Oct 10, 2010

Weekend Update - I Love the Blogosphere!

Saturday morning I woke up at 7:30 (!?!) so I could go to a Body Step, Body Pump, and Body Attack launch at Erica's gym. She was teaching Step and Attack and since Pump was in between, I did all three! This was nearly 2 hours of exercise and I loved every minute of it. Here we are after it all. SWEATY! 
Saturday afternoon, I met up with Margaret, Mary, Boding, Julius, and Kelly to watch football at Red's. Let's not talk about the results of the games.
Kelly, me, Marg, Mary:
We also played with Robby's balancing bracelet. Look how skeptical Mary is.
That thing works. I was semi-confused, semi-shocked that something could fix me.
 Margaret was very impressed! 
 But not as impressed as you are of our muscles. 


And now I have an awesome stalker story. Last week when I posted about boot camp with Amanda and Mary, Mary's friend Lauren wrote on her Facebook wall:


"Nice sprinting form at Boot Camp! ha. I am more than a little obsessed with your friend Christina's blog - one of my friends showed it to me and now I've blown wads of cash at Whole Foods emulating her food choices."



Hilarious! Naturally, as a stalker myself, I immediately friend requested her. She told me that she and a group of her girlfriends from CSOL use my blog as a study break and have made a bunch of my recipes! I was so flattered. I then became friends with two of the other girls, Carolyn and Laura. Carolyn told me they were actually making my Orzo Stuffed Tomatoes recipe Sunday night and invited me to join!


We of course joked back and forth how semi-creepy this whole thing is, but we loved it! I have met a lot of great friends through the blogosphere so it wasn't that weird to me. I invited Margaret to come along, and with a bunch of cookie batter, we went to Carolyn's for dinner. 


Everyone was so nice and we had a blast! We drank lots of wine, chatted, and munched on  a spinach dip that Lauren made with Greek yogurt:
Carolyn did a wonderful job with the stuffed tomatoes! They were huge and so delicious.
We also had salad and green beans with potatoes.
My plate full of yummy food - look at all the colors!
Callie, Tiffany, Carolyn, Lauren, me, Margaret, and Jenna:

Thanks so much for having us Carolyn! Can't wait to have another dinner party soon :)

35 comments:

  1. how awesome is that - meeting a new group of fun girls ! (hi girls!) ;)

    smart girls, at that... they LOVE your blog!

    Have a great week XO

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  2. How fun! I love how blogging makes perfect strangers into foodie friends!

    I need to try those stuffed tomatoes as well! Want to come eat them with me in DC? :-p

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  3. Oh my god. that happened to me, too. I met a LOT of people through my blog who are now really good friends. Who says blogging is for loners? I've never had such a rich social life as I have since blogging.

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  4. Looks like a great dinner party! Yummy tomatoes.

    The blogosphere is great. All my friends are in my computer!

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  5. Gfriend- So glad you came! I taught one of the pump tracks too though :) What a hilarious story about blog creepers! Funny how blogging friends can lead to real life friends ;) Hope you have a great dia. Do you have off work?

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  6. ohhh sounds great and yummy. I want to try a greek yogurt spinach dip!

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  7. Awesome weekend!

    I had a little blogger meetup, too. I love how meetups like this would be expected to be awkward, but are really just a crazy amount of fun. :)

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  8. 3 classes in a row?? Have you lost your mind? Kidding of course, I'm so impressed!

    And as a fellow stalker, I can appreciate those wonderful stories :)

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  9. Check out those GUNS! Ahh I love the blogosphere too! Looks like such an amazing weekend, can i come next time? Haha

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  10. Blogging is AWESOME. I've met so many people through it, and one of my best friends actually fount the blog before I even told her about it. Funny how that works!

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  11. What the hell is a balancing bracelet? And I am envious of the exercise.

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  12. that's so cool that you made new friends thanks to your blog.

    p.s. i am skeptical about that balance bracelet myself. the "fella" wears one and I asked if I could push him and see if he fell. i'm happy to know that it does actually work.

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  13. oh my gosh HOW FUN was your weekend!?! you still look adorable even tho we LOST saturday- ugh, and usc WON! what the heck. i am not hearing the end of it from carolina fans. WHATEVA. anyway i am so jealous of that body attack class!

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  14. 1. you have another friend named callie?!?!; 2. you know i love your new ohio state friend and her t-shirt. :)

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  15. I love your blog because you always look like you are having the best time ever! Makes me realize that I need to relish in EVERY moment more often! Keep smiling!

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  16. Stalkers are awesome ha. Thats a form of flattery though so look at you miss popular!

    Can I just have that entire spinach dip bowl so it can form a food baby in my belly? Seriously, I want it.

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  17. what a great meet up! So fun that you got to have your own recipe prepared by someone else - love it!

    Awesome that you did all 3 classes - I so want to take her classes!! She needs to come teach in Atlanta. :)

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  18. Sounds like you had a great weekend! Those tomatoes look so good! I could use one for lunch today! Have a great week lady!

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  19. Aw, that's so sweet! :) I love the Blogosphere (BlogWorld?) too - I just hope my blog catches on as well as yours did! Have a great week. :D

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  20. What a fabulous meets up. Looks like so much fun! I so wish I lived by you all so I could take one of Erica's classes!

    xo

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  21. Oh my gosh girl, I can't believe you made it through 3 classes in a row! You're so hardcore!

    It looks like you had fun hanging out with your stalkers. ;) I love how many friendships can be formed through blogging!

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  22. Ha! That's Jenna in the last pic! She's good friends with Cameron & his crew.

    And please, LET'S talk about the game results!!! Go Gamecocks!! :) sorry, I had to..

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  23. Looks like a great weekend!!! I want that spinach dippppp!

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  24. We need to be Facebook friends. I saw a balancing bracelet for the first time two weeks ago, have the pics to prove it. Doing the same thing as you, laughing so hard right now:)

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  25. embarrassing picture number 100000 of me on your blog... Good thing I love you!!! Had a great weekend and it was soo amazing meeting all the new girls!

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  26. holy, judging from the football pics, somebody's been going to the gym. nice GUNS girl!!

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  27. I'm so impressed you did all 3 classes! I love that you have a "stalker" too.. I just found out some girls in my sorority have been reading my blog and making some of my recipes and it made me so happy! Also, can I just say I am now craving a stuffed tomato. :)

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  28. Ahh your dinner party looks so fun and delish - jealous!

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  29. Dannnng girl..all three?! That's intense!

    It's cool you met new friends through the "stalker" deal..you never know how you'll meet new people :P

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  30. You are a celebrity girl..rock on :)

    Love that you did 3 workouts..that would totally kick my arse and I'm pretty sure I'd need to eat massive amounts of food afterward out of pure accomplishment =)

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  31. Wow, loving the 3 workout!! Way to get up and work it outttt! Haha, im impressed. LOVE all the food, so delish looking!!

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  32. Fun dinner party!! The tomatoes look incredible!

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  33. Mmmm what a great looking party :) Your food looks amazing and the company sounds like they were a good time too ;)

    xxii

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  34. I want a Stalker too!! LOL Seriously, so cool that you met up and made new friends :)

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  35. I love this story! it really is a GREAT place to be a part of , and the best feeling when people love your blog. How fun the girls have been cooking up your recipes!

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