1. We’re getting snow today – SNOW!!!! I bet you feel like every time I talk about snow you want to jack me in the face. I understand. I’ll be wanting to jack myself in the face when the brunt of it will be on my commute home. #fail
Can you tell I wrote this last night?
2. In case you’re wondering, Braeburn apples are the best things ever right now. Go get some. Seriously.
3. Shortened weeks feel like the longest weeks everrrrrrrrr. So ironic, doncha think? A little toooooo ironic. (end Alanis Morissette song)
4. I’ll be answering some more questions in my next post about doing Live Fit Trainer, but for those of you who asked, I am not following her eating plan. I’ll be embarking on something a little bit different! I guess I’m going to be the guinea pig.
5. Wonderful reader Amanda and my co-worker Trish (who takes amazingly beautiful pictures by the way) encouraged me into figuring out how to take drool spots out of those baby pictures. I am in love with Lightroom (which you can download for free right now for a trial basis by the way).
Now you see it…
Now you don’t!
6. My body is S-O-R-E!! I didn’t realize how much I was skimping on the weights until this week. I am craving a hot yoga session like you would not believe.
7. Have you heard about the SOPA and PIPA bills? I’m horrible at explaining things, but Lindsay posted a great video about what would happen if those bills were passed. Let’s just say the internet as you know would be over. If I were you, I’d be emailing my congressmen/women super fast to tell them how much I oppose these bills. I actually did just that yesterday and have already gotten an email back from one of them (automated I’m sure) about how he opposes the bill. Rock on! Here’s that video – you really need to watch it.
On January 18, Wikipedia also did something amazing – they shut down their site for 24 hours to protest the bills. When you went to their site, you saw the picture below. If these bills pass, that is exactly what is going to happen.You could also just go here and learn more about the bills.
8. Did you hear? Jennifer Anniston is supposedly pregnant! If that’s actually true, good for her!
9. I wish I were more creative in the kitchen in the last few weeks than I actually have been. I blame winter.
10. Speaking of winter, there are only like 10 more weeks left! That is, unless the groundhog doesn’t see his shadow in a few weeks.
11. I have been wanting to do nothing else but eat this week. Seriously. Once breakfast is over, I want lunch. Once lunch is over, I want my snack. Once my snack is over… you get the picture. This happens every once in a while, but I just can’t get food off my mind.
12. Happy Friday!!!!
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JENN ANISTON PREGGO? wow! go her!- who is she dating?? Braeburn do rock, but pink ladies take the lead in my opinion
I have no idea who she’s dating!
Yesss I feel like Braeburn apples don’t get enough attention- they’re SO yum…perfect crispness and sweeteness! And I have a 4-day weekend so here’s hoping number 3 isn’t true
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I’ve never had a Braeburn before…I’m pretty much a Honerycrisp girl
I love Honeycrisps too, but they’re SO expensive.
Braeburn apples are the only kind of apple. Well, not really. But for reals they’re soooo amazing! Yum
SOPA HAS GOT TO GO.
Word on the street is they’re postponing any sort of advancement with the bill because of the reaction!
I still have a few bags full of honeycrisp apples in my fridge! I have to eat them soon, though, before they turn to mush!
I also think that short weeks always, without fail, seem like the longest weeks!
I get food on the brain a lot lately! Haha, Happy Friday
I buy Braeburn’s a lot- Fuji are probably favorite though. I have a friend that is very into politics, and she actually knew about SOPA several years ago. So I guess it’s been awhile coming. (For some reason it always reminds me of Sopa pia’s (or however they’re spelled. I used to have them all the time in college at this Mexican restaurant we ate at a lot! LOL)
I usually just buy what looks best - and right now it’s braeburns!
I can’t wait to follow your journey with Live Fit! After reading all about it, I really want to try it out. I’m a vegetarian, who tries to be as vegan as possible, and I’d love to see how you tweak the program to fit your eating, so I can get some ideas on what to do, too.
I’m going to be doing a 1 week check in every week - look out for it soon!
