Workout Challenges

I just started these challenges today!  Anyone want to join in the fitness fun?

 

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Vegan Cupcakes!!

For my birthday, I made myself vegan cupcakes to share with friends.  I made a vanilla cupcake with chocolate frosting.  I was scared and overwhelmed at first because it seemed so daunting.  But after finishing them, I can do it again (and I did...post coming soon!).

Website I used for the cupcake:

http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/Vegan-Cupcakes/Detail.aspx?crlt.pid=camp.KBc7HM6UHqGm

Website I used for the frosting (I did recipe #2):

http://janderson99.hubpages.com/hub/Easy-Vegan-Chocolate-Frosting-Recipe

 

This is the wrong chocolate but it's the only one I was able to find.  I prefer the unsweetened Baker's chocolate.  It's vegan and tastes better in baked goods in my opinion.

 

These came out very delicious.  I would play with the flavor of the cupcakes.  I was expecting a stronger vanilla flavor.  I would maybe add vanilla bean to it.

 

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Birthday Gifts!

My 25th birthday was back in October.  I meant to post the three previous  posts and the next several a few months ago.  But I got distracted with life.  Now I'm back!

These are some of my amazing gifts I received!

 

My dad gave me lovely Halloween wine glasses.  There was a third one with a witch on it but it accidentally broke.  But my favorite is the ghost which says "I'm just here for the...BOOS."  HAHA!

 

I went over my friend Andres' to celebrate my birthday one night (one of many).  We shared two bottles of wine!  Yum!

 

At  this point, I was still vegetarian and learning to transition to vegan.  So he made me regular cupcakes for my birthday!

 

His cat, Peeves.

 

Look at all the beautiful colors!

Andres and I

 

Ryan and I (he's a mutual friend of me and Andres and was Andres' roommate).

 

What the cupcakes looked like after taking a bite!  How cool!

 

I had such a blast that night!  Laid back and super fun.  There's nothing better than spending time with friends and family.

 

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Pumpkin Picking 2013!

Every year my friend Heidi and I go pumpkin picking.  It's become a tradition.  It also has an animal farm.  I'm hoping to be able to volunteer there one year.

 

 

 

My baby pumpkins I got!

 

I refuse to go into the chicken coop!  It freaks me out!

 

We were taking great pictures in the maze!  So much fun!

 

Waiting for the Great Pumpkin!

 

I had so much fun!  We did this back in October.  Besides my cute little pumpkins, I also got my jar of honey that I get once a year at this farm.  So delicious!  And so worth the price!  It's the only honey I'll eat.

 

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