things i’m digging.
1. Blue Moon Harvest Pumpkin Ale
After a month of no alcohol (thanks to the elimination diet), I was so happy to welcome it back by diving face first into a pumpkin beer this past week. I love micro brews and I love drinking local, but I cannot deny the deliciousity of Blue Moon, even though it’s owned by Coors. I’ve loved the Blue Moon Pumpkin Ale since college and my love for it continues this fall.
2. Runner’s World
I’m not a “big” runner. I’m a running dabbler, really. But man, I love this magazine something fierce. Of course, there are a lot of running specific articles, but there are also a lot of just general fitness and lifestyle articles. I find it so inspiring! Plus, I promise, if you read Runner’s World in a waiting room or at the gate at the airport, you’ll make a new friend. Reading Runner’s World is like wearing the gang colors for runners.
3. Chair sits
For some reason, I decided to bring back the ole invisible chair sit from the depths of 5th grade P.E. at the gym last week. I’m a big fan of body weight strength tests (like planks, too!) and this one is my newest challenge. And it burns so good! I was able to do 25 seconds my first go ’round. I’d like to work up to 3 minutes eventually. Gosh, just typing that sounds painful.
4. Honeycrisp Apples
Are they organic? No. Local? Absolutely not. But they are seriously the most delicious apples on earth. If you’ve never had a Honeycrisp apple, I highly recommend running to your grocery store and picking some up. They are crisp, juicy, tart and sweet. And they only show up in the stores for a few weeks around this time every year. They are totally worth the pesticide.
5. Water
I’ve always been a big water drinker, but I’m starting to really grasp how important staying hydrated is to my body. I used to treat my headaches with caffeine or Excedrin, but the last few times my head has started pounding, I’ve been able to get rid of the pain by drinking a glass of water. When I get fatigued in the afternoon, I drink water and feel more energetic. I know there are a lot of special “waters” out there, but plain ole tap water will always and forever be my favorite.
What are you digging right now?
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Dude. COME HERE. We PICKED honeycrisp apples off of TREES! Seriously. A 5lb bag of wonderful deliciousness right from a tree. Ty was nomming on a sun-warmed crunchy and tart apple as we were walking. I am not sure they are organic, but considering I picked them right off the tree, they are totally local.
Though we got like the last ones. EVERYONE was picking honeycrisps!
Speaking of planking (lol), I showed Doug how to do it, and I lasted for 20 seconds. He was all “that’s easy”, and then gave up after 5 seconds! We’re both going to be working on it! It’s excellent, but then my arms are SO SORE and it hurts to carry Ty during the day (he’s 27 lbs)!
I AM SO JEALOUS.
And you and Doug should totally have a plank off. See who can do the longest plank after 4 weeks of working on it or something. I had Babyface do one the other day and he was like, “Wow, that’s hard!”
I’ve been drinking DFH Punkin Ale like a FIEND. (Helps that the boy is a DFH brewer). I don’t think I’ve ever had a Honeycrisp apple before but I fiend for Pink Ladies – those are awesome apples. I never thought about doing chair sits, going to add those to my routine. Thanks!
If you want to make the chair sits even more ridiculous, find a lightweight medicine ball and squeeze it between your knees while you do the exercise. It burnssssss!
I love hearing about peoples love for water (and pumpkin beer) . Most people are chronically dehydrated and resort to quick fixes for headaches and energy like caffeine and pain killers- hopefully others will read about your experience and get on the water train- toot toot!
People are always commenting on how ridiculous large my water bottle is (it’s 40 ounces) and I always counter and tell them that if they think it is too big, they aren’t drinking enough water!
I LOVE that pumkin ale. Have it almost every weekend on my cheat day
So good! I might have to pick up some more for pizza night.
I LOVE Runner’s World. It always makes me want to get of fmy butt and run. I don’t know what I’m going to do when my subscription runs (cheesy pun alert!) out!
I ended up getting a subscription for $8 for the whole year! I couldn’t not subscribe at that price. The RW Twitter account posts good deals all the time. You might not have to let it run out.
oh my, if you like honeycrisps, you should check out the sweet tangos they came out with this year…crossed honeycrips with zestars–ah.mazing.ness.
http://sweetango.com/apple_facts.htm
Ooooh! I’ve never seen those before. Must try!
Honeycrisps are the apples that brought me back to apples
After getting 1 too many bad “Red Delicious” I was like ‘screw it–I hate apples. Apples suck. Boo on apples!’ but then I found Honeycrisp, and it was love at first bite.
Makes me proud to be from MN–our U of M students were the ones to perfect the Honey Crisp apple
That right there is a Minnesota exclusive! 
Ugh! Red Delicious shouldn’t even be allowed to called the same fruit as a Honeycrisp!