1. So last night I went to an AWESOME dinner hosted by Grub With Us and Karyn’s on Green. I will be recapping it in the next coming days — good food, good times. Yum.
2. This week was my last full official week of babysitting. I have shortened weeks the next two weeks (only 1 day per week), and then it’s back to school I go.
3. Who else is ready for the Olympics? I seriously cannot wait to start watching all of the coverage. I am so pumped. I wish I were in London. (but, when don’t I?)
4. Yesterday for breakfast I drank Ashley’s perfect smoothie (but with blueberries). It was so filling, I could hardly believe it. So so good.
5. A few weeks ago I was sent some Core Defender bars to try. They’re supposed to serve as a meal replacement, but I’ve been just nibbling on them any time I feel hungry in the morning/afternoon in between meals. They’re perishable and have to be refrigerated (up to six months, then you need to freeze them), and they’re delicious and made with whole, organic ingredients. They’ve offered to give away a sampler pack to a reader! I’ll put the directions for the giveaway at the bottom of this post.
Naturally, my favorite was the cashew cacao.
6. I read this post yesterday about the 6:00 Shut Down — and I think it’s a great idea. However, I typically can’t get myself away from the computer that early. Usually I don’t sit down on the couch to bust out a post until around 7:00, but I’m typically off the computer by 8:00 to wind down for the night. Any later and I will be a zombie woman sitting at the computer all night!
7. You know what I hate? The hiccups. I’ve had them every day for the past few days and they’re the kind that HURT. I’m not a fan.
8. My niece and nephew are back home from visiting family in Florida, which means my Thursday nap schedule is ruined. I’m kind of upset, but it’s okay because I missed those rascals.
9. This.
I am a grammar policewoman in my spare time. I try not to judge people by their grammatical errors, but sometimes it’s SOOOO hard. Another one? You’re and Your. Too, Two, To. It’s & Its. Study that, people. #endrant
10. I’m pretty sure we have NOTHING scheduled for this weekend which makes me so incredibly happy. You can find me vacuuming for three days straight with my new toys.
11. Happy Friday!
The directions for the Core Defender Giveaway (you can do one or all of the following for extra entries):
1. Like their Facebook page (facebook.com/COREFoods)
2. Follow them on Twitter (twitter.com/COREFoods)
3. Say why you would like to try a CORE Meal.
This giveaway will be open until Tuesday Morning (July 31).
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I’m fairly good with grammar, but I am by no means perfect. I’m always nervous sending an email to my SIL, because she is a grammar nutso, too!
haha! I’m no means perfect either, but those simple ones make my blood boil.
I followed on FB & Twitter (for my 3 entries). I would love to try these bars. I am always looking for quick, clean Gluten-Free breakfasts to have on hand during the school year. Hard to believe “back-to-school” time is officially here….well, almost. A few more days to sleep in, but I can tell it is getting close when I am already having school dreams!
Where did summer go?
Go watch the olympics commercial in my post today. You’ll cry.
Who WOULDN’T WANT TO TRY A CORE MEAL?!?!?! I could eat cashews and cacao for breakfast, lunch, and dinner!
Still laughing from the grammar picture! I’m a grammar nut too! My sister is an ESL teacher so she’s very big on the grammar and has pretty much forced me to figure it all out!
mmm i would love to try a CORE Meal - I am a nurse and it would be such an easy on the go snack at work!
i liked CORE foods on FB!
I looked at the ingredients for the CORE bars on their website-I love bars with “real food” instead of a long list of weird ingredients. I would like to have a few of these on hand as I’m due with my first baby soon and from what I hear I’ll need easy, good food on hand =)
I would love to try a core bar as all the flavors seem yummy!
I would love a Core bar! Sounds like the perfect easy meal while I am trying to chase after my toddler all day
I liked Core Defender on facebook!
I love that e-card. It’s my new favorite haha! I’d like to try a core defender because I’m always looking for new snack ideas!
I’m so excited for the Olympics too! Can’t wait to watch them tonight!
Also I’m the same way about grammar - I can let one error slide, but when someone makes too many of them it just comes off as lazy!
I liked core foods facebook
I need to read the 6:00 shutdown post because my devices and I are hand in hand until bedtime. Not good! Have a great weekend, Chelsey!
I followed them on twitter
So excited for the Olympics too! I love gymnastics and track. Bad grammer is a pet peeve of mine too. My mother-in-law is the worst and it DRIVES me crazy. She’s so bad, she will use “an” for “and”…….yikes! Have a great weekend with your new toy!!
