Around the Internet 4

Wow, Friday already?  This week has flown by for me.  Oddly I haven’t really done anything to make it go fast.  It must be because work is keeping me busy.  Well, whatever it is I’ll still give a shout out of TGIF! 

And now on with this week’s linky love…

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1 - Exclusive First Listen: The Swell Season : NPR - Remember that lovely song from the movie Once? If you liked that, they have a whole album coming out. Beautiful.

2 - Don't just stand there...BUST A MOVE – Halifax’s first known flashmob, in support of Breast Health.  Who doesn’t love a dance party in the local shopping centre!?

3 – 20 Minute Abs – titled as The Best Ab Workout for Women.  I don’t know about that but it does look promising and I’m sick of just doing bicycle crunches all the time.  :)

4 – Bakerella.com – In lieu of the weekly recipe link, I decided to give you a whole blog instead.  Not only does Bakerella have cute and easy baking ideas, including some fun Halloween choices, but also check out the awesome wedding proposal she helped pull off.  Love it!

5 – Just for Haligonians!  Things to do for Two – A young, married East Coast couple offers up ideas of fun, local things to do together that won’t break the bank.  (Now if only my date was home to do these things!)

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Around the Internet 3

So I missed the actual week 3 because I was too busy partying it up with my girls (OK, I was actually working on Friday but way too busy to make time for an extra blog when I was racing to get to our Thanksgiving Dinner).  :)

But here I am.  I know, you were riveted on the edges of your seats.  haha.

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1 - the “blog” of “unnecessary” quotation marks - Hot off the Twitter presses, this site was just brought to my attention by the lovely Lex a few minutes ago.  It has extra special hilarity for anyone that attended our GTG.  Let’s just say we now have our own inside “quote jokes”.

2 - LipDub – I Gotta Feeling - Who doesn’t love a group choreographed lip sync?  Another link brought to you by Twitter.  Actually Ashton Kutcher posted this link.  Not only is it cool (and there’s a whole bunch of these on YouTube) but it’s perfect timing since this was our GTG theme song!

3 - Jillian Michaels on Facebook - (and Twitter for that matter)  I’m not a hardcore Jillian loving superfan, but she’s really mastered the art of funny status updates and cute pictures and videos.  And she makes a lot of fun of Bob, which is quite entertaining.  :)

4 - Yogurt-Zucchini Bread with Walnuts – it seems to me that many folks around the blogosphere are in need of recipes to use up the last of this season’s zucchinis…and I love nothing better than a good zucchini bread.  This one uses yogurt to keep it moist without added fat.

5 - Just for Haligonians! East Coast By Choice – Another blogger transplanted in Halifax.  Torontonian by birth, East Coast by choice. The trials and tribulations of living in Halifax. One blog posting at a time.  I especially appreciate her restaurant reviews.

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Now get back to work!  TGIF. 

Around the Internet 2

Welcome to week two of fun things I’ve found on the internet that I think you might like.  Week One seemed like a success so hopefully the momentum keeps going!

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1 - 100 Greatest Hits of YouTube in Under 4 Minutes – I’ve left the link to my buddy Mikey’s blog because he deserves the credit for finding this one.

2 – DIY Matchbook – super cute, easy craft idea from writer and bookmaker Rose over at one of my favorite foodie blogs.  I’m adding these to my “to-do” list…which is currently about 127 pages long.

3 – Chatelaine At-Home Exercise Guide – genius idea!  Simply roll your mouse over the illustration and click on specific parts of the body for easy-to-follow exercises.

4 – Spinach & Pomegranate Salad – tis the season for these beautiful, bejeweled fruits to appear in stores…and since we all know how much I love a biggass salad I think this one should make my Autumn menu plan.

5 - Just for Haligonians!  “Why Not Now"?” – a local blogger offers her description of a day trip to St. Margaret’s Bay and the surrounding area.  I was excited to read this because it’s close to home but I may never have discovered these things on my own.

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Now get clicking and let me know what you think!!

Around the Internet

So I constantly think I should have at least one weekly post that everyone can count on.  You know, one that comes up at the same time every week and has a theme.  Since I’m so scattered with my blogging (is she going to post once or twice?  is she going to post in the morning?  will she get here before midnight?) I think this might be a good idea.

Let’s try it!

My idea:  Fun stuff I find on the internet each week.  Maybe food related, maybe health related, maybe blog related, possibly TV related, but maybe just completely random.  I suppose we shall see!

The day:  I chose Fridays because that gives everyone all weekend to cruise by and check these out without too many other posts going up. 

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1 – Starbucks Channel on YouTube – currently running their series of videos for the launch of VIA, their new instant coffee packets.  Worth watching.  Seriously.  (You had to know Starbucks would make my list, right?)

2 – Oprah Kickoff Flash Mob – seriously coolest thing I’ve seen in a while.  Although I am easily impressed.  :)  (hopefully this link continues to work since the video keeps getting pulled due to copyright infringements)

3 – The best Summer salad, ever.  Or so they say anyway.  Of course I love this because of the serving size:  “Serves -- 1 adult a really huge salad”.  If only they’d said “bigass salad”.

4 – Eight Health Foods with Super Powers – yup, we read this stuff on blogs, etc everyday…but it’s still a good reminder.  And happily I already eat most of these foods on a weekly basis.  :)

5 – Just for Haligonians!  A new creperie in town.  Chez Tess.  If I can’t coordinate with friends to go there, I’m checking this one out on my own!

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Week One down.  I wonder if I can keep this up.  Leave me a comment if you found this useful, useless, fun, boring, lame, great, worth keeping?  Happy Weekend.