Chips and Roons
Hi guys 😀 IT’S FRIDAY!!! Yeahhhhhh. Anything exciting going on this weekend? The pilot has a lot of important flights and work stuff this week, so I figured I’d get out of his hair and take a spring break to Orlando 🙂 If any Orlando bloggies want to meet-up while I’m there, hit me up! It will be a week of pool lounging, yoga, vino and shopping. Bring it.
Here are some of the tasty highlights from yesterday 😀
Chocolate macaroons were made:
Salad beasts and black bean hummus were munched:
Kale chips are dehydrating away:
And I’ve eaten half of the batch already. They taste SO GOOD warm out of the dehydrator 🙂 So much for road trip snacks.. they don’t have a chance to make it through today 😉
Workout-wise, I had another lovely solo spin sesh at the base gym.
For the record, Chelsea Handler makes awesome spinning reading material:
It’s hard to jump on the bike when you’re cracking up 😉
Today, I’m meeting with my Lifestyle Challenge group at the gym, going for a light run, and getting ready for Orlando. No dinner plans yet.. maybe the pilot will want some 306 North? I hope so.
Hope you all have a fabulous Friday- I’m out like [raw] sauerkraut.
xoxo,
Gina
Something to talk about: What book are you reading right now?? I need one to start when I finish this Chelsea Handler gem (which will probably be today). Both fluffy girly books and intellectually stimulating literature suggestions would be appreciated mucho 😉
* If you’ve been needing a spiralizer, early next week I’ll have a chance for you to get a free one 😀
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ooh fluffy girly reads are my forte, I do think the british write great Chick-Lit. Have you read any books by Marian Keyes? She’s an Irish author who cracks me up and always has an inspiring tale to tell. If you haven’t I would start with ‘Sushi for beginners’ as I think that’s my favourite, or ‘Rachel’s Holiday’. Have a great time in Orlando! 🙂
I just read Beautiful Creatures and loved it but it’s more Bella Edward fantasy. Did you read “The Help”? Great book.
I Just finished reading the Help for book club and it was amazing. Snowflower and the Secret Fan is great too! Happy reading!
OOO chocolate maccaroons make me swoon. I am reading Wolf Hall- it’s THICK but so far it’s very good. I love books around Tudor England (thanks to Showtimes The Tudors- hot). It’s also reminiscent of Pillars of the Earth – another amazing book.
Spiralizer- sweet! I’m eating about 75% raw and I think that would help me to be a bit more creative.
Enjoy your spring break!!!
Agreed Amara. “The Help” is unbelievable!! 🙂 I’m currently reading it now and don’t want to put it down! Another fun chicky book is “Dirty Girls on Top” by Alisa Valdes-Rodriguez. It’s hysterical!
Hey Gina,
Reading “Blue Like Jazz” will change your life! Anything by Donald Miller is unbelievably uplifting. [:
Ive got both for you! I just finished Friday Night Knitting Club which was quite wonderful. And for more serious lit, if you haven’t read A Picture of Dorian Gray, you HAVE HAVE HAVE to!!
Hope you have a great weekend girl.
Side note I just woke up from a dream which took place at Disney and characters included you and the Pilot, haha. Isn’t it weird when you dream about bloggers?!
hahah YES! i’ve had quite a few dreams about bloggers- it’s pretty funny 🙂
I’m actually reading that same Chelsea book right now! And next is Lauren conrad’s LA candy. Excited about the spiralizer giveaway!!!
I am reading Jodi Picoult’s House Rules about an autistic boy. I am only a few chapters but I usually enjoy her books.
I like the Stephanie Plum novels. They are funny and girly with a little bit of action. I made kale chips for the first time the other day. They are very yummy. 🙂
I just read three books by Dean Koontz – “The Taking”, “The Good Guy” and “Dark Rivers of the Heart”. All freaky, all enjoyable. Sometimes I go through phases where all I want to read are mysteries – no matter how bad they are, lol.
Currently I’m reading “Wolf Hall” which is seriously good, “Mrs. Dalloway” by Virginia Woolf – read it before but felt like it again and I’m also re-reading a bunch of old Nancy Drew mysteries. I LOVE reading old books that I read as a child. It makes me feel close to home.
Enjoy the macaroons… I’ve always wanted to try some, so can’t wait until you start selling them!!!
Aww I just read the pilot’s post and it was really sweet! Ya’ll seem like a couple I want my husband and I to go on a double date with 🙂
I’m deviating from my normal chick lit and reading David McCallaugh’s biography of Truman. It’s not an easy read, but President Truman lived a super interesting life, and I really think he influenced our present by making the toughest decision anyone’s ever had to make. Before that I read The Help and I can’t recommend that enough!! I finished it in 2 days 🙂
You have totally convinced me to start reading some of her books. I just need to get through the stack on my nightstand first!
