TGFA

Hi friends <3 How are you? Hope youโ€™re having a lovely morning!

Itโ€™s moving day!!! Weโ€™re loading up my dadooโ€™s flatbed trailer he lent us and starting to make trips to the new house. Cleaners are coming, locksmith, alarm guy, cable/internetโ€ฆ itโ€™s going to be crazy and amazeballz ๐Ÿ™‚

Breakfast:

pancakes

Oatmeal pancakes: look great, taste horrible. Not one of my best creations :/

Iโ€™ll be back later today with tons of pictures, but before I go, I wanted to tell yaโ€™ll about the Great Fundraising Act.

Through blogging, Iโ€™ve been able to meet and connect with so many amazingly talented, intelligent, witty, and fun people. I always think about how fortunate I am to be a part of such an incredible community and for the friendships Iโ€™ve created through the blog world. Whenever a blogger draws attention to a particular cause or event, the blog world quickly takes action to demonstrate their support.

Now a fellow blogger needs our help <3

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You may be familiar with Susanโ€™s blog: The Great Balancing Act. Susan is 25 years old, hilariously funny, and Iโ€™ve enjoyed reading her blog for the past couple of years. I missed out on a few months of posts, and then I received an email stating that Susan was diagnosed with lymphoma and that there would be a fundraising event in her honor to help with medical costs. Immediately, I went over to her blog to read the story, cried until I didnโ€™t have any tears left and said a prayer that sheโ€™d continue to be strong, brave, and kick this thingโ€™s ass.

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You can read more about her journey in these posts:

Sheโ€™s blogging throughout the entire experience, and the attitude sheโ€™s been able to maintain is truly inspirational.

The auction just started this morning and the bidding ends tonight. There is a crazyawesome amount of items to bid on (you can check out the list *here*), including some of my faves:

-Livewell 360

-Physique 57

-Babycakes cookbook

-Bobโ€™s Red Mill

-lululemon groove pants

I also donated a batch of custom macaroons and a TJs/Whole Foods goodie package ๐Ÿ™‚

roons (3)

Iโ€™ll ship worldwide, too. If youโ€™d like to bid, *hereโ€™s the link*. You know I hook my goodie package winners up ๐Ÿ˜‰

package

Off to move and shake. See ya later today!

xoxo

Gina

Headโ€™s up: Sun Warrior promo is live! Yeehaw!

Something to talk about: Which auction item do you have your eye on?? Iโ€™m excited to bid in between moving shenanigans ๐Ÿ™‚

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31 Comments

  1. Lisa @ Sunny Seed Stories on July 25, 2011 at 10:46 am

    Best of luck on the move! May it be as painless as possible. ๐Ÿ™‚

  2. Joy (A Little Bit Fit) on July 25, 2011 at 10:47 am

    Happy Moving Day! Congrats, Homeowner! ๐Ÿ™‚

  3. Sara K on July 25, 2011 at 10:49 am

    Yayyy happy moving day! I think it is so touching how the blog community is coming together for TGFA ๐Ÿ™‚

  4. Angela @ Eat Spin Run Repeat on July 25, 2011 at 10:50 am

    Happy Moving Day Gina! And yay for TGFA! I’ve got some items in the auction too and am going to check out the other things up for grabs a bit later on today. ๐Ÿ™‚

  5. Allison @ Food For Healing on July 25, 2011 at 10:57 am

    moving!! ahh that happened so fast once the deal went through. good luck, cant wait to see pictures of it all.
    the blogging community is so freakin amazing, TGFA is a fantastic idea and seriously shows the strength and togetherness of all of us. i love it.
    i could never afford your ‘roons and gift package though ๐Ÿ™ ๐Ÿ™

    • Fitnessista on July 25, 2011 at 10:58 am

      i’ll be doing a giveaway sometime soon! ๐Ÿ™‚

  6. Holly @ The Runny Egg on July 25, 2011 at 10:59 am

    Yay for moving! I hope it all goes well.

    There are tons of things I plan on bidding on — so much good stuff!

  7. Katie on July 25, 2011 at 11:02 am

    Big Congrats and Good Luck on moving day!!!!!! love you!

  8. Jessica @ Healthy Dairyland on July 25, 2011 at 11:03 am

    I’m excited for….all of them. I’m kind of a bidding machine. Hopefully my bank account won’t mind since it’s for a good cause. haha

  9. Nic on July 25, 2011 at 11:06 am

    oo! I see TJ’s dried mango slices in there! Those are some of my faves! I also picked up some of their frozen mango halves to make protein smoothies with, my favorite so far: banana, blueberry, and mango mmmm

    Good luck with moving and officially congratulations on the new house! How exciting!

