“Morning” Workouts and Different Breakfast Routes

I love working out in the morning. It is SO nice to get it out of the way and to feel refreshed and energized for the day. By morning though… I mean like 11. I’m not some crazy who’s able to wake up at 5 in the morning, drag myself out of bed and be [...]

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PBU and Chocolate too

I finally mixed my own batch of the newly coveted PBU! I’ve mixed nut butter and almond milk in the past on a small scale just as an oatmeal topping but never would have thought to make it on a larger scale. Pretty genius idea! I made a small container [...]

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Another Weekend

  Anyone else want to join me in forming a mass battle against technology? Alright I do love it but I swear technology is going to be my ride right into the loony bin. Just when you think you’ve got it all worked out, ten more problems pop up. I’m having network issues now. Dratted [...]

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Cravings for Carrot Cake

THANK YOU all many many times over for the lovely birthday wishes. Each and every one brightened my day
As earlier mentioned, I baked my own cake. None of that store-bought business. Baking my own cake was a treat in itself.
I had some healthy fare before immersing myself in sugar.

Typically my birthday [...]

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Singing the Winter Blues

Warning: It’s long and it’s kind of ranty. Skip the picture-less text at the beginning and end for the more fun and vibrant food-related stuff.
First off, I apologize for the absence going on here. Being busy isn’t the best of excuses as I’m sure I could have managed to fit an entry in during all [...]

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Samples, Sushi and Suga

Yesterday morning, after doing a bit of last minute Christmas shopping (nope, not done yet, still have to go out today… eek), I got a freebie in the mail!    I signed up for this free sample a couple weeks ago. Clearly I don’t get anything very fun or exciting in the mail for me [...]

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Birthday Baking and Some Much Needed Sleep

As I mentioned in my last post, I spent Friday morning baking up a cake for my brother’s 17th birthday.
This was one mean cake. Huge, dense, heavy, and stomach-expandingly scrumptious. I used the Ultimate Chocolate Cake recipe featured on this site which is a Barefoot Contessa recipe, and I used the fudge icing [...]

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Party All the Time…

Four late nights out in a row is probably not the best decision of my life. I’m surprised I’m not completely dead yet. But I need to keep my energy up for going out tonight, the last of the four. I anticipate tomorrow being crash and burn day. Good thing I told them I’m not [...]

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Ups and Downs

I was having a good day today, I truly was. Work was fine, I ended relatively early, I had dinner with a friend. It was all good. Then everything just seemed to kind of go down hill.
Warning: This is a bummed out rant. Pretty much for my own benefit. Skip this block of text if [...]

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Sushi Always Satisfies

I did something this morning that I haven’t done in ages. I exercised FIRST THING. As soon as I got up. Before even eating breakfast. I never do this. I usually exercise either later in the morning or in the early afternoon if I don’t work, or in the evenings if I do. But last [...]

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