i am tired.
i was out late last night. i was up early this morning. i worked all day.
i still need to get to the gym, make dinner, clean the casa and cuddle with my family.
you know what that means.. time for some listing! i love lists and will always have the energy to make them—even when i am tired.
four lists of four! (aka 4×4.)
four recipes i want to make real soon.
2. sausage, leek & tomato frittata.
4. lemon blueberry cheesecake bars.
four items of clothing i want to buy but never will because i am practical and cheap.
four clever things.
1. homemade biore face strips.
2. putting a paper bag through a printer to make personalized bags for every occasion.
4. making edible ice cream bowls using cookie dough and an upside-down muffin tin.
four dog breeds i want to own one day.
1. bernese mountain dog.
2. german shepherd
3. bracco italiano
4. a red doberman (this will be our next dog breed!)
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and because it’s wednesday and i meant to post this sunday.. here is another installment of the local spotlight!
i am featuring local utah bloggers because i love reading blogs from people in my area. HOWEVER—these blogs are awesome and everyone should read them.. not just utah kids.
name & location: Kerryne Brown, Bountiful, Ut
tell us about your blog: My blog is about my life. I talk about fitness, diet, competing, being a mother and wife and everything in between… good and bad!
how long have you been blogging? About a year and a half (June 2010).
what are two NOT TO BE MISSED posts of yours?
finally, what are five things you could NOT live without? I could not (would not) live without my family, a close second would be oatmeal, coke zero, almond butter and the internet!
name & location: Elizabeth, Salt Lake City, Utah
tell us about your blog: My blog reads recipes runs is about my three of my passions, reading, trying new recipes, and training for my first half marathon. I am currently on the road to losing 50 lbs, and sharing any revelations I may have along the way.
how long have you been blogging? I’m a newbie! I’ve been blogging for just longer than 3 months.
what are two NOT TO BE MISSED posts of yours?
- My favorite recipe to date on the blog: Chicken Soup with Butternut Squash
- Why I Run
finally, what are five things you could NOT live without?
1. My family! Moving to Utah away from my fam has made me realize how much I love them! Without skype I would not be a happy camper. It also made me appreciate my husband so much (who, for the record, is included as family) :)
2. Coffee. Sad but true, it’s my one thing I will never give up, it just makes my mornings happier.
3. My nook. I love being able to download a book *likethat* and get stuff from the library too. It’s perfect for a reading junkie like me.
4. My iPhone. I could most likely live without my computer and TV, as long as I still had my iPhone! And without Pandora at work I would likely lose my mind.
5. A good pair of running shoes. It’s so easy to be active with minimal equipment, squats, lunges, pushups, all can be done with just you! Add some good shoes and you are good to go on all kinds of adventures!
thanks to kerryne & elizabeth for participating in the local spotlight! hope you all check out their awesome blogs.
your turn: give me a list of four. any topic goes. you KNOW you want to. lists are fun.
xo. janetha g.
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i love this!
also, i’d like that top and the bag, too :)
my list of 4 right now = 4 things I can’t wait to do this weekend:
– see family
– hang out with friends
– watch football
– cook with my foodie friend
thanks for the link, girly! hope you’re feeling better lately :)
Great post! I legit died looking at all the yummy, and cute pics! That hoodie is adorable :)
LOVE Kerryne!! Such an inspiration!!
I love you miss Lindsay! :) Thank you!
Want that hoodie! And so want to make the homemade ice cream bowls (brilliant). My list of four …things I’m craving right now:
1. Sleep (yes)
2. A soy misto from starbucks
3. Tortilla chips
4. More time with my baby!
I HAVE THAT BAG!!! The Temple bag, $90
Lmk if you want the link to my review of it. I dont wanna link drop on ya.
And the Samoas bars..omg I just made something that I am calling Samoas bars…but they are not low carb, low fat, low anything :) high sugar baby! :)
Love these lists! PS – re that grey top, you can easily achieve the look for much cheaper with this american apparel top for much cheaper (http://store.americanapparel.net/br394.html?cid=199) and just let your bra strap show! ;)
thanks!
Oh my gosh the “clever things” are all such good ideas! I totally want to make the cookie cups – that is just too cute! :)
I love this UT feature! Makes me want to do one for MA :-) Also, homemade samoas? Eek!
My dad had a red dobie named Lucy (after Lucille Ball of course). I must check out those samosas YUM.
samoas not samosas, but samosas are good too.
