Morning Kisses!?!?!

I found my match……there is another living thing that loves mornings as much as me!! As soon as I open my eyes I am awake and ready to party.  It takes Billy a few minutes to wake up and run around but my new little buddy is waiting and ready to attack me with kisses before I can even get out of bed fully.

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Yeah, we don’t know how this happened.  Muffin tops make a great breakfast:)  We still love you Gpa.

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After a CRAPTASTIC run (you can read about it here) we sat on the deck for a few hours.  There is nothing better than sunshine, the cool CLEAN mountain breeze and family all outside at the same time.

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And lunch was a ginormous salad (went back for thirds), an apple (went back for seconds) and pb (I lost track after the first 38 spoonfulls).   Billy and I have a bet to see how long this jar will last me (14 servings…my eye) but I will just keep refilling it and he will never know.

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I think we are off to walk around the town and of course stop at my favorite ICE CREAM SHOP!!!

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PS SOUTH CALI BLOGGERS/RUNNERS/READERS….we are going to Yogurtland in Irvine tomorrow at 7:15……YOU SHOULD COME!!!

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How long does it take you to feel fully awake in the morning?

-I LOVE to sleep in but as soon as my eyes open I am ready to run around, it is actually kind of creepy.

What is your ABSOLUTE favorite thing to combine PB with besides chocolate (97.8% of you would have answered chocolate:)?

-Apples….nothing in the world like it.

If you had to chose between a vacation to the beach or to the mountains which would you chose?

-To close to tell but I am sure my opinion will change when I ready your reasonings for one or the other.

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Ahhhhh what a cute pup! Haha “bed” = pull out couch. I smell you. That is what it’s like when I stay with the fammmm and it’s kind of fun! I would choose BOTH…put some mountains next to the beach and I’m a happy gal!! p.s. Wah shorts tan.

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I am a morning person for sure! And the second my eyes are open I am ready to go!

PB & Bananas for sure!

BEACH! I love summer beach days!

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I’m one of those annoying people who are super happy and awake in the morning. I hardly ever sleep in and wake up at 530 just ready to go… sometimes I think people want to hit me lol. Grouches. And I can’t eat PB (aller-gees), but I die for AB and bananas.

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Sorry about your shins, it’s so frustrating when your heart and mind are 100% there but your body just isn’t.
I’d pick beach every time!

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PB + Bananas! With cinnamon! Not even sure what the other questions were because now all I’m thinking about are bananas covered in pb….

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I NEED TO TRY YOUR CINNAMON COMBO….BRILLIANT!!!!

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I love pb on graham crackers OR a scoop of pb rolled in chocolate chips!!
A beach vaca is #1 in my book.

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It depends on the day – but I can usually get my butt movin’ and groovin’ pretty fast in the mornings. My eyes open and I immediately think of all of things I’m looking forward to that day.

Since chocolate isn’t an option, I’d say bananas. Or apples. Or in a smoothie? I like PB smoothies. Completely indecisive today.

Aaaand I pick the beach. I live in the Rocky Mountains already! I love some sand squishin’ between my toes :)

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Peanut butter and Apples! Especially when the peanut butter is all melty :) I am most definitely a morning person so this working the night shift is absolutely dreadful. I would pick mountains all the way. I love rock climbing and hiking too much to choose the beach aaaaaand deep water scares the bejeebus out of me!

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Peanut butter with apples are the best, but on bananas too AND animal crackers :) I would 100% pick a beach vacation over anywhere else in the world. I am a sun worshiper!!

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Um, I can’t WAIT to try out your pb combo…LOVE IT!!!

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:[ booooo I wish I wasn’t still in class at 7:15

pb and carrots or pb and apples or pb and a spoon….yep definitely my favorites

Mountains. I love having the beach right next to me, but I don’t get to go to the mountains any time I want. Plus theres nothing better than mountain air. So clean.

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PB and banana!!! I live off of pb/banana sandwiches. So amazing :) I’m jealous of your lunch today. Mountain breeze? Family? Sunshine? How perfect.

