I slept in today! (ahhh – angels singing!)
My alarm went off at 5:05 to get up for my morning Mom walk, but I just…couldn’t. You know the feeling! So I texted “skip” to my Mom and hit the snooze button. Forty-five glorious minutes later, I woke up feeling so good. 
A lot of times hitting the snooze button just isn’t worth it – sleeping in for an extra 15 minutes isn’t going to make me feel anymore rested and I could be getting stuff done. However, I feel like 45 minutes definitely makes a difference! How many times do you hit the snooze button every morning?
Breakfast is quick and dirty, as they say. A Sampler Style Breakfast.
We’ve got a Banana:
An AppleCinnamon PURE Bar:
Look at those apple chunks! This is one of my favorite bars, purely (ha – purely) for the texture.
And to round things out – a nice Lemon Cream Torte AE Yogurt.
I was actually kind of sad that I didn’t think to mix some yogurt with oatmeal last night, to re-create yesterday’s breakfast. It was that good! Oh well, this way I can eat them all separate – I’m actually saving the PURE Bar for later. 10:00, most likely.
Lunch shall be the perfect meal, in my opinion…Homemade Chicken Soup and a Honeycrisp Apple.
The funny thing about this soup is that it tastes exactly the same, every time I make it. I know that’s the point of a recipe – but it’s just funny how the taste never varies. I love that because everytime I eat it, I’m instantly transported to my Grandma’s house (it’s her recipe!)
Honeycrisps were on sale at Target yesterday, so dear old Ben made sure to pick me up the biggest ones he could find!
Check out that sticker… This past weekend, my friends and I determined that we hate ladybugs. It feels wrong to say that, but during our freshman year in college there was a ladybug plague on campus. You would literally have 20 of them stuck on your shirt after being outside for mere minutes! There were a ton of them flying around in Iowa City during tailgating, which rekindled our feelings of resentment… 
Well, I Tweeted yesterday that I think I might be ready to start listening to Christmas music! I usually wait until Thanksgiving to start indulging in those sweet, sweet tunes but I’ve been listening to Michael Buble (I know) on Pandora a lot lately, and his music always reminds me of Christmas! Do you listen to Christmas music? When you do you usually start?
In other news…it’s Three Question Thursday time! We’re off!
1. What’s the wallpaper on your cellphone?
2. What’s your middle name?
3. Do you sing karaoke?
My answers:
1. A picture of Finn on the day he was born…awww!
2. Marie – the same as my Grandma on my Dad’s side.
3. Heavens no! I’m way too shy…
Despite this roasting heat in Texas, I’ve been listening to Christmas music since the beginning of November! everyone that has been around me long enough knows I am on a Christmas high from the end of October til Dec. 25. I love everything about the season, not to metion the music!! My favorite upbeat song that is so random, but gets me wound up is Elton John’s “Step Into Christmas.” Please pandora THAT!
1- my wallpaper is my cat sitting up like a human on the couch.
2- Leigh
3- I surprised myself and sang Karaoke for a friend’s birthday party— I was horrible but surprisingly had fun!
Hello and good afternoon!!! PS. i made the pumpkin butter and have eaten it all week on english muffins…. with cream cheese. try that… wow. THANK YOU AGAIN!!
1. What’s the wallpaper on your cellphone? A lotus flower.. i got the new Droid… so im still figuring it out.
2. What’s your middle name? lynn
3. Do you sing karaoke? ehh trust me, you dont want me to.
well i hate to say it, but i’ve already indulged in my Christmas music like a week ago! i just love it. i have my normal talk show that i listen to every morning on the way to school, but since the christmas tunes have been on, that channel is permently on. i feel like i’m cheating on the holiday jams if i dont listen! hehe
I set my alarm 10 minutes before i have really get up so i have a built in 10 minute snooze! i love it and it works for me!
1-my wallpaper is a picture that says “i need a huge please?”
2-Marie (i feel like this is real common)
3-i’ve never done it in public, but i might take a gander at it sometime!
My twin sister and I absolutely love your blog! It is one of our favorites. We have made so many meals inspired from you and tried your workouts. If you could follow our blog too, that would be so cool
-Courtney and Whitney
I snooze once in a while. Man friend however, snoozes every single morning at least 2-3 times in 5 min increments.
1-standard music note that animates when I open my phone. nothing fancy!
2- Joy
3- If I’ve had enough drinks in me, it happens on occasion. Otherwise, I opt out bc my singing voice isn’t the greatest.
1. The wallpaper is whatever came with the phone because I don’t understand the Japanese directions and I don’t use my phone that much.
2. Danielle – after my grandpa (Daniel). We don’t get a lot of boys in our family so my parents had to get creative.
3. After a drink or 2 – usually country songs about heartbreak and cheating despite the fact I have the most wonderful husband ever.
1. Wallpaper is a photo I took of one of the giraffes at the Blank Park Zoo. (Photo will also be featured in their 2010 calendar.)
2. Linn
3. No. No. Nononononono. No.
BTW: Do you get those Pure bars online or at a store locally?
Im with Shandy… were do you get your Pure bars? I’ve looked at Dahl’s , Hy-vee and Target and had no luck.
They look amazing!
I love Michael Buble! He’s my favorite Pandora channel when I’m working from home.
Answers to today’s questions:
1.) My two cute little buggers
2.) Jeanne’-Terese
3.) Hell ya!