You guys rock my socks off.
Thank you so much for all of the encouraging words you left on my last post. I’m actually really excited to be lacing up my running shoes again, and it feels great to be able to share this chapter of my recovery with you guys — I’ll be sure to keep you updated on how things are going.
For now, I’m taking things easy and avoiding any kind of plan or schedule. I went out for a quick walk/run yesterday morning, but again… I have no idea how far or how fast. Numbers are something that I’m not sure will serve me well at this point, so the Garmin stays at home for now. And speaking of home… how many decorative pumpkins would be too many decorative pumpkins?
I’m always tempted to buy ALL the pumpkins whenever I see them at the store/market, which the rational side of my brain tells me is probably a bad idea… I don’t even have a front step to put them on, so they 3 I do have are hanging around my home in random places. But enough rambling… today isn’t about running or pumpkins — it’s about sharing the link love!
In my head…
How to get Traffic to Your Website from Instagram via PopCosmo.
It can be tricky! But here are some great tips to help turn IG followers into blog followers.
7 Shortcuts You Will Regret Taking via Marc and Angel Hack Life.
Work hard and don’t settle — the most effective way to handle what must be done is to DO IT.
How to Survive Your First 3 Months of Blogging via The SITS Girls.
Starting out a blog can be tough. Great tips for newer bloggers, and reminders for more seasoned ones.
Genes Linked With Predisposition to Focus on Negative via Huffington Post.
Can outlook and attitude be influenced by genetics? Possibly so…
10 Tips for a Healthy Fall via US News.
Great ideas for staying healthy during this beautiful season.
60 Fiber Rich Foods vis RooGirl.
Fiber helps keep us healthy [and regular]. A great list of foods and recipes to add more to your diet.
10 Truths You Will Learn Before You Find Happiness via Marc and Angel Hack Life.
The older I get, the more of these I realize, and the happier I become. True story.
Give Yourself Permission via Cotter Crunch.
Stop looking for external validation and just let yourself be you.
19 Brilliant Ways to Dress Like Food for Halloween via BuzzFeed.
Seriously love these… especially 4, 9, 11, and 18.
6 Fall Foods That Help You Look Gorgeous via Huffington Post.
My heart is happy over the fact that squash made the list <3
How to Have a Healthy Relationship With the Scale via Keeping Healthy, Getting Stylish.
Everyone needs to read this. Great tips on how to get over the number obsession.
13 Unexpected Benefits of Exercise via Greatist.
There’s a lot more to exercise than simply burning calories.
For my belly…
Whole Wheat Pumpkin Pecan Pancakes via Skinnytaste.
Breakfast is the perfect time of the day to start working on that [delicious] orange glow!
Autumn Spiced Toddy via Ari’s Menu.
Confession: I had no idea what a toddy was, but after figuring out it’s spiced iced coffee, I fell in love.
50 Pumpkin Recipes via Skinnytaste.
So many amazing pumpkin recipes, not nearly enough time!
Fudgy Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Brownies via Ambitious Kitchen.
No flour (but no beans!!!), no oil, and ridiculously delicious.
Butterscotch Pumpkin Muffins via Love, Sweat, and Beer.
Butterscotch doesn’t get nearly enough attention! Thank goodness these muffins show it some love.
16 Healthier Halloween Candy Recipes to Make at Home via Greatist.
LOVE! Homemade KitKat, Twix, and Crunch bars? Be still my heart.
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Have you carved any pumpkins and/or decorated your home for fall/Halloween?
Three things you did yesterday; three things you’re going to do today. Go:
Thanks for the love, Amanda. 🙂
Your link love list was perfect timing! I have just started up my blog and the links for new bloggers was just perfect! I have to look at some of those food links as well!
Too many links…not enough time. I’m going to have to stop coming to your Sunday parties or else learn how to get my OCD in check. It won’t kill me not to read every single one. Maybe it’ll be a learning experience instead.
I love fiber foods, Fall beauty foods, surviving blogging, and Lindsey’s post on giving yourself permission.
I skipped the food related links…look at that, I’m learning already. It’s so awkward though, and I just want to go back and finish them….no, I’m leaving now. Thanks for the great links.
It’s not my fault there are so many great links out there 😛
Thanks for the love, Jelly! Lots of great posts to check out too–I love your link love posts! 🙂
You just reminded me that we need to get some pumpkins to carve! I’ll have to put that on the to-do list for next weekend. And all of those pumpkin recipes sound amazing. Give me all the pumpkin! Muahaha.
One of our local churches has a pumpkin patch every year with hundreds of pumpkins. They’re all SO cheap (you can get a few big ones and tons of tiny ones for under $20) Every year I’m not ashamed to say that I go a little crazy buying pumpkins! This year I’ve been into actually decorating my pumpkins instead of carving them! They’re so cute.
