WHY YOU SHOULD JUICE {MY 1ST JUICING RECIPE}

What You Need:

+3 medium carrots

+6 leaves of kale

+1 medium beet

+1 green apple
 +1/4 of a lemon

+1 banana  
{you can omit this: many juicers don't respond well to banana's. If you want, you could blend it in a blender then add to the juice!}

 Just popping in to share one of my favorite juicing recipes so far!  
With the new year, I told myself I'd like to start juicing more, and also share more healthy recipes/drinks here on the blog. If you haven't tried juicing before, this is a good time and recipe to start with.

Not only is juicing great for you, it's also kinda fun to experiment with different combinations! Juicing makes it easier for you to get those daily servings and fruits and veggies you need. You get more of the essential nutrients your body needs from juicing than eating the veggies and fruit raw. Fascinating, right? Sometimes it can be hard to get all your servings in and that is where juicing can help you!

Tip: I would recommend juicing more veggies than fruit because of the sugar in fruit.

 This recipe does not taste like leafy lettuce, I promise {I wouldn't drink it if so!}.

If you don't have a juicer, well you better get out there and buy one. No but really, I highly recommend investing in one. They have different price ranges that fit your budget. I use an old one that was passed down to me from my Mom (they don't make them like they used to-that's what I tell myself, haha), but I've heard great things about Breville's.

What is your favorite juicing combination?

Try it-you will feel great!
+If you're wondering, I did juice the banana,
 but it can mess up some juicers so it's not recommended. 
An alternative if you want to use banana would be to put it in a blender and add to the juice 
(thanks to a lovely reader for that suggestion!)

P to the S: What did you think of the Bachelor last night? I had to get creative with my tivo last night...the Biggest Loser, the Bachelor, and RHOBH all in one night around the same time...what's a girl to do?! At least I have more shows to watch tonight, I guess! JUST what I need. My overall thoughts about the Bachelor was how nice/refreshing it was to have a bachelor with a sense of humor and on screen personality (vs Ben last year). Sean was definitely the right person for this season! He is funny, humble, and a gentleman! I love that. As for the girls? My final 4 picks are: Desiree, Lindsay, Selma, and Ashlee. I think Tierre makes it far, but the clips of her bringing so much drama to the house makes it seem like she may leave on a bad note. Thoughts?

*Linked up for Tasty Tuesday's...why? 
because this juice is tastyyy! #imcheesy

OUR TRIP TO SNOWSHOE, WV

I'm sitting here about to watch the premiere of The Biggest Loser {thank heavens Jillian is back..the show was hurting when she left-who's with me?} and am in somewhat denial that there's a full week of work ahead of me. There won't even be a 5 day weekend attached at the end...it's just so shocking.

Leave it to Sunday nights after a trip and the holidays to give me a big ole reality check! However, I'm actually happy about it. Not that I haven't fully enjoyed sleeping in, going on a trip, drinking hot chocolate with bailey's, spending time with family, 5 day weekends back to back, and so on {if you wouldn't-we can't be friends ;)}, but this girl is in serious need of an actual routine! One that actually involves work and staying on a schedule.

That's not to say Snowshoe wasn't a blast in a beer glass because it was. Literally. 

It was our first time to Snowshoe, WV but we had heard really great things about it and since Billy's family loves to ski, we were all about giving it a go! Billy's brother and Dad were originally supposed to come with us, but unfortunately couldn't make it at the last minute {another blood clot in the family-yikes!} so our Aunt JoAnne came with us, along with Billy's mom, twin sister {you knew Billy was a twin, right?}, and best friend Cory. We LOVED Snowshoe...it's like a big, gorgeous village with incredible views! We couldn't believe how huge it was and all of the restaurants and places to stay were so nice. We stayed at a part called Seneca that is really centrally located on the mountain and we had a balcony that you literally could walk off of and you were right at the top of the slopes to start skiing. It was awesome.
 
 {view right by our room}

the Village area....





{Seneca-where we stayed!}

{front view of it from the street}

{our balcony}

Here's some things I learned from our trip {lists are the most fun anyways}:

-I wanted to take a picture of every little thing covered in snow. Didn't matter what it was. Turns out the snowy mountains, the village, the trees, and the slopes are beautiful scenery. It was so white and snowy everywhere...our surroundings were absolutely gorgeous and a bit fake looking. Take a look...

-BIG fan of snowmobiling. In fact, I like it more than skiing. I kinda love it. Our first night in Snowshoe, Billy and I randomly booked a 1 hr snowmobile tour and it turned out to be one of our favorite parts of the trip. Something about being able to go 60 mph up the slopes, in the dark, and through the woods gives me a rush. Highly recommend snowmobiling friends. Fun times.

-The sunsets were some of the best I've ever seen.

-You haven't experienced cold weather unless you experienced Snowshoe mountain this past Friday. I thought I've been freezing cold before, but no, I was WRONG. It was 10 degrees and extremely windy...let me explain that to you: you couldn't walk outside without all body parts fully covered or you would freeze, burn, then turn into an ice-sickle in 45 seconds. I tried taking my gloves off outside to get a picture at one point {an innocent task I thought} and within a minute my fingers felt like they were being cut off. HOWEVER, I also learned you can still have fun skiing outside in this weather-you just have to wear 3,952 layers if you want to survive. It was funny because the other days it got up to 30-40 degrees and it felt like a HEAT wave. 

