Highlights

So, how do we feel about the wordless weekend posts? 

I like ‘em but I feel like I’m hiding meals and interesting food and fitness tidbits from you all.  I’m figuring a few pretty photos are more interesting that a complete rundown on my every day eats, no?  You tell me.

There were a few fun things of note this weekend though.

Coffee with the blog girlies…

(pictures totally stolen from Lynn.  haha.)

Girl Scout Cookies arrived from Janna!

Cool new tomatoes.  Kumato – simply unique BROWN tomato!

My first Fries Supreme a la Taco Bell in over TWO YEARS! 

Totally worth it by the way.  I heart me a little trashy take-out once in a while.  :)

Finally got a car wash…

While waiting I entertained myself…

And ate Easter eggs…

When I got home, Arron fed me…

 

Pasta provided by the boy.  Salad provided by moi. 

And now for a bit of interesting and exciting news for anyone that entered my Crofter’s Superfruit Spread giveaway!  That darling girl Allison at Eat Clean Live Green actually received an offer from Crofter’s to do a product review of her own, so she declined to accept the prize she won from me…so I have re-drawn for the winner of the bonus prize pack!

#3 – Random re-draw from USA and CAN entries:

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#76! – another comment left by another CANADIAN girl…Emily from Emily’s Latest.  Emily wins a Superfruit Spread sample pack!

Emily said: “I'm Canadian - the North American (blueberries, cranberries, morello cherries and red grapes... mmm) appeals to me!”

Congrats Emily!!  Email me your delivery details and I’ll pass it along to the Crofter’s peeps.  :)

Superfruity Winners

Well, that was a task sorting out and counting up all of the entries for the Crofter’s Superfruit Spread giveaway!  Some of you really want some tasty jam!!

As promised, we have THREE winners!!

#1 – USA – Winner of the coupons:

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#18 = a tweet by Tracey at TropicalHappy

Tracey also left a comment that she would like to try the South American Superfruit Spread.

#2 – CAN – Winner of a sample pack:

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#96 = a tweet by Ali at AliFattoFit

Ali also left a comment that she would like to try the North American Superfruit Spread and compare it to her homemade.

#3 – Random draw from USA and CAN entries:

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#73 = a comment left by CANADIAN gal Allison from Eat Clean Live Green.  Allison wins a Superfruit Spread sample pack!

Allison said: “I'd like the North American the best I think - I love cranberries! :)”

 

CONGRATULATIONS LADIES!  Please email me your contact information so I can pass it along to the generous people over at Crofter’s Organic.  They will send along your prizes as soon as possible.

Thanks everyone for entering!  I’m working on another fun and tasty giveaway for next month.  Stay tuned!

Keeping it Simple

As mentioned earlier, I did indeed get myself some Squirrelly toast with PB and Crofter’s crack…

And a handful of banana chips…

I made a run to the post office and enjoyed a bit more time in the sun, before heading back to finish work for the day.

Since I had a big fruity salad for lunch, I figured I was OK to indulge a bit for dinner…so I pulled a couple of pieces of pizza out of the freezer.

We ordered Boston Pizza on Friday night…of course we got two different pizzas because we like completely different toppings…but I always end up freezing my leftovers because I have no need for a whole medium pizza all at once!

Pepperoni, pineapple and feta cheese.  mmmmm, mmmm, good!

Reheated in the oven…it’s the only way to go.

For dessert I tried to keep it on the healthier side with a dish of Lemon Liberte yogurt and fresh strawberries…

Of course, I may have dipped into the jelly beans again too…hehe.

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I want to thank everyone that took a moment out of their day to email or tweet at me regarding my earlier post today.  It is just amazing that so many of you cared enough to drop a line.  I am working diligently on responding to you all!!

A few new bloggers in our world…

Check out Katie’s Healthy Discovery.  A good Twitter friend…now real life friend…just started her own blog.

And Sammie of Booty Camp Fitness fame has now launched her own blog.  Stop by and see what she has to say.

DST and a Super Giveaway!

So I kinda slept in this morning.  Gah. 

This means I missed a prime Monday morning cardio session that I will have to try to squeeze in later.  It also means I started work late so I probably can’t leave early to enjoy the beautiful blue skies.

Hmmmm…maybe I should stay off blogging and Twitter today? ha!

I blame Daylight Savings Time.  Due to the extra hour in the day yesterday my body completely disagreed with me when I tried to put it to bed at 11:30.  It thought it was only 10:30.  Silly body. 

Not entirely sure why it thought it should stay awake until well after 1am though.  I really wish it would listen to me! 

Oh well, I have coffee now…

And Squirrelly toast.  With PB and Crofter’s Superfood Spread.  I know you guys are probably sick of seeing this, but it’s such a yummy breakfast! 

To thank you for putting up with several hundred pictures of PB&J toasts, I have a new giveaway for y’all!!

Those lovely people over at Crofter’s Organic are offering up THREE super-duper deeeelish prizes for my readers.  :)

Sample packs of all four of the Crofter’s Superfood Spreads I have been raving about. 

• Four Continents
• Ten Superfruits
• A World of Antioxidants

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

How this plays out…  THREE PRIZES:

• ONE sample pack for a CANADIAN reader.
• ONE set of coupons for purchase of equivalent products for an AMERICAN reader (can’t ship the samples cross-border).
• ONE surprise bonus winner from either US or CANADA.

As always, it’s easy to enter. 

In order to enter to win this great prize you can:

• Visit the Crofter’s website then leave a comment on THIS post telling me what Superfruit Spread you think you would most enjoy. Make sure you tell me if you are American or Canadian!!!
• Tweet this: “A Super giveaway! Win @croftersorganic from @balanceblog: http://bit.ly/aptbqT”
• Post a link to this contest on your blog, then come back and leave another comment here telling me about it.  (Make sure you include a link to your post.)
• Do all three things for multiple chances to win!

Contest is open to Canadian and US residents.  I will use a random number generator to chose the winners on Friday, March 19th at 12pm Atlantic Standard Time.

Good luck everyone!  Tell all your friends!

Rested

ahhhhhh, slightly shorter workdays meant I got to sleep in a teeny bit this morning.  Um, not that I planned it that way because it seems my alarm clock didn’t go off (or more likely I slept right through it) but either way it was awesome.  Considering it was like 2am when I fell asleep with the TV on. 

Oddly, the coffee in the pot was cold when I got to it.  I wasn’t THAT late getting up so I’m thinking I might have accidentally hit brew last night when I set it up…instead of auto.  Oh well, I drank it anyway!

Along with toast. 

Toasts with natural PB and Crofter’s Superfruit spreads.  Two different spreads, actually.  I’m kind of addicted (and as a general rule I’m not a jam person).

Since I started late, I got to work on a couple of lingering mini-projects for work and actually managed to bang a few things out quite quickly.  Funny how avoiding Twitter for 30 minutes can do that. ha.

Once I was happy with my workday, I threw together a small but protein packed lunch.

Liberte Greek yogurt with honey, bananas, and granola.

I put the granola on the side for photo purposes because I wasn’t quite ready to eat yet and didn’t want it getting all mushy.

Now, I’m off to complete a quick report and then do a little office floor yoga and stretching so as to earn my fitness sticker for today.

I let my tweeps pick this month’s sticker choice…frogs vs ladybugs.

Ladybugs won!