Hi Friends!
Time for another round of Bean Bytes!
First things first: Thank you to each and every one of you who donated to Foodie Penpals for Hurricane Sandy.
We raised almost $2,000 for New York Cares to help the victims of Hurricane Sandy!!!! So awesome.
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Link Love
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Monday
Easy homemade gift ideas:
15 Homemade Food Gift Ideas via Aggie’s Kitchen
I need to do this:
Six tips for Decluttering via Mizfit Online
Read it. Think good thoughts for her. Stop tanning. Get a skin cancer screening.
Another Surgery via Life of Blyss
don’t text and drive. period.
The Unhealthy Habit I’m Kicking to the Curb via For the Love of Kale
Tuesday
Another easy homemade gift:
Nut Clusters via The Edible Perspective
A great way to look at things:
What Would I Say to a Best Friend via A Dash of Meg
This says it all.
Just do it via A Healthy Slice of Life
More homemade fun:
28 DIY Gifts for Any Budget via Greatist
Wednesday
Eat more quinoa!
12 ways to quinoa via Love Life Surf
On Wheat Belly:
Do you have a wheat belly via Candid RD
Great tips!
5 tips to help you blog during the holidays via Shareaholic
perfect for cookie trays
Free holiday printables via Kitchen Confidante
Thursday
Yoga mats can get gross:
How to keep your yoga mat clean via Sweet Caroline
For those of you without a juicer:
How to juice with a food processor via Food Fitness & Family
Want this on a biscuit ASAP:
Cranberry Meyer Lemon Butter via Bran Appetit
On doing what’s right for YOU:
Boobs: The obligatory breast feeding post via Run Pretty
Easy ways to pay it forward:
Elf For Health: Pay it Forward via Wild Things Run Free
Friday
On motivation:
5 Foolproof ways to motivate yourself to exercise via Mizfit Online
a great tutorial:
A bloglovin’ tutorial via Nutritionella
A great reminder:
An open letter to you via Eat Drink Breathe Sweat
This is a great roundup!
Gifts that Give Back via Peanut Butter Fingers
Holy amazing!
Raw Peppermint Cheesecake via Purely Twins
What do you think?
Should junk food commercials be banned from Nickelodeon? via Greatist
A beautifully written reflection:
Processing via A Healthy Slice of Life
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Twitter Favs
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Stop lying to yourself & discover the motivation you already have
Random Acts of Kindness
5 health myths that may be hurting your waistline
Sleepless nights and finding peace
5 tips for finding new blogging inspiration
A logo does not cost $12
26 Moments that restored our faith in humanity
50 bodyweight exercises you can do anywhere
5 quick SEO fixes you should stop ignoring
25 Things you should remember to do every day
Best Tweet I Saw On Friday:
My thoughts on friday:
Sending light in a time of darkness,
and love to those who lost.
Hug your loved ones…today & every day.
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Scenes from the Week
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1. new Oakleys! Love them
Giveaway coming soon for you guys!!
2. Good Morning
3. Marcus didn’t want to get out of bed
4. Brought bagels in on my last day at my internship rotation
5. Hospital xmas decorations- so festive!
6. Spotted toy for a spotted dog
7. Tucker things I am his pillow
8. Holiday traffic in the rain sucks
9. Flat tires suck more
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In the Blog World
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Coming this Week
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I made A LOT of cookies this weekend
And that’s not even all of them!
Full recap coming Wednesday
For a sneak peek, make sure you’re following me on instagram:
CLICK HERE!
and scroll back thru my pics from the weekend!
Enjoy!
–Lindsay–
Thanks for the link love, dear! Also, your adorable kitty looks a little bitter… did he not get even a morsel of a cookie crumb?
Elle | nutritionella recently posted..coming clean + a giveaway!
Thank you for including me!
xoxo
Miz recently posted..National blogging day of remembrance
You know I’m signed up for FPP!!! And a part of HLB!
Linz @ Itz Linz recently posted..Conscious Box Giveaway
Thanks for the link love, LIndsay!
Caroline recently posted..Daydreams
Nice roundup here Lindsay. Thanks for including my wheat belly post. I had a lot of angry readers on that comment section, yikes!
The skin cancer story was intriguing…. and I definitely pinned the raw cheesecake!!
The Candid RD recently posted..Gluten Free Monday! Spicy Cashew Veggie Burgers, Chocolate Carmelitas, and Triple Chocolate Spice Cookies
doesn’t it look awesome?!
Thank you for the link love!
I really love your Bean Bytes. I know it must take a lot of work for you to put together, but I always get excited to check out all the great posts you’ve found and see what else you’ve been up to. You’re awesome, Lindsay!
Brittany (Healthy Slice of Life) recently posted..Hodge Podge and Recipe Reviews
awww thanks girl! glad you like it
thank you so much for the well-wishes and good thoughts, love! <3
Alyssa @ Life of bLyss recently posted..2013 Resolutions
Thanks for the link love and for sharing such great posts, esp Tiffany’s tweet.
Christine @ Love, Life, Surf recently posted..26 Acts of Kindness
Great beans as usual!
Kierston recently posted..Little Things Monday #2
I love these posts. Meyer lemon cranberry butter needs to happen at my house too!
Laura @ Sprint 2 the Table recently posted..Kiss My Cauliflower
Nice roundup!
maria @ lift love life recently posted..Praying.
Lindsay, as always, thanks for the link love! <3 Hope you had an awesome weekend!
Ginny Soskey recently posted..Happy Friday! Win a Shareaholic T Shirt For You and Your Favorite Blogger
Thanks for the linky love, girl! I so appreciate it.
YOU ROCK! Have an awesome day.
Heather @ For the Love of Kale recently posted..When you feel helpless…
I love Bean Bytes! Helps me feel like I haven’t missed anything during the week
Molly @ Just Your Average Athlete recently posted..Speechless
yay! glad it helps!
thanks for the linkup!
Calee recently posted..#fitnessfriday [9]: breakin out the big guns.
Great recap of posts as per usual. Gonna check out a bunch of these
Kammie @ Sensual Appeal recently posted..Gorgeous Oakley sunglasses with a sparkle from Sunglasses Shop + Giveaway
thank you!!! hope you find some you like
you’re the best. THANKS
Heather recently posted..Simply Saturday
anytime, girl!
I love your Bean Bytes! Such a cute way of keeping track of what happened during the week
Brooke @ Running In Heels recently posted..Bloglovin
aw thanks!! glad you like it!
Best post, EVER!! Thank you for distracting me from my Monday doldrums!! And yes, I totally just used to the word DOLDRUMS! lol!!!!! I hope one day you will link to me, that would be an HONOR…
GiGi Eats Celebrities recently posted..Naked or Dressed; That is the Salad Question!
hehe enjoy!!
Thanks for including me love
Madeline @ Food Fitness and Family recently posted..A Fit-Christmas List for Her
Love Bean Bytes!
Great list… Tiffany’s tweet was right on par.
Pavement Runner recently posted..Send me to Seattle!
i thought so too!
Dang, look at that cookie haul! I’m baking cookies with a friend this Saturday. Looking forward to the time with a good friend, baking and testing.
Lauren @ Sassy Molassy recently posted..The Search is On
sounds perfect
So many good things on the web last week! Thanks for taking the time to do this each week, Lindsay. I especially love all the homemade gift ideas… I will be going on a crafting/baking kick this weekend…nothing like waiting til the last minute!
Noelle at Noelle’s Notebook recently posted..Real Talk- Legs.
Love your Bean Bytes! Always such interesting pages to read and learn from.
Meredith @ Dare You To recently posted..Dance!