Guess what? There are only twelve days until Halloween! I am getting more and more excited, doing more and more decorating, and this weekend I have big plans to build something for our yard to add to our existing decor. I may need an intervention soon. Look what I found today at the book store: [...]
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Oct 16 2012
Halloween Smoothie
Guess what I recently realized? It may sound like blasphemy in the blog world at this time of year, but…. I don’t really like pumpkin all that much. (Gasp!) I do like it in savory dishes, but as for the sweet pumpkin flavor that is everywhere you look at the moment, I’m just not a [...]
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Fried Pineapple with Maple Greek Yogurt and Toasted Coconut
Never mind that it was the 10th of October and we had our very first day of true fall-like weather, complete with misty fog and temperatures that never rose above 50 degrees. Never mind that everyone else on the planet is noshing on seasonal apple and pumpkin desserts and snacks as if their life depended on [...]
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Chocolate Peanut Butter Proteinsicles
Summer. The taste of watermelon so juicy it drips down your chin. The sound of lawn mowers buzzing and the smell of freshly cut grass. The light breeze coming into the house through opened windows in every room. Warm sand on bare feet. Listening to kids squeal with delight as they run through the sprinkler. [...]
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Showered
My niece is this really amazing woman whom I’ve watched grow up since the day she was born. I became an aunt for the first time when I was in the 5th grade and all my friends thought I was pretty awesome because of it. (Little did they know it was my niece who was the [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Feb 27 2012
Foodies Unite In The Spirit of Giving
Wait, the holiday season ended nearly two months ago, so what is all this giving (and receiving!) about? Why, it’s Foodie Penpals, a fantastic idea Lindsay at The Lean Green Bean came up with and now coordinates for over 200 participants! Once every month through email, she matches people up, they get in touch with each other [...]
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