Here are this week’s Thursday Things:
1. Better Homes and Gardens interviewed me and featured me on their site
I was flattered and honored when they asked me. Never in a million years would I have guessed when I was a little girl watching my mom read her BHG magazines that they’d be asking me for an interview.
Life is full of surprises, isn’t it.
2. Although these new arrival Owl Dessert Plates are adorable, they signify autumn.
I don’t want autumn. I want summer to continue forever.
“…perfumed with musky, flowery aromas and flavored with notes of caramel and smoke…”
I’m typically not a fan of smoked foods and up until seeing this would say absolutely no way to smoked desserts.
But I may need reconsider that position.
4. The only think I like smoked is smores. Or baked smores that you don’t require a campfire.
Peanut Butter Cocoa Krispies Smores Bars
5. I recently picked up this Amika Shampoo and Conditioner
“Amika Obliphica Balancing Shampoo is a Sea Buckthorn Berry (Obliphica) Balancing Shampoo with omega 7 + vitamin c that gently restores and nourishes for fine, medium and course hair. Silicone free, paraben free. Safe for color treated hair.The Obliphica berry, for centuries renowned for its healing powers, has an arsenal of antioxidants, vitamins, healthy fatty acids, Omega 3, 6 & 9, and the rare Omega 7 (usually only found in fish oil). These potent vitamins combined with the powerful properties of the Argan nut oil, native to Morocco, come together to form a line that replenishes, moisturizes, and brings out hairs natural balance. The Balancing Shampoo gently cleanses while infusing hair with fatty acids, proteins, anti-oxidants, and other nutrients.”
After just a couple uses my hair is shiner, stronger, and feels like it has more life in it. I don’t know if it will be my forever-and-ever shampoo and conditioner because I do like to switch things up, but I can say for now I like it.
Caveats: it doesn’t suds-up much because it’s sulfate-free so if you like really big bubbles, it may not be for you.
It has a strong fragrance; the conditioner more so than the shampoo, but the scent fades after a day or two. I only wash my hair a couple times a week, and by day 3 or 4, I’d rather my hair smell like perfume than, well, dirty hair.
I have not actually used the mask because it was a little pricey at the beauty supply store, but I plan to order it online. The employees were all raving about it. It smells heavenly, sort of tropical, and if for no other reason that the scent is divine, I plan to order it.
7. If you don’t like a strong scent of pina coladas wafting through your house, then don’t make Pina Colada White Chocolate Cake Mix Cookies
One way or the other, you’ll want to either drink or eat a pina colada.
8. Does the Paleo Diet Make Any Sense?
With Full Article Here
“According to the Paleo Diet, we humans would be better off eating like we did back in the caveman days. We should eat meat (lots of meat), vegetables, and fruit; work out intensely (think running after wooly mammoths); and avoid any food that requires agriculture and civilization to produce (e.g. bread, cheese, Twinkies)…
…The whole article is interesting, but basically says that we humans are equipped with a digestive tract that evolved to deal with a leafy diet, but has since adapted to eating starchier grains. Our guts can handle pretty much anything we can throw at them (allergies aside), and there certainly isn’t any reason to suppose that we’re better off eating mostly meat…(source)”
Interesting food for thought. Pun intended.
10. I like everything about this Z Gallerie room
The yellow print that looks like stone, the silver mirrored piece behind the couch, the tufted bench, in chocolate, the white rug, the low and modern sectional.
What are your Thursday Things?
If you’ve made anything, done, seen, or bought anything fabulous, feel free to link it up in the comments.
Any thoughts about the Paleo Diet? Do you have any favorite hair products? Household decor or cute kitchen things you’ve seen lately?
Link it up
I did a favorite hair care products post
And a Favorite Drugstore Products – Everything Under $5 post
And 90% of everything in those posts, I still stand by and use frequently or even daily.
My boyfriend actually follows paleo and loves it! Although since meeting me I’ve twisted his arm into a little cheat time here and there ;) so happy for you on the interview – you rock!