This is such a good post – so many things I like! I love the personalized bags & dogs (maybe not in that order). I also love that you are featuring local bloggers from your area, what a cool way to spread the word about other great bloggers! :)
omg, those upside down cookie bowls are genius!
and those puppies!!!!!!!!!!!! awwwwww.
german sheps and bernese mountain dogs are so dang cuuute.
Oh my God those cheesecake squares. Must. Have.
thankyouforever for posting that samosa recipe!!
I love that you are practical and cheap. I think I would die before I bought a hundred dollar sweatshirt! Is there 85 bucks sewn into it?
Four things I hate about migraines:
1. takes all the fun out of wine and/or cocktails
2. feeling nauseous
3. my face hurts
4. the medication costs more than an over-priced sweatshirt
I get migraines too…they are the worst!! I found out that I have a sulfite allergy, so white wine is a trigger, while red wine is not…might be worth a try for you? :)
I really hope that the next time you get a dog, you look into adopting. It is hands down one of the most compassionate, humane choices one could ever make. Breeders, even supposed “reputable” ones, are the reason so many dogs end up in shelters every year.
I am also OBSESSED with those boots! But, I will probably beg and beg and beg and maybe if I’m lucky get them for xmas because my mom will take pity on my sad post-grad self….
The samoas and frittata sound bomb! :) Also, the cookie bowls. Flippin’ genius.
Four random thoughts for you: 1. I can’t wait to be done with classes in 8 days! 2. One perk of living alone is being able to lick the knife before sticking it back in the peanut butter jar. 3. One thing I am looking forward to most about graduating is living somewhere that I can actually get a dog! :) 4. I haven’t eaten any Halloween candy yet this year and I am VERY proud of that.
I love those boots! And I love german shepherds, especially the all or mostly all black ones. My former boss has a doberman that just had two pups and I may get a chance to visit with them during lunch tomorrow. I am SO excited.
Here’s my list. Four workout songs I cannot do without:
1. Baby Anne – Uplift Drift
2. Innerparty System – Don’t Stop
3. Pendulum – Midnight Runner
4. Stabbing Westward – Save Yourself (oldie but goodie)
Okay so the upside down cookie bowls are out of this world insane. I have to do that. Amazing. Thanks for the shout out :) Your amazing!
wait, so this list. Are you going to make a huge care package of these things and send it to me? Is that what you are listing? if so, throw in some extra red doberman please. hehe.
Love you Utah bloggers. Very cool! and VERY DOWN TO EARTH!
Thanks for the Utah blogger love!! We are a pretty great bunch :)
I like this listing game! Four things I wish would appear in front of me right now. (I think I suck at this game… Haha)
1. Some sort of amazing desert that includes brownie a la mode or something.
2. A new computer. It’s been 5 years with MacBook love, and it’s starting to get sluggish.
3. A new book that is as magical as the last book I read (night circus by erin Morgenstern).
4. A new fall wardrobe. I’ve never had seasons before I don’t know what to do… I am only prepared for 70 degrees.
Way similar and much more affordable.
http://www.zappos.com/steve-madden-lindley-black-leather
This is an awesome list, I don’t know what I’m drooling over more-the lemon blueberry bars or the idea of printing out bags with special stuff on them—I die!!
I sympathize 100% with the stuff you would love to buy but you are too practical. I finally bit the bullet and got a North Face jacket……but on Ebay. No way I am spending $90 on a jacket when I can get it on ebay for $25.
lists ARE fun!! easy to read and easy (easier?) to write!
thanks to kerryne for saying she can’t live without coke zero. thumbs up!
love the idea of cookie dough cups and ice cream scoops in the muffin tins. very neat!
four all-time favourite movies: when harry met sally; the princess bride; a few good men; legally blond.
hope you got thru that still-to-do list, j!
I love that hoodie, so cute!!!
I love this post! Those low-carb samoas look amazing. I want a bernese mountain dog! Too cute!
4 things I’m looking forward to this weekend: going to a food show, hopefully meeting Jose Garces, going out to dinner with my fiance’s cousins, and catching up on some sleep :)
i don’t know about a list of four right now, but omg that hoodie is SO cute! i want it too…maybe i’ll take four. one in every color :)
Homemade Biore strips? Genius! I can’t believe that off the shoulder top is $100!
