THURSDAY, JULY 21, 2011
Three Cool Things
Its been a while since I've done a THREE COOL THINGS feature! I thought it'd be fun to do a summer edition.
First up is my newest snack obsession--YUMNUTS. My personal favorite is the toasted coconut. These delicious dry roasted cashews are a great answer to the sweet-carb tooth but only have 9g of carbs and 4g of sugar in a handful! I can't believe they're for real!
Next is a favorite summer song of mine, WATERMELON MAN. It's been covered a lot but I like Julie London's version best. Very saucy.
Last is EXTRA VIRGIN COCONUT OIL. This stuff can be used for almost anything. It is a natural sunscreen, it's way healthier to cook with, you can use it ask a hair mask for a big shine boost & conditioning, you can bake it into brownies intend of vegetable oil for de-frickin-licious chocolate treats, you can use it as facial and body moisturizer... The list goes on and on.
Happy Summer!
Xo BJG
First up is my newest snack obsession--YUMNUTS. My personal favorite is the toasted coconut. These delicious dry roasted cashews are a great answer to the sweet-carb tooth but only have 9g of carbs and 4g of sugar in a handful! I can't believe they're for real!
Next is a favorite summer song of mine, WATERMELON MAN. It's been covered a lot but I like Julie London's version best. Very saucy.
Last is EXTRA VIRGIN COCONUT OIL. This stuff can be used for almost anything. It is a natural sunscreen, it's way healthier to cook with, you can use it ask a hair mask for a big shine boost & conditioning, you can bake it into brownies intend of vegetable oil for de-frickin-licious chocolate treats, you can use it as facial and body moisturizer... The list goes on and on.
Happy Summer!
Xo BJG
Paying It Forward...
18-Year-Old Gives His $40,000 Scholarship to Other Teens
JULY 18, 2011
Laura T. Coffey , MSNBC
This is a story of a teenager who did something so generous — so big-hearted — that it’s making plenty of adults swoon.
Allan Guei, 18, was a star basketball player at Compton High School in the Los Angeles area before he graduated last month. He also had a GPA above 3.0, and his good grades made him eligible for an unusual competition: A free-throw contest in the Compton High gymnasium. The top prize: $40,000 in scholarship money.
Guei, whose parents immigrated to the United States from the Ivory Coast, knew how much that financial aid could mean for his family. So he was feeling a fair share of pressure as students and teachers crushed into the gym to watch Guei and seven other randomly selected, academically successful students make foul shots.
Guei won the free-throw contest by one basket and netted the $40,000. But it’s what he did next that’s truly astonishing.
In the weeks following the March free-throw competition, Guei learned that he’d scored a full-ride basketball scholarship to California State University-Northridge. NCAA rules allowed Guei to accept the athletic scholarship and also keep most of the $40,000 he had won.
But Guei couldn’t stop thinking about the seven talented runners-up from the free-throw contest. They, too, had dreams — and very real needs. So, he asked Principal Jesse Jones to make a surprise announcement at Compton High’s graduation ceremony: Guei wanted to donate the $40,000 to the other seven students.
“I’ve already been blessed so much and I know we're living with a bad economy, so I know this money can really help my classmates,” Guei said in a statement. “It was the right decision.”
Guei elaborated on his decision to give the money away in an interview with ESPN: “I was already well taken care of to go to school, to go to university for free. ... I felt like they needed it more than I did.”
The beneficiaries of Guei’s generosity were ecstatic.
“It was a shock,” said Omar Guzman, 17, a runner-up who plans to use the money to attend San Diego State University. “I’m really grateful there are people like that out there. It was generous.”
READ THE REST OF THE ARTICLE HERE
Laura T. Coffey , MSNBC
This is a story of a teenager who did something so generous — so big-hearted — that it’s making plenty of adults swoon.
Allan Guei, 18, was a star basketball player at Compton High School in the Los Angeles area before he graduated last month. He also had a GPA above 3.0, and his good grades made him eligible for an unusual competition: A free-throw contest in the Compton High gymnasium. The top prize: $40,000 in scholarship money.