Ooo yum! I liked them on FB
I followed on Twitter
and as for why I want to try them? Let’s be real. Sometimes I’m just too lazy to cook
Girl, I cannot believe your summer is almost over and back to school you go. I feel like your summer just started for you
. Cannot wait for the games to begin either. I’m all about gymnastics, track & women’s soccer.
Have a great weekend!
That’s great you’ll have a couple weeks of less babysitting to relax before school starts!
I’d love to try CORE bars! Well, I’d love to win them for my husband. He’s vegan and it’s sometimes hard to find filling snacks to grab and go!
Haha! Love that someecard. Perfect.
You know what drives me crazy? Peter can stop his hiccups on cue. He just thinks “no more hiccups” and they’re gone. Then there I am not able to stop them no matter what “tricks” I do. And you’re right. Those buggers can get uncomfortable.
Hiccups suck, totally agree with you. Kevin gets them a lot, drives him nuts! I think it’s a bit entertaining… just don’t tell him that!
Wow you start school so early! Only two more weeks?! Enjoy them while you can!!!
I would love to try the CORE bars! While I love Larabars, there are definitely times I eat two to keep me from being hungry an hour later. Thanks for the giveaway!
I would love to try these bars- they look delicious and I am always looking for something new!
I am a grammar policewoman too! And my nickname in elementary school was “walking dictionary.” I guess I’m a bit English-language obsessed… It’s gotten to the point where I can’t read ee cummings’ poetry because his play on capitalization and other grammar rules drives me insane. (It took a lot just to type “ee cummings” and not capitalize anything. LOL!)
I’d love to try a COREmeal to help me get through long afternoons of editing legal briefs at work. Maybe it’d make the attorneys’ grammatical errors easier to bear…
I’d love to try those bars- always looking for a new variety!
I would like to try a core meal because walnuts+bananas = best combo everrr!
The CoreMeal bars look really interesting. Your favorite flavor sounds enticing. Thanks for the chance to win. Happy Friday!!
Why wouldn’t I like to try these is a shorter list?!
I’d love to try CORE bars. I probably wouldn’t use them to replace a meal, but they sound delicious!
Core meal sounds like a great on the go meal idea! Thanks for the giveaway.
I would love to try these! Sounds yummy!
I believe the grammar police is built within each elementary school teacher- those little mistakes drive me nuts too! I always tell my kids “You will look and sound like a fool if you miss those little grammar errors; people will think you are uneducated. You don’t want to look like an uneducated fool, do you?! No? Then listen up and learn!” Seriously, I tell them they will sound foolish if they miss those things—- and no one wants to wave an ‘I’m a fool flag!’
HA!
I’m glad you loved the smoothie! I’m a grammar policewoman too. Drives me nutzo when I see those those errors!
I follow CORE foods on Twitter!
And of course while I’m typing about grammar and I realize that in the comment above I type out “those” twice. Hahaha.
I’d love to try a CORE Meal because I’m always up for trying something new, and it’s always handy to have a stash of healthy eats to take on the go.
I’m intrigued that they need to be refrigerated!! ANdddd I’m always ready to try a new snack!
I’d like to try the CORE meal bars on those days when I’m busy with work and might need something nutritious yet easy to carry with me.
I’m following CORE foods on twitter! (@Danica_ipnp)
I think my name says WHY I need these bars. Not that girls aren’t fun loving and a blast, however, keeping up with a 10 and an 11 year old boy takes it out of me!!! I need SOMETHING to put it back in
I’m pretty sure I NEED these bars!
I would love to try them as a quick snack/meal when going back to school this fall!
I would love to try the Core Meal. I eat a primarily vegan, gluten free diet and it is SO hard to find good bars! These sound awesome.
Those bars look delicious! I’d love to try them
I follow Core Foods on twitter.
i would love to try these bars. I’m always looking for something new to try!
I would love to try the bars because I like having a quick, healthy breakfast option that’s easy to grab.
I’m a writer, but my day job is as an analyst. I listen to people who speak English as their second language, and their grammar drives me up the wall. It’s gotten to the point where I judge everyone’s grammar and I’ve recently started correcting my father, who is a bus driver, and is picking up bad habits from his students. I try not to be a nazi, but it drives me NUTS!
not a huge fan of bars lol can’t seem to find a brand that doesn’t hurt my stomach :/
I would love to try a core bar! I’ve been really enjoying snacking on bars lately but I’m in desperate need of some new flavors to switch it up
I would love to try these CORE bars because I am busy at work and don’t always have time to make something. A bar would be perfect!
I would love to try a CORE meal! The cashew cacao sounds so good, and I’m always looking for quick meals on the go, especially with classes starting again soon.
I followed CORE Foods on Facebook!
