I finally got caught up last night!
So excited about Serena and Nate!!!
I didn’t think I was going to have time to watch last night because I was planning our FL trip for a couple hours and it got very late.
I was drinking green tea all night in my new mug.
Surely I can’t be the only person who gets giddy over new mugs? ;) It honestly made my whole day every time I looked at it. So much better than the brown one I was drinking out of!
However, I pushed my limits with the tea. I was drinking tea until 11pm and then I could NOT sleep for the life of me. I was all wired up on caffeine and Gossip Girl. I finally fell asleep around 2:30 am. Note to self: Only decaf after 6pm!
I managed to have a lovely tempo run this morning despite my bad sleep.
If I only slept 5-6 hours, a healthy dose of exercise usually makes me feel like I actually slept 6.5-7 hours.
The tempo run:
- Mile 1: 6mph, incline 2%
- Mile 2: 6.2 mph, incline 2%
- Mile 3: 6.4 mph, incline 2%
- Mile 4: 6.6 mph, incline 2% (I sprinted the last 100 metres at 8 mph)
- Total time: 37:57 mins.
I also did 60 lunges on each leg. I felt on cloud nine after this workout. I also got some super exciting news about my best friend and I have just been grinning all day long!
I made this easy nut dip last night. I have been meaning to make a nut dip for ages now and yesterday was a dip kind of day!
Feeling Nutty 5 Minute Dip
Adapted from ‘Rawsome Nut Dip’ from Dreena Burton’s Eat, Drink, and Be Vegan.
Ingredients:
- 1/2 cup cashews
- 1/2 cup pistachios
- 1/4 cup sunflower seeds
- 1/4 cup almonds
- 1/2 of a bell pepper, chopped
- 1 tablespoon chia seeds (optional)
- 3 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
- 6-8 tablespoons water
- 1 clove garlic, minced (optional)
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- Freshly ground pepper, to taste
- 1/2 teaspoon of both basil and thyme
Directions: Toss ingredients into a food processor and process until almost smooth. Use a spoon to scrape side of bowl when needed. Serve with crackers, veggies, or on toast. This can even be used as a layer in a veggie lasagna!
Note: Feel free to play around with different nuts- that’s what I did! Try to use more sweet nuts (cashew, almonds pistachios) than bitter nuts (walnuts, pine nuts, etc) for optimal results.
This dip is really good! I toasted up some Ezekiel bread and spread some on and it was so delicious. I also can’t wait to try it as a layer in a veggie lasagna. I have been meaning to make a vegan lasagna for a while. Anyone have any good recipes?
FYI: I updated some notes and observations about my Energize Me Creamy Fruit Dip from yesterday! See the original post for the notes (following the directions).
I am also glad to hear that I am not the only photo happy photographer! :mrgreen:
I took about 40 shots for this photo shoot. A bit better, right? ;) I am trying to cut down the amount of pictures that I take because my hard drive is FULL of food pictures. It is actually quite ridiculous how many I have on my PC!!! I just love photography.
I organize my personal pictures in folders by year (2000-2002 are grouped together since I didn’t have many):
And within these folders are sub-folders organized by the event + date:
As for my blog pictures, I organize them in a different folder on my desktop. I organize them by year and then by month (no specific dates). I am hoping to move all my food pictures onto an external hard drive because they are taking up WAY too much space and slowing me down!
How do you organize your digital pictures? Do you put them into one folder or do you organize them by date or subject? What about hard copies of pictures- do you use photo albums?
I am the worst for not printing pictures. I have a gazillion photos on my PC but I never get around to printing any! Thankfully Eric backs up my PC for me.
Have a GREAT one!
If you don’t like who you are and where you are, don’t worry about it because you’re not stuck either with who you are or where you are. you can grow. You can change .You can be more than you are.
~Zig Ziglar
That mug is adorable! And no, you are not the only one to get excited about new mugs. I do too :)
That dip looks yummy!
I organize by days,months, then years. I always have 2 cameras on hand, my poor kids. I just recently had to transfer over 60K pictures to an external hard drive.
I also print out my favorites and keep those in photo albums or get them enlarged to hang up. I just want to capture as much as I can of my kids growing up.
Congrats on the great tempo run!
I have all my photos sorted into files on my computer too! My “food” folder is quite large though!!
I tend to organize by date/month and year. I keep all this years photos in files of their day/month, then eventually they get booted into a year folder. I’m pretty good about printing photos as well. Usually about once a year I go through and print off the nice ones. :) I love pictures on teh computer, but there’s something so special about an album of photos… I’m such a sucker for memories. :)
Ahh I’m so behind on Gossip Girl! Serena and Nate?!?!?! Ahh want to catch up!
so seriously you’re going to put you got great news keeping you grinning all day and then NOT say what the news is???? hahaha, that’s mean!!!
that’s some nutty dip you got going on! :)
Oh my… my photos are one thing I am crazy OCD about… I organize them by year, then subject and date. And I also print a good majority of them. And I have a mini panic attack if I don’t get them in perfect chronological order…
Seriously. My bedroom is a mess. My bathroom sink is a disaster. But one photo not in exact order by date and time in a photo album? It’ll break me…
I do a combination! I have to have my photos organized by date when I archive them in my external hard drive but when i put them on my computer, I organize them by “event” so like “Miami Vacation – March 2010” (Wish I was on that one right now!) Hahha
I never print pictures either…and come to think of it I don’t really organize them. They are in order by date taken though :)
That nut dip sounds AMAZING!
I have a feeling I’m alone in saying this, but I delete all my pictures after I post them! I just know I’ll probably never use most of them again, and I’m a total “If you’re not gonna use it, get rid of it” kind of person.
I’m loving all these dips :) Sounds fabulous!!!
And YAY for GG!! Seriously, waiting 3 months for it was TOO long. So glad it’s back :)
I currently have all of my blog pictures in one folder – I have only been blogging a little over a month so mine isn’t too massive in size yet.
I LOVE that mug of yours! You said you got it from Urban Outfitters right?
And wasn’t GG great! I also caught up and watched it yesterday….love mindless television!
omg I sooo wanted to be Serena :)
I am a mug addict as well. It makes me ridiculously happy to buy a new mug that I love. Recently, I bought 4 new ones and suffice it to say, that was a very good day for me!
I am so impressed with how much you do… marriage, your own business, working out and training, and all the time it must surely take to do this blog + photography! When do you sleep, girl? Seriously, how do you fit it all in? What’s a typical day like for you, timewise? Thanks for being such a positive and energetic example!! :)
The dip looks great! I organize my photos by date codes in the folder name – old, but works.
That dip looks really good! I just put all of my pics in a folder — more often than not I don’t organize them very well and get backed up…oh well – at least they’re all in one place. haha
The only thing I don’t like about having a digital camera is that I too never print pictures. I always plan on doing it, and then never get around to it.
I organize them in “my Pictures” folder by subject and within the subjects, they are in folders by date OR in a sub-folder then by date.
“Colorado” folder has a few subfolders–and then by date.
I can find my pictures pretty easily that way and I feel like I’ve got some sense of organization going.
check out this website http://foodporndaily.com/ for foodie photo inspiration!