March 17, 2015

I took advantage of the one day this week that was going to be nice outside and got my ass out of bed and took a 30 minute walk before work.  It was 46 degrees, brisk and glorious! Nearly all of the snow has melted, but the channel of the river is still pretty icy. By the time I got back home I’d already had...

This Copycat Starbucks Lemon Loaf will jump to the top of the list of recipes to try.   UPDATE!  I first wrote this recipe in 2015 and had comments of people who made it letting me know that while it tasted good, upon removing the loaf from the oven, the middle collapsed.  So I rewrote the recipe below – the rest of the post is from...

The bad part about our flight being so delayed on the Monday we were supposed to fly back was that we were supposed to meet up with two of my cousins and my Aunt on my Dad’s side of the family in Tampa where they live.  We were to have about a 4 hour layover and I didn’t even know my cousin Chris and his...

Sunday night Mom and I were on our own as my cousin and Aunt had flights back that day.  We hadn’t yet gone to Mallory Square to see the sunset, so we dropped off our bikes back at the rental place and walked to Mallory Square.  I love that you can pretty much walk from one side of the island to the other.  We got...

I hardly ever eat sweet stuff for breakfast, just because my palate wants savory and salty.  But when we found a French bakery on Duval street that sold that mornings pastries for 50% off, we stocked up for breakfast the next day.  I picked out this apricot pastry – holy balls was this insulin worthy! We walked around and shopped a lot.  We passed by...

While I have been canoeing before, even so far as to do a couple Outward Bound trips in the boundary waters between Minnesota and Canada, I’d never been kayaking before.  My Mom and Aunt Martha went the previous year and gave it two thumbs up, so we decided to go again.  I don’t exactly remember, but I think it cost us each about $50 for...

I am not going to lie – coming back to our frigid temps would make me pull out my camera and scroll through all the pictures of walking outside in tank tops and wearing sandals.  Part of me wanted to wear sandals to work last Wednesday, but it was super cold, and I would have to walk through snow.  Hoping that our weather near the...

It was funny because every day I would look at my weather app on my super cool iPhone 6+ (made my boss jealous that she didn’t have one – love it!) and every day, the next day would have a little rain cloud that there could be a chance of rain.  However, each day it never rained, and it would predict that the very next...

I decided before going on vacation that I wasn’t going to lug my DSLR around.  I was nervous about losing it, having to carry another camera bag around with me.  So I was happy that the Saturday before I left I was able to upgrade my phone after two years of having an iPhone 4.  I ended up getting the iPhone 6+ and I absolutely...

I think my Mom and I could have gotten home faster from London than Key West!  If you followed me on Instagram over my vacation (my bizzy kitchen – thank you if you did!) you’ll know that my Mom and I left to go to the airport on Key West at 10:00 a.m. on Monday and I finally drove into my driveway at 5:00 p.m....