oh so random + flashback friday.

when i read something interesting and/or funny, i email it to myself. i also save interesting and/or funny emails for decades. i stock pile them. with good intentions to post them on the blog. and then when i finish posting at the end of the day.. i realize i never showed you guys a shred of my stock pile.

so today.. i am cleaning out the inbox.

prepare for ridiculously random bits and pieces!

first off.. have you voted for my photo yet? please do. i will love you forever. CLICK HERE.

moving on.

baby whales grow at a rate of 10 lbs every hour.

thought you’d like to know.

my roommate has a garden.

he grows raspberries.

and then freezes them.

and then i make delicious protein shakes with them.

maybe it doesn’t look pretty, i blame the spinach. hey, at least i’m getting my iron.

• 1 cup silk vanilla soy milk
• 15 cubes of ice
• 1/2 tsp xanthan gum (boo.. i am out of guar gum and can’t find any more)
• huge handful of frozen raspberries fresh from the garden
• 1/2 frozen banana not fresh from the garden.. we do not have a banana tree
• 30 grams vanilla protein powder
• some spinach

i love my old navy reusable plastic cup complete with straw!

love it.

straws win at life.

marshall installs windows. whenever the home he is installing at has a dog, he sends me a photo of the pup. these photos make my day! i love dogs! well, yesterday.. there was a different animal at his job:

baby birds! he said the momma was holding worms in her mouth for these little sweeties. aren’t they SO cute?!

modest mouse played a free show last night at pioneer park. turns out when the word “free” is attached to “outdoor concert”, there are more people than there are blades of grass in the park. my anxiety and claustrophobia were both at levels that i am not comfortable with.

but i did see friends and have fun, regardless of the crowd and the inability to hear the music because of the horrible sound system.

fun.

the lovely gliding calm brought this video to my attention the other day. and i proceeded to watch it multiple times. WHAT DOES THIS MEAN?!

[source.]

ahahaha it doesn’t get any less funny each time i watch it.

back to the modest mouse concert. we bailed early because it was a joke. we headed to the desert edge pub.

kristen got the bruschetta and i got the goat cheese & black bean quesadilla and we went halfsies.

bruschetta:

black bean & goat cheese quesadilla:

tasty.

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moving on.

marshall took the kids to my house this morning and stopped by the office on his way to bring me an iced coffee. i love it when the kids are at the office!

i am sure that was not enough canine love for one post. so i will share this email i got:

DOGS. they make the world go round.

today’s lunch was simple and delicious. just how i like it.

who needs to go grocery shopping? this girl. but i don’t want to because i am moving in less than a week!

5 egg whites topped with ketchup:

one slice of sprouted wheat toast + laughing cow cheese:

i also munched on about 10 mini bell peppers while my eggs cooked.

funny article time!

i don’t remember who’s blog i stole this link from (so pipe up if it was yours!), but this article about what girl clothing trends guys hate is absolutely hilarious. and true. here is a sampling:

Terrycloth
About as erotic as the hand towels that inspired them. Or is this Care Bear material? Either way, boo.

Fringed Tops of Any Sort
You know what your clothes don’t need? Fake hair.

Maxi Dresses
What are you hiding under there? A peg leg? Chemical explosives? An army of small children about to dance out from underneath you, like in “The Nutcracker”?

[source.] read the whole article HERE.

flashback friday: HEY, LADIES!

my bachelorette party is tomorrow! EEP! i am SO FREAKING STOKED! so i thought it would be fun to show you a plethora of my photos with the girls over the years.

ENJOY!

2005

2006

2007

2008

2009

2010

woooooooooo! that concludes flashback friday. did you do a flashback friday? i know monica did!

i am super stoked for my bachelorette party tomorrow. i know my friends have put a lot of time and thought into planning it and i can’t wait to see what is in store!

i won’t be back tomorrow.. but i hope you all have a great weekend and i will be back sunday night! marshall is in vegas all weekend.. i hope he stays out of trouble! ;)

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one of today’s Qs actually has been sitting in my inbox for weeks! it was a question a reader had asked me to ask on the blog so everyone could weigh in:

1. what are some of your healthy, creative, positive ways to reward yourself in life, like when you accomplish a goal? i know it has nothing to do with this post, but i think it would be awesome to hear how everyone rewards themselves in healthy, positive ways. i will list the responses in my next post so we can all get creative with rewarding ourselves ;)

2. what is one clothing trend that you just don’t like? i used to talk a lot of smack on the romper AKA adult onesie.. but then i got one for my birthday and LOVE it. so my new answer is furry boots. they are hideous.

xo. janetha b.