birthday week :: mornings with mary!

My birthday is on August 20th.  For some reason, it wasn't until about 5 years ago that I started acknowledging and actually celebrating my birthday.  It was the cliche excuse with awkwardness of people making a big deal out if it mixed with heavy nostalgia and a side of guilt.  I know, I know and I don't know either.  So.  Being that we are a week out from my 28th, I wanted to dedicate this week to my friends and family who have gone above and beyond to put up with me and my lame requests and make some of my more recent birthdays so uniquely Beth and so damn perfect.  This is me totally stepping out of my box here.  Going from showing up at work one day on your birthday and not breathing a word that it's such to dedicating an entire week to my birthday?  Yea, consider yourself stepped out of, Box.  I really want to push this blog to be more than just pictures of my food and my feet and this seems the perfect way to start.  Plus, that is an odd combination to begin with, but now that I say it out loud, it's even more strange.  

N E WAY.

Less food and feet talk, more birthday talk.  Check.

SO!  Who better to kick this week off than my Mary?  Growing up, birthday mornings were always my favorite.  Our family would do same as most families; breakfast in bed, pancakes in the shape of whatever year we were turning, freshly picked flower etc.  My sister and I lived together for several years throughout college & beyond so we most certainly carried this tradition on.  We'd rush out before the other person was awake, nab their favorite bagel from down the road, stop for coffee + trash magazines.  Flowers, treats...you name it.  Throughout the years, things change and people change.  New traditions are started and old ones seem to slip away.  This year particular I remember feeling extra down and out at not only being away from my parents, but especially my sister.  So what did Mary do?  She brought me coffee, bagels and sweet gifts before work.  Mary has such an eye for details and always finds the perfect ways to show you how much you are loved, and how much she cares.

I seem to have only snapped a few photos of that morning, but it really doesn't matter.  While the few pictures I did take don't say enough, they keep the memory so alive and strong which is really the most important, now isn't it?

i made this :: juice!

Are you guys as distraught as I am that my "i made this" wasn't posted on Sunday like all my other ones, but on MONDAY?  Say what?  You didn't notice?  You hardly read those posts anyway?  Oh ok. That's cool. As you were.

I've been wanting to post our go-to juice recipes for a few weeks now. We are still as obsessed with our Lucy Juicy as the day we got her. We've been sticking with our green smoothie breakfasts and afternoon juice pick-me-up. Here are a few of our favorites!

ORANGE :: carrot + apple + ginger. So simple and so delicious it really doesn't need any additional ingredients. This one is Hunter's most favorite. The carrots are surprisingly sweet when juiced, so I like to throw in an extra knob of ginger or extra parsley to balance out the sweetness. 

GREEN :: bok choy + celery + cucumber + lime + ginger + apple. This green juice is my jam & go to favorite. It can be easily adjusted with broccoli stems, pears, lemons, aragula, parsley etc. 

PINK :: beet + carrot + bok choy + kale + broccoli stem + lemon + ginger. Another of Hunter's favorite. Beets are easy to come by at the markets around here and have them on hand quite often, so this is another easy go-to!

Weee!  Yes, we { I } name our juices by color. It's so much easier that way.

I have my eye on a small hand crank juicer to better juice wheatgrass and herbs. I'm taking suggestions on names for that baby once the time comes!  I mean. Taking suggestions for recipes including wheatgrass/herbs. Yeah. Yeah! That's what I meant. 

We're baaa-ack!

7 days later we've returned far more tan, with about triple the amounts of scrapes/bruises and thanks to limitless hot running water, finally as clean as we were before we left!

Enjoy these placeholder photos and will be back soon with more pictures + stories!

Happy Saturday, friends!

insta{nt} replay.

AND WE ARE CAUGHT UP.

::ask hunter how much fun he had watching me arrange/take this photo.  spoiler alert - he had zero fun::

::amazing carrots in our full circle box!::

::tbt//missing my crazy drunken work peeps::

::saturday funday!::

::out in public not in work out clothes is deserving of an instagram::

::consider me lol'ed::

::tuesday workday!::

insta{nt} replay.

...nearly done playing catch up...

::being those assholes who match in public::

::wind - 1 beth - 0::

::amazing view from our b&b on orcas island::

::best kind of abundance to have...hydrangeas abundance!::

::feeling seriously ripped off realizing the inside of blueberries aren't blue::

::true love!::

::stunning sunday evening::

::i feel this great compliment was wasted on an unshowered girl in her gym clothes...but i'll take it!::

i made this :: nori rolls

Move over spring roll.  There is a new roll in town.

Let me shock the hell out of you by saying "I've seen these vegan nori rolls over the blogs!  I have pinned them half a dozen times!  I've been wanting to make them for months!" 

Oh wait - you've heard those exact same things just worded differently every time I've share something I've recently made?  Sorry bout that.  Repetition is the spice of life.  That's how it goes, right?

I'll keep this short and sweet.  Read this.  Make your own variety.  Pat yourself on the back for curing that sushi craving while saving $50.  Exclaim over and over "I CAN'T BELIEVE I MADE THIS" while shoving your face eating them for dinner.

Oh nori rolls.  You have my { and my bank account's } heart.

insta{nt} replay.

...continuing playing catch up...

::common scene::

::i see you, rainbow!::

::i'll take one of everything::

::a good morning to be hunter and beth::

::welcoming summer::

::saturday scene::

::eeny meeny miney i'll take them all::