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Morning!  Not only did I have to get up for WW today, but I also had my yearly eye exam.  Being diabetic has it’s challenges, and one of the things I don’t take lightly is my eye health.  Diabetic retinopathy is the leading cause of blindness. What’s sad is that people who don’t control their diabetes now, may feel fine, but damage is being done and...

I found myself with almost an hour to kill yesterday morning before I had to leave for work.  Huh, guess what I did?  I was Bizzy in my Kitchen. 😀  I ended up making Marisa’s baked pumpkin oatmeal – holy cow, this one is a winner.  It’s not too sweet, super filling and between prep and baking, was done in 25 minutes.  My pan was...

Last weekend Tony said that he saw on America’s Test Kitchens the secret to Chicago Deep Dish Pizza.  It’s funny because the host went to Lou Malnati’s in Chicago to get their recipe for deep dish dough recipe, and they wouldn’t give it up – all he kept saying was that their crust was “buttery.” So they went to the drawing board and came up with...

My boss brought me in a pumpkin bagel that Thomas now makes – you could actually see little bits of pumpkin, although we both agreed it could have had a bit more spice to it, but it was good.  I had mine with 1/2 a package of dark chocolate peanut butter that Errign sent me – it got buried in my pantry and my clean...

I woke up to a stormy morning, leaves were flying across my yard, it was raining sideways at some points.  Icky way to start a Monday!  I brought Old Blue as my camera to work today – I thought it would just be dark all day so didn’t bring the DSLR. Be prepared from some interesting eats this week.  I decided not to grocery shop...

So I told you yesterday that I was meeting my Momma for lunch to celebrate her birthday yesterday.  What I didn’t tell you was that I happily dragged my SIL as my partner in crime to surprise my Mom and went to her church service.  She was so surprised!  And the surprise was on us because she also had a duet during the special music section...

I’ve been really Bizzy in my kitchen lately.  A friend and co-worker was having a house warming party, and after helping her with the menu (um, fyi – sandwiches from California Pizza Kitchen for 40 people was going to cost $400!). While her mom and sister were helping with some dishes, I shopped, cooked and prepared six appetizers.  baja fresh salsa with fresh homemade tortilla...

I consider my WI to be a success, even though I am up .2 this week.  We had a great birthday dinner out, and I only worked out 3 times last week. I regularly tape America’s Test kitchen shows because I am a visual person – I am much better at recreating something if I’ve seen it, rather than read the instructions of a recipe. ...

Thanks for all your birthday wishes the last couple days – and guess what?  There’s one more!  Yep, I have three birthdays in a row – today is my Momma’s 71st birthday!  Happy Birthday Mom! She’s going to the symphony today, so I am meeting her on Sunday after church for lunch to celebrate. 😀 So I’ve been curious to try mussels for a while...

Today I am celebrating Tony’s birthday for the 11th year!  We met in May of 2000, and in September of that year we celebrated Tony’s 40th birthday. . . now fast forward 11 years  . . . HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!! What a crazy year we had – we’ve made it through his colon cancer, and he’s cancer free.  SO happy he didn’t need chemo or radiation,...