Friday Things
1. Thanks for all of the well wishes last week for Dukeโs speedy recovery following his neutering. Aside from being a little groggy and sleeping for about an hour after we got home, youโd never know anything ever happened. Heโs been his usual ball of fiery energy, and itโs been quite the task trying to keep him somewhat calm and keep him and Einstein from rolling all over each other.
2.ย Mashable put together a list of theย 10 Biggest Food Crazes of 2013. Thereโs been some crazy stuff happening! The only one I embraced this year was kale. Please note, I use the term โembraceโ quite loosely. Tolerate would probably be more accurate.
3. Have you seen this video from WestJet airline in Canada? They totally played Santa in an enormous, astounding way. I actually got choked up at the end!
4. Confession: Even though I love almonds and love things like almond butter, I greatly dislike the flavor of almond extract. Weird?
5.ย Our stockings are hung, so we are officially ready for Santa!
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6.ย For the first time in my fantasy football-playing history, I didnโt make the playoffs. Boo hiss. Even worse is that I missed getting in by just 0.02 points. I lost my last game by 0.02 points; had I won, I had gotten in. Heart wrenching.
7. Iโve just discovered Boden. This has trouble written all over it.
8.ย Last week, I mentioned that I had adopted a pretty clean eating plan for a few weeks. Aside from a few nibbles of the goodies Iโve made over the last two weeks, I have stuck pretty closely to just fruits, vegetables, healthy grains and lean meat. Iโm actually surprised by how good I feel! Iโm used to horrible afternoon slumps that I use caffeine to get through, so I was dreading that. Surprisingly, I havenโt felt sluggish at all, and havenโt had a drop of caffeine. Iโve lost about 4 pounds over the course of 11 days, and havenโt really had any cravings for junk food or sweets. Iโve even made things like lentils, Brussels sprouts and spaghetti squashโฆ broadening my horizons :)
9. Donโt forget about the 12 Days of Giveaways! You can still enter to win a Le Creuset Dutch Oven and a SONOS Sound System! Next week, Iโll finish up with days 11 and 12โฆ I think youโre going to like them, so be sure to check back! ;-)
10. TGIF! Hide your food, the beggars are on high alert!
That airline thing is one of the coolest things Iโve ever seen. I have mixed feelings on almond extract. It doesnโt really taste like almonds at all. I occasionally use it very sparingly.
Almond extract tastes NOTHING like almonds. Why is that?? I too love almonds but HAATE when I mistakenly grab a cookie that has the extract it in. Blech!