Hope he likes great desserts, too – with all your goodies that look fab :)
I’ve seen so many cute decor things lately! I’m in the process of putting together a post of things I’ve done already that are just “quickie” projects and not necessarily a full post on their own. My favorite is the mailbox that I spray painted – blue with white polka dots!
I read that paleo article a few days ago. I agree 100% with the science, but I don’t think that just because the science doesn’t back up the rationale that the paleo-supporters use, that the diet itself is bad. I mean, we don’t know what our paleo ancestors ate but does that mean that eating a mainly plant based diet with meat thrown in there is bad? No. My beef (pun intended) with it is that they tout meat as the end-all, be-all. Same with fat. It’s too rigid. LIke all diets.
That said, I think it gets the best nutritional advice out there – limit sugars and processed foods and our guts, minds, and bodies will be happier. Period.
I’m-a go read your article now. CONGRATS!!!
Not surprised that you had seen and read the article – you are so well-read and up on all this stuff! Give me a new chocolate chip cookie recipe, and I’m up on that :)
congrats on the interview! so exciting! and I’ve just recently started the Specific Carb Diet – which is close to Paleo — but I’m vegan… I definitely feel better being off all grains!
I’ve heard of lots of people really liking the diet you’re doing – will be interesting to see how it goes longer term for you.
Congrats!!!!!!!!!! Well deserved. You had me a coconut cheesecake
Thanks, mama :) Hope you and the fam are doing great!
Congrats on the interview…that is so exciting!
Congratulations on the BH&G article!! What a well-deserved honor!
I think I need one of those pina colada cookies right now! :)
I’m so much happier and stronger eating a mostly paleo diet. Interesting article though, and congrats on BHG… incredible!!
I know you love it – I have another friend who got into crossfit and the paleo diet and she is all about it! Both her and her hubs lost lots of weight, went from “average” to world-class athletes and do competitions and compare/contrast them with who they were 10 yrs ago to what they look like and can do now, and it’s just the most mind-blowing comparison. You’d never believe this was the same couple!
Congrats on the interview! That is truly an honor that you deserve and super exciting! I am obsessed with Moraccan oil. I use it every time I straighten my hair and have convinced some of my family and friends to try it too!
That’s fantastic news about your interview Averie! With all these recipes you certainly deserve the word spread about it! My day was a little less exciting with an 11 hour drive but I did find a gorgeous patch of sunflowers near the end that brought me back to reality https://wp.me/p26wpj-pB. BTW, I took a short break to walk through a country antique store and found an iron skillet on their wall for $84 !!! I be it cost someone less than $5 when it was new…crazy. Congratulations again!
Thanks for the link on the paleo diet. I look forward to reading it. My sister and BIL have each been on a variation of it, and swear that they feel better than they have in years, while my husband is vegan, and also swears that he feels better than he has in years having made the switch from vegetarian to vegan. I’m not sure yet which camp I’ll fall into, other than that I tend to eat vegan/vegetarian at home. We’ll see!
Oh congratulations my friend. That is awesome. It’s a tumblr site and I can get to it at work so I’ll have to check it out this evening!
CONGRATULATIONS Averie!!! Wow, Better Homes and Gardens – definitely big times :)
Thanks so much for the paleo links! I found the study really interesting. In terms of my relevant Thursday things… I’ve done a couple of posts recently about nutrition assumptions people make, including whether healthy eating is expensive: https://betterfitpersonaltraining.com/2012/07/20/is-healthy-eating-expensive/
and a post on superfoods: https://betterfitpersonaltraining.com/2012/07/13/what-are-superfoods/
Congratulations again on the article!
Oh goodness… there’s a West Elm down the block from me and I’ve been avoiding it on purpose, but those plates might break my willpower. I’m loving owls right now!
Congrats on BHG- that’s SO exciting!
Congrats on the interview! I love those owl plates.
!!!! Congrats on BH+G!! That’s so cool. Great article! You give a good interview. :)
People can say what they want about the theory behind the paleo diet, but I only have to listen to my body and it tells me I am healthier and happier, physically and emotionally, when eating paleo!