MMMMMM, the coredefender bars look yummy. Maybe that will solve that period of time in the morning between the 4am breakfast and the 11am ok to finally have lunch time when I’m STTTTTTTTTTTTTTAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRVVVVVVVIIIIIIIINNNNNNNNGGGGGGG (like the morning)!
I followed CORE foods on twitter!
I would like to try a core meal becuase I am a full time student with a 3 hour daily commute to school/clinicals. I think these tasty treats would be helpful for balanced eating during a hectic day
I follow them on twtitter
Between interning, school, and work-I’m one busy lady (and I’m sure you can relate). These would be great for when I’m in a pinch for a clean, gluten-free meal or snack!
I’d like to try them cause I’m always down to sample a new bar!!
I would love to try the CORE bars! I’m always eating on the go…in between classes, meetings, jobs, etc…so these would be the perfect HEALTHY meal replacement option.
I followed on FB and Twitter!
I’m relatively new to “clean eating,” but I LOVE LOVE LOVE (and I REALLY LOVE) nutrition-type bars. I always buy new ones at the store to try different brands. these are indulgent treats for me. I just love bars. I’d love to try these bars in my “quest” to find one that works for me.
Liked the CORE facebook page!
I would like to try this, because sometimes when we have to go to the swim pool for my brother’s meets, I don’t get back home untill late. These would be great to try and see how well they tide me (and my brother) over from lunch ’till dinner.
mmm sounds delish!
I like them on facebook!
I follow them on twitter!
I’d love to try one because the ingredients list is super short, they sound delicious, and it would be great to use on my hike up pikes peak in a few weeks!
I can’t even imagine being done with my work at 8pm! I’m just getting the dinner dishes cleaned up, then bath time and bedtime for the 5 year old by 9ish….and then I shower…and I do my best work from 10pm on!
I would like to try the Core bars! They’d be nice to have on a day like today where I’m so ravenous that I had my usual, post-run, at 7:30: yogurt, fruit chia, nuts, and grains breakfast, then another fruit and greens brekkie before 9! Now, a bit past 10, I’m thinking those carrots and almonds in my bag aren’t going to see the 11 o’clock hour.
Anyone else have days like this? I certainly like them better than days where I never get hungry, but geez, it makes it hard to get anything done besides stuffing my face!
I hate having the hiccups too so everytime I do get them, I eat a giant spoonful of peanut butter (I would assume almond butter works too). I swear by it. It’s never not gotten rid of my hiccups. (I did discover that you have to eat a big one all at once for it to do its job.)
i need to get to chicago, if for no other reason that karyn’s various restaurants. i have just heard such great things about chicago veggie fare!
ugh. the they’re their there thing is SOOOO annoying.
Followed them on twitter! (@emilyatggg)
I would love to try the bars because I’m always running out the door in the morning and they sound like they would be a great on-the-go meal!
What, you are already heading back to school so soon. I feel like your summer just started haha.
I love that grammar picture, because that sort of thing drives me batty!
thanks for holding this great giveaway! I’ve begun traveling more for work and these bars would be great to have on hand! I love that you can eat an entire one to tide you over to you next meal when food options around you are limited or just eat a bit of one as a in-between snack.
Id love to try the Core. I love bars.
Looking for a yummy bar to take with me on my trip to Peru in August!!
Sounds like a great option for when I’m travelling!
I like them on FB
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I follow them on Twitter.
I want to try the CORE bars because I love that they’re made of all “real” food and NO added sugar.
Ahhh I get so annoyed with “they’re, there, and their” AND “you’re and your” too! There is another one that annoys me but now I can’t remember it haha. I hope you have a great weekend love <3
I am always looking for something that is convenient but healthy, I’d love to try these!
I, too, am a grammar nazi. It troubles me deeply when people get THEIR usages scrambled, use apostrophes in the wrong places, etc. If an establishment uses incorrect grammar/spelling in its advertising or even in its name (except for Krispy Kreme, occasionally), I won’t patronize it. Anywho……. I would love me some Core bars because I’m always at a loss as to what I should eat next.
My big big BIG pet peeve is when people use me, I, or myself incorrectly. Or, really, any grammar mistake, but I think that is one of the most common and it gets on my nerves every time!
I would love to try these meals because they look delicious!
I now follow Core Foods on Twitter
I would love to try a CORE meal because it would be a great substitute for dinner when I get home late from the gym!!!
I would like to try the core defender bars because I am breastfeeding my 4-week-old son and just found out he has a dairy intolerance. So I need to cut all dairy out of my diet and am looking for good foods and bars I am still able to eat!
I like CORE Foods on facebook.
