Weekly Small Pleasures #83

I had a pretty chill week. I spent a lot of time taking care of the home this week (cooking, cleaning, etc) because I had a minor IT band injury and chose to recover before I went back to the gym and made it worse, so I only worked out twice this week and we didn’t go hiking either. I did start a rehab and strengthening therapy for recovery and prevention of IT band and hip injuries caused by weak hips and gluteus medius muscles.

I suffer from recurring hip pain since my ballet hip injury 3 years ago and for the first time my IT band was affected (hurt). I keep reading that the culprit of my problems is this gluteus medius muscle, so I have decided to work specifically to strengthen it. I also read it is a common weak muscle in people, so if you are interested: these and these are the exercises I started doing everyday. It only takes like 10 minutes.

Anyway, here are my small pleasures of the week:

1. Wonderful weather this week. It was sunny and around the upper 60’s which is plenty warm for me!

2. Amazing landscapes surrounding me. From beautiful sunsets to stunning mountains. They’re on the way to the gym, and at home. I’m just loving living here and the beauty all around.

View this post on Instagram

Current sunset. #sunset #wellsvillemountains #utah #naturalutah #landscape #cachevalley #cachevalleyutah #loganutah

A post shared by Mani – Wandering Mama (@manigv) on Apr 4, 2016 at 6:57pm PDT

View this post on Instagram

This landscape is a great motivator to go to the gym. … #landscape #mountains #wellsvillemountains #utah #cachevalleyutah #cachevalley #loganutah #mountaingirl #utahgram #crossfit #fitfam

A post shared by Mani – Wandering Mama (@manigv) on Apr 6, 2016 at 5:44pm PDT

3. Rose lemonade. I love the rose flavour. I fell in love with it the first time I had rose ice cream at an Indian restaurant. So when I found rose lemonade I had to try it and it was every bit delightful.

View this post on Instagram

Afternoon delight. @fentimansltd #fentimans #drink #beverage #friday #afternoondelight #roselemonade #lemonade #spring #chiaroscuro

A post shared by Mani – Wandering Mama (@manigv) on Apr 8, 2016 at 5:30pm PDT

4. Saturday brunch. We had no plans this weekend and we stayed near out home but we did go out to have some yummy brunch at a cool local bakery.

View this post on Instagram

Croque madame, almond croissant, & blood orange pellegrino. #brunch #saturday #food #bakery #croquemadame #croissant #indulge #loganutah #utah #sanpellegrino @sanpellegrinofruitbeverages

A post shared by Mani – Wandering Mama (@manigv) on Apr 9, 2016 at 12:50pm PDT

See what others were happy about:
Weekly Small Pleasures (#9) | Holoholo Girls
This Week’s Small Pleasures: episode 4 | THISTLES AND KIWIS
the week that was all about the new normal // 14 | BE LOVE LIVE

Have a great week!

Weekly Small Pleasures – Blog Event

weekly-small-pleasures-badge1 Share your happiness!

I find that the small things that make us happy every day are easily forgotten.

This blog event is simply about remembering and sharing those small things that made you happy during the week; things that made you smile, made you laugh, made you do a happy dance, made your heart smile…

You can share in any format you like. For people to find your post, tag your post “Weekly Small Pleasures” and link to my most recent post for a pingback! You can also just share in the comments.

Read the full details, and see previous posts.

P.S. You can also find me on INSTAGRAM, FACEBOOK, TUMBLR, and PINTEREST.