Keepin’ It Real

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I was obviously out enjoying this gorgeous weather!

And I’m back! So sorry for the brief lack of posts. The weather was absolutely gorgeous here in NYC this weekend, so as you can imagine, I just had to take advantage…

Well, that’s what I’d like you to think, anyway. And in fact, if the whole premise of this blog wasn’t about “keepin’ it real,” I might even let you assume that.

But, The Sometimes Healthy Living Blog is about sharing the good AND the bad, so here goes:

I spent the better part of the weekend indoors hiding from the beautiful weather, friends and most importantly, a mounting stack of work and blog work. To avoid being “knee deep” in emails and projects, I found myself elbow deep in a box of Cinnamon Cheerios, a bag of pretzels and the first season of Felicity (I’ve seen this season at least 10 times – what can I say? I just love that damn show). Continue Reading →

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Theme Song Giveaway Winner!

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Hello everyone – apologies for the unplanned blog break this weekend. More on that later.

But for now, I’m so excited to announce the winner of my first blog giveaway! Congratulations, Sarah, from the lovely blog, Daisies and Dates!

Sarah, please email me at sometimeshealthygirl@gmail.com and let me know if you’d prefer the $25 iTunes gift card OR the personalized feel-good playlist based on reader comments/my personal faves.

Thanks everyone for the song picks. I have little a plan for all of your great suggestions. Stay tuned!

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Theme Song Thursdays AND my First Giveaway!

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Hello to all the new readers of the Sometimes Healthy Living blog! I’ve seen a lot of you since yesterday’s guest post on “I’m an Okie.” Thanks for stopping by! Sit down and stay awhile…pretty please šŸ˜‰

Happy Music = Healthy Living?

Believe it or not, I think a huge part of “healthy living” is music. As I mentioned last week, sometimes all it takes is one good tune, and this Sometimes Healthy Girl’s mood can go from zero to hero in 60 seconds. That doesn’t mean that someone who doesn’t listen to music isn’t healthy. It also doesn’t mean that in order to be healthy, one should walk around all day humming the theme song from Barney. It just means that music can take us all to a “happy place” and happy = healthy.

Additionally, a couple weeks ago, I posted about Zooey Deschanel’s statement in SELF magazine that everyone needs a life theme song. I thoroughly enjoyed the comments from that post about your life theme songs, as well as comments from last week’s post. So that’s why, moving forward I’m instituting a Thursday Theme Song day, where I share a song that either describes my day OR puts me in a good mood. Continue Reading →

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Chill-Axin for the Holidays

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A cake pop a day....makes the Work Week Blues go away?

Happy Short Week everyone! After 3-4 days of fun in the sun, I’m sure not one of us was extremely excited to get back to the grind.

Luckily, the picture to the right is how I started out my day.

Cake pops! Do these babies ever get old? I’m convinced that, like cupcakes, they’ll never go out of style šŸ™‚ One of the ladies in our office is an incredible baker, and she seems to specialize in cake pops. Today, the flavors included Carrot Cake, Strawberry Cake, Key Lime,Ā PiƱa Colada and Chocolate Cake.

If every work week starts out like this, I might just be sprinting to the office every Monday morning to ensure I have the best flavor pick. The only thing that could make this display more exciting would be if it was propped up by a can of Reddi Whip…

Hey, a girl can dream.

4th of July Weekend Round-Up

If you’re just catching up from the weekend, here’s what I did all weekend. Continue Reading →

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Sometimes Healthy Wacky Food Combos – The Patriotic Edition

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Happy Long Holiday Weekend!

You didn’t think I’d let July 4th pass without some kind of wacky recipes to celebrate this day in style. Please don’t expect them to be normal in honor of the holiday. That would be way too out of character for this Sometimes Healthy Girl. These recipes are an adaptation of some of my original Wacky Food Combos, particularly the Pie Filling Edition. Please keep an open mind ;-)! Continue Reading →

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