Do you ever get those moments where you are struck by a lightening bolt of inspiration to purge all unnecessary belongings?

Last night was one of those nights for me.

After realizing that Spring would be coming to an abrupt end in 8 days, I decided it was now or never for my annual Spring Clean Purge.

Each Spring, I gather up all unnecessary items and I donate them to charity. Last night I collected 5 bags of things. Many of these items were items that I was having a hard time letting go of last year, and lo and behold I never wore them once! Moral of the story: Always trust your gut.

Sometimes, it takes me a while to part with an item. My motto now is if I haven’t worn it in a full calendar year (all types of weather!) it gets donated. BOOM. If you live in Alberta, you can change that to ‘if I haven’t worn it in a full week’.

Eric was so inspired by my donation bags, he decided to do his own SCP…

Yes, those are Daffy Duck and Superman ties. [You know who you are.]

It was amusing watching Eric take each item of clothing from his closet and comment on it. One of my favourite comments was: ‘It is so small on me it barely covers my nipples!’

Where does he come up with this stuff? I seriously lost it laughing on a heap of clothes when he said that. I said, ‘Oh come on, it almost covers your belly button at least!’ Needless to say he donated it. I’m sure some 8 year old will be very happy.

Then it was time for more Farmer’s Market prep!

Good times.

My mother-in-law used to be a huge crafter and she would sell all of her goods from her home. The basement would literally be flooded with her crafts and she would be up until the wee hours of the night preparing.

Eric had the prestigious role of being the crafter’s assistant when he was a child. One of the more memorable (and oddly enjoyable tasks) he recalled was picking the dried glue off the table for his mom.

His resume also boasts potpourri and wreath maker. Not to brag, but my crafting resume boasts trinket box maker, plaster crafter/painter, friendship bracelet maker (variations: Gimp, bead, string), and clay modeler.

Is it any wonder we fell i love? I think not.

Our window seat in the office is the same length as the market table I am buying, so I thought it would be a good place to do a dress rehearsal on!

The troops all lined up!

I also added some ribbon and an Ikea flower that I hacked gently cut apart.

It’s no Martha, but I’ll take it.

I am going to put two rows of flavours in each basket like so…(obviously it will be full for market open!)

Then I made a trial for the tags. Each flavour will have a tag in front of it with the name and description of the Glo Bar. I think I am going to make the print larger for the final tags just so people can read it easily.

I also made myself and TEAM GLO name tags…

After crafting in the office, I decided to craft in the kitchen. Farmer’s Markets are lots of work to prepare for!

I made GLO BALLS!

Yup, yup I was BALLIN’.

Remember when I made my raw chocolate chip cookie balls in May 2009? Well, I used the recipe for inspiration, threw in some new and amazing ingredients, and came out with a few kick-butt flavours!

They are OFF THE HOOK!

I plan on selling GLO BALLS at the Harbourside Oakville Organic Market in addition to the bars (market starts June 19th!).

I will be giving hints to the flavours all week…so stay tuned.

The market orientation went great today! I met some lovely people and I felt much better after seeing the market site and finding out about how it will all operate. The market is held in GORGEOUS downtown Oakville and it honestly could not be a better spot for a Farmers Market! I am so excited.

However, there is one PROBLEM…

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I pass by the Oakville Whole Foods along my journey!!!!

Normally, this isn’t an issue for me seeing as I live 1 hour away from here, but now I am going into the belly of the monster every Saturday for the market.

When in Rome…

I finally got my paws on some red and green organic kale!

I was all excited to buy frozen cherries to make a Cherry Bomb, but they didn’t have any. I can’t find frozen cherries anywhere!

Mmmm so happy coconut butter is back in my life. Also starring a new appearance by one of my old pasttimes- Canadian Maple Butter. Best thing in the WORLD!!!!!!!!!

[Insert loooooong day of cleaning the house top to bottom with Eric].

I’m off to balance out the day’s chores with some relaxation, dinner, friends, and a few brews! Hope you have a great night! See you in the AM.

Hello :)

Remember last Saturday, when I had high hopes for my day off and the day ended up being kind of a dud? Well, today surely made up for it!

The stars must have aligned perfectly in the sky, because my day was Perfect with a capitol P.

After my amazing breakfast, I hit the treadmill for my planned ‘long’ Saturday run.