Anywho, on to the questions!
Have you carved any pumpkins and/or decorated your home for fall/Halloween? I’ve glitter decorated a few, but I’m totally planning on carving one with my parents when Halloween gets closer! You can never have too many pumpkins, right?
Three things you did yesterday; three things you’re going to do today. Go:
Yesterday: I went to swim practice, did service hours at a local homeless shelter, ate a salmon burger that was amazing.
Today: I went for a morning walk in the first cool front of Fall (Yay!), I did math homework (not exciting or fun at all), and took a nap for the first time in years. It was marvelous!
Have a lovely week Amanda!
I was actually thinking about decorating my pumpkins instead of carving them as well. I really want to paint one like Jack Skellington from Nightmare Before Christmas.
Happy Monday, Katherine!
Random bunch of links- just how I like it.
If your place (or your parents) is big enough- you should seriously invest in a pumpkin patch..although I reckon the novelty of all things pumpkin will run out fast. Halloween isn’t acknowledged here, except for confectionery manufacturers who use it as an excuse to bring out ‘novelty’ ranges…even Lindt!
Three things I did yesterday- 1. procrastinate. 2. Ate salmon. 3. called someone a cow
Three Things I will do today 1. do a test. 2. eat pancakes out of plastic for lunch 3. call someone a cow again in an essay
I WAS that jelly bean bag for Christmas as a little girl. Woohoo!
Good on you *clapping hands and jumping up cheering*. I think I need to take my own advice. On Saturday I went for a run and I pushed it to far because I was looking at the time too much… I’m paying for it now and really, really, really sore calves – at least I think that’s what they’re from! Just running intuitively is much more fun.
No pumpkin carving yet-that’s at the end of the month when all the teachers in my grade level get together for a pumpkin carving contest. Glad to hear your running is going well-I admire anyone who tries running, I can do short bursts (I hate running) and that’s about it. Walking on the other hand, I could walk for hours.
Walking will probably always be my favourite way to stay active — especially at this time of the year when it really lets you take in the beautiful fall scenery.
I’m really happy that your running/walking is going well – we will all be rooting for you! Yesterday I: overslept my alarm, had an Olympic lifting class and found downtime to read a book that isn’t for school (!!!). Today I: overslept my alarm (again), did some laundry + cleaning and tonight, I plan to get organized for the week!
Fudgy Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Brownies??! OMG – I don’t even need to click over there to know that I’m going to love those <3 Happy Sunday love, I hope you had a great weekend!
Right?! Those things look insane! 😯 Especially considering they don’t use any of the traditional brownie ingredients…
As usual, I love the links <3
We’re having a pumpkin carving competition at work this year. I have a feeling that it’s going to get really competitive.
After a few days away form the HLB, these links are definitely coming in handy for catching up :)! Believe it or not, I don’t think I have ever carved a pumpkin. The only time I stick a knife in one is right before I roast some up- yum! Three things I did yesterday include:
1) Caught up on work
2) Tried the peanut butter flavor at Pinkberry – OMG
3) Hit up Chipotle with some friends—> you KNOW I thought of you ;)!
I am loving white pumpkins this year. We stopped at a farm stand on a recent road trip and picked up a few.
I just thought I’d share this link also! you may have seen this already via social media but this girl is awesome!
http://www.upworthy.com/watch-a-student-totally-nail-something-about-women-that-ive-been-trying-to-articulate-for-37-years-6?g=2
Thanks for sharing the link, Anne Marie. I saw it a few days ago, and have to agree — that girl’s got it down.
3 things I did yesterday all involved cooking, which always makes me happy: Made honey Garlic po troast, made meatpies for my sister, set chicken breasts in a sesame ginger marinade.
3 Things I’m doing today: Grill marinating chicken, take pictures of pot roast for my blog, and…laundry. So that’s 2 out 3 that I’m happy about lol
Oh these are FABULOUS! You always have the best links..or maybe that’s just because they’re all so similar to things I enjoy:) I’m probably biased since you’re amazing, but I find myself spinning over these links you give each week WAY too long! GREAT finds, and SO PROUD OF YOU!!!!!
Three things I did yesterday: I made pancakes for Ryan and I, we went apple picking with friends (my FAVORITE fall activity!), and then proceeded to get back into bed for the remainder of the afternoon – it was a lazy and glorious Saturday 🙂 Three things that I’m planning to do today: work on behind the scenes blog stuff, go for a run (fall is the best running season), and make a batch of applesauce with the apples we got at the orchard yesterday 😀
Fall does seem to be the best running season — maybe that would explain my desire to get back into it as well. And apparently today is a good day for applesauce — I cooked some up at 7:30 this morning with some apples that I got from the market.