4 things I keep on my person at all times:
1. iPhone
2. Chapstick
3. Ponytail holder (always on my wrist)
4. A smile…haha, corny, but I needed a number 4! ;)
4 cities in the U.S. that I’ve never been to that I NEED to visit:
1. Chicago
2. San Diego
3. Austin
4. Minneapolis
My FAVORITE U.S. cities that I’ve visited
1. Denver (well, tie between Denver/Boulder)
2. Seattle
3. San Francisco
4. Boston
Can’t live without:
1. God’s help.
2. My boyfriend.
3. My car.
4. My blender
5. Hoodies.
*it may be critical not to mention family, but for the past three years, all i feel from them is stress.
Oh Janetha, you’re the best. Thanks for the awesome lists and new blogs to read! =)
Four of my favorite Halloween movies:
1. The Nightmare Before Christmas
2. The Halloween Tree (I can only find it on youtube now)
3. Hocus Pocus
4. The Legend of Sleepy Hallow
here here! another compulsive list maker ( i love those free people boots!) 4 stores where i wish i could have unlimited shopping:
1. anthropologie
2. opening ceremony
3. jil sander
4. madewell
4 bands i’m listening to right now:
1. ryan adams
2. wilco
3. mstrkrft
4. alphabeat
4 foods in my lunch today:
1. granny smith apple
2. avocado
3. eggs
4. mushrooms
Those are four crazy clever things that I will have to try, and one super cute bernese mountain dog. If I ever get a puppy, which is unlikely, that is the breed I would like to get.
I advise you to not get a bernese mt dog if the breed sheds as much as my malamute does…omg! stick with the doberman! I want one of those too someday
just some friendly advice! love the blog!
I LOVE THE DOG LIST.. so i’m going to give you 2 lists of 4
LIFE LIST:
1. pass cpa exam
2. lose a total of 100 lbs (24 down!)
3. maintain a healthy lifestyle after i get down to a healthy size
4. buy a house
DOGS:
1. great pyrenees
2. bernese mountain dog
3. german shorthaired pointer
4. great dane
:)
Okay those are some adorable boots…and puppies…and I am totally going to make those cookie ice cream bowls!
My list:
Four things I want to do before I die:
1. Raise a family (I don’t even have a single kid yet!)
2. Run a half marathon
3. Live debt-free
4. Tour Europe
I have been eyeing those same boots! They are way over my budget though.
And because why not — 4 things my cat Lucas is afraid of:
-Sneezes
-Strangers
-The door
-Bananas (not even joking, he’s terrified of them)
This just may be the best list ever.
Hi Janetha-Are you planning to rescue a certain dog breed, or do you plan to go an actual breeder? I hope you decide to rescue as the shelters are extremely overcrowded, animals are in immediate danger of euthanasia.
Oh we will definitely get our next pup from a shelter!! Also.. we one day hope to have enough money to own and operate a rescue sanctuary. BIG DREAMS.
Love it, thank you. I wish everyone had your mindset!
Wow, that edible ice cream bowl thing is genius! I REALLY want to try it sometime. Also love the ice cream in cupcake liners idea!
those edible ice cream bowls are genius!!! love them.
I will take dog # 2 please!
Four things I want to eat/drink:
1) Those cookie ice cream bowls
2) A sugar free, fat free mocha latte
3) Zapp’s jalpeno potato chips
4) Lamb
Haha so weird, but it’s what I want right now :)
You know I can get that $90 Wesc top for $45 :) If that helps…
I have NEVER seen a Bracco Italiano!! Such a cute dog. I’m going to read about it right now.
<3
Whhaaaat – that grey sweatshirt is $100?!? Also – the cookie dough ice cream bowls are GENIUS.
LOVE that cookie bowl. Not sure about the bag-in-the-printer: my printer is a picky bitch and unless you put PERFECT paper in, it tells you to go eff off. your printer is nicer and less PMSy.
Poor you- rest up. I’m wiped out too. I saw the Boos for dinner and Amanda and I did a 6+ mile hike- I’m worn out in a good way, but stilllllll.
4 things I love about Ireland after living here for a month:
1. Smithwick’s Pale Ale
2. Irish brown soda bread
3. Double-decker buses
4. Perfect running conditions tonight: 50 degrees, no wind, no rain!
Ah love those bernese mountain dogs. We’ve been talking about what kind of dogs we want in our lifetime lately. My top ones: husky, golden retriever, and newfoundland. :)
4 things I love about autumn:
1) Crisp, fresh air
2) Changing leaves (New England native here)
3) Autumn produce (squash + apples especially)
4) The feeling of new opportunity that fills up the air. Maybe its because I’m still only 2 years out from school and planning on going back but something about fall makes me feel like I’m getting a clean slate. LOVE IT!
Love the boots and the hoodie!
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