• Mile 1 = 6 mph, incline 3%
• Mile 2 = 6.1 mph, incline 3%
• Mile 3 = 6.2 mph, incline 3%

I took a quick water break in between each mile. Immediately after the run I did the Booty Camp Fitness Booty Booster, which is 14 minutes of just GLUTE exercises. It is intense! I used to hate working out my butt, but I want to do it all the time now.

After the Booty was a burnin’, I did 13 poses for runners. Felt good to stretch the tight limbs out.

I updated my Spring Training Plan, including some notes of how I felt after my first week.

Then I had a wonderful Epsom salt soak, a purifying face mask, and I even painted my toes (bright pink with light pink polka-dots). It was a ‘spa on a budget’ as I call it. :mrgreen:

By this time, I was starving for lunch! Eric asked me to make the Ezekiel vegan pizzas for lunch.

I made Eric the same one I made for myself the other day and then I decided to change mine up a bit. I made my sauce using salsa and nutritional yeast. It wasn’t good like I hoped, so I spruced up my pizza with my favourite BBQ sauce:

It was perfecto!

I had a huge salad, as filler:

and a NEW (to me) apple:

Ever had a Pinata apple? It was a very crisp apple and looked a lot like a Gala. The taste was a bit off at first bite, but I enjoyed it the more I ate it.

After lunch I did an insane amount of laundry, baked some pumpkin biscuits (and ate an insane amount!), and then Eric and I left for my favourite place in the world…

I got some exciting things:

• Coconut oil
• Dr. Mist deodorant (I was told it’s the best-selling natural deodorant at Whole Foods)
• Desert Essence Tea Tree Oil Toothpaste

I have been wanting to try all natural toothpaste and deodorant for a long time now. I think the toothpaste will be fine, but I am worried about the deodorant not being as effective. I am going to try it during my next workout and see how it goes. The lady at Whole Foods also told me that you can put it on and it lasts for 3 days (!?!?!) what the heck? I am very skeptical…

Project Natural Glow Product reviews coming shortly!

• Organic Sucanat 
• Doctor Kracker flatbreads (‘treat of the week’)
• Bananas
• Cabbage

• Kale (purple and green)
• Vitality sprouts

We couldn’t decide what to do next. Then on the spur of the moment, Eric offered to teach me how to drive standard (stick!)!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I have been wanting to learn forever now and was totally up for it, although very nervous!!!

He took us to an empty parking lot…

and we switched seats and the rest is history!

It was HILARIOUS. We could not stop laughing because I was stalling, the car was jolting forward, and I was screaming. Quite the sight. Once I accidently shifted into 5th gear instead of third and the car was not happy…I had a momentary freak out because I didn’t know what was going wrong, and then Eric noticed it was in 5th! Don’t worry his car is old and worn out, so we weren’t too worried about doing much harm to it…

Despite the initial kinks, I was driving pretty smooth and changing into 2nd and 3rd gear after just 15 minutes or so. After about an hour of driving, we headed home, both quite proud of the first lesson.

I can’t wait for the next lesson. I can totally see why people say driving standard is more fun! I am quite scared of learning hills though…and you know, being around other cars (eek). Baby steps…

Do you drive and if so, what do you drive: automatic or standard- or both? What do you prefer?

Happy Labour Day!

Glo bars have a sexy new backside ;)

All of the glo bars are going to have the full nutritional information, in addition to the ingredients, on the back label.

I also updated the nutritional info for Endure, Zen, Harmony, and Refresh Glo Bars! Check it out here.

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Eric and I were in desperate need of groceries so we made a special trip to Costco and Whole Foods!

Here is what I got at Whole Foods:

I really had to control myself because it could have gotten very much out of hand!

• Dandelion…mmmmm
• 2 Yellow zucchini
• 2 Sweet potatoes
• 8 carrots

• Black kale (bottom right)
• Regular kale
• 4 hot house tomatoes

• Bag of garbanzo beans (to make hummus)
• Can anyone name this green one?

