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In exchange for this post, Green Bean Delivery provided me with 4 complimentary produce bins. As always, all thoughts and opinions are 100% my own. 

Hi Friends!

Let’s talk veggies, shall we? Over the past few weeks, you may have noticed me getting a few produce deliveries if you follow me on social media. Today I thought I’d give you my thoughts.

Last month, Green Bean Delivery contacted me to see if I was interested in reviewing their services. Let’s see- fresh fruits and veggies delivered right to my doorstep? Yes please! A few years ago, hubby and I split a CSA share with some friends and I loved it…but after we missed signups the following year, I never really got back into it.

So what’s Green Bean Delivery all about? From their website:

Our year-round food delivery service brings the freshest local & organic produce and natural groceries right to your doorstep. Membership is easy, flexible, and risk-free. Customize your orders online to get exactly what you want. It’s an affordable, convenient, and fun way for the whole family to eat healthy!

If you live in Indiana, Ohio, Kentucky or Missouri, you might live in an area they deliver to! Look for a discount code on your first order at the bottom of this post.

{Week 1 Delivery}

Blueberries, blackberries, onion, potatoes, kale,
broccoli, lettuce, zucchini, peaches, corn

All organic except the corn & the zucchini, lettuce & kale were local

How it works:

• You can sign up for weekly or bi-weekly delivers with a minimum order of $35. If you’re going to be out of town, you can cancel your order for that week or if you need to put your membership on hold for a few weeks, you can do that too.
• Orders are delivered on a specific day depending on where you live (mine came Thursdays) and arrive in an insulated bin packed with ice packs. You don’t have to be home to accept your delivery. You have from Thursday afternoon- Monday to customize your order and deliveries are made Tuesday-Friday.
• The week before your order, you log into the Green Bean store and customize your order. For example, if you have a standing order for a small produce bin (which is what I received), you’ll log in and see what’s in the bin for that week. From there, you can customize your bin by removing items you don’t want and adding those you do. You can also add other grocery items from their store including eggs, meats, cheeses, frozen foods, bulk products etc.

{Week 2 Delivery}

Corn, onions, lettuce, broccoli, potatoes, cantaloupe, green beans, strawberries, blueberries, grape tomatoes and a nectarine. 

All organic except the corn and green beans. The lettuce was local. 

A few other notes:

• Green Bean Delivery offers mostly organic options, with seasonal local options. There are five different box size options available.
• You can also order a break room bin for your office!
• They recently redesigned and launched a new store which makes it super easy to order!

Each item is labeled Organic, Conventional, Local, etc.

So, what did I think about it? 

• I really enjoyed the service. It’s super convenient for people who are busy and don’t have a lot of time to get to the grocery store or farmer’s market.
• The items we received were high quality. Everything was very fresh and tasted great!
• They were easy to work with and I like the flexibility of being able to customize and add to your order.
• I loved all the organic options.

{the local options in my area right now}

Any negatives?

• Their selection of local produce wasn’t as large as I would have liked. I love buying local, especially in the summer months so I’d still be inclined to visit the farmer’s market for additional local options. However, I could see myself using the bi-weekly option since I often don’t make it to the farmer’s market every week.

{Week 3 Delivery}

Leeks, green beans, cantaloupe, grapes, blueberries, zucchini,
beets, broccoli and grape tomatoes.

All organic except the green beans.
The leeks, beets, zucchini and green beans were local.

 

So what do you think? Are you interested in trying it out?

Let’s chat:
Do you have a similar service in your area? Or belong to a CSA? Or do you prefer going to the farmer’s market yourself?

Enjoy!
–Lindsay–

 

*Green BEAN Delivery is available in Ohio (Columbus, Cincinnati, and Dayton), Indiana (Indianapolis, Anderson, Fort Wayne, and Muncie), Kentucky (Louisville and Lexington), and in St. Louis, Missouri.

 

This post contains referral links. I was not compensated for this review but I will receive credit to my account if you sign up using my referral link. As always, all thoughts and opinions are 100% honest and my own.

Hi Friends!

Just wanted to pop in a share a little bit about a blogging tool I recently started using! It’s called CoSchedule and it has replaced the previous editorial calendar plug-in I used.

I’ve been aware of CoSchedule for several months now, but since it is a paid service, I’ve been hesitant to take the plunge. I finally signed up for the two week trial and I was hooked even before the trial ended.

Here’s a look at what CoSchedule looks like:

 

It’s basically a calendar you can use to help plan your blog posts. You can start a draft on one day and then if you decide you want to publish it on a different day, simply drag and drop to the preferred publishing day. I’ve been using an editorial calendar for my blog for a while now and it’s helped me tremendously with planning ahead and keeping track of various post deadlines, etc.

The cool thing about CoSchedule is that it does a great job of integrating social media. My previous calendar was just a calendar and that’s it. This tracks your shares once the post is published and it also lets you connect various social media accounts like your blog’s Facebook page, your Twitter account, your Pinterest boards, etc. Once they’re connected, you can pre-schedule posts to these various social media sites and CoSchedule will publish them for you at the desired times.

You can preview what your social media posts will look like, choose if you want to include a link or an image and then specify what date and time you want the tweet or FB post to be scheduled.

The social media aspect is really what sold me on CoSchedule. Now, when I write a post, I also pre-schedule several tweets, a Facebook post and a pin for the day the post is to be published. You can also easily pre-schedule social media posts for a week, month, etc after posting to give your post a little refresher after it’s been published for a while, or if say you wanted to schedule a Pinterest post for the weekend instead of the day the post is published.

While I still use free programs like Hootsuite and Buffer to preschedule tweets, I really like the convenience of being able to pre-schedule a lot of my social media stuff for my own posts from one central location.