I really like “The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo.” It’s part of a trilogy and the second book is just as good. Waiting on the third to come out though!
Book Suggestion – I’m in the middle of Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert. It is a great book so far. I’m alittle late to the party as it was really popular a year + ago when it was #1 on the NYT bestseller list. The movie based on the book is about to be launched so I thought I would pick it up. Her writting style is really funny and insightful.
Thanks for such a great site!
Karen – ATL, GA
I love the Chelsea Handler books! They crack me up. Not reading anything right now, but hope to in the the next few wks!
I love Chelsea Handler!! So funny. Have you read “Are You There, Vodka?” It’s my fave!
The Help and the Stephanie Plum novels are both fantastic books, I definitely second the people who have already suggested them. I’ve made my whole office read The Help so far (I work with 99% women) ^_^;;
I so need a spiralizer! I’m currently reading the Outlander series, but they are lengthy and there is 7 books in the series! It’s not for the faint of heart…so take it on at your own risk.
The Help, Kathryn Stockett- very good! It looks long, but you’ll fly through it. Enjoy your weekend!
I loooove Chelsea Handler! She is so hysterical. Did you see her on Shape this month? She looks INCREDIBLE.
Love Chelsea! She got me thru several elliptical sessions! Have you read her 2nd book, “Hello Vodka, Its Me Chelsea”? Hilarious. Got to meet her at that book signing!
YES and i loved it!!!
I am reading the old classic Dune, since I have yet to finish it and it is essentially the perfect embodiment of a sci-fi fantasy book…. I am also reading various books on chemistry, cooking, and human metabolism…not really light reading, sorry. I liked your tribute to sauerkraut…which is currently fermenting in my dorm room!
I love the Stephanie Plum novels by Janet Evanovich! They are great and very easy read. I am also a fan of the Shopaholic series by Sophie Kinsella!
Great post… Looks like I am headed to the bookstore!
I am reading Best Friends Forever by Jennifer Weiner (author of Good in Bed and In Her Shoes), so far I like it. This morning I also finished listening to In Defense of Food on CD, which you have probably read but is awesome and though-provoking. And last month I read Sarah’s Key for book club and it was wonderful, I couldn’t put it down! Books to read by the pool are my favorite 🙂 Happy Friday, Gina!
I just finished “Saving CeCe Honeycut.” I LOVE reading books set in the South. The characters are always so interesting.
SUCH A GOOD BOOK! let me know if you find another one like it!
NurtureShock. It’s about common misconceptions about parenting (for example, is it better to tell a child they’re smart so they got an A, or that they tried hard, and so they got an A? And does it even matter? -Yes, very much!). It’s backed up with a lot of research, but very easy to read. I learned a ton about how to not screw kids up, despite the fact that I don’t have kids, and have no immediate plans for any, haha 🙂
I babysit, and I love reading parenting magazines etc – I might check this out! …I do try to conceal my shopping in public though; people give you looks haha…
whoa, that sounds awesome. might have to check and see if they have it today… 🙂
Just finished In Defense of Food, but you already know all about that. It still was crazy to read the evolution of the food industry. Enjoy you week of vaca and relaxation! Mine’s coming to an end and it stinks!
Have fun!
I just finished “The Help” something very different than I usually read but good nonetheless.
Some of my fav chic lit books are the Emily Giffin ones (Something Borrowed, etc.) and her 5th book The Heart of the Matter is coming out next month. I was skeptical when I read the summaries of the Something Borrowed Books but they are seriously so good I read them all very quickly!
they hook you in! it’s like once you read one, you have to read the next one
i’ve read all of those, too, and absolutely loved them 🙂
I love Chelsea Handler’s books, they are so funny! I’m embarrassed to admit this, but Lauren Conrad’s books suck you in.
Right now I’m reading The Undomestic Goddess by Sophie Kinsella. It’s great fluff, just like her Shopaholic series.
Have fun in Orlando!
i’ve read it- it was wonderful 🙂
xoxo
I am reading one of Jodi Picoult’s older books, Keeping Faith, and I am TOTALLY enthralled! It is about this young girl who has no religious affiliation, who starts seeing and hearing god when her parents go through a nasty divorce. It’s SO good!
Have fun with the pilot this weekend! I am back home in the States and very excited to be here =D
xo
K
that sounds like an amazing book!
all of Jodi Picoult’s books are captivating. i got sucked into her books after the sister’s keeper.