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My new obsession is eating sunflower seed butter out of the jar…it is beyond amazing! Although I do also love my peanut butter, I have it with apples almost every day.

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I’m most awake midway though my coffee first thing in the morning. That’s usually when I run…and its usually around 630-7am.

I LOVE PB on apples…actually more that chocolate, especially natural PB creamy or crunchy on sliced cold Fuji apples…..= heaven.

I’m 37 and try to shy away from so much sun these days so my vaca pref would be the mountains for sure… :)

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I pretty much jump outta bed the moment I open my eyes too. Both my BF and BFF need all this time when they wake up and it drives me bonkers!!

You definitely need a dog!

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I KNOW…will you try to convince BIlly for me:)

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The beach the beach the beach!!! Which makes me really confused about why I am voluntarily moving from SAN DIEGO to Virginia in 3 weeks. What was I thinking?!

The best thing with PB is a fluffernutter. Cover a graham cracker with pb. Cover another with marshmellow fluff. Stick them together. Eat. Thank me later :)

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Some days I wake up and am ready to go. Others, I am sleepy and fight to keep my eyelids open. Just depends. :)
I love love love apples & pb and choco & pb, obvs, but lately I have been liking a post workout snack of pb on a honey graham cracker with cinnamon sprinkled on top. PB is my all time fav and I’m not sure I could ever live without it.
I love me some beach. Today. Tomorrow. Every day. :D

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I love dogs… they always make you feel so loved!!

My favorite Peanut Butter Combo is on bananas or graham crackers!! Yum!! Even better is on toast with a layer of bananas and honey on top!

Once I allow my eyes to open I am up! If I lay there without opening them, I can last a good 20 mins longer in bed!!

I would choose the Mountains in the Fall and Winter… I love the mountains in the fall with the changing leaves! Love the snow in the winter for some POW skiing!!
Beach in the Summer FOR SURE!! I got to Newport Beach every year over the 24 of July week! Love it!!

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Heather (365 days of aweome) invited me to your Yogurtland meet-and-feast but [sigh] I work down near UCSD. That’s about 80 minutes–without traffic–to Irvine. So, more like 90-100 minutes driving at that time of the day. I would be there if not for this job that pays the mortgage :)

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Not a morning person at all! I stay up way too late, especially in summer, and have a rule that my kids can’t get me out of bed before 8 (unless blood or vomit is present). I do wake up at 4:45 Saturday morning for my group long runs.
I love a good Granny Smith w/ PB.
Beach. No question about it. I was born in SoCal and do love some mountains but there’s just something about the beach that soothes my soul.

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in the mornings its like once i am UP i am UP and there is no turning back…
and PB with apples, pears, and bananas all the wayyyyyyyyyyyyyy
and totally a beach vacationer…love the early morning runs and then the lounging in the sun all dayyy

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I love bananas and pb……and pb on cinnamon toast!!! :D

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I wake up pretty quick. I’m not the type who snoozes my alarm and lies around in bed for ages. As soon as my alarm goes, I’m up! Takes me a little while (at least until after some water, coffee, and breakfast!) to feel 100% ‘with it’ though :)

PB rules with any or all of the following: bananas, jam, honey, apples, pears, marshmallows, nutella, celery (AKA the only time i will eat celery), ICE CREAM (any flavour), oats, in stir-fries/noodles/curries, on pancakes/waffles……..and my latest weird one? BROCCOLI (i’m sure you’ll appreciate that!!). hahaha i was out of hummus and desperately wanted something sorta ‘nutty’ to dip my broccoli in. It was surprisingly AWESOME. Try it!!

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PB ON ICE CREAM…..AHHH I NEED THAT!!! Okay and the brocc and pb…woman you are speaking to my SOUL!!!

