My sweaty palms have dried and my rapidly beating heart has returned to normal. And your support, as always, means the world. I’m pretty sure you guys have no idea how much your comments mean to me and affect me. You’re amazing.
And now we can move on. Hopefully for good!
Lunch
Lunch today was a revamped version of last night’s dinner.
A salmon salad wrap!
To make the salmon salad, I combined:
- 3 oz. of salmon
- 2 tbsp. light Miracle Whip (don’t hate on the Whip!)
- 1 tsp. mustard
- 2 tbsp. chopped red onion
- 1 tbsp. chopped fresh cilantro
Served with a cold, crisp apple and Greek yogurt sweetened with honey (that I clearly couldn’t wait to eat).
Now I think it’s time to discuss the big PBF milestone that’s happening today!
Two Years
As many of you guessed earlier, today is the two-year anniversary of Peanut Butter Fingers!
It’s so crazy to think that I’ve been posting on this blog for two years… almost three times every day. Goodness!
I thought it might be fun to use my two year anniversary as a theme for looking back over some of my favorite past blog posts. Let’s do this!
PBF Top Twos
Two posts I’m most proud of:
Runner Up: Because of You
Two favorite Sadie posts:
- Sadie Turns Three (Totally corny poem about Sadie)
- Life Lessons from Sadie
Runner up: Everything About Her
Two posts that were the most fun to write:
Runner Up: My workout posts! I love blogging about new treadmill, strength training and circuit-style workouts.
Two favorite Ryan-related posts:
Runner up: Swamp Beast
Two favorite peanut butter recipes:
Runner up: Peanut Butter Energy Bites
Two posts I feel best reflect my personality:
- Weird Things I Do While Running
- Ass Grass (My favorite BodyPump instructor referred to this post as “Butt Blades” the other day and I just about died laughing)
Runner Up: Weird Things I Do Daily
Thank You
On this special day, I feel like I owe all of you a heartfelt and very sincere thank you for making Peanut Butter Fingers a part of your day and stopping by to read and make my life a part of your life.
As hokey as it sounds, I feel like we have our own little pod of a place on the internet where we can communicate, laugh, smile, share stories and ideas. Blogging everyday and interacting with you guys brings me more joy than I can possibly describe.
Thank you.
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I agree with you Julie– as creepy as it sounds I feel like I know so many bloggers personally from following their lives everyday. Happy two years 🙂
Happy 2 years! We are blessed!
I know I’m just propagating the hokey-ness but reading your blog truly brightens my day! Your positivity is contagious and you are doing a wonderful thing by sharing your life with readers! Happy Birthday Peanut Butter Fingers!
Happy 2 Years PBF!! Here’s to many many more 🙂
I feel like you are a friend that I chat with daily. I find myself “checking” on you in the mornings. I also find myself concerned with how things are going for you in our new life adventure of marriage and work . Blogging is a window into one’s life, but your blog is like a french door. Thank you for opening your world up to us! Happy 2 years!
YAY! I agree! Your blog is so well-written and lovely! Cheers
Yep I loved the Ass Grass post — Butt Blades would have been a good title too!
YAY Happy birthday PBF! I can’t imagine making it through the workday without reading your blog + the comments you think up for Sadie (literally, I die laughing in my little cubicle). Time to go celebrate with some wine 😉 hahaha!
No thank you!! I love reading your blog everyday! Not only do you get me super motivated to get my booty to the gym, but you have such a funny way with words. I always crack up when you post pictures of Sadie with a funny comment. Congrats on the anniversary!
Congratulations on two wonderful, inspiring, exciting, hilarious years! Here’s to many more years of fun, excitement, and engaging posts. All the best to you!
Happy happy happy birthday Peanut Butter Fingers! This is so exciting!
Happy 2 years!!! & ewwww Miracle Whip. Mayo all the way!
Congrats on this milestone! I enjoy reading your blog so, so much! Keep up the good work!!
Congrats again Julie! So glad you love blogging as much as you do and can grace us with a new post 3x a day!! Can’t wait to keep reading.
Happy 2 years! I always look forward to your fun, upbeat posts and of course the Sadie shenanigans.
Haha I really DO hate on the Whip though!! I think my mom bought it once and we didn’t know it would taste different than regular mayo, and we all spat out whatever we had put it on. Never again!! 🙂
I love your wedding posts, think maybe I should go back and post about mine. So fun to reminisce over those pictures!
Happy 2 years! I wish you many more. Yours was the first blog I EVER came across and it my absolute favorite. I hope you blog forever! (if you want to of course). You will always have a reader in me! 🙂
And my husband thanks you as well. I try so many of your recipes and he is greatful I don’t just cook spaghetti anymore. 🙂
Happy two years! I hope to be half as successful as you are when I reach my second blogaversary. You really inspired me to start my own blog and I want to thank you for that!