I’m reading On Love: A Novel and I’m really enjoying it. It’s fiction but is intellectual too. I definitely recommend it!
I also recently read The Diana Chronicles (about Princess Dianna) and it was fascinating.
What a fun impromptu vaca planned:D So jealous!
I really want to read Chelsea’s other book, “Are you there vodka, it’s me, Chelsea” 😀
Oh, btw – I found some goat’s milk ice cream, and knew I needed to tell you about it! One word: foodgasmic 😀
ditto on The Help by Kathryn Stockett (great Southern book!) and anything by Sophie Kinsella!
i LOVE sophie kinsella 🙂
I wish I lived close to Florida to just take a trip down there. How much fun! And I LOVE Chelsea! I watch her every night. She is amazing.
Hmm I am in need of a light-hearted book, is this book by Chelsea a pretty easy read? I am currently reading a book on how to get organized and clean!! I struggle with keeping my house clean and organized (partly due to being unwell) but partly just because I am a perfectionist and if it can’t be done *perfectly* I tend to get overwhelmed and not do it at all! I never feel like I have enought time. Speaking of which, maybe you could do a readers request post on how you manage to keep you casa so tidy and still manage to fit everything else in! I always marvel at how beautimous your house is and wonder how you do it. I am jealous of your spring break!!! I want to gooooo. Have fun 🙂 Xo
P.S. Chia seeds- F, P, N, C? 😀
What a life you lead…pool lounging, yoga, wine and shopping…sounds like my kinda day. I love Jodi Picoult novels…Handle with Care was a great book from the first page to the last.
I really liked that book Eat, Love, Pray. It was great!
I’m reading catch 22- not exactly gym material;)
Can I come to Orlando? I’d love a pool right now!
I totally need Chelsea’s book! Currently, I’m reading for class, but it’s Don Delillo’s Libra. It’s a fiction recomposition of Kennedy’s assassination. BUT for a light read, I highly recommend a David Sedaris novel. They’re all compilations of short stories, they’re super smart and hysterical.
Have a faaaab Friday, darling!
P.S. I’m brainstorming looks for you. Shirtdresses, belted waist, mid-thigh shorts (I’ll have to show you a pic of what I have in mind), espadrilles. I’m clearly still thinking!
do it!!! i’d love to chill with you all week… and you can take me shopping, mmm k?
sounds glorious- let me know when you have a list and i’ll buy it up, haha 🙂
xoxo
I adore books because I was an English Lit major so I read more than one at a time…I am reading currently: Breaking Dawn (Stephenie Meyer), Lolita (Nabokov), Garlic and Sapphires (Ruth Reichl), Adventures on the Edge (edited by Jon Lewis)…
We’re going to Orlando the first weekend in May & I CAN’T WAIT!!!
I hope you enjoy your “spring break”! Totally awesome.
I don’t usually post, but wanted to say as well, that you have a fantastic hubs, he’s almost as awesome as mine (wink wink), lucky lucky women we are!! 🙂
Books-wise, I so love reading, right now I’m thumbing through “Mindless Eating (Why We Eat More Than We Think)”, very interesting/good to know/for the record kind of stuff.
I’ll be sticking to non-fiction until the next Harlan Coben book comes out. Just kidding – I’ve just really been craving his stuff lately!! He’s so funny and gripping and entertaining and time-eclipsing all at once (like you have NO idea where the time went at ALL) – anyhow. I’m rambling. I digress!
Love the blog! Love how you leave tips sometimes at the bottom of your posts. Love your attitude! You rock! And don’t let anyone tell you otherwise! 😉
thanks lindsey <3
I just finished reading “Good Calories, Bad Calories” by Gary Taubes, which was actually much more interesting and thought-provoking than I anticipated! I’m now moving on to “In Defense of Food” by Pollan, which I hear is a must-read.
i’m hoping to carve out some time to read this weekend. i always have more than one book open and right now it’s: les miserables, harry potter and shutter island. it kills me that i don’t have time during the week to crack open a book other than for school
I’m reading Eat Pray Love right now… it’s actually my 2nd time reading it – SO good!!
If you haven’t read The Shack, you should!:-) Very thought provoking and an entertaining/quick read.
i’m not reading a book right now actually (weird) but I really love the Mark of the Lion series by Francine Rivers…talk about a love storY!
The China Study is what I am reading now BUT i took a trip to Reno once and read “Good in Bed” (Jennifer Weiner) by the pool, it is my favorite book for giggles and relaxation 🙂
I’m currently reading “Thank you for all things” and like it so far!