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I wake up early every morning but I am crazy grumpy until I have had my breakfast! 30 minutes later–happy, full, and perky!
On that note…favorite thing to have with PB is my oatmeal.
I pick the beach for sure–also, is it bad that I am ready to come to Socal just for that blogger meet-up with fro-yo?

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DO ITTTTT

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I am like you, I can sleep in, but once I am awake, I am AWAKE!

Apples and PB are the bomb. But I can’t deny I like to add chocolate even to that mix…

Vacation to the mountains … which is situated by a lake that has a beach! It depends on the vacay… I could only do a short beach vacation because I would be more restless if there weren’t other things to do. I could do mountains for a LONG time!

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I’m definitely a fan of PB on toast with honey. When the bread is warm, the PB starts to melt a little and it’s great.

It takes me FOREVER to get out of bed in the morning. I’m a serial snoozer. I have been known to snooze for an hour and a half…

Definitely a beach vacation. You get sun and sand and ocean – and beach running! Fantastic!

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Okay, I NEED PB TOAST AND HONEY RIGHT NOW!!! Simply AMAZING….
Beach running really is the BEST!!!

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I am awake within the first 10 minutes of waking up but I don’t like talking to anyone for at least an hour (aka: after I’ve eaten breakfast.)

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PB on ANYTHING is amazing!! I get lost in the jar, look down after 5 minutes and realize it’s pretty much gone. PB (or nutella) on bananas is a serious addiction.

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I NEED more nutella in my life!! You have inspired me!!

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I am such a morning person, once my alarm goes off I am up. I even try to sleep in on Saturdays and Sundays but sometimes it is impossible…I have an internal alarm clock that wakes me up by 7am. Grrr…I would love to be able to sleep in until 9!
My favorite thing with pb is oatmeal…I love mixing the two together and even better when they are overnight oats.
Much prefer the beach…something about watching water on sand does me over every time.

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I didn’t realize you had to eat something with peanut butter! I thought you could live by peanut butter alone!?
I prefer the beach, but this may have a lot to do with the fact that I have never spent time in any mountains just drove through the Smokies to get to the beach!
Oh, and I still haven’t woke up all the way from this morning which was well over 12 hours ago. I simply count down to my next sleep session. :-)

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BAHAHAH YOU ARE RIGHT…I really could live off of straight pb:) I am also counting down until sleep…just 3 more hours;)

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I’m definitely a morning person. When I’m up, I’m up! And even though I’m off work for the summer right now, I’m still usually awake before 7am. :) So I understand you there!

Other than chocolate (because you’re right, I would have said chocolate), I LOVE peanut butter with bananas! Peanut butter and banana on toast, or a bagel, or whatever is the best!!

And I think I would normally choose the beach, but I’d kind of like to spend a quiet, secluded weekend at a log cabin in the mountains. As long as there was cable TV and internet access. :P

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I am definitely a morning person! I love peanut butter with too many things to name :). As for vacay- I like the beach and the mountains. I guess it depends on the mood I’m in :)

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I’m usually fully awake 10 minutes after I wake up, unless I really didn’t get enough sleep. My favorite thing to have PB with is vanilla ice cream!

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Pb and banana? Yes please!

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You are killing me!!! I’m moving to Irvine in about a month! Promise me, next time you’re visiting down there, we are meeting up at Yogurtland and I’m getting you into Disneyland!!!! I hope you are LOVING it :) I can’t wait to live down there. I’m sorry about the craptacular run today :( I’m new to the whole running thing, and I know that if you were giving me advice about starting running again- which you kind of are, you’d probably tell me to ease into or else I’d break myself and give up too soon without giving it a fair chance. I think that’s what you’d tell me. You’re your worst critic, no one expects you to be able to do what you could a year ago, right NOW. You’ll get there girl :) All it takes is faith, trust, and a little bit of pixie dust (a little bit of pixie dust being a crap load of training and time!)
p.s. you SO need a dog! That’s the first purchase I’m making when I get more settled down there. Black Lab, baby!