  10. kate on July 25, 2011 at 11:08 am

    Good luck with moving, I cant wait to try sunwarrior!!

  11. Brittany @ ittybitsofbalance on July 25, 2011 at 11:14 am

    Those oatmeal pancakes do look great! I just made some wheat free, egg free oatmeal pancakes (allergies ๐Ÿ™ ) the other day and it took me forever to perfect the recipe!

    Have a good Monday ๐Ÿ™‚

  12. Yolie @ Practising Wellness on July 25, 2011 at 11:17 am

    Good luck with the move! Can’t wait to see all the photos! ๐Ÿ˜€
    And at least the oatmeal pancakes looked good, even if they didn’t taste it, lol! One out of two ain’t bad! ๐Ÿ˜‰ xyx

  13. Silvia @ skinny jeans food on July 25, 2011 at 11:22 am

    Yeah! Moving day! It’s been a long time coming. Can’t wait to see picts of your new abode, and then you finally can start nesting ๐Ÿ˜‰

  14. Lindsey on July 25, 2011 at 11:25 am

    You better believe I have already bid on your package ๐Ÿ™‚ I hope I can score something for this great cause!

  15. Heather @ Get Healthy with Heather on July 25, 2011 at 11:33 am

    Hope the moving goes well! So glad to be part of the great fundraising act!

  16. Danielle C. on July 25, 2011 at 11:45 am

    Girl you should sell those Macaroons, they are always sky high in the bidding. I’m drying to get a taste of just one. ๐Ÿ˜‰

    Good luck with the move!

  17. Shayla @ The Good Life on July 25, 2011 at 12:23 pm

    Good luck today and can’t wait to see the pics! ๐Ÿ™‚

  18. The Teenage Taste on July 25, 2011 at 12:45 pm

    Sorry to hear that the oatmeal pancakes didn’t turn out well. Like you said, they look delicious! My all-time favorite healthy and filling pancake recipe is still your “Perfect Protein Pancakes.” SO YUMMY! I had them for breakfast (again) yesterday! ๐Ÿ™‚

  19. Cait @ Cait hates Cake on July 25, 2011 at 1:10 pm

    Good luck with your move today!

  20. Joelle (On A Pink Typewriter) on July 25, 2011 at 1:37 pm

    Good luck moving!

    I think the outpouring of support via the blog community for TGFA has been incredible… THis is such a wonderful group to be a part of for that very reason, and I’m looking forward to getting to know more bloggers. ๐Ÿ™‚

  21. Lauren @ Sugar Coated Sisters on July 25, 2011 at 2:04 pm

    Have fun with your BIG move!! Such an exciting life moment! I’m about to check out the SW promo – sis recently went vegan so I might be ordering some for her as well!

  22. Aine @ Something to Chew Over on July 25, 2011 at 2:45 pm

    Hope the move goes well!

  23. Ali @ urbanfruitbat on July 25, 2011 at 3:09 pm

    I am sending all my love and heart felt prayers her way. Thank you for posting on this!

  24. Nicole on July 25, 2011 at 3:28 pm

    Happy Moving Day!

    I too cried my eyes out reading Susan’s posts. I have been praying for her too.

    Just want to double check…I checked out the Protein offer. No shipping to Canada?? ๐Ÿ™

  25. Beth (well ill be) on July 25, 2011 at 4:06 pm

    So exciting that yall are moving! I’d love to get some of your macaroons but they are a bit out of my price range :). That’s a good thing though!

  26. Jackie @ That Deep Breath on July 25, 2011 at 4:12 pm

    Happy moving day! There are so many amazing items up for auction…this is the greatest auction ever!

  27. Cait on July 25, 2011 at 5:14 pm

    woohoo! those look fabulous ๐Ÿ™‚ can’t wait to get some of your macaroons!

  28. Camille on July 25, 2011 at 5:14 pm

    Wow! The bid is already up to $310 for your macaroons ๐Ÿ™
    I was hoping to get them, but $310+ is too much..

  29. Katelyn @ Chef Katelyn on July 25, 2011 at 5:17 pm

    Susan is such an amazing and inspiring woman. ahhh SUN WARRIOR PROMO

  30. Natalie on July 25, 2011 at 7:27 pm

    You sold me on the ” I ship worldwide” I would love a goodie bag from the gorgeous gina from fitnessista. I feel like I would actually be one step closer to the bloggin’ world and not just my virtual reality. I live in Queenstown, New Zealand.

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