Breakfast

It really feels like winter now – while my west coast friends are dying in the heat, winter has dabbled here the last couple of days – the wind was really blowing so it felt like it was in the 20s yesterday on the train platform. It was my bosses birthday yesterday, and I tried to make him banana muffins using the Bolthouse farms plant...

Yesterday was gorgeous – while it was a chilly start, by lunch it was in the low 60s and sunny – #love. In part of Hannah and Jacob’s meal plan, they baked up a bunch of baked potatoes (huh, wonder where they got that from!) and I knew towards the end of the week they would have food that would need to be eaten up...

I woke up Saturday morning, opened my eyes and saw how bright it was outside and threw my covers back and looked at the clock – it was 7:25!  For a second I thought it was a work day, and then I quickly remembered it was Saturday, and also a work day, but in the best possible way – I was working Apple Fest in...

Good morning!  I have a little bit of a late start this morning as I have my semi-annual diabetes doctor appointment at 11:15 this morning, so I got to sleep in a bit this morning.  Enjoying a nice cup of coffee on what hopefully will be our last 90 degree weather of 2017.  Chicago broke a record for longest hot streak for this late in...

You’ll want to bookmark this recipe for Ham and Cheese Breakfast Cups!  Bake once, eat all week! But first . . .  I woke up 30 minutes early yesterday and got a quick walk in before work.  It was gorgeous – no breeze, 50 degrees.  I loved the fog hovering over the river.  It was such a great way to set the tone of being...

As I was walking into work yesterday morning, I got this text from Hannah.  Ignore the part where I texted her the sales at our local thrift store over the weekend 😛   Pickles, the baby squirrel that Hannah tried to save, died overnight.  She feels she did everything right, she read how they like to burrow when they sleep, she had it in a...

I took 238 pictures from Friday night until last night.  I may have a bit of a problem. 😀  It was a good long weekend.  I didn’t really have any plans except with my Mom yesterday.  It was a nice balance of productivity, cooking and lazy.  I will admit that we ordered pizza on Saturday night and I may have eaten half of a small...

I slept through my Weight Watchers meeting on Saturday.  Somewhat intentional and not intentional at the same time.  I’ve been off track since I had my cold and it’s taking me a while to get back on track.  I did step on my scale though, and if I remember correctly, I think I am up 1.4 for the week. I did a lot of meal...

These Premier Protein Blueberry Scones are so good!   I’ve talked about my love of scones on this blog over the years.  The first one that stole my heart was the one from Starbuck’s – the cinnamon chip one – swoon!  Um, turns out it’s 21 smart points though – or basically the equivalent of two meals. I wanted to try yet another version using Premier...

Friday night pajama party!  I had the pleasure of having these two littles over Friday night for a sleep over.  I went to their house to grill up some chicken pitas and brought mac n cheese for the kids.  After we ate, I scooped the girls in my car and brought them home.  I live less than 10 minutes from their house.  Their Momma?  Called...