five things friday

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It snowed here last night!!  Not a lot, only like an inch, but it’s enough to make me want to use my Crock Pot and bake brownies all day.

So basically just like every other day.

Unfortunately, I STILL have to go teach Aqua Power at 11.  The pool is heated and covered, but still?!!?  There’s something not right about that.

Some random Friday fun for my lovelies:

1.  I’m Klutz McGee!

I’ve always known this about myself (I trip easily. I’m not graceful.  Bricks at Carolina used to just POP out of the sidewalk for me to trip over.)  Yesterday, just solidified my theory.

Not only did I somehow manage to fling black bean hummus ALL OVER my computer….

But I also defied all laws of physics when I turned over half a bottle of Downy Unstoppables into our dryer.  Which is front loading.  And was nowhere NEAR the lavender smelling pellets.

You don’t put Unstoppables in your dryer.  They’re made to dissolve in water.  So I spent 10+ minutes, scraping tiny peebles out so they wouldn’t ruin my dryer.  I KNOW I didn’t get them all out.

My clothes smell fantastic.

2.  I made Averie’s Vanilla Avocado Banana Ice Cream!!

And it was everything I’d dreamed of and more!  Creamy.  Sweet.  Avocado-ey.  I even omitted the sugar and it was still amazing!  A tip though – once you’ve made it and put it in your dish, bang the dish on your counter to get rid of any air bubbles – wish I’d done that to mine!

There’s still a little in the freezer.  There won’t be tonight.  Make this!!!

3.  I’m Klutz McGee – the Public Speaker.

I’m hiring out to speak at Bar and Bat Mitzvahs.

No.

Just Bat Mitzvahs.  Speaking in front of boys makes me nervous.

On Monday night, I’m speaking in front of a group of 45 professional women.  The topic?  Getting Healthy In The New Year.  I haven’t prepared anything yet.  They also misspelled my name on the program.  I’m Linda Wright.

Flattering really.

4.  Drawing a blank.

I honestly can’t think of a 4th thing.  We’re watching 30 Rock now on Netflix (it’s 8:15pm on Thursday night) and this show needs ALL of my attention.

I suppose I could have just titled this post, “Four Things Friday” and it still would have had some alliteration.  Klutz McGee doesn’t have forethought.

For that matter, Linda Wright might not either.  15 minutes of hand-shadow puppetry should do the trick, right?

5. BLEND Ticket Sales

If you’ve skipped over everything else in this post (which WHY would you? My words are golden!), pay attention to this last one.

Tickets for the 2012 BLEND Retreat go on sale THIS Sunday, January 15th at 8pm EST!!! 

Read that line again.

That means you NEED to be near your computer on Sunday night!!  We only have 100 tickets to sell, so we’re expecting the event to sell out within hours!

TICKETS WILL BE SOLD AT www.blendretreat.com!!

Here’s a preview of how registration will look.  Familiarize yourself with the information, so you’re not scrambling at the last minute.

At the bottom of that first page, you’ll complete Step 1: Entering your contact information.

After hitting “Continue”, you’ll move to the Lodging portion of registration.  If you live near Boulder, or don’t need lodging for some other reason, there is an option for you, too.

Below all this important information (read it!!), you’ll have a drop-down box, where you can select your bed option and roommate preference.

Pricing is as follows (INCLUDES the $75 ticket, two nights lodging, AND tax):

• Twin – $235
• Full – $255
• Queen – $295
• King – $335
• 1/2 Queen – $195
• 1/2 King – $215
• Full Pullout – $215
• Twin Pullout – $175
• Queen Efficiency – $435

After you’ve selected your bed option, you’ll click “Pay Now” and then be directed to PayPal, where you’ll pay for the event.  You MUST have a PayPal account to buy lodging and a ticket!  If you don’t have an account, you have today and Saturday to set one up!

Feel free to shoot me any questions you might have!!  I want to see you in May!

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Annnnd I’m off to freeze my batookus off in the water.  Happy Friday, Friends!

splendid…lindsay