In addition, you can personalize the calendar colors, the number of weeks shown on your calendar at one time, what day you calendar starts on etc. You can also integrate bit.ly, google analytics and google calendar with CoSchedule, as well as the Click to Tweet program you may have soon people using that puts a pre-composed tweet into your blog post so all people have to do is click to share.

Interested yet?

I’d definitely encourage you to sign up for the two week trial to check it out. CLICK HERE to get started. If you like it after the trial, it’s $10/month, or save $20 by signing up for an annual plan. (*Disclosure* If you share a review of your thoughts you save 50% on your subscription)

Although I was doubtful it was worth the money before I checked it out myself, after trying it out, it’s definitely worth the money for me and I think it would be a great tool for a lot of my fellow bloggers as well!

Enjoy!
–Lindsay–

 

This post was sponsored by ACE™ Brand. I was compensated for my time. All thoughts and opinions are 100% my own.

Hi Friends!

Let’s talk fitness today, shall we? More specifically, fitness injuries. I’ve been an athlete my whole life and I know that I’m quite lucky to be able to say I haven’t suffered a lot of major injuries. Sure, I’ve had my fair share of pulled muscles, shin splits, sprained ankles, etc…but as far as season-ending injuries, torn ligaments, broken bones and the like…they’ve been avoided.

That’s not to say I don’t have my fair share of aches and pains though. I have some shoulder issues from years of playing volleyball. I have a loose tendon in my wrist…so I always wear wrist wraps and I’ve had lower back/hip alignment issues for years which tend to flare up at inconvenient times. Plus, when I was front squatting about six months ago, it got too heavy and when I tried to bail out, I didn’t push the bar far enough forward, causing it to land on my knee and crush my ankle beneath it.

Serious enough for the doctor? Probably not. A nagging injury that has flared up occasionally over the past few months, requiring ice and rest? Yes.

So, when ACE™ Brand reached out to me about trying their new ACE™ Brand Elastic Bandage with ACE Brand Clip, I jumped at the chance. Like I mentioned, I’m no stranger to sprained ankles. I think my count is at 5 or 6 between the two ankles, so I spent a fair amount of time in high school with my ankle wrapped and a big bag of ice. With the wraps I’ve used previously, you either tuck the end in to your wrap job or use those annoying little clips that I was constantly losing. With this new wrap, the clip is built in! And it’s strong enough that you can use the wrap to actually hold the bag of ice on the injury! My previous method was a) wrap the ankle b) apply the ice c) wrap with saran wrap to hold the bag in place. Not the most convenient.

Another reason I agreed to try this product is because the offer came right before hubby had his second shoulder surgery. Being that I’m somewhat of a pro now after having been through the same surgery with him last summer, I knew we’d be spending a lot of time with bags of ice on the shoulder, so I knew we’d be able to use the new wrap for that as well!

Here are some product details:

• The ACE™ Brand Clip can be adjusted on the fly and won’t snag your clothes. It also snaps in place easily and holds securely.
• It provides customized support and compression and the bandage retains its elasticity after repeated use and washings.

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So, how did it work? Great! I tried it out on my ankle first. The instructions were easy to follow and I wrapped my ankle and wore it both around the house and while walking the dogs. I also put it to the test and wore it during a Crossfit workout. The clip stayed in place every time and never loosened.

I also wrapped it around a bag of ice and it was strong enough to hold it in place.

Finally, we tested it on hubby’s shoulder, using it to hold his bag of ice in place and again, it worked like a charm!

If you’re looking for something to help with strains, sprains or just everyday aches and pains, I definitely recommend this product.

 

Let’s chat:

What’s the worst injury you’ve ever had?

For me? A pulled hip flexor. OMG so painful!

Enjoy!
–Lindsay—

Hi Friends!

Time for another Foodie Penpals Reveal day!

After taking a few months off myself, I rejoined this month and am so glad I did. I was matched with Lauren at From Everyday to Gourmet, an awesome foodie blogger from Texas. She sent me an amazing package and she seriously put my packaging skills to shame. Everything was wrapped up so nicely. I loved it!

Here’s what I got:

She told me not to laugh at all the stamps on the box, but I had to chuckle 🙂 Apparently she found a bunch of stamps she bought several years ago and is trying to use them up.

Let’s take a closer look at the goodies:

1. Treats for the boys
2. Flavored nuts! So delicious.
3. Apple Bourbon Cinnamon Jam – doesn’t that name just leave you drooling?!
4. Homemade toffee cookies. OMG. So good. Inhaled them.
5. Beanitos – a fun change from regular chips
6. Salsa – always a hit in our house!

Thanks so much for the amazing package Lauren!

Here’s some details about FPP in case you want to join in for July:

-On the 5th of every month, you will receive your penpal pairing via email. It will be your responsibility to contact your penpal and get their mailing address and any other information you might need like allergies or dietary restrictions.
-You will have until the 15th of the month to put your box of goodies in the mail. On the last day of the month, you will post about the goodies you received from your penpal! 
-The boxes are to be filled with fun foodie things, local food items or even homemade treats! The spending limit is $15. The box must also include something written. 
-Foodie Penpals is open to blog readers as well as bloggers. 
-Foodie Penplas is open to US, Canadian & European residents.  Please note, Canadian Residents will be paired with other Canadians only. Same with Europeans.  

If you’re from the US or Canada and are in participating for March, please CLICK HERE to fill out the participation form and read the terms and conditions. 

You must submit your information by July 4th as pairings will be emailed on July 5th!

If you participated this month, link up below and go check out a few other posts to see what they got!

Enjoy!
–Lindsay–