Yay that you get your snow! Although if I were a student I’d be horribly disappointed that it’s snowing on a Friday and not a weekday since they already have tomorrow off… Haha I remember I’d always be so disappointed when it snowed on weekends.
That’s okay - I’m glad it happened tonight instead of on the way to school. That would have stunk.
Yay that you get your snow! Although if I were a student I’d be horribly disappointed that it’s snowing on a Friday and not a weekday since they already have tomorrow off… Haha I remember I’d always be so disappointed when it snowed on weekends.
aww i hope she’s pregnant!
in other news, negative 1 degrees tonight? gross.
Uh, yeah. I’m not a fan. I am a fan of this snow though!!!
There are many things I love about this post: 1)Jennifer Aniston pregnant??!! I would love love if that were true!!! She’s one of my fav actresses and I think she’d be such a wonderful, fantastic mother
2) I totally agree in that 4 day work weeks are the absolute looongest ever…why is that?! And 3) I have had that food on the brain feeling all this week too! 
Happy Friday! 
Thanks for the linkback!! Gotta get the word out!
And no, I hadn’t heard about JA…she’d make one beautiful kid!
Word on the street that they are stopping any advancement to the bills because of the response!
I have been SO hungry lately. I signed the SOPA bill to protest against it!
Oh man…I feel you with the constantly thinking about food thing! I’m definitely in a phase with that too!
Yay for Jennifer Aniston! I’m always rooting for her!
Have a safe commute! We’ve got snow too!
I love when people recommend apple varieties!!! I am always on the lookout for new apples to try, but often when I go to the grocery store I just go to my standby favorites because I figure it can’t get any better. I’m intrigued by the Braeburns though, I’ll have to pick some up next time.
I always just buy what looks good - braeburns won this time!
I was so psyched to hear my galpal Rachel Green (I meeaaannn Jennifer Anniston) was preggo. because we truly are bffs.
did you hear that effing Angelina is preggo AGAIN too? it made me furious. because, as Jen’s bff, I should be. I hate that woman.
I do love me some Rachel Green - seriously, I could watch friends all day long.
Jennifer Anniston is pregnant! i don’t know why i care so much, but that makes me so happy!!!
and it’s 9 degrees here! my toes are burning! i wonder how the little paws of gwendolyn and charlie feel! gwendolyn wears posh boots. does charlie?
ha - charlie wore boots once and wouldn’t walk .it was hilarious.
How miserably cold! But awesome that it’s going to snow. Braeburns are my favorite apple!
Your last point makes me feel much better! Right now I think it’s cuz of the cold and because I’ve been swimming more due to a hip injury… Enjoy the snow.
haha Food lovers unite!
Yikes…..in the video, when it talks about how people could go to jail for FIVE YEARS, just from using an infringed link (or posting of video of you humming a Britney Spears song….), I was astounded. REALLY???? We will send someone to jail for 5 years for something so minuscule, yet some people caught selling drugs, stealing, or raping don’t even go to jail for that long. Let’s focus on the more detrimental crimes, please. Yes, lets obviously try and stop the piracy and stuff, in the best way we can, but lets not get overboard and go control everyone’s life!!!
Anywho! I did hear about Jennifer Aniston being pregnant, BUT I saw it first on the cover of a tabloid while in line at the grocery store, so I thought it was fake! Maybe she is though. Isn’t she like 40, though??
They stopped any advancement on the bill because of the reaction - I heard about it on the way home today!
Aww I really hope Jennifer Aniston is pregnant!
Braeburns are definitely an under appreciated apple but Honeycrisp still have my heart.
Nice job on that photo editing! You can’t tell the drool spot was ever there!
Happy friday and happy snow!! I WANT SNOW HERE!!! We need at least one snow day this year
Confession: I’m still a bit bummed about her and Brad not being together. They would have made beautiful babies!
And so ready for winter to be over. I’m glad I’m coming to Chicago NOT in January. That was so gramatically incorrect but I’m not bothering to change it.
I totally agree - although now he’s kind of weird and walks with a cane.
