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I had pretty much decided the night before that I wasn’t going to work out yesterday morning, but I still set my alarm for six.  If I get in the habit of sleeping in, it will be that much harder to do it on the days I want to get up. So I get out of bed, from underneath our down comforter and I was...

I am a pretty organized person.   In some areas of my life.  Grocery lists, menu planning, grocery shopping, cooking – that’s in my wheel house. Ask me to find any document in my office, and I’ll be the first one to get it for you. I’ve mentioned before that our basement over time just becomes a dumping ground, and the piles get bigger and bigger,...

I know its the beginning of a new year and it all seems fresh and new.  We’ve all talked about what we are going to do to get healthy.  Some of us will drink more water, walk more, take the stairs.  It’s one thing to SAY you’ll do something, but to actually do it is a whole different animal. One more than one occasion, I’ve...

We totally lucked out with the weather on New Year’s Eve.  It was 51 degrees in Chicagoland and we had no problem grilling our dinner out on our deck in t-shirts!  I am just happy all the dirty snow is melted. 😀 We have stayed in for New Years for as long as I can remember – too many assholes out there.  We usually do...

In 2009 I declared it MINE with a giveaway.  I was determined to get these 30-40 pounds off that year.  I love looking back at that post because one of my favorite bloggers Meghann (even though she’s young enough to be my daughter!) had a goal of dating that year – and she’s been with her boyfriend for over a year and a half now!...

Is it just me?  I find that if I am in control of my eating and workouts, the rest of my life follows suit.   All the little projects that just seem to be on my list of things to do, suddenly have the need to be crossed off.  One thing I’ve been meaning to do for a while is clean out my wallet.  I save...

Can I just say that my title doesn’t sound like diet food at all?  I thought I had homemade pita breads left in the pantry, but I think Hannah used them all.  So the only thing I thought I could use quickly was an Arnold Thin.  I preheated my oven to 350.  On each half I put 1/4 cup tomato sauce, sprinkle of oregano, 1/2...

Okay, I realized all 164 photos I took with my new camera were on the highest resolution, which took them a long time to load on my blog post yesterday.  Hannah showed me how to reduce the picture size from 14.4 mega pixels to just 3.5, which is what I used for the pictures below (except for my lunch pictures which were taken with Old...

Buy her something for Christmas that she would never expect in a million years. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9xoJMxvSgQ4] Yep, I am posting this even though I am not wearing a bra, haven’t brushed my hair and still have my glasses on.  I still cry just watching it!  My family completely surprised me with a Nikon D3100 DSLR camera with 18-55 mm lens.   Being completely shocked is an absolute...

Gotta love when you go to bed at midnight and then wake up at 9:45! 😀  But we are in good shape for tomorrow.  Tony and I went out for breakfast yesterday.  I ordered two egg beater scrambled, a side of bacon and a fruit plate.  For some reason since these were all side items, they came on 3 separate plates!  And while Tony and...