• Organic banana chips (possible new glo bar ingredient?!)
• Organic Extra Firm Tofu

• 5 apples
• Nourishtea Japanese Sencha Loose Leaf (this was the only loose leaf they had)
• Neal Brothers Tomato and Basil Spaghetti Sauce
• 365 Organic Pasta Sauce
• Pumpkin
• Organic Pumpkin Seed Butter (another possible Glo bar ingredient)

• 2 cans pizza sauce
• Natural Choice Full of Fruit Popsicles (Same brand as the coconut kind only strawberry)
• Sambazon Acai Smoothie Packs (100% frozen Acai puree)

And Costco:

• 3 rolls parchment paper
• Pure maple syrup (best deal on maple syrup I have found)
• Huge bag of frozen veggies (left)
• Mixed peppers
• 4 unsweetened applesauce

• Organic spinach
• 3 english cukes
• Huge box of Mary’s crackers
• Strawberries
• Big Valley Frozen fruit (for green monsters!!)

• Pears
• Bertolli EVOO

The frozen fruit is divine!!! I can’t wait to throw a few pieces into my green monsters. Very quick and easy, no prep required.

Oh and look what I found in the backseat! We forgot to bring in our new S+P and Zester from our trip to William Ashley’s last week.

Almost as soon as I got home, I made the most delicious green monster.

I lightly microwaved some dandelion, black kale, and regular kale in water for about 2 minutes.

I also added a new Acai smoothie pak!

Nutritional info:

I had a little nibble of the frozen puree and I was a bit surprised that it wasn’t naturally sweet. The GM definitely needed some banana. I used 1/2 a banana, 1/2 c almond milk, 1/2 cup water, and chia seeds.

It doesn’t get much healthier than this!

Yum, yum, yum.

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Stay tuned for the first of two chia seed contests this week! :)

Well, I’m off to do some labour! I’m going to finish my labels, nutrition info, new Glo Bar experiments, and baking a big order up! So much for a day off! I have one mean boss… ;)

Enjoy your Labour Day! Is anyone doing anything fun?

PS- Operation cat bed is NOT going smoothly!

Our grocery shop this week was high in veggies and fruit! Meat was no where to be found much to Eric’s chagrin. The new rules are if he wants meat he has to cook it. And since he is lazy in the kitchen, he has simply stopped buying it. lol.

Another new fruit for my EFE:

The Prickly Pear (aka cactus fruit) on left.

I also picked up my first coconut. Any idea how to open these?

Not shown in these pictures are two bunches of organic kale and 1 large pkg of organic spinach. Eric picked them up for me on his way home last night when he found out my new machines arrrived. :)

I have two new food reviews today!

Up first: Salba Smart Organic Blue Corn Chips

This was my first time trying these out after I heard rave reviews about them from a couple readers.

The nutritional stats are excellent!

Some highlights, per serving: 4 grams protein, 7 grams fibre, low in sodium (135 mg), and 0.6 g of Omega 3 Fatty acids. Not too shabby for a ‘chip’.

My taste review:

• These were crunchy, crispy, and thick- loved the texture!
• A bit salty for my liking, however they paired nice with my low sodium homemade hummus
• Delicious blue corn taste

Overall, I LOVED these chips. Eric and I were so hungry after our grocery shop we ripped open the bag and ate a bunch on the drive home. We couldn’t stop eating these!

Up next: Dar-Vida Sesame Whole Wheat Crackers

Good nutritional profile: 3 grams protein, 2 grams fibre, 150 mg sodium per 4 large crackers.

The only thing I didn’t like about this product was that it was high on packaging. There are 6 packages of 8 crackers. Since I work from home, I don’t really need this kind of grab and go snack, but I could see how it would be really useful for those of you who are looking for a grab and go snack for school or work.

My taste review:

• Firm and crunchy
• Light and natural tasting
• Excellent paired with a dip like hummus, salsa, or bean dip (I tried all 3!)

I am officially addicted to these crackers!!! Mary’s step aside, there is a new cracker in town.

They made an excellent afternoon snack yesterday:

Well, I best get back to work.

On today’s agenda:

• Working on Shopping cart tool (starting FAQ’s, shipping info, etc)
• Testing new recipe (and blog it)
• Test new food processor (gulp!)
• Glo bar order
• Go see proof of Eric’s Anniversary gift

Sketchie’s to-dos:

• Sleep
• Eat
• Catch and eat bugs
• Sleep
• Frap

Sometimes your joy is the source of your smile, but sometimes your smile can be the source of your joy.
  – Thich Nhat Hanh

Do you ever encounter a smiling stranger on the streets that just makes your day? Or do you ever smile at people and see them brighten up?