I follow CORE Foods on twitter (@beermeamartini)
I’d love to try a CORE meal because I’m always on the run and looking for easy, healthy, delicious bars that will fill me up!
I liked CORE on FB & I’d love to try b/c it’s a portable & quick meal. Need those sometimes. Sound delicious too!!!
Followed on twitter!
Liked on facebook!
I’d love to try CORE foods because I love bars! I like the idea that they need to be refrigerated, since it makes me realize how fresh the ingredients must be
Oh those bars sound good. I like your idea of snacking on them when you get hungry and not necessarily having to use them as a meal replacement. I was most excited about the Cashew Cacao one, but then I saw the Walnut Banana and now I can’t decide which one sounds better. They all look great! I’d love to try them:)
I am a grammar nazi as well. I love simple foods with quality ingredients. I would love to try the Core bars. Have you checked our healthysurprise.com? A monthly delivery service with healthy organic, gluten free, sometimes vegan snacks. I love it!
I’m a vegan & am always looking for ways to get in more quality foods! Core Foods sounds like the perfect compliment (complement???) to Juice Plus+!!!
Have a great weekend Chelsey!
Donna
I am on the go during the day and am always looking for a quick in between fix. Also I am vegan which makes is pretty difficult to find products.
I’ve been in a food rut lately with my snacks and meals, so I think the addition of those little snacks would make me a very happy girl!
i am pretty strictly whole foods and these seem like a great addition to add some exciting new variety to my diet. oh yum. thanks! and i feel you on the grammar.
I’m the same way with grammar! My sisters hate it!
Because I need easy meal replacement for days when I’m too busy to leave my desk at work.
The Core Meals look like they’d be awesome for fueling a long day of class! I can’t believe school is starting back so soon!
I would actually LOVE to try a COREMEAL for my hubby. He’s training for the Philadephia marathon and works the evening shift 2-11pm 5 days a week. He needs a healthy alternative to keep him full of energy even after his long runs before work each day. I’d even love to try them myself since I am currently a full time graduate student, working, and interning part-time. All of that to say sometimes making a healthy meal isn’t practical or even feasible. These would be perfect for my marathon nights when I can’t stop at home for food. Thanks!!
Cashews and cacao sounds delicious!
I love that these bars are vegan and gluten free! They would be good for breakfast for those times when I have to rush out the door.
The ingredient list is great!!
I liked them on Facebook
I follow them on twitter
I would love to try a coredefender bar because I am allergic to dairy and eggs and those two ingredients are in so many products so I don’t get to have many of the delicious bars out there.
I’d love to try these because the ingredients are so simple and I’m curious to see how they taste.
I’d love to try these because I’m always on the search for new and delicious bars!
I’d love to try these because I’m always on the search for new and delicious bars! Also, I tweeted and liked them on FB!
I’m always up for trying new bars, and these look great! I’d really be into the banana walnut, I think.
I would love to try the CORE bars! I need a good on-the-go snack, plus no added sugar!
i’d love to try these bars because they are vegan and raw!
CORE bars sound like that great boost of energy I would need to keep me going through my incredibly busy days. I would absolutely LOVE to try them!
would love to try these for my daughter, she has been diagnosed with every food allergy under the sun. We are entering a very unknown world.
I follow Core on facebook.
I follow Core on twitter.
I’ve seen this bar on at least one other blog and I’d like to try it. I eat some sort of bar or half a bar before my Saturday long runs.
i need a new barrrrr i’m home from college for the summer and need to stay on track despite my parents’ frequent ice cream buying habit
i follow them on twitta!
I follow them on facebook. I want to try them because I saw them at Whole Foods the other day and like that they are raw.
I’d love to try some more creative meal replacement options - those Core Foods ones look great!
I followed them on Twitter!
I liked them on Facebook!
I am always trying new things so I would love to try core meal!
I follow them on twitter!
I love bars and I need to find one that will get me through work since I work through my snack and lunch time
These look like a great, healthy snack!
They sound delicious!
Those bars sound simple and delicious. That’s a good combination!
I love trying new stuff and this looks interesting
Ooo, I want to try these bars! I need something simple, healthy & quick when I’m in a rush and most bars I find are TERRIBLE. P.S. It’s my first time here and I laughed so hard at this post, I’ll be back fo sho
I would love to try the CORE meal, I’m always looking for a good quick snack during my long shifts at work!
I liked them on FB!
And I followed them on Twitter!
I would love to have these Core bars as med school starts up again in a couple of weeks, they would be great for super-easy and healthy lunches or breakfasts! Thanks for the giveaway!
I would like to try a CORE meal because they look convenient, quick, AND healthy.. win, win, win!
I followed them on Twitter (molly_chase)!