I’m not glad you’re not coming in January - I’d love to drink a glass of wine with you NOW!
Agreed on the short week feeling like an extra long one, but going to have to disagree on the apple choice… Honeycrisps are my #1… although I may have to take out a second mortgage on my house if I keep buying them.
I just love all apples - seriously (well except ones that are mushy). I go through phases!
I agree! Braeburns have been SO wonderful and crisp lately!
Hope the snow isn’t too bad for your commute! Have a nice Friday and thanks for sharing the celeb gossip!
Thanks, but it was - it took me 2.5 hours to get home!!!!
I have been the SAME way with food this week!! I finish one meal or snack and immediately am thinking/wanting the next! Something tells me I’ve had a bit to much time on my hands….
I hope the snow held off until you got home.
Happy Friday!
~Emily~
Thanks but it did NOT. It took me 2.5 hours to get home!
I feel like Jennifer Aniston has been pregnant 100 times, but if she really is then kudos to her! I’ll have to Google! And yes this whole SOPA thing is crazy. I really hope it gets shot down. Google’s logo was blacked out and YouTube wasn’t showing videos earlier this week too so with those big companies against it I’m hoping it doesn’t pass…fingers crossed!
Good news regarding SOPA! It’s been postponed. Read here and check out the graph. Go internet! http://gothamist.com/2012/01/20/good_work_internet_sopa_pipa_postpo.php
YAHOO!! You gave me such wonderful news!
I was excited about getting some snow too…until we got it. After 7 inches and being snowed in for the past 4 days, the cabin fever is making me insane! (I totally agree about the apples.)
Yikes! Where do you live? 4 days is a long time for 7 inches!
I live in Washington state, near Seattle. We aren’t used to much snow, and when we do get it, it usually doesn’t stick around more than a day or two.
I don’t know if I’ve ever tried a Braeburn. I’m a total Pink Lady girl. I hope JA is pregnant! That’d be so exciting for her. And I love the fake irony ala Alanis. Oh Alanis, teaching us every day what ironic doesn’t mean.
Great minds think alike and glad you love the Lightroom 4 and I’m glad the link I gave in my post the other day helped spur you on to download it
And the SOPA stuff…yes, I posted about it too yesterday. It’s unreal and I can’t even believe we are facing this.
Stay warm!
They postponed it! I heard it on the radio and someone posted about it above.
10 more weeks of winter… now that is depressing! But we are getting snow here tonight too and if it is going to winter and cold, I want snow!
Just came across your blog and I love it!!! I fortunately am not lactose or any food intolerant, but always feel it is important to eat as clean as possible!!!
Can’t wait to try out some of your recipes and read more from you!
P.S. LOVE hot yoga on a sore day, it’s a cure all!
Reading that there are only 10 more weeks of winter made me so happy. Finally, there is an end in sight! It can’t get here fast enough!
Lucky you for the snow! And cutest baby ever.
Thanks for the video, I need to check that out.
I have been crazy hungry all week too! Something about it being a short work week (which did feel incredibly long), having morning and afternoon practices with my girls, teaching dance, etc…all I have wanted to do is eat eat eat. I hope this passes soon!
Yay for you getting snow! It is 61 here in west TN right now, the high is 41 tomorrow, and 64 on Sunday. Crazy.
I get those hungry days too! But I just eat when my body wants to and then it tends to settle down after a few days. probably your metabolism is in over drive from upping the weights
It’s amazing what a great weights session can do. Especially when you haven’t been doing much strength training. I love that fresh, sore feeling!
I didn’t quite understand the SOPA situation, but that video helped. Thank you for sharing it! I can’t even imagine if something like that were to pass. You can bet I’ll be making my opinion heard.
And Jennifer Aniston is pregnant?! Awww….
i can’t believe there’s only 10 more weeks left of winter… i feel like winter has just barely begun here in utah with the lack of snow we’ve gotten this year. it’s been so weird! enjoy your snow while we’re getting RAIN! what?!
I am all about the braeburns - never eat any other apples! Good choice
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