Yesterday, I was climbing Murder Hill and I was struggling. I felt like I was running but staying in the same spot because the incline is so steep. Anyways, I was probably grimacing to myself when this stranger passed on his bike (going downhill) and simply gave a sincere and sympathetic smile to me. It kind of made me laugh and totally brightened the rest of the climb. Sometimes a simple smile can change someone’s outlook.

Good morning!

First up, a bit of OSG house keeping this morning:

1) Don’t forget to check out my wedding recap posts. The rehearsal, Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, and Part 4 are all up for your viewing pleasure. ;)

2) I also updated the Green Monster Movement website with new reader recipes.

3) Now the winner of the Summer Glow Photo shoot contest!

A huge congrats to Sarah for winning the contest with 43% of the votes! Sarah please email me with your contact info and I will give it to Dave and Charlotte.

Thank you to everyone who participated!!! We wish that we could give each and everyone of you a photo shoot! I will be sure to post about it when it is complete so you can all see the exciting photo shoot!

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Eric’s birthday dinner #2 with the family last night was fun. We made reservations at Kelsey’s.

I ordered a green tea as I was not in a wine kind of mood after all the festivities lately!

Eric ordered the bruschetta with naan bread (sans cheese) as an appetizer:

I had two wedges. It was really yummy!

For my main course, I ordered the vegetarian burger (sans egg) with a side house salad. Not sure why they put cheese on it! I just picked around it. I ordered the balsamic dressing on the side (a great trick that I always do with any type of dish that has a sauce).

The veggie burger was DELISH. Lettuce, red onion, with bruschetta (on bottom). Oh it was lovely.

I ate 90% of the burger and most of the salad without the cheese.

It was a nice outing with the family!

I feel like we’ve been spoiled this past week. We’ve been ‘out for dinner’ 3 times in 1 week (Eric’s birthday, Leah’s WEDDING, and tonight)! I think that is more than we have eaten out all YEAR! haha. While it is nice not to have to do dishes and cook, I do prefer to cook myself at home. Nothing beats it…and it is just so much cheaper. For what we paid for Eric’s birthday dinner, we could have almost bought groceries for a week! It’s crazy to think about.

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Speaking of groceries…

Last night we made a quick grocery shop at Loblaws:

• Bag of avocados
• High protein High Fibre pitas
• Rolled oats

Homemade Crack Down

OK guys, I promised myself this was my LAST store bought pitas and hummus this week!!! For the past several weeks, I keep saying, ‘I really need to start making my Buck Ten Spelt Tortillas and 50 cent hummus again to save money!!’ So it ends here.

I am going to make time this week to make them. It has been way too long. And the spelt tortillas are sooooooo good- actually my favourite things in the world!!!

Just as the name says the spelt tortillas only cost $1.10 for 1 batch. So I will save about $2 by making them myself (and they are super quick to make- like 10 minutes). The hummus also only costs 50 cents per batch, which saves me about $5-6 because it makes twice the amount!Ok, now that I just typed that I am seriously kicking myself for slacking in the homemade food department. I need to set aside some time each week to prep these things. By taking just 30 minutes out of each week, I could be saving over $10 VERY easily. Please give me a kick in the butt if I don’t make these this week!

Whoa that was a tangent, wasn’t it? lol. Back to the groceries…

• Red, yellow, orange peppers
• 2 english cukes
• Fontaine Sante hummus
• Almond Breeze
• Organic baby carrots (not sure why I got baby carrots, I guess it has been a long time since I got them)
• Mystery fruit of the week :D (Anyone spot it?)

• Simply natural organic pasta sauce (on sale)
• Mary’s Crackers (on sale)
• 3 organic tomatoes
• 2 organic nectarines
• 7 Eve apples (non organic- they were all out)

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Well, I am off to bake up two orders and then get cracking on a couple business calls. I have a huge long list of Glo Bakery stuff to do this week. Let’s hope I can charge through it!

See you at lunch for a Healthy Living Summit hot topic! I can’t wait to hear your opinion on this one.

Today’s question: Do you make any homemade versions of things to save some money instead of buying it at the store/restaurant? What are they?

