up the magic formula that made it happen and use it on repeat.
3// The fastest of fast, easy dinners. Zucchini ribbon noodles with shrimp, sundried tomatoes, oil, garlic, and white wine. I should probably write about my love affair with my spiralizer because every time I post a picture of zoodles I get questions about it. I’ll put that on my non-existent summer to-do list that never gets anything checked off of it.
4// Seriously. Babies and bubbles, what better entertainment can you ask for?
5// NACHOoooos. Seriously addicted. I think I went through a two-week phase where I ate them every.single.day for lunch. Black beans, roasted peppers, jalapenos, chipotle hot sauce, cilantro, and “cheese” made of either Daiya havarti and coconut milk, or blended cashews and red peppers. There’s a lot of things I’ve had to cut out of my diet but nachos will never be one of them.
6// The husband and I celebrated our 7th wedding anniversary this week. SEVEN years. That’s like almost an eternity. I can think of very few things I’ve liked consistently for seven years straight. Luckily, he’s one of them. This picture was from a friend’s wedding at the beach last year. I love that we share an anniversary. 
{Apparently when you have a child and aka no time, one of the arbitrary things to go is writing about your anniversary… 3 years // 4 years // 5&6 never happened.}
Stuff you might have missed: sweet potato chicken patties // summer cocktails // weaning woes
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Coffee Talk
I never got around to this month’s Coffee Talk, so here’s a little snippet of the past month {via Instagram faves}.
1//riding bikes with friends. 2//last day of school cheeses. 3//turning the big 3.0. 4//girls weekend with college chi-o loves. 5//building forts of course. 6//early morning running with half naked babies.
Linkies.
Two Point Five. <<—The Kynado turns 2 1/2, oh my.
Beat the Heat: Treadmill Boredom Busters. Workouts from some of my fave trainers.
11 Surprising Ways to Prevent Sunburn – with food, of all things
Social Media
Several of you asked for resources on the dairy post– I’ll work on pulling those together for you, but in the meantime, a frivolous Friday post:
I know iPhone’s are the gold standard, yet somehow I still chose an Android phone when I finally hopped on the smartphone wagon. I might be reconsidering that choice now that I’m on my third Rezound in 3 months. I just don’t know how all you iPhone-users get along without Flash. Anyways, since I’ve become an expert in starting from scratch when it comes to apps, I thought I’d share a few of my favorite Android apps with you- specifically the photo apps I use since I always get questions about them on Instagram {I’m sideofsneakers, btw}.
My favorite free photo apps for Android:
Photo Grid is my favorite collage-making app. Sometimes just one feed. Photo Grid lets you make a collection of pictures, choose your layout, your background you want.
The best text-on-photo app I’ve found for Android. I think the iPhone version lets you make a solid background behind the text which would be an awesome feature, but I still love it nonetheless. You can choose a variety of fonts, change the size, color, shadow, etc. Again, you can share it right from the app.
My favorite feature of this photo editing app is the crop function. If you’re going to be using a photo for Instagram, it needs to be a square. It’s helpful to already have the picture cropped before you add any effects, borders, or text. Pixlr Express easily lets you do this. I also love the photo correction features, like brightening, contrast, color correction, etc. The overlays, effects, and borders are fun too.
This is my go-to for fine tuning photo correction- you can choose an adjustment and select how much or little effect you want by sliding your finger. This one crops too, and has a great center-focus feature.
The big brother to Pixlr Express. This app has lots of fun effects, but finding the one you want to use takes a little longer than the express version.
More fun effects & overlays, because you can never have too many. 
I would use this one more if it had a built in crop feature, but it is fun to layer different effects and see what you come with.
This isn’t so much a photo app as a social media-esque app: it’s a super simple photo sharing app. I use it to share pictures with my mom and the husband when he’s out of town. I can just click share from the picture on my phone and it uploads to a gallery they can see. Much easier than emailing attachments or sending a billion texts.
After my first phone died I quickly learned backing up my photos automatically was key- enter Dropbox. I already use this on my computer for work, so it was easy to add the app to my phone and have it automatically upload my pictures.
Any favorites to add to the list?
Thoughts
1. The fact that I am ECSTATIC that my baby only woke up at 11:30, 1, 2, 4:30, & 6 last night speaks volumes about my life right now. It also, I hope, explains my lack of my blogging.
2. Android got Instagram this week. I’m pretty sure I was the 3rd person that downloaded it. Cue instant obsession.
If you’re on Instagram leave your name in the comments so I have more pictures to look at when I’m up at all hours of the night (see above). I’m sideofsneakers.
3. I love coffee. ’nuff said.
P.S. it is Thursday isn’t it??
Tell me something. Ready, go:
