Happy Halloween!
Before I get to part 1 of the giveaway, I want to share a last-minute Halloween idea.
I present to you: Spooky Shakes…
They are more homely than scary, but let’s just go with it!
I spotted this on Martha and I thought it was a cute idea. To make: all you do is melt a tiny amount of chocolate (about 1-2 tbsp) and then paint chocolate ghost faces on the inside of the glass using the end of a popsicle stick. Easy.
Place the glasses in the freezer or fridge to set the chocolate. For the shake, I blended vegan vanilla ice cream (I love almond or coconut varieties), with a splash of almond milk and some ice, served with a cinnamon stick. You could even make a healthier shake by blending frozen bananas with almond milk. The chocolate faces stay intact thanks to the cold smoothies.
Now, for part 1 of the giveaway…
Today, I’m celebrating YOU – the kick-butt, Green Monster chuggin, recipe-lovin’ Oh She Glows community! On October 31, 2008, I started the blog on a complete whim, not thinking I would ever have the attention span to stick with it, but here I am 4 years later still smashing my head against the keyboard daily and chasing my dreams. I am so grateful for each and every one of you who read the blog each day and my hope is that you find as much inspiration here as I’ve found in all of you.
Now, to celebrate!
1) Blendtec Total Blender & Twister Jar
Blendtec has been gracious enough to donate one of their coveted Total Blender Classic Wildside machines (picture above) valued at $454.95 USD! Whoa baby. I’ve reviewed the Blendtec before on the blog and I can attest that it’s a great machine.
About the blender: “Total Blender Classic Series® is the all-in-one appliance that makes smoothies, fresh juice, ice cream, milkshakes, cappuccinos, margaritas, soups, sauces, bread dough, dressings, salsas, and more! It replaces up to 9 other appliances with one fast easy-to-use machine, at a fraction of the cost. This package includes the new precision tuned 4″ blade in the large nearly 3-quart total capacity BPA-free jar. The new large blade / large jar combination powers through tougher blending tasks and larger recipes with ease, and in less time.”
In addition to the blender, they are also giving away a Twister Jar (shown below) valued at $119.00 USD!
About the Twister Jar: “Blendtec’s newest innovation, the Twister Jar, is designed to blend your thickest recipes such as: Nut Butters, Hummus, Baby Food, Dips, Thick Shakes, Dressings and more! Best of all, it’s compatible with all Blendtec Home Blenders.”
Update: The giveaway winner is….
Thank you for sharing your touching (and often hilarious!) “lessons to my younger self” comments. If you are ever feeling down and need a pick me up, just read through the comments. It’s amazing to see how many of us have struggled with the same life lessons.
The lucky winner of the Blendtec machine is #3659 – Alicia Woulfe! Congrats! I will email you shortly to collect your mailing address. Thanks to everyone for participating!
How To Enter:
Giveway is now closed.
To Love YOURSELF.
I would advise to follow what you,YOU really want. What catches your attention most. Don’t let what other believe sway you. Just go ;-)
I would advise my 16 year old self to not worry so much! It gets better (and the weight comes off).
i would tell myself break away from moms control and live your life. she love you and means well but don’t let her control your whole life!
Hey Angela,
Congrats on four years!
If I could share some advice with my 16 year old self, it would probably be to LOOSEN UP! Don’t be afraid to try new things and don’t allow other’s opinions to scare you.
It’s funny, 20 years from now, I wonder what I’ll be telling my self NOW! Thanks for posting this giveaway.
I would tell my younger self, live today and don’t worry about tomorrow, it will come soon enough, today is more important.
I would tell my younger self to stop spending so much time obsessing about the less-than-perfect parts of her body, and more time celebrating all the wonderful things that body can do!
I tweet’d!
I would tell my younger self everything will work out for the best and live each day to the fullest!
I would tell my younger self Don’t be afraid of failure.
I’d tell my 12-18 year old self to not try so hard to be impressive. The average, normal, day to day you is what people enjoy the most, not the showboating, trying too hard side of you.
RELAX. Enough said. But I’ll repeat myself in case you didn’t hear me while you were worrying your butt off: RELAX.
To my younger self: Don’t try so hard to fit in, be yourself. Eventually you’ll find the way back to “you” and be sad you wasted so much time trying to be someone else. Also stick with things when they get tough and don’t give up so easily. You are capable. Also, just wanted to say that I love your blog Angela! As a fellow young Canadian woman, with a similar background, you have inspired me to follow my dreams and make the necessary changes in my life =)
I would tell my younger self to live your life as you see fit. STOP worrying so much about what other people think or say. It’s your life, so do YOU! Relax a little, chill out, have fun b/c in the end, it all works out!!
Love you!
Great giveaway!
I would tell myself to relax and enjoy life.
I would tell my yonger self, “you are good enough, really” Do what really,realy, really makes you happy and the world will blessed with your gifts, your legacy.
I would tell my yonger self, “you are good enough, really” Do what really,realy, really makes you happy and the world will blessed with your gifts, your legacy.
Oh, and “resting IS doing something.”
Just pinned your Crispy Twix Bars recipe. I made them a couple days ago and can totally vouch for their awesomeness! http://pinterest.com/pin/219128338090682572/
I would tell myself to stop the glorification of being busy! To enjoy being 16, and stop working full time while going to high school and college all at once, because I wouldn’t want to finish college early anyways, so why not enjoy the moment/time that I was in then!
Awesome giveaway! But to have to pick some advice to give my younger self? Wow…that’s hard. I don’t know that I’ve gotten that much wiser ;) I guess if I had to say something, it would be “Worry about the things you can control – if you can’t control it, it’s not worth the energy to worry about it.”