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1. Happy St.Paddy’s Day! Please don’t pinch me because it’s 99.99% guaranteed that I’m not wearing even a spec of green – it’s just not my colour. That being said, it’s also 99.99% guaranteed that I had one of these vanilla mint oatmeal smoothies for breakfast, so I am rocking a bit of green… in my stomach 😉
2. So in addition to it being St.Paddy’s, today also (and more importantly) happens to be the birthday of one of my very bestest blends-turned-friends. Meg and I first met at Blend 2014, where we connected after randomly finding ourselves separated from the rest of the pack and hiking down a mountain together. We’ve been chatting daily ever since, and I don’t even think I can tell you how much love I have for this woman. If you know her, you love her. And if you don’t know her, then you should go check her out because you most definitely will love her. Be sure to head on over to her blog and wish her a happy birthday!!
Happy Birthday, boo! 😘 🎎
3. So tell me if this is crazy… Whenever I start feeling super stressed out or overwhelmed, the first thing I want to do is clean. Obviously this only applies when I’m at home, but yeah – I just get hit with this massive urge to tidy up ALL the things. And the crazy part is that it really does help calm me down. I guess I just can’t handle the external clutter on top of the internal clutter… so I clean the crazy away 😂
4. Speaking of which… I think it’s seriously time to invest in one of those small hand-held vacuums. Things can get pretty messy when I’m shooting a recipe, and – you guessed it – it bothers the crap out of me. The same applies when I’m making a recipe – I clean as I go because a cluttered kitchen completely throws me off my game.
5. Feel free to bust out that crazy label now, I won’t be offended 🙃 🙂 🙃 🙂
6. Can we please talk about how much I love being an ambassador for Love Grown Foods? Not only do I love the people and what they stand for, but I’m seriously addicted to their products. I’ve already professed my love for their Mighty Flakes a handful of times, and I just got around to trying their new Fruity Sea Star cereal for kids (munching on handfuls as we speak), and I love that one too. No surprise since I’m basically a kid at heart.
7. I’m currently feeling a little more like this guy, though…
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This week was a looooong one, and I’m more than ready for the weekend. I might even try watching some TV and whipping up some hoodie popcorn 😂
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That popcorn hoodie situation…I die! bahaha! Happy almost Friday!
Cleaning…totally normal. I throw things away when I’m stressed but hey the house is clean 🙂 ahhh popcorn in the hoodie I can’t tell if that’s gross or genius!
Oh man. I get the biggest high from being able to throw thing away. I’m always going through my stuff to see which of it I can get rid of 😆
I’m dying laughing at that popcorn hood. It’s so genius though! Everytime I eat popcorn half of it ends up in my bra so I just might try that next time.
Hahahah! I can’t even tell you how many things I’ve picked out from between my boobs. Clearly I need to start wearing a bib. Or a backwards hoodie 😉
I’m the same way about cleaning when I’m stressed. If I can’t clear the clutter in my head, I try to clear the clutter in my space. Then everything is clean and I feel accomplished, but I still haven’t touched my to-do list… so I try to use that as momentum to do the other things! 🙂 And I need to try Love Grown! New cereal is always a good idea!
Completely forgot about St Pattys Day until you just reminded. Man – what a bad Irish woman I am! Guess I’d better find something green to wear to the gym today. I’m fairly certain a Ginger with freckles and green eyes scream Leprechaun, but the last thing I need to be is pinched!
I was going to say! 😆 You would be, like, the poster child for St.Paddy’s. I hope you managed to to scrounge up some green 😀
Haha that hoodie picture is amazing!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY MEG! 🙂 And I love St. Patrick’s day! Have you ever heard the story of how he took the gospel to Ireland?
I have! My mom is big on the stories behind the saints and the “reasons for the seasons” 🙂
I’m not wearing green either, to protest. I hated getting pinched because I didn’t have much in the way of green growing up, so I won’t wear it now. I have a couple green shirts but nope, not today.
You seriously got pinched?!? Aww man. I always thought that was one of those idle threats to encourage people to wear more green 😕
Love the picture of the guy wearing the hoodie CORRECTLY! Ha!
I totally stress clean too.
Happy St Paddy’s day. I’m wearing green pants! Haha, green is actually one of my favorites.
I WISH I felt like cleaning like that. Ugh. Want to come to my house? 😉
Only if you have cookies 😛
hahahaha that popcorn photo is LIFE!! 🙂 I think im a little crazy with the cleaning…especially in the kitchen! If there are dishes to be done i cant even relax until theyre cleaned!
I get that way sometimes before I eat my meals — I like to make sure the kitchen is clean first 😆
I get SO much use out of my handheld vacuum! I haven’t tried the sea stars yet but I love my chocolate Power O’s!
Have you tried the frosted Mighty Flakes? To.die.for.
Oh yum I absolutely love Love Grown Foods too and that is the perfect brand match for you! I really really wish I cleaned ever, but when I’m stressed I’m out the door running and then come home just to make a bigger mess!
There is just something in the “clean as you go theory ” I am a huge fan of the swifter as well. Happy St. Paddy’s Day!