One thing I always make at home is tea (unless of course it is the odd time like tonight when I was out to eat and wanted something other than wine or water). You will be hard pressed to ever find me buying a tea at a coffee shop. When I was in the workplace all of my coworkers went on a coffee run every morning and afternoon. I brought my own kettle to work and made my own tea instead. It saves me so much money- probably $60 a month (yes, I drink a lot of green tea, hahaha)!!!

Yesterday marked another first for me in the food department.

I tried the Lychee fruit!

Covered by a leathery rind or pedicarp which is pink to strawberry-red in color and rough in texture. A greenish-yellow variety is not grown in California at present. Fruit shape is oval, heart-shaped or nearly round, 1 to 1-1/2 inches in length. The edible portion or aril is white, translucent, firm and juicy. The flavor is sweet, fragrant and delicious. Inside the aril is a seed that varies considerably in size. The most desirable varieties contain atrophied seeds which are called "chicken tongue". They are very small, up to 1/2 inch in length. Larger seeds vary between 1/2 to 1 inch in length and are plumper than the chicken tongues. There is also a distinction between the lychee that leaks juice when the skin is broken and the "dry and clean" varieties which are more desirable.

Let’s zoom in…so you will see where I am coming from…

Pardon my language but…W…T…F!

I opened it up and exclaimed to Eric, ‘Oh my God, it looks like BRAIN!!’

It was squishy, translucent, and rubbery feeling. Just like a brain!

I took a deep breath and tasted it. It was so disturbing biting into this fruit let me tell you, and I am usually not one who is bothered by any textures at all!

I was disappointed in the taste though. It was a bit ‘off’ tasting and left a weird after taste. I am wondering if this is because I had the yellow variety and not the deep pink? I will have to keep my eyes peeled for the pink variety and try those.

So what should I do with the 4 that remain? A martini? Throw it in my green montser? :)

Trying new foods is fun though! I never knew what the inside of this fruit looked like!

Have you ever tried a lychee fruit?

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We picked up some groceries yesterday since today is a holiday and the stores are closed.

I also picked up another new fruit- a yellow fig! I have never had a fig before (unless fig cookies count?) so this will be interesting too! :)

More organic kale because it looked fresh! :)

• 2 bags of red peppers (on 2 for $5!) Not organic though…
• 3 zucchinis (more boats!)
• 2 English cukes
• few organic apples
• organic tomatoes
• organic spinach
• organic free-trade coffee (for some new glo bars!)

• ripe bananas
• Country Harvest Flax bread (For Eric to make his lunch’s with)
• Nature’s Path Flax Plus (I think I should buy some stocks in NP!)

• 3 sweet potatoes (can’t wait to make more fries and NOT burn them this time!)

Eric got a pineapple and chopped it up. He saved the core for me and I have been putting it in my green monsters so we don’t have to throw it out. It’s kinda of nice because it isn’t sickly sweet, but still gives the GM some nice pineapple flavour!

Two new natural beauty products to review for Project Natural Glow!! They were both on sale. :)

Thank you for all of your helpful comments on my Project Natural Glow post!!! SO much great information! I have so many new product lines to check out.

In tonight’s post I will be outlining Project Natural Glow and I will be talking about these products in much more detail.

Sketchie says, ‘Have one crazy civic day!’

I’m back to the kitchen to bake, bake, bake!

First up- the winner of the Canadian Neal Brother’s Contest…

I didn’t have many people comment on the GMM, so your chances of winning were MUCH higher than usual! ;)

Congrats to Heather! Heather please email me your address and we will get this wonderful Neal Brother’s package sent to you! :) Thank you for everyone who made a comment on the Green Monster Movement!

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Yesterday, we did a quick grocery shop to stock up on some food we ran out of over the weekend.

The organic grapes were on sale so we got 2 big bags! I think these are the first grapes I have bought all season because they are just so darn expensive. They are totally splurge worthy though. I had a huge bowl last night. Sadly, I don’t think they will last long in this house!

• Organic spinach on sale
• Nature’s Path Flax Plus Cereal (my new obsession)
• Almond Breeze in Original

• Kraft Light Balsamic Vinaigrette
• Mary’s Organic Crackers
• Twelve Grain Tortilla Shells by Country Harvest
• 4 tomatoes
• Bananas
• Bag of avocados
• orange + yellow pepper
• Cantaloupe
• Red + green organic grapes
• 3 Zucchini

I have been asked whether I buy exclusively organic produce when I shop. The quick answer to this is no.

