This morning I woke up without an alarm. Weird, right? That usually never happens. Or at least I will still lie in bed until the alarm goes off. For some reason though, I decided to get up. Call me ambitious.
I was dreaming I was at some sort of cooking event. At one point I met Giada de Laurentis from the Food Network and freaked her out with one of those, “I’m your BIGGEST FAN,” type of greetings. I saw her eyes widen as she slowly backed away and made some excuse as to someone else with whom she needed to speak. Great. I am weirding out celebrities in my dreams.
You know sometimes when you’re half-awake you try to change your dream? Or is that just me?
Anyhow, I talked with Giada again and I realized that although I love watching her show and her recipes sound amazing, I have yet to test one out. Not a single one. I think about them and possibly some inspiration comes from them, but I’ve never taken the time to go to FoodNetwork.com, get the recipe, go shopping (because I probably don’t have all of her fancy polenta and cheeses on hand) and actually make the darned thing.
Sorry Giada for being your biggest fan but not made the effort to sample your work.
Point being..I have weird dreams. Sometimes ones about Food Network stars.
Ramble aside, I do have some legit news to share with you:
1. I am feeling much better and even ran a couple of miles on the ‘mill yesterday. (That’s news, right?)
2. I selected the winner from the last Love Challenge Giveaway! Katie R has been super involved in the Love Challenge so I was excited to see her name picked for some yummy Seven Sundays Muesli!!
3. There is another giveaway happening of some awesome pre-workout fuel. I used some yesterday for the second or third time ever and really did see a difference. I felt awake and ready to conquer the world, yet not shaky like I tend to feel with too much caffeine. Good stuff.
4. I love you guys and thank you for all of your Instagram and comment love for my balls bites! I really hope you try them and let me know how they are…don’t be a terrible fan like I am to Giada! 😉 (again, this is all legit news, right?)
5. Oh and I decided to buy a ticket to Blend Retreat 2014! I was very much on the fence since the price went up a little and I should be saving money for school…but how can I pass up an opportunity to hang with my blends and meet some new ones!! Are you going? I’d love to meet you!!
I hope you are all having a great week! Wish me luck because I am submitting some photos to Foodgawker, Tastespotting, Healthy Aperture (does anyone know how I would know if my photo got selected for this one??) and Kitchen Artistry. I have recently started submitting my foodie photos and let me tell you…it can be rough! Those of you who get your photos accepted..major props to you.
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What is a weird dream you’ve had recently?
Have you submitted photos to Foodgawker, etc? Did you win?
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I had a dream the other night that I was in the suburbs of Vegas, and I was pregnant and went to one of the homes that had a martial arts studio inside and Vin Diesel was there and he wanted to father my unborn child. WEIRD times infinity.
haha that is weird!! Thank you for commenting. I read a couple of your posts last night while on my phone and realized that is probably one of the reasons people don’t comment…it’s hard to comment on your phone!
I always change my dreams when I’m starting to wake up!!! It’s so weird how real dreams feel and then you start waking up and it just isn’t the same.
I’m super jealous you’re going to blend! I really want to go but I don’t think I can afford it this year, plus Scott and I are saving for a house so priorities 🙂 Next year for sure though! I’ll probably for sure go to HLS though. It is in Madison, WI so not to bad of a drive from MN. Are you going to HLS?
THANK YOU I thought I was the only one who did this because no one commented for like 18 hours yesterday haha.
Yes, definitely planning on HLS! Its too close NOT to, plus I think I might be super ambitious and actually run a session (eek!).
I’ve done that, too! It’s hard when you want to change a dream but your mind wont let you! Dreams can be so crazy sometimes! I would love to meet Giada- I actually have a couple of her cookbooks, and a few recipes my bf and I tried were not very good. I think some of her recipes are good- classic Italians ones, sure, but new-age weird ones were not for us!
Okay I’m glad I’m not the only one who tries to change her dreams haha. I got one of her cookbooks for Christmas, but have yet to try a recipe. Sad some of them didn’t turn out that well! She does use some interesting ingredients sometimes…
LOVE that I get to see you soon!!! 🙂
I know right?? Hugs!! <3
Glad to hear that you’re feeling better 😀 See you at Blend!
Yes, can’t wait to hang with you!! <3
You are so sweet! We should definitely arrange a carpool!!
I’ve submitted to foodgawker a few times and always get rejected 🙁
I can’t remember if it’s Foodgawker, but one of the sites barely tells you what was wrong with the photo! Not that “lighting” or “composition” even tells you anything…how do I fix it?? #bloggerproblems
Mmmmm those balls (errr bites) look soooo chunkalicious!!! And omgness, you really fooled me about the Giada thing by the title! I thought you met her or something, haha. I’m not good at changing the course of my dreams, but Greg does it all the time….not sure how he’s so good at that kind of stuff but he really is, and it’s kinda creepy sometimes. hah!
haha my original title was super long so I shortened it. And yes I liked the fact that it seemed like I really met her in the title. 😉
That’s so funny that Greg does it all the time! I know sometimes in my dreams I can wake myself up but changing them is a little less usual.
I love Giada!! That is such a funny dream!! Hahah… and congrats on going to BLEND!! That should be super fun!!
haha glad you appreciated it! I haven’t even watched her show in awhile which is even funnier I had a dream about her!
How do you pronounce your name? I have a friend “Calee” who HATES it when people pronounce it “cay-lee” but with the “i” in your name is that how you pronounce it? haha weird and long question out of curiosity.
I love Giada. I think my mom kind of looks like her. Can’t wait to meet you at Blend!!
Well your mom must be gorgeous! I’m excited to meet you too!!
You need to make a legit Giada recipe. That’s what the dream was telling you!!
You know, I think you may be right…I did get a cookbook of hers for Christmas!