Happy 2 years!! I wish you many many more happy years of blogging! 🙂
Julie, you’re awesome. by putting yourself out there you open yourself up to criticism, and that’s a tough thing, but you do it with grace. I have confidence that you know what you need as far as food goes. It’s obvious how important healty living is to you and not eating enough just doesn’t fit your lifestyle, thanks for always sharing!
Happy Birthday to PBF!! I hope you have AT LEAST 2 peanut butter fingers today to celebrate! 🙂
Check! And check! 🙂
Congratulations on 2 years, Julie! And thank YOU for being such an inspiration to me. I love your humor, your outlook on life, and your positive attitude. You remind me a lot of myself so it’s fun to read along on your blog. I’ve always wanted to start some sort of “healthy living blog”, but never knew it’d be something people would want to read until I found your’s and realized it is possible! So thank you for inspiring me! Congrats again!
Congrats, Julie! I loved this recap 🙂 You’re wedding posts make me well up with tears and your Sadie posts make me smile ear to ear. I made that pb granola during Hurricane Irene – couldn’t have been more perfect! You’re blog is truly inspiring. Thanks for sharing so much of your life and yourself with the world!
Happy 2 Years! You have created an amazing place for you and others to come together in a way that just is not possible in “real” life somtimes! Make sure you celebrate all that you have accomplished over this time!!!
I just read your “Weird Things I do While Running” post and it totally made me laugh! I was just singing that Paula Cole song two days ago, and I turned EVERYTHING into that same chorus line!!!!
So fun to look back! Congrats on this major milestone!
Happy anniversary 🙂 !!! I love reading your blog daily <3
Thanks to you, Julie, I started my own blog and feel lucky to be part of this great little community! In all honesty, your blog was the first I became “addicted” to following and really wouldn’t have started one if it weren’t for you. So happy 2 years! Hopefully many more to come 😀
That’s ALL you had for lunch?!?!
…just kidding! Happy anniversary to one of my favorite blogs! You do an amazing job here! 🙂
Happy Birthday, PB Blog!
Thank you for sharing your life with us. You’re awesome!
Congrats to you! Your inspire me every day 🙂
oOoOO happy day to you, Julie! hehe~I think I first started reading your blog when you did wedding ceremony recaps! 😀
Happy Birthday, PBFingers! Hope you get all the FroYo and cake you want!
My day isn’t the same without reading your blog. Seriously. I just happened to find your blog one day and now I have something to look forward to three times a day. Congratulations Julie! We all love you 🙂
That warms my heart!
Congrats! My two years is coming up soon! I loved looking back on your favorites. Here’s to many more years of pb fingers! Way to go!
Happy 2 years
to pbfingers! Today is also my daughter’s 2nd birthday 🙂 I’m sure the past two years have been as memorable to you as they have been for us.
Also, you may recall that this day two years ago was Labor Day. I remember well because I was IN labor ON Labor Day!
Happy Birthday PBFingers and Macy!!
Happy 2 years to pbfingers! Today is also my daughter’s 2nd birthday 🙂 I’m sure the past two years have been as memorable to you as they have been for us.
Also, you may recall that this day two years ago was Labor Day. I remember well because I was IN labor ON Labor Day!
Happy Birthday PBFingers and Macy!!
congrats on two years!!!! you have such a great voice, and I look forward to reading your blog every day.
Happy Birthday from Canada PBF… I hope you celebrate with some cake batter fro-yo… Here’s to many more!!
I’m so glad I stumbled upon your blog earlier this year. I share it with everyone. Congrats to two years PBF! And THANK YOU for inspiring me everyday to be healthier.
Happy blogiversary! I love your blog, but seriously, I’d rather go hungry than eat Miracle Whip. 😉 Yuck!
happy blogiversary! I have been following you for about a year now and loving every post! I even went back and read every single post before I started following!
Congrats!!! That’s no small feat. 🙂
Congratulations on such an awesome milestone!
Happy second bday PBF!!! Usually i’m not a fan of 2 year old birthdays. But this one rocks. Why? Cuz this kid doesn’t drool on the cake and then regurgitate it on its sister’s new J Crew dress. Um, yeah. That was a little awkward. Not that i was ever in that situation…
Happy birthday bloggie!! You are such an inspiration to so many bloggers out there including me! Alot of people don’t realize how much dedication and time that we take in blog posts and for you to post 3 times a day amazes me. You have a balance between life, relationships and the blog world and jules thats something to be extremely proud of!! lovesxoxo
I love your blog so much! You truly are an inspiration to me – all of your posts are informative, fun and inspiring on one or many levels, and your honesty, openness and heart-felt messages are soo awesome! 🙂 So delighted to be able to read your blog 3 times a day – I look forward to it each and every time, and always leave with a smile or with some new inspiration 🙂 xyx
Thank you and congratulations! <3 xyx
Happy Two Years!! 🙂
thank YOU. love you, love sadie, and love the blog. 🙂 as allllways.
p.s. “behind the door” is still my all-time favorite.