The more lengthy answer behind it is for a couple reasons. 1) We used to buy everything organic that our grocery store carried. Since starting up Glo Bakery however, we made many cutbacks on our spending. One of the first things that went was organic produce. The only things I tend to buy organic now are spinach, kale, apples, and tomatoes (all high risk for pesticides that I eat every single day!). I also try to buy organic tomato sauce whenever possible. However, I don’t tend to buy organic peppers, zucchini, avocados, or other produce items (especially if it has a thick skin that is not eaten) simply because of the cost.

We also buy some organic produce like grapes when it is on sale. Otherwise, everything else you see is just regular produce. And 2) Our local grocery stores don’t have a large organic section so there are many products that they simply don’t carry organic, or they do carry it, but they are never fresh. No thanks!

I am thinking about purchasing a local CSA for the fall season, but I need to look into it more and research the costs.

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Today’s question: Do you buy any organic produce on a regular basis? Why or why not? If so, what types of things do you buy organic?

Good morning!

Wow did yesterday ever fly by. I spent about 8 hours cleaning and prepping for the party today! It felt so good to get everything done ahead of time though. Now today all I have to do is throw the stuff into the oven/crockpot and I’m basically laughing! :)

We had crazy rain storms yesterday…

Now onto Eric’s big shop…

• Rolled Oats
• Colgate toothpaste
• Green Works Natural Cleaner (First time using it I hope it’s good!)
• Febreeze (Vanilla)
• Reduced Sugar Strawberry Jam
• Mushrooms
• SOYA Cheddar Cheese
• Watermelon (first one of the summer can you believe it!)
• Orange pepper
• Cayenne spice
• Unsweetened applesauce
• Organic vegetable broth
• PAM
• Banana flavouring
• Sweet onion
• Red pepper
• Coke (he snuck that one in! lol)
• Italian Bread
• Milk (not shown)
• Almond Breeze (not shown)

• Fresh herbs: Thyme, Parsley, and Rosemary.
• garlic

My favourite health supplement: Algae!

• Egglplant

• Italian bread for the garlic tomato bread

First up was the Watermelon Rosemary Granita!

Of course I modified the recipe :)

Ingredients:

• 1/2 Watermelon (Basically filled the blender)
• 3 T Agave
• 1 T fresh lemon juice
• lemon zest (optional)
• Fresh Rosemary (1 sprig finely chopped)
• 7-8 cubes of ice (only just prior to serving)

Oh yes. I have big plans for this concoction!

Kristi, Kerrie, and I have our names written all over this drink! Prior to drinking it, I am going to crush the ice in it and mix in some vodka. It should be awesome!

Mmmmmmm.

I also made a slew of other things yesterday (including a S’moore Glo Bar!!!) that I will be unveiling this weekend.

Well, I am off to hopefully squeeze in a workout and finish cleaning before everyone arrives around 1pm. I have a couple posts going up later today (1 in the afternoon and 1 in the PM) that I scheduled ahead of time. So even though you will ‘see’ me posting, I won’t really be on the computer! Sneaky eh!? ;)

My sisters and I will be TWEETING today and tonight, so be sure to check us out on Twitter!

Oh man I am slow going this morning!

I don’t know why but lately my body doesn’t want to sleep longer than 7 hours- even though I am still quite tired when I wake up! This tends to happen to me in the summer. I guess because of the extra daylight my body needs less sleep! Does this happen to anyone else?

Last night Eric and I were up until about 12:30am researching bar packagers. We didn’t end up going to a movie because we missed the late show by the time dinner was wrapped up. We might go on Tuesday night when it is cheap night!

We also hung my Glo Bakery frame that my mom made me!!! :D It is hanging right outside the kitchen. I like to think of it as my bakery sign. ;)

And closer…

She wrote this poem herself and made the entire display herself too! Man that OSG MOM has some talent…I’m surprised she hasn’t been picked up for her own show yet! lol.

Thanks mom…I love it! :)

GLO BAKERY GLO-OUT!!!

Attention Canadians:

For 2 days only my ‘On The Glo II Bars’ are

25% off!!!

Email globakery@gmail.com to place your order!

