Hello Friends! Is it hotter than hot where anyone else lives?? Here in Nebraska it’s been in the hundreds of degrees with ludicrous humidity. How the heck is a girl to run outside when she rolls out of bed at 9am (don’t be too jealous, I worked last night) and it’s already 86 out…and feels…
Food Network Star…and the Winner is…
Hello Friends! I am a tiny bit obsessed with Food Network. (Can anyone relate??)From Chopped, to Cupcake Wars, to Food Network Star. The premise of this show is to find the next, well, Food Network Star. Three mentors are selected, this year it was Giada De Laurentis (LOVE her! She actually tweeted me back last…
{Friday Five Foodie Finds #23} Sweet Tooth Day
Hello Friends! I just looked at my google countdown and eek! Only a month left until I head back to school! I’m sad the summer is half-way over since I’ve been having so much fun with blogging things, writing lots of guest posts (three new ones will be up on blogs next Tuesday and another…
{WIAW #32} A Chocolatey Day
Hello Friends! Well, what can I say. I adore chocolate. And apparently it’s good for you. Antioxidants and whatnot. This WIAW {What I Ate Wednesday} (
Guess What? I’m Gonna Try Again!
Hello Friends! The half-marathon. The daunting 13.1 mile run. I’ve attempted training for it twice now. The first time, I hurt my back at work. Not only did I have to discontinue training, I was unable to work for a couple of months. That. Was. Awful. The last time I tried to train for the…
The Color Run Rant
Hello Friends! Okay you know how you get super excited about something and the closer it comes the more excited you get and the anticipation grows and grows and well, it’s not all that you had hoped for? This is how the Color Run was for me. So many amazingly cool pictures on the Color…
In with the New + Giveaway Winner
Hello Friends! I made a very exciting and scary purchase this past Saturday, as I referenced in my post earlier this week. Exciting because I have had the same car for eight years. Scary because I have been so blessed to never have had a car payment. In my whole life. I got my car…
{WIAW #31} Outback Steakhouse
Hello Friends! Yesterday was a day filled with fun, food & fitness! Very fitting for this month’s WIAW theme. What is WIAW? It stands for What I Ate Wednesday. This is basically a peak into my food (and fitness and fun) life on one day out of the week. It doesn’t have to be the…
Motivation to Move
Do you need some motivation to move?? Look no further than this post with a great list of items to get you going!
Success! Rice and Edamame 3 Ways
Hello Friends! I’ve been devouring this batch of edamame and rice I made last week for three days. That’s the beauty of cooking for yourself (and yourself only)…leftovers! I boiled a bag of frozen edamame in their shells and set it aside to cool. Then in the same pot, I prepared some boil-in-a-bag rice, which…