-Slopes with bars at the bottom are heavenly! Especially ones that served drinks in mason jars. ALL of the bars/restaurants at Snowshoe served their beer in mason jars, which obviously made the trip 3x better. You ski for a bit..get to the bottom of the hill..and bam-there's a BAR! Genius. Everyday our routine was to wake up, ski for a couple hours, get some beers/wine, ski some more, sit in the hot tub until we turned to prunes, and go out to dinner. It was perfecto {even in the cold temps}.

{this drink should be called heaven: hot chocolate, bailey's, peppermint.}

{his and hers winter socks and some tea by the fireplace}

 {also spent some time at night in the amazing, cozy lobby drinking wine while watching things such as Full House...}

{Billy and his best friend Cory}

-Skiing is a serious work out. Some of the slopes at Snowshoe are 3/4 a mile - 1.5 miles long and your legs definitely feel the BURN after many runs. Muscles I didn't even know I had are still hurting me....

-Having hardly any service the whole trip = a good thing! As much as I love my instagram {@katiewkrysh-find me!}, twitter, fb, texting, etc. a break is equally as lovely. There was only one area where we were staying that got service, so I made sure to only update on our down time. On the other hand, you really have to make sure you stick together as a group at Snowshoe because there's no way to call anyone if you get split up! 

-Hot tubs and sauna's on ski trips? Mandatory.
So are really awesome outfits on the way there.
Billy was my picture victim for this because mine was even more ridiculous.
Think: maxi skirt, snow boots, and a sweatshirt. Fashion at it's finest! 

the end!

*highly recommend heading to Snowshoe if you love to ski/snowboard! Thank you to those who recommended snowmobiling there :) Would love to make it back there again!

Back to the Biggest Loser thing....
I know a lot of people aren't big fans of the show {like my husband}, but you can get so much motivation for your workouts from watching it. Watch it for that reason alone! Some of my favorite exercises are ones that I've seen the trainers do on the show where I wrote them down so I could do them at the gym myself. They also give tips before and during commercials to help your diet. As you can tell, I'm a big fan of the show, but just wanted to go into a little bit more about why I am. It's incredibly motivating and reminds me to get my booty to the gym!

On a "I have better things to be doing besides watching tv but I'm going to watch tv anyways" note...
WHO is excited for the Bachelor tonight with Sean?

Yeahhhh! Report back tomorrow with your thoughts.

-Linked up with lovely Sami today for her weekend update blog hop-

xo.

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A NEW YEAR WITH NEW BEGINNINGS

Oh, hey there!

I can officially say happy twenty thirteen!! 

When we were celebrating the other night, I just had this feeling 2013 is going to be a great year. Not that anyone ever predicts a bad year {what fun would that be?}, but I still had that feeling. 2012 was one of the best years for us, and I can only hope it stays that way. I'm excited to see what is in store for myself, KC&CO, and in our little family! For new years eve, we went out to dinner with some friends to McCormick & Schmick's, and then ended up at Columbus' newly opened casino. We had a great time and I bet you can imagine the crazy good people watching we had at the casino. It was pretty fantastic, ha ha. I told myself that no matter how late we stayed out {ended up being around 2am} that I would make it to spin class at 10am the next morning, and I did! I'm determined to stick to those goals I told you about Monday.

 

What I Wore: Dress-H&M, Blazer-old {not sure}, Tights-Target, Shoes-Macy's. 

 

This is one of my best friends who is due with her baby boy at the end of this month!

We are so excited to meet him and I know Marissa is ready to pop him out. ;)

 

 {yep, our Napa glasses got some use NYE.}

Anyway, what have we been up to? 

Well, our tree and Christmas decorations were put away the other day, and now our house feels totally bare. I think I need to invest in some more house decorations to make up for this! I know I should have some riveting post to start the new year, but the truth is one day work weeks get to me. And by get to me I mean I soak them up in every way possible. Like even standing outside in the 20 degree temps to get pictures with Billy and Rocky in the snow. Completely normal and acceptable, right? I think they turned out so cute, and were worth braving the cold temps for. I'm excited to frame some of these!

The holiday break hasn't quite ended for us yet. Remember when I mentioned we are going skiing? We leave for our weekend ski trip to Snowshoe, WV early tomorrow morning! We are so excited to ski with family and friends in the mountains and I've already reserved one of the hot tubs for myself. I told the staff at the resort to hold it for me with a sign that reads, "Reserved 24/7 for Katie Krysh-don't even think about stepping foot in this hot tub." Kidding. I wish. But I don't plan on moving out of it every single night. Billy will have to pry me out with offering wine, or something equally as good. Steph will be hosting Saw It. Pinned It. Did It link-up by her lonesome tomorrow, so link-up with her if you're interested! It won't be the same without me {I know, I know}, but try and make do. ;)

I promise I will be back next week fully refreshed with some great posts to share to start this new year! Also, I will be contacting the winner of my last giveaway via email today. I haven't forgot!

Linked up with Pleated Poppy for "What I Wore" 

xo