Guei, whose parents immigrated to the United States from the Ivory Coast, knew how much that financial aid could mean for his family. So he was feeling a fair share of pressure as students and teachers crushed into the gym to watch Guei and seven other randomly selected, academically successful students make foul shots.
Guei won the free-throw contest by one basket and netted the $40,000. But it’s what he did next that’s truly astonishing.
In the weeks following the March free-throw competition, Guei learned that he’d scored a full-ride basketball scholarship to California State University-Northridge. NCAA rules allowed Guei to accept the athletic scholarship and also keep most of the $40,000 he had won.
But Guei couldn’t stop thinking about the seven talented runners-up from the free-throw contest. They, too, had dreams — and very real needs. So, he asked Principal Jesse Jones to make a surprise announcement at Compton High’s graduation ceremony: Guei wanted to donate the $40,000 to the other seven students.
“I’ve already been blessed so much and I know we're living with a bad economy, so I know this money can really help my classmates,” Guei said in a statement. “It was the right decision.”
Guei elaborated on his decision to give the money away in an interview with ESPN: “I was already well taken care of to go to school, to go to university for free. ... I felt like they needed it more than I did.”
The beneficiaries of Guei’s generosity were ecstatic.
“It was a shock,” said Omar Guzman, 17, a runner-up who plans to use the money to attend San Diego State University. “I’m really grateful there are people like that out there. It was generous.”
READ THE REST OF THE ARTICLE HERE
TUESDAY, JULY 19, 2011
Wardrobe Wednesday
I got a few things for ya today... For all you Moms out there, here's a few outfits to inspire you out of those khakis & sweats and into something fun! Just because you're a Mom doesn't mean you can't look cute! Here's a couple of my "Stroller Strides"...
Top - James Perse tank under J Crew grey thin tank
Jeans - JBrand
Shoes - Converse
Scarf - Nordstrom
Sunglasses - Betsey Johnson
Stroller - Britax
Top - Theory
Skirt - Paisley & Ivy
Shoes - Por La Victoire
Belt - J Crew
Sunglasses - Jill Stuart
Starbucks - Tall Iced Half-Caff Americano w/1 pump Simple Syrup & a dash of Cinnamon
And an extra special treat for Wardrobe Wednesday... sneak peek inside THE wardrobe room, Ms Carol Cutshall's design headquarters for One Tree Hill. Here's a sweet dress byRachel Roy that I'll be wearing in the first episode of Season 9!
Also, check out another great #WindowPicter Abigail Spencer (Cowboys & Aliens, Mad Men)
Seriously!?
Just this year, The Associated Press reports:
In July, police shut down a lemonade-making operation in Midway, Ga., because law enforcement officials were not sure how the lemonade was being made. In April, a 13-year-old lemonade purveyor was robbed of $130 by dastardly customers in Warner-Robins, Ga., and, in July, kids in Strongsville, Ohio, said a handful of teenagers, including two boys sporting skinny jeans and blue hoodies, stole at least $13.50 from their lemonade stand.
During the U.S. Open in June, officials in Montgomery County, Md., fined kids $500 for running a fancy lemonade stand — that sold bottled lemonade and other drinks — near the golf tournament. Proceeds, the children said, were going to charity. County officials finally agreed to waive the fine and allow the kids to operate without a permit if they would move the 10-by-10-foot tent down the road a piece.
As one of the mothers of the children told WUSA news: "The message to kids is, there's no American dream."
In July, police shut down a lemonade-making operation in Midway, Ga., because law enforcement officials were not sure how the lemonade was being made. In April, a 13-year-old lemonade purveyor was robbed of $130 by dastardly customers in Warner-Robins, Ga., and, in July, kids in Strongsville, Ohio, said a handful of teenagers, including two boys sporting skinny jeans and blue hoodies, stole at least $13.50 from their lemonade stand.
During the U.S. Open in June, officials in Montgomery County, Md., fined kids $500 for running a fancy lemonade stand — that sold bottled lemonade and other drinks — near the golf tournament. Proceeds, the children said, were going to charity. County officials finally agreed to waive the fine and allow the kids to operate without a permit if they would move the 10-by-10-foot tent down the road a piece.
As one of the mothers of the children told WUSA news: "The message to kids is, there's no American dream."
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