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It takes me a while to wake up, but once I’m awake, I’m awake. I’m bad about hitting the snooze, though.
I love to combine pb with pretzels! (well, gluten-free pretzels in my case). It’s delicious.
Since I live in the mountains, I like to vacation in the beach :)

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peanut butter and graham crackers with green grapes.

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Those muffins look… delicious??? Hehe. I love waking up to my pup every morning. If I am being lazy and sleeping in, he jumps all over me until I wake up to play with him. Annoying, but effective!

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PB and…
– apples
– bananas
– nutella (does that count as chocolate?)
– celery!

Give me a BEACH and I am one happy woman.

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I love the mountains so much! Right now, I’d choose the mountains because I got to go to the beach in May. :)

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Your pictures make me smile :-)

How long it takes me to feel awake in the morning depends upon the amount of sleep I get. ANy less than 6 hours and I’m a zombie allll day.

PB & Bananas …..and oats (but first PB & Bananas)

I love the mountains but nothin’ beats the ocean for me. It’s because I’m from Omaha – I have “I lived smack dab in the middle of america” syndrome.

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I love seeing the pictures of you and the dog! My family raises and races Alaskan huskies (right now we have 25), and I just love animals.

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I’m not fully awake until I’ve eaten breakfast.
I love melted PB on ice cream, it’s pretty good on oatmeal too.
I go mountains over beach b/c I dont like sand all over everything.

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My favorite thing about my dog, is that I just have to open my eyes and she’s up and ready to move. It’s a good way to wake up everyday. Especially since I have the ability to fall back asleep as many times as I want. I could sleep until 3pm if I so desired.

I’ve never been to the mountains, so if I had to chose, I would say the big ol’mountains.

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Can you give me some of your waking-up ability? It takes me so long to wake up it’s not even funny. Sometimes I have to get myself to run by saying “Just an hour or so, then I can take a nap”…

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Which Yogurtland are you going to? I’m in Irvine!

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Bananas and organic creamy peanut butter is a match made in heaven. If I’m feeing a little crazy I’ll put raisins on top of the peanut butter and pretty much die from the deliciousness.

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mmmmm love pb with so many things, but lately I can’t make enough chocolate peanut butter banana smoothies…oops I realized I totally broke the no chocolate combo request :)

And I choose mountains because I loooove to hike! But the beach is always a close second…as long as it’s not packed – then I’d rather be anywhere but :)

And I’m an early morning person…as long as I’ve gotten my 8+ hours! My boyfriend always complains that I ask him too many questions in the morning… just too chipper for him that early! :)

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I’m not a huge morning person but I’m definitely not a night owl either!

PB and apples for me, or with toast or oatmeal.

I’d choose the beach as I’m craving the sun and the sea right now – I’ve never gotten over how bad the weather is in Ireland :(

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That looks simply delicious! Check out Hong Kong desserts at http://hongkongintern.wordpress.com/2011/06/29/life-is-uncertain-eat-dessert-first/

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I’m definitely a morning person too! BUT, it does take me a few minutes to get over the sleepy eyes! ;) I think pb and hummus (although not together) are perfect partners for an apple. I think I’d go for mountains over the beach, especially if there are great rivers to kayak in!
Enjoy your day!!

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I’m just like you! I love sleep, but when I’m up I am UP! I love mornings, they’re my favorite part of the day. I think I love them because not many others do and I find so much peace in the mornings :)

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I usually wake up right away, but Mike’s like Billy and takes way longer and is really not entertained by my dive bombing the bed to wake him up. I’ve gotten Bungee in on the action too and make her jump up and lick his face.

PB and banana all the way!!

