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Finally getting to my Beef Recap!  It took a while to sift through the hundreds of photos I took in three days!  On our first full day in Denver we toured three different stores – Safeway (same as Dominick’s around Chicago), a local specialty meat store called Tony’s (the irony was not lost on me!) and Costco. I actually learned a lot about how beef...

I have so many things going on in my head lately.  First of all – I want to say that I have loved the 7-day carb cycle this week.  Not only that, but I have not had a glass of wine since a week ago yesterday – I know!  I love my wine, but with this whole carb cycle thing, well, I have to include...

I am really loving this carb cycle program.  First of all, one thing I’ve realized is that I only pack exactly what I am eating that day.  Remember the days of throwing shit in a bag and winging it at work?  Well, let’s say I threw a package of cheese in there for part of my lunch.  Not gonna lie there were times when I...

So my first day on the Carb Cycle lifestyle was 80% successful.  I had all my meals planned, and while it felt weird to eat at home, it was nice eating breakfast while scanning facebook and Pinterest, even though the dogs were waiting for me to drop something on the floor.  That usually doesn’t happen if I am at work.  My first meal was at...

I am sure like many of you, you watch weight loss shows while drinking a glass of wine, maybe having some cheese and crackers, or maybe even eating take out pizza.  I say that because all of those scenarios relate to me – Tony used to make so much fun of me when I ate watching Biggest Loser or Extreme Weight Loss with Chris Powell. ...

Wow, what a whirlwind couple weeks!  From going back to Virginia, to Michigan and then to Denver, it kind of feels like a Monday, not Friday!  I didn’t get home until 10:30 last night and after talking to Hannah and Jacob, then unpacking and going to bed, I didn’t even download the last of my pictures from yesterday.  I got to taste test sauces for...

Wow, what a whirlwind day yesterday was!  Up early to meet everyone down in the lobby of the hotel.  A few people went to a cow ranch, while the rest of us went on a retail shopping tour of how beef gets to different kinds of retail establishments.  I chose this excursion because that’s what matters to me most – how to look for good...

Glad to tell you all that I have cracked my fear of flying.  I guess flying more than once every two or three years helped – I think this is my third flight this year which is unheard of for me. I got her the same time as fellow blogger Vanessa from French Foodie Mom who also lives in the Chicago area.  We had some...

When I first got my cousins invitation to her sons high school graduation, the first thing I did was to go on Google maps and see how far away it was.  The first route told me it was six hours and 42 minutes from my Mom’s house and knowing that I couldn’t take any additional days off of work, knew that this was going to...

Let’s start things off with the winner of the FreshTECH Electric Water Bath Canner + Multi-Cooker: True Random Number GeneratorMin: 1  Max: 47 Result:  30 Elaine I remember canning tomatoes for the first time in an apartment and my dad had to bring me his turkey fryer pot because I didn’t have one that was big enough! Congrats Elaine!  Shoot me your mailing address and...