Weekly Chronicles: Birthday Edition

Today is my birthday and it’s one of those “special” ones that end with a 5 or a 0.  My husband is giving me the royal treatment all weekend especially after it started with the root canal Friday afternoon.

My dentist did an emergency procedure last Monday but referred me to an endodontist for the actual root canal.  I will go back to the endodontist in two weeks to fill the canals and then one last appointment at my regular dentist for the restoration.  Expensive!

My sister-in-law has the same birthday although different years.  We’ll be having a celebratory lunch today and I really looking forward to it.

Around the Web

Here are a few of my favorite posts from this week around the web.

Carla Birnberg shares her four pronged approach to aging without fear. I’m with her and as I add another year to my age it really doesn’t make a difference.  I feel the same inside.

Alan Ali, triathlete, is profiled at The Business of Losing Weight.  You might remember Alan as one of my four favorite vloggers. What an inspirational guy!

Double Chin Diary is walking 60 miles in three days to fight breast cancer.  I’m all for that!

If you love chocolate chip cookies but not the gluten check out this recipe at Nutri-Savvy’s Blog.

Weight Watcher Girl has a great looking recipe for Tex Mex Cabbage Casserole. It’s very low points and looks yummy.  Thanks to Nacho Mama for the heads up on this great blog.

Thinking about Yoga?  Read Yoga 101 from The Lean Green Bean and start bending!

Giveaways

Have you entered the Avocado Prize Pack giveaway yet?  It ends midnight ET on Tuesday, 4/8.

Two Savvy Sisters has a couple of giveaways I haven’t shared with you yet.  Enter to win a free product coupon for Purex Crystals before it closes Tuesday.  You also won’t want to miss the Caillou taking doll giveaway ending April 10th.

Enter to win skin care products by Third Day Naturals at Intoxicated on Life.  Entries close 4/10.

Grace Got Healthy has been having great success with Nutrisystem.  To celebrate she’s giving away four days of Nutrisystem food but you got to enter by April 15th.

Enter to win two packages of Beyond Meat Chicken Free Strips or Beefy Crumbles at Live from La Quinta before it closes tomorrow.

Fitful Focus is giving away a MacMillan audiobook.  Entries close Monday night.

Enter to win an Under Armour Armour Vent piece of clothing at Hip Healthy Chick before the giveaway ends April 10th.

Surviving and Thriving is giving away a coupon of the book “Couponing for the Rest of Us“.  Enter by Tuesday evening for a chance to win.

That’s it for another edition of Weekly Chronicles.  I’m off to celebrate.  Have a great Sunday!