A 1/2 Cup of an Apple Keeps the Doctor Away?

March 19, 2013

Back when I was coming up with my goals for my Healthy Goals Checklist, I decided that I needed to do some research to figure out how much of different types of foods I should be eating today and what specifically worked the best with my body. Eventually, I came up with my finalized version: [...]

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Other People’s Recipes — March 2013

March 18, 2013

Although coming up with my own recipes is one of my favorite things to do, I still like to cook from other people’s recipes as well. Sometimes something just looks so good that I have to try it! I love to share the best ones with you — to spread a little blog love and [...]

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Shopping List Friday #20

March 15, 2013

Is it seriously Friday again?? These weeks are just flying past for me. I think it’s just because we’ve been so beyond-busy with the house still. I’m almost done painting the bedroom and we’re getting new windows and insulation put in next weekend! And we still have a mountain of unpacking to do. Tomorrow will [...]

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How-To: Safely Store Candy & Chocolate in your Home

March 14, 2013

I don’t remember if I’ve ever talked about it on the blog before, but I have a really bad habit of hiding/hoarding food. It’s not a fun topic for me to talk about, because it’s very personal, but I know that probably a lot of you can relate. I’ve had this problem for almost as [...]

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Favorite Television Shows

March 13, 2013

I don’t know about you guys, but I’m not ashamed to say that I love to watch TV. Whether alone or with Brent, I usually spend a couple hours each day catching up on my favorite shows. We gladly subscribe to Hulu, Netflix, HBO Go, and use our OnDemand service all the time. Like reading, [...]

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Chicken Taquitos with Bacon and Avocado

March 11, 2013

I promise you guys that someday soon I’ll eventually stop taking food photos with my iPhone… It’s just so damn handy! I love using my Canon G12, but recently it’s taken a backseat to my iPhone, since the photos are actually sort of decent and it’s way more convenient to whip that out than my [...]

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Shopping List Friday #19

March 8, 2013

I can’t believe it’s already Friday again… this week went by so quickly for me! And I can’t wait for a nice, relaxing weekend. Just kidding, we still have tons to do around here — unpacking and painting, it is. Link up your shopping-related posts down below! Check out this page for all the details. [...]

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Currently: March 2012

March 5, 2013

I got this neat “currently” post idea from Lauren’s blog Oatmeal After Spinning.   Current books: Right now I’m reading both Storm of Swords (the third Game of Thrones book) by R. R. Martin and Beautiful Creatures by Kami Garcia. I don’t usually read more than one book at a time, but recently I’ve been doing [...]

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Secret Recipe Club: Grumpy’s Honeybunch

March 4, 2013

I had so much fun participating in the Secret Recipe Club last month (I chose to make Paneer Butter Masala and Paneer Pilaf from the blog Veg Nation) from , so I was really excited about my second month as a member. This month, I was given the blog The Life and Loves of Grumpy’s [...]

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Book Review: Blackberry Winter

March 3, 2013

I may or may not have stayed up all night reading this book…. yup, I did. This book totally engrossed me and had me sucked in from the very first page. Here’s the overview from Goodreads: Seattle, 1933. Single mother Vera Ray kisses her three-year-old son, Daniel, goodnight and departs to work the night-shift at [...]

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