Are you ready for a random string of thoughts?
1) Today is Round 2 of Elf for Health! I wasn’t in the first round, so I’m excited! We’ll be getting our elves e-mailed to us sometime today and tomorrow is the first task for the round. Since we have a task to do everyday (except Sundays), I won’t have any excuse not to post every day! Are ya ready to see more of me? Yeah, yeah you definitely are.
2) I have pretty much all of my Christmas shopping done, and that makes me so happy and much less stressed. I’m awful at buying gifts for people, I guess I just lack the creativity… but this year I’m proud of the things I came up with! Sticking to a budget helped steer my choices… although even with the budget, I am now completely and utterly broke. How many more months til I’m not an intern anymore?
3) Speaking of being an intern.. I only have 1 more week of Foodservice Management! I’ll do an update post later in the week when I can see the light.
4) This morning I woke up with a grumbling tummy and was immediately inspired by the leftover can of pumpkin sitting in my fridge; Pumpkin pie pancakes anyone?
I combined 1 cup whole wheat pancake mix, 1 cup almond milk, 1 cup pumpkin puree, 1 scoop vanilla protein powder, 1 egg, and a hefty shake of cinnamon and pumpkin pie spice. These were unreal.Words cannot express.
5) Yesterday we went on a huge cleaning-spree of our apartment, and it feels so good to know that there’s no longer any dog hair under the couches. Dusting, vacuuming, organizing, laundry-ing, Magic Eraser-ing… have you ever used a Mr. Clean Magic Eraser? There is literally nothing it can’t do.
6) Lastly, Katie over at Blonde Ambition nominated me for the Beautiful Blogger Award! This is to recognize bloggers that you feel are hard-working and inspirational. The concept of nominations is similar to the Liebster Award, which I posted about last week, so I’m not going to do the whole post, but I nominate every single one of you as Beautiful Bloggers! Everyone that reads my blog, whether you comment or not, makes me feel appreciated and you all deserve to be recognized for your inspiration.
And that’s enough rambling for now.
Are you finished with your holiday shopping? Does it stress you out?
I finished most of my christmas shopping too! I got everyone’s presents, but I’ll prob end up buying a few more small things. Those pumpkin pancakes look amazing!
they were deeeelish! definitely make them
I’m super excited that you’re doing elf4health!! It’s fun (although I have been a bad elf lately and haven’t been keeping up with my posts about it) and a great way to stay on track in the holiday season! Those pancakes sound AWESOME
I found you in my spam box! I actually had that issue last week and had to contact Askimet. I’m excited for elfing tooooooooooooo
I am sadly not done with my Christmas shopping. However, I loooove magic erasers!! Those things seriously are magical.
maybe you can buy some magic erasers for peoples gifts??? hahhaha
These pancakes look amazing! I stocked up on pumpkin for the year, too:)
I can’t get enough! It keeps sneaking its way into my shopping cart
Those pumpkin pancakes look so DARN GOOD! I think tomorrow I might just have to have them. They seem pretty darn easy too, which is always a plus for me.
they are supaaa easy!
Pumpkin pancakes are my all time favorite! YUM! I had some two days ago and have dreamed of them ever since. Perfect breakfast for this time of year.
I kinda-sorta felt like I was eating pumpkin pie. Nomnomnonm
Those pancakes really do sound awesome. And I’m not even a big pumpkin fan!! I like what you did with the BB award, kind of like how I lazily added in the Liebster to mine
Have fun with Elf 4 Health! I’m hoping to do it next round!
Hah yeah I didn’t think I needed to add more random facts about myself, you all learn those through my posts anyways
Yowzas, I still have almost all of my Christmas shopping to do! Those pumpkin pie pancakes remind me of why I love breakfast oh so very much…
breakfast is my favorite meal by far!!
Elf4Health is such an awesome idea. I participated for the last two weeks and am definitely going to continue with it. Accountability is everything
P.S. those pancakes look like the bees knees.
I know I’m really excited for the tasks they seem fun!
pancakes are my favorite with maple syrup, holy yum! I cleaned for the first time using a Magic Eraser a few months ago and my jaw dropped at what that thing could remove- seriously ahmazing.
they are life changing.. you should try them on your bathtub… oh my gosh
Just added a Magic Eraser to my christmas list. Even though I could easily go out and buy one, I think it would make an excellent stocking stuffer.
BEST idea ever
I signed up for Round 2 also, I’m excited! Those pancakes look amazing. Just when I thought I was over my pumpkin obsession, you brought me back. They shall be tomorrow’s breakfast!
Haha glad I could fuel the flame
Wahooo most posts!! My shopping efforts have been super lame this year. My family hasn’t asked for much, I actually thought I’d bought my bfs present already and then found it still sitting in my amazon cart today, woops!