Please note at this time I am currently not able to ship to the US, but will be doing so in the future!

Here is our mammoth grocery order from last night!

• Byblos (a new kind of pita for me this week! They are quite high in protein and fibre and looked like they would crack less than my other ones that I buy)
• Regular High Protein pitas (for comparison- I freeze both packages and take out 1 at a time as I use them so they stay fresh)
• Cherries (on sale- first of the season!!)
• Red peppers (2)
• Organic baby Spinach
• Fontaine Sante Vegetable Hummus (The best hummus I have ever had is their regular hummus, but they were sold out!)

• Bag of avocados
• Blueberries for baking (on sale 3 for $5!)
• Organic apples called ‘Eve’ (Never heard of them before so I had to buy them!)
• Crapload of bananas for baking
• Almond Breeze (one unsweetened and one original)
• PC All natural peanut butter

• 2 cantaloupe hiding in the back to make my Creamy Cantaloupe drinks for Monday night BBQ :)
• Rolled oats
• Organic Suncanat
• Gluten-free flour for some gluten-free brownies I am making for an order
• Unsweetened applesauce

• Ruth’s Hemp Dressing (My absolute favourite dressing now!!)
• Pure vanilla extract
• St Ives Veggie Ground Round
• Organic Raw Agave Nectar
• Lundberg Brown Rice Syrup
• Pure Maple Syrup

Has anyone tried this gluten free flour before?

• Sol Veggie Burgers (my first time buying them…I was getting tired of the Money’s burgers lately!)

Also not shown:

A couple Eric products:

• Portion control frozen meat patties (for BBQ on Monday)
• Raisin Bran cereal
• 1% Milk

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Ok busy day ahead of me!

• Bakery order
• Work on Summer Glow Boot Camp (MAN do we have some exciting prizes!!!!)
• Clean house
• Workout
• Update product list for BG + BG business stuff

Audios!! :)

Good evening!

My day has been busy- I can’t believe it is 8:30pm! I still haven’t had a chance to bake and we haven’t even had dinner yet! Luckily Eric is BBQing for us tonight so that saves me some time. :) I hate when days go by too quickly!

Let’s get to it, shall we? :)

My grocery trip today!

I picked up some essential Glo Bakery products:

Above, Left to right: Millet (never tried it before!), cumin, Xanthan gum, bay leaves, and fine sea salt.

Above, Left to right: Reduced fat Angus burgers (this is what happens when Eric is alone in the grocery store!), tomatoes, Almond Breeze, 2 Bottles of Brown Rice Syrup, PC Organic soy milk, 1 bottle of Bragg’s RAW and UNFILTERED Apple Cider Vinegar, Organic spinach, 2 organic kale bunches (they finally had some in stock!)

I finally found Brown Rice Syrup in Loblaws of all places!!

Today I worked on my OSG logo design!! Zesty gave me this awesome idea for the ‘O’ and ‘S’ intertwining to create the O-S-G- ummm…genius Zesty!!!! :) Zesty designed the funky looking OSG symbol and then I played around with colours and the wording. I took that idea and ran with it and designed this today using my favourite font ‘ForgetMeNot HMK’- a very rare font and I love it!

This isn’t a final logo or anything, but I am pretty happy with it so far. I need to fix the food-fitness…etc part to make it more clear. I am getting better at photoshop than I used to be so I just LOVE doing logos now!

I will be placing Oh She Glows.com + logo on my race tank as well as Glo Bakery and the amount of money that I raised for Cancer. I was also toying with the idea of putting ‘Post Run Glow’ on the front :D I know, I know, I’m nerdy but I love it!

Now time for the Align contest giveaway!!! EEK!

Here are the winners:

#49 is…

JK: ‘how about something like adora disks? chocolate with calcium or other nutrition added~’

and #84…

Katie: ‘Anything with chocolate and peanut butter–my favorite combo that I wish I could make just a bit healthier!’

Congrats to you both! Please email me your mailing address and we will get these shipped out! If anyone wants more information on Align Products, please visit Align GI.com

Ok time to eat (Hubby is calling me) and then to bake!

See you tomorrow for the BBBC RESULTS and a fun contest giveaway!

Did I see changes with the BBBC? If so what were they? Was I able to stick to my intense workout plan this weekend?

Find out tomorrow!