Aww … I have yet to ever (!) carve a pumpkin. We simply didn’t do it in my family when I was a child so I missed out all the years.
Thanks for the links! I’d read some of them already but there are still many that sound great – for one the Huffington post article. And oh my … those Halloween candies?! Totally okay even after Halloween still, right? Actually, I prepared a healthified Chocolate Caramel bar yesterday and will post the recipe tomorrow but those crunch bars need to happen over here soon, too.
You can never have too many pumpkins!
Yesterday: study, eat, sleep. Today: repeat. Have a great day!
Well, if this running bug stays around for a while, maybe we can do some mountain running together during our retreat?!
I haven’t bought ANY pumpkins yet, which is bizarre for me because I’m always on top of my holiday game. I’ve been too caught up in other stuff to think about Halloween!
Yesterday: went for a long walk, watched a movie, ate Coconut Bliss ice cream
sometimes you just need to ditch the schedule and just run (or do your thang!!). i did that with my trail run the other day and it was amazing — no HRM, no calorie watching, no nothing! it was pretty liberating.
-kathy
Vodka and Soda
thanks for the link love friend. you’re too good to me. Wanna come make something pumpkin for me next? any of those recipes sound PERFECT
In the kitchen with pumpkin as we speak 😉
This probably relates more to the last post than this one, but I got the “okay” from my Nutritionist to swim once a week with my boyfriend. Like you, numbers are really hard for me and if I start counting laps and distance I KNOW it will turn into a competition with myself. So instead, I set a time limit. 20-30 minutes, and that’s it. I am also focusing on keeping the amount of effort I put into it as “light”, so I don’t feel the need to push myself as hard as possible for those 20-30 minutes. I think getting back into exercise is good…but it definitely takes time and a lot of listening AND trusting your body.
Side note- Isn’t a Toddy an alcoholic drink made with those same spices?
That’s kind of what I always thought it was… maybe the coffee is secretly spiked? 😉
#thingsimokaywith
Thanks for the link love chick! So glad that you enjoyed that post 🙂 Congrats on getting out running again, I sometimes feel the fancy for it and now more than ever I’m inclined to give it a try when I actually have the desire for it. Hope you enjoy it again!
The spaghetti and meatballs costume is too funny. We haven’t carved our pumpkins yet bc I don’t want them to rot before Halloween! Yesterday I ran a 5k supporting breast cancer awareness, watched college football, and today we are going to do some baking!
Today is a good day for baking — I’ll be in my kitchen this afternoon as well.
Awesome links as always! You find the best stuff out there.
My brother actually just asked my mom to get us a big carving pumpkin–we haven’t carved one since we were little nuggets! I think it will be super fun 🙂
Yesterday: dance, Mass, babysitting
Today: teaching Sunday school, dance, blogging!
I hope you have a wonderful Sunday, Amanda!
If I didn’t already have a costume (and was crafty in the slightest) I would absolutely do that cupcake costume in the Halloween food article. Annnnd I want to meet someone who dresses up as Cap’n Crunch, that’s just awesome.
Today I will be: going to the gym, roasting up the squash I bought yesterday, and taking Atti shopping. Yes, I’m taking my dog shopping (he needs a Halloween costume. And a sweater for cold weather :-p).
Enjoy your Sunday love! <3
Pssst. The 50 Pumpkin Recipes link doesn’t work! 😉
I love all those ideas for how to dress up as food for Halloween! I’m seriously considering being sushi… I figure it’s pretty fitting for me!
Yesterday I: met up with a blog reader for lunch at Kindfood, made Davida’s apple chips and pumpkin spice balls from Oh My Veggies, and got my eyes rechecked at the optometrist (and found out my prescription somehow improved lol!). Today I’m going to: go to the gym, work on an internship assignment, and meet up with some friends later on.
Have a great Sunday girl!
Eeep how embarrassing. Thanks for letting me know! And sushi would be perfect for you! I still have no idea what I’m going as, especially since I don’t have anything planned yet 😕
I never got a chance to comment (darn work computers), but starting to run is a huge step and I am so proud of you for it! Numbers don’t really serve many people well, so don’t even think about them 🙂 If you feel like running, go for it! If not, no shame 🙂 I have 3 pumpkins in my house, too, but none outside. I feel like I should get some of those, lol. Thanks for the great reads, as always!
Awwr thanks so much, girl 😀 Numbers always manage to suck the fun out of things, so unless I ever plan on training for something, I think I’ll just keep avoiding them.
We carve pumpkins every year and have a big celebration cause ti’s also my Dad’s birthday. I have my baking class this year though so I’m going to miss out on the festivities 🙁 Hopefully I’ll be home in time for the pumpkin seeds baking in the oven! Love the smell of them 🙂