Looking to Instagram for a Healthy Lifestyle No time to get to the gym, but wanting to find ways to get active and get healthy? Look no further than your Instagram feed. There are a variety of trainers on Instagram that offer exercise tips, motivation, and healthy eating ideas. The following are a few trainers Health Magazine suggests to consider following to get started: Natalie Uhling - @natalieuhling – Master trainer on NBC’s Radius and creator of NUFit, Natlie offers tips on total body toning. Jeanette Jenkins - @MsJeanetterJenkins – This celebrity trainer features workout moves, healthy diet choices, and positive thinking Adam Rosante - @adamrosante – Founder of People’s Bootcamp and author, Adam gives ideas for high intensity workout moves and yummy, yet healthy food choices. Keoni Hudoba - @keonihudoba - This master trainer on NBC’s Radius shows combo moves for working out with a team or partner. Robin Arzon - @robinnyc – Co-founder of the running group UndoOrdinary, Robin offers an upbeat positive attitude toward exercise.
Reflecting Your Style at Home Having a home of your own is a great time to express your style as you begin decorating (or re-decorating). Starting to decorate it easy. There are so many ideas out there on seemingly endless websites. But how to you know when to sit back, relax, and stop decorating. Less is more when decorating is involved and the following are great tips to help make the most of what you have: 1. Avoid having too many accessories – The fuzzy toilet lid cover and toilet lid cover serve no purpose. Ditch them and stick with a simple bath mat to dry feet. 2. Collection Overload – It’s fine to collect one type of item and display them for guests. But avoid hording and placing everything everywhere for everyone to see. Limit the collections to a small confined area. If you can’t bear to do that, rotate them so your guests aren’t overwhelmed by the accumulation of stuff. 3. Rooms can be too themey – The ocean theme may have seemed like a great idea at the time, but now everything is covered in tropical prints and pictures of lighthouses. Break up the theme with some solid comforters, pillows and curtains. 4. Bulky, uncomfortable furniture – Each room should have a variety of textures, light and dark colors, and only one big piece of furniture per room. If you are decorating a small space don’t try to fit in a huge couch, armoire and gigantic coffee table. Instead, so with a smaller more practical pieces. That big screen TV looked great in the store, but when you’re sitting less than 10 feet from it, you may regret that purchase. 5. Floating rugs – Rugs should be anchored by a piece of furniture, not just placed in the middle of the room. The bigger the room, the bigger the floor rug needs to be. The ideal rug to room look will have the furniture feet on the edge of the rug. 6. Don’t forget the windows – The blinds are not decorative, they are practical. Don’t forget to use window treatments to compliment your furnishings or bedding for an added touch.
Chicken Cordon Bleu Lasagna Ingredients 1 (8 ounce) package lasagna noodles ½ cup butter (1 stick) 1 (8 ounce) package of cream cheese, softened ½ tsp. salt ½ tsp. onion powder ¼ tsp. ground black pepper 2 cups shredded Swiss cheese, divided 1 ¾ cups warm milk 2 ½ cups rotisserie chicken, diced 8 ounces deli ham, chopped ½ cup shredded Swiss cheese ½ cup bread crumbs 1 pinch Italian seasoning, or to taste Instructions 1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees. 2. Bring a pot of salted water to a boil. Cook lasagna noodles in the boiling water until cooked through but still slightly firm to the bite (about 8 minutes). 3. Melt the butter in a saucepan over medium heat. When melted stir in cream cheese. It may look strange, but this is normal. Continue to cook the mixture about 5 minutes. Season with salt, onion powder and black pepper. Slowly, add in the warm milk, whisking slowly until smooth. Stir in ½ cup of Swiss cheese. 4. Bring the sauce to a simmer, whisking continually until the cheese has melted and the sauce has thickened, about 5-10 minutes. Remove from heat. 5. Spread a thin layer of cheese sauce onto the bottom of a 9x9 baking dish. 6. Arrange 1/3 of the lasagna noodles over the sauce. Tear them to fit as needed. Spread half of the cooked chicken and half of the ham over the noodles. Pour 1 cup of sauce over the chicken and ham. Repeat layers starting with half of the remaining lasagna noodles, ham, chicken and one more cup of cheese sauce. Finish by layering remaining noodles, sauce, and 1/2cup Swiss cheese. Top with the bread crumbs and sprinkle the top with Italian seasoning. Cover the dish tightly with aluminum foil. Bake until the casserole is bubbling, about 25 minutes. Remove foil and continue baking until the crumbs are browned (about 10 more minutes). Let stand 10 minutes before serving.
Gramercy Villas September Newsletter Manager – Sue Dominiak Maintenance – Eric Salle Nate McFain Porter – Chase Borchardt Office Hours Monday – Friday 12 pm to 6 pm For after-hours emergencies, please call the office phone and follow the instructions below: -Press 0 for a maintenance emergency - Press 9 to repeat the menu
Manager’s Corner We want out residents to tell others how proud they are to be a part of the Gramercy Villas community. Lately however, there have been a couple of issues that have made our property less than safe and convenient. As a community, these are issues we can resolve together. The traffic around the property has become exceedingly fast. We have posted notices about this, and it has gotten better. However, in order to get control of this matter, we ask that you also remind your guests to keep their speed below 10 mph on the property. Additionally, the covered, numbered parking spots are not for guest parking. While a spot may appear unused, it may be assigned at any time, or be vacant only until the new resident arrives. If you want another covered assigned spot for your vehicle or a guest, you may rent one for $15/month. Last, we want to remind our residents that the guest parking spots are for short term guest parking, not resident or long term parking. We appreciate your help with continuing to a keep Gramercy Villas a great place to live! Are you ready to send off summer? September 24 from 4:30 to 8pm will be the first annual Send Off Summer Family BBQ and Festival at Kleiner Park in Meridian. For tickets to this all-you-can-eat event, go to www.merdianchamber.org and be part of the fun!
GO BRONCOS! Office Closure! Please note that the Gramercy Leasing Office will be closed Monday, September 7th for the Labor Day holiday. We will re-open Tuesday, September 8th at 12 pm.
Boise State football is starting up this month. Accumulating a total of 17 conference titles, the Broncos are sure to kick off another great season. Let’s all get out there and cheer them on! The following are this month’s games: 9/4 – BSU vs Washington Huskies Albertson Stadium 8:15pm 9/12 – BSU @ BYU Cougars 8:15pm 9/18 – BSU vs Idaho State Bengals – Albertson’s Stadium 8:15 pm 9/25 – BSU @ Virginia Cavaliers - 6 pm
Walk With A Cause! Looking to participate in a great local and national cause? The Alzheimer’s Association’s Walk to End Alzheimer’s is the largest event to raise awareness and funds for research, care, and support. Register for this event at www.alz.org/walk. The walk will take place October 3, 2015 in Meridian.