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Hey hun! Awesome post, your trip looks ridiculously fun!
We’re hoping to go to Colorado in the late summer for some mountain fun – hiking, tramping, camping, biking, nature loving, paragliding…montains are where it’s at for me and tom, rather than beaches, big time, they’re so fun! Kinda like nature’s playground. :-D I prefer sailing on/swimming in the ocean to chillling (or rather cooking, lol!) on the beach.
What next? I am wide awake and ready to go as soon as I wake up – defnitely a morning person :-) It works well cause on Saturdays, Tom sleeps in while i scurry off to the gym or practice yoga, and then I am back in bed for chill time before he even wakes up, lol! :-)
My absolute favourite non-chocolate thing to eat peanut butter with is banana, hands down. Yummy! But apple comes a close second. Chocolate takes the biscuit tough :-)
xyx

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Um, jelly! In a sandwich. (I’m old school.)
Also, bananas–clearly it’s a crowd pleaser. :)

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Where in irvine? Also, did you know yogurtland has introduced a couple new, praiseworthy flavors?

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I’m an extremely chipper morning girl! I roll out of bed ready to go! I do love the summers when I get to sleep past 4:45, but whatever time I wake up, I’m ready to talk, sing, dance, workout, cook, EAT, etc.

Peanut butter goes with everything! Some of my faves:
apples, bananas, pears
toast with honey and cinnamon
celery
OATMEAL
pineapple (grilled with some melted pb or nutella..OMG..so good)
ice cream
animal crackers or graham crackers
popcorn
I’ll stop now, but I could go on :)

I’m definitely a beach girl! I do love to visit the mountains and go skiing, hiking, biking, etc, but the beach will always have my heart.

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Oh, and you definitely need a dog! We could start a petition for you!

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I am NOT a morning person at all. I hate getting out of bed! Sometimes at the weekend I will sleep in til 11am… bliss. It’s funny, I love sleep but I am not a nap person, I can’t do naps but I can sleep for 11 hours. One time I slept for 17 hours straight after a transatlantic flight/jet lag. When I woke up I was all woozy, and STARVING!!

I live by the beach so for vacation I’d go with mountains!

I love peanut butter on toast, in oatmeal, mousse (PB mousse? yum). Also with bananas, apples etc. is great.

You should get a dog. I love my dog more than I can even describe. He is everything to me and he helped me SOOO much through my injury. It’s hard to be depressed and angry at the world when a hundred pounds of waggy licky love descends on you for a snuggle. He is my anti-depressant medication :-)

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I’m one of those people who hate the snooze alarm. It’s annoying that it keeps going off. Once my alarm goes off, I lay in bed for a minute and try to stretch and then I get up. Once I’m moving around the room, I’m awake. It’s hard to go back to sleep when your little ones come running in the room ready to go for the day. I wish I had that type of energy in the morning.

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WAAAAAAAAAA enjoy Yogurtland and the SOCAL sunshine!! I’ll be thinking of you bloggers (and the yogurt of course). I’m stuck here in Singapore but perhaps I’ll have to hit the fro yo extra hard JUST for y’all!!!

love love!
I’m allergic to peanut butter now, but I used to eat it out of the jar all the time. Sometimes I put honey on the spoon with the peanut butter… heaven, pure heaven

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I love my peanut butter with TOAST! (YEA TOAST! hehe) I even have a song that I sing every time I make it. It goes “Peanut butter toast, peanut butter toast, it is time for some peanut butter toast”. It’s much cooler when sung than when read…. :)

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I’m with you…I’m wide awake as soon as I’m up. My husband on the other hand needs his quiet time before he’s really awake. And, I love apples and peanut butter!

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BEACH! I live in Montana so definitely a beach vacation!

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i w/ everyone on the apples, but my real answer without the no chocolate rule would be Dark Chocolate Dreams (dark chocolate PB) on apples- makes the plain apple i just ate seem so plain.

i don’t really sleep in, but typically once my alarm goes off, i’m up and moving

i used to be a solid beach girl, but since i live in TX and it’s 100 from now until september, i’m leaning more towards mountains. although it’s still a toss up and depends on my mood. mountains offer so many good options (hiking, biking, white water rafting, etc) and it’s such a different climate than where i live that it truly feels like a vacation. that being said, i grew up in a coastal city so a big piece of my heart will always be on the water/beach.

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