I don’t own green either. For TV I stood in front of a green wall, so it I wore green I disappeared and green is not really my color either… so I just got out of the habit of buying it. I have some blue shirts slightly more in the blue-green family so that’s normally the best I do on St. Patrick’s day!
Yes– stress cleaning to and yay for Love Grown.
Thanks for hosting.
Happy Birthday Meg! I’m probably not likely to be wearing any green today either. I like green, I just don’t wear it. I really just don’t wear much color in general. I clean when I’m stressed too. It relaxes me. I’ve explained to my husband a million times that external clutter makes me feel out of sorts, so the cleaner things stay, the more calm I tend to be.
Um, the hoodie idea is kinda brilliant! I would just worry that I was going to end up with stains on it! 🙂
Ugh clutter is the bane of my existence… which is probably why I’m constantly going through my place and looking for things that I can throw away 😆
I love love grown foods too! Those sea stars were gone in a span of 3 days. I added them on everything and now I need to get another box!
Ok now I seriously feel better about polishing mine off in 3 days as well 😛
I was just thinking the other day how strange it is that I want to clean when I already have a zillion other things to do. I have a dyson and it’s the best little vacuum ever!
I keep hearing so many great things about those Dysons! Is it weird that I really want one? 😆
I am definitely a stress cleaner! Something about tidying up and having a clean house makes me feel so organized and productive!
Aww you big sweetheart you. I love you. Thanks for the birthday wishes and the green shake. It might be my only green beverage today.
Also you’ll have to call me crazy too because I can relate 100% to the stress cleaning business. In fact, I did some straightening at 9 o’clock last night. 🙂
I think I was baking at 9pm 😆 And then probably cleaning at 9:30…
If you need me, I’ll be snacking from my hoodie. How genius is that?!?! Happy Birthday to Megan – It’s my birthday too!!
No kidding!?! Eee! Happy [slightly belated] birthday!!!
That hoodie popcorn bowl is hilarious!!! I love it!
I get the urge to clean when I am stressed too! Its like once I feel stressed, I feel the need to do everything, whether or not it will actually help. Not sure if my stress cleaning calms me down though, because I then I get anxious about making a mess again! I really want to get a small hand-held vacuum.
I finally tried overnight oats with your oatmeal smoothie recipe you posted yesterday. It was delicious. I actually don’t look too bad in green but I don’t have any work shirts that are green so dressing in green will have to wait until I change when I get home. I am not really a drinker anyway but I will eat those green veggies to celebrate the holiday 🙂
I’m so glad you tried it and liked it, Alicia!
a) hoodie popcorn is the gift that keeps on giving: you have snacks for later as you discover all the pieces that you missed, and you will always smell like popcorn, which is awesome.
b) I LOVE LOVE GROWN FOODS
c) please come and clean my apartment 😀
That smoothie looks sooo good. And I’m the same with cleaning as I cook- if I don’t I feel so overwhelmed with the mess! It’s a must 🙂
That’s awesome, how your friendship worked out. Happy birthday to her! Hiking bonds people, I swear LOL.
I like my swiffer a lot for cleaning floors, especially in the kitchen. Things seem to get dirty so easily so this is an easy fix.
I feel the same way about wanting to clean, except then I actually look around and she what my kids have done to the house and it stresses me out way more! If I want to clean I need to block out a weekend now and get everyone on board. Happy birthday to Megan!
Oo yeah I can imagine it must be tough to keep things tidy with 3 kids. I don’t even want to get a dog because of the extra cleaning that comes with it 😆
Yeah I don’t think green is my color either so no green clothing for me today. I know what you mean about clutter. I hate it when there is stuff everywhere in our apartment. It’s not that big so clutter can easily take over the whole place and start stressing me out!
This guy a genius or that?! I don`t wear hoodie at all, but it`s time to start do it, I think 😀
Green actually IS my color, but chances are I won’t wear it today anyway. Or maybe now I will since you’ve got me thinking about it.
That smoothie looks delish, but I just don’t like smoothies for breakfast (or when it’s cold, and it’s getting cold again, sadly).
I’ve heard about you people — the ones that clean when stressed. Heck, I don’t even want to clean when I’m not stressed! Least favorite thing. But my husband did get me a handheld for Hannukah & I must say it’s great — especially when I get something like cocoa on the floor, since Miss Lola makes it her mission to make sure my floors are clean. 🙂
Maybe I should forgo a vacuum for a little chihuahua instead 😉
Lynne gets banned from the kitchen when I’m preparing a recipe for a shoot. I literally have to turn the place upside down, moving furniture and there’s always a huge pile of cleaning isn’t there? I don’t see ANY issue with getting one of those small hand held vacuums BTW. In fact I may have one on a certain wish list. Ahem.! A wish list that now needs to have that hoodie added to it. 😉
Haha! My recipe behind-the-scenes are pretty ridiculous as well. I’m actually thinking about setting up a little rollable kitchen cart from Ikea up next to a window so I can keep all my props in one place and not have to run around like a crazy person every time I’m trying to set up a shoot 😕
Hoodie pop on = genius. So smart!!! I thought my son was going to be born on St. Patrick’s Day, but that obviously not happening bahhaha 2 holiday babies would so cool!