crush of the week...

this weeks crush is justin theroux! actor, director, writer, producer, all-black-wearing/motorcycle-riding, hottie! i've been meaning to do him for awhile. wait...uhh. i've been meaning to post him for awhile. i think he's adorable.

if you don't know him from movies, maybe you know him from the gossip mags/websites. he's jennifer aniston's boyfriend. i was kinda surprised when they got together... but i actually LOVE them together now. they always look so happy.

oh, one more thing. he dances.

watch this short clip of him on ellen degeneres' show.

♥ ♥ ♥

playing catch up...

once again, i've neglected the blog for weeks. today will be a 'catch up' post... i'll cram it with a recipe, a dude and a dog, and we'll see what else :)

k, first the recipe!

i got this recipe from one of my fave recipe blogs! the girl who writes this blog is a holistic nutritionist. not only does she give you cool recipes, she'll explain why some of the ingredients are beneficial to our health. i love it. i love her. i love the recipes.

this recipe is delish! it doesn't taste like hippy-hemp-tree hugger-granola bars. the bars aren't crunchy like you'd expect, they're soft and chewy. it totally tastes like banana nut bread. they're amazing.

pic from 'my new roots' blog

Hemp Protein Granola Bars

Ingredients:
1 1/2 cups rolled oats
3/4 cup walnuts, chopped (or any other nut)
1 cup dates, chopped (or any other dried fruit)
1 cup coconut flakes
1/2 cup hemp protein powder
1/4 cup sesame seeds (i didn't have sesame, so i used flax seeds- just cause i had them ;)
2 Tbsp. poppy seeds
2 tsp. cinnamon
1/2 tsp. salt 
3 ripe bananas
1/4 cup sunflower oil (or coconut, olive, walnut…)
2 tsp. vanilla extract
3 Tbsp. maple syrup
2 Tbsp. chia seeds
6 Tbsp. water

1. Preheat oven to 350F.
2. In a small bowl, mix the chia seeds and water together. Set aside.
3. In a large bowl combine the dry ingredients.
4. In a food processor or blender, mix bananas, oil, vanilla, and maple syrup (you can also just mash everything together with a fork). Add chia gel and pulse to mix. Pour wet ingredients over dry ingredients and stir until well combined. 
5. Spread the batter evenly into a baking pan (mine was 9" x 13"), and smooth out the top with the back of a spatula. Bake for 20-25 minutes, or until edges are golden brown. Let cool completely, store in airtight container and keep in the refrigerator for longer shelf life. You can also freeze these – take one out half an hour before you want a perfect snack!

k, now onto the next thing:

it's been ages since i've done a dudes and dogs post. AGES! i need to jump back on that.

for now, enjoy these few of pics of hugh jackman with his adorable frenchie pup...

he should live somewhere warmer so he doesn't have to wear all these layers. just sayin'... hugh, we know you've got an amazing bod under there, and it's cruel to the universe to cover it up! ;)

and what blog post of mine is complete without mentioning my fave guy on the planet?!

here's jared leto hanging in new york with his friend darren aronofsky (i wish that was my name. darren aronofsky. it rolls right off the tongue. it almost sounds like 1 long, cool word. anyway, darren is a writer, director, producer for films like 'requiem for a dream', 'the wrestler' and most recently 'black swan')

ugh! seriously. this pic does things to me. when jared dresses "normal" (which everyone knows is VERY rare) it drives me crazy, not in a bad way. he's just a normal looking dude in a baseball hat, and his beauty kills me.

date night...

hubs and i decided we were due for a date night. we spend A LOT of time together, but it's not uncommon for one of us to be watching a tv show that the other isn't interested in, or one of us will be on the computer, or texting, or reading, or anything other than actually being with each other. so, we started talking about a date night but we didn't want to get dressed up and go somewhere. we decided on a 'slumber party date night'!! obviously we live together, so every night is a slumber party... but i wanted it to have a REAL slumber party feel, like when you were a kid. we wanted pizza, popcorn, candy, pj's and a movie. i was sooooo excited to get in my pj's and eat loads of red vines and watch a movie... until i found out red vines aren't gluten free. ugh, i was crushed. we skipped the 'candy' idea, and made a backup dessert plan. 

here's our slumber party date night (oh yeah, i didn't turn the flash on for the pictures... cause how annoying would that be during our movie?!)

we got food from red brick pizza, and it was sooo good. they have delicious personal sized gluten free pizzas!! hubs decided last minute that he didn't want pizza, so he got himself a fhazani (i had never heard of them, but it looked like a pizza/sandwich/salad all in one. he looooved it) and of course we had to have root beer! :)

this was our slumber party set up on the floor! 6 couch cushions, a california-king sized feather bed, a down comforter, 5 pillows from our bed, and a blanket for each of us to cover up with :) it was super comfy!!!!!!

popcorn, duh!

our plan-b dessert. strawberries, bananas and a bowl of melted chocolate! HEAVEN!!!! (hubs had a plate of other dip-able stuff too, like peanut butter pretzels and shortbread cookies)

yummmm!

we watched 'my week with marilyn'

<3

it was wonderful! no phones, no texting, no emailing... just us :) i can't wait til next date night!!! we've already talked about it. if you thought we were dorks for doing a 'slumber party' date night... wait til you see our next date night! have any suggestions for other cheap/easy date nights for the future?!?

(fyi, we didn't sleep on the floor! haha we're far too old for that. neither of our bodies would've appreciated it. after the movie was over, i put the couch back together, and lugged all the bedding back upstairs. it sucked putting everything back together, but it was well worth it!!!)

smitten again...

i haven't posted any pics of him in awhile, heck i haven't even mentioned him in months...

yesterday i came across a pic that jared leto posted on twitter.

nothing crazy. just him at his house, eating veggie burgers with friends. i noticed the art/model/mannequin in the background, and she's wearing a helmet. i then recognized that helmet to be the one that he wore as hephaistion in the film 'alexander'. (pretty cool little keepsake, huh?! side note: if i was ever in a film or on a tv show, i'd keep everything they'd let me. costumes, set pieces, scripts, literally anything... but i'm kind of a hoarder, so that's not surprising). i wanted to verify my stalker observation, so i googled "jared leto hephaistion". sure enough, i was right. same helmet :) after looking at 2 pics of him from the movie, i became smitten all over again. i'm not sure if it's the hair, the costumes, the muscles, or what... but dang, i looooooooove the way he looks in that movie. he can be stunningly beautiful in one scene, then bearded, bloody, manly and warrior-ish in the next scene. *sigh* (i also looooved brad pitt in 'troy'. hmmm, interesting)

sword, helmet, hair, beard, arms, on a horse. *dead*

ugh. i can't even say anything else.

crush of the week...

it's been WAY too long since my last crush of the week post.

this weeks crush is paul rudd! he has a great smile, nice eyes, and is funny. c'mon, how could you not crush on him?!

my crush first started when i saw him in 'clueless'...

then i liked him on 'friends'. remember when he wanted to change his name to 'crap bag'?! haha

even with a beard and long hair (in 'our idiot brother') i thought he was cute :)

dork! i love it.

THEN, he recently started wearing glasses... and i knew he couldn't escape my blog. the glasses totes magotes totally cemented his position as a crush of the week.

cuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuute!

i found this video, and i love all 2 mins and 23 seconds of it. he's adorbs (hubs, HATES that word ;)