Back from Blogcation!

Hello lovely and wonderful SGET readers! And welcome to any newbies who may have found your way here due to my ridiculously fabulous and wise guest Bloggers. How did I get so fortunate... to have that many quality Bloggers step in for me while I was away?! Honestly, it was a lot of fun to put together the guest posts as I found them incredibly interesting. Many thanks to my Guesties:

• Heather from Heather Eats Almond Butter
• Kath from Kath Eats Real Food
• Averie from Loves Veggies and Yoga
• My fabulous Aunt Rhoda
• Caitlin from Healthy Tipping Point
• Janetha from Meals and Moves
• Allie from Pimp My Protein Shake
• Erika from Dancing Around the Kitchen
• My hubby Derek
• Michelle from A Shade of Gray
  
• Heidi from Gold's Gym Venice Beach, CA
• Lara from Thinspired
• Charlotte from The Great Fitness Experiment

Wow! Pinch me I'm dreaming...what a rockstar lineup!

I am physically back home but dealing with inopportune moments of narcolepsy and confusion due to jet-lag and re-entry. Plus I conveniently forgot that we are living "trailer style" out of boxes due to the kitchen remodel and pest control appointments before we left. I will have some great "before and after" photos of the kitch soon- can you believe it was actually done before we left...it took a total of 1.5 months!

I promise I will do a "proper" re-cap of the trip, which was a transatlantic crossing with my hubby Derek and my Dad, Marty. We motored from NYC to Southampton, England on Cunard's Queen Mary 2...a trip that we have enjoyed before as evidenced by some FlashBackFriday photos here. Then as if that wasn't spectacular enough, we met up with the stunningly gorgeous, fun, sensitive and smart Lara from Thinspired. We loved her so much after the first day that we spent the next day with her as well (this time with her wonderful hubby, Matt, the half-marathon stud-muffin).

Although I was technically 'on Blogcation', ideas for posts still popped into my wee little brain at most inconvenient times- like 3am- and I will share those with you in the next week or so...namely:

• How to have your "diet" survive a cruise (or other vacay)
• Why I'm glad I ditched my blender on vacay for the first time in AGES
  
• Brits... why I love them while they 'call a spade a spade' (subtitle: how to be Un-PC and get away with it)
  

So, fair SGET readers, I am so happy that we are all now more intelligent and well-informed having been given the best advice by the top health and fitness bloggers. But, as we are back to reality, you will once again be subjected to my own mindless musings fraught with the massive amounts of useless drivel to which you have been accustomed. Bless your little hearts.

And now I will leave you with a few photos from the trip:

Embarkation on the QM2

Verrazano Bridge at Sunset

A room with a view

With the hubs, Derek

SmoothieGirl: Two-fisted eater

Cheers! Marty aka Dad enjoys his 'Stoli martini, straight-up with olives' (the olives serve as
Deb's appetizer-yum!)

Playing Dress-up is so much fun! :-)


Extreme Ping Pong- I actually worked up a sweat!?

More Dress-up

Lara and Matt- we had such a great day together!

Buds right from the start!



Supermodel Lara

Dad & Deb at Salisbury Cathedral- do I look cold?

For SHAME!! Derek, channeling Austin Powers. IN A CATHEDRAL NO LESS!!

The 3 Musketeers at the bar at our hotel in the English Countryside

A typical last-minute stop at Tesco- to smuggle home a few of Derek's British goodies (I might have helped just a little bit with a few snacks of my own)