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When I met my step-son at the tender age of almost 11, I am sure he didn’t know what to think of me.  Sure, his Dad dated women after he got divorced and when Joe was littler, but I was one of only a few to actually meet Joe.  Smart man Tony was.  I can’t tell you how many of my friends had kids and...

Do you ever Google yourself?  I do every once in a while.  Sometimes I’ll do a Google image search of my name and see what comes up.  This morning I found this: That was from a post from last August.  I was already into the second month of Insanity.  The caption under that picture said “I drank Gatorade, not wine.”  I was so focused last...

Last Saturday I woke up and had a taste for pancakes.  I don’t normally crave sweet breakfasts, but I got to town on making pancakes.  I decided not to add any added fat to the pancakes – most recipes called for oil or melted butter to the batter.  Guess what?  I didn’t even miss it!  I made my batter and let it sit on the...

After hitting “publish” on my blog post yesterday, I realized I had 45 minutes before my eye doctor opened to call to make an appointment, so instead of farting around on Facebook, Pinterest, or Instagram, I got my walking shoes on and headed out the door.  We had rainy/stormy weather predicted but I beat the rain – it was a glorious overcast 72 degrees –...

It was one of my bosses birthdays over the weekend, but she wasn’t in the office until yesterday.  Did you know that Panera has a Tuesday special on bagels?  $6.99 for 13 bagels!   I ended up having a picky plate breakfast – 1/2 an oat bran bagel with a shmear of 5 calorie “butter” grapes, a hard boiled egg with hot sauce, thank you very...

We had a birthday celebration in our office yesterday – I ended up bringing in Chobani, my homemade copycat Nature Valley granola bars, fresh raspberries and a strawberry sauce.   The strawberry sauce couldn’t be simpler. [amd-zlrecipe-recipe:52] Since I made this before work and it was still hot, I ended up putting it in the freezer while I finished getting ready for work, and it cooled...

I am so happy I am back to strength training!  I am loving week one so far – and have to tell you, other than my little mishap on the assisted chin up routine, I’ve been able to do all the workouts, and surprisingly I am not as sore as I have been before getting back to strength training – who knew?! I was a...

This is the last installment of my trip to Texas last week!  It’s been nice sharing my trip with you this week, so thank for coming along for the ride! Last Friday morning we had a buffet breakfast.  Holy balls – so much to choose from!  French toast, cinnamon rolls, bacon, eggs – even a make your own Belgian waffle station!  In the end, once...

Last Thursday night was our nice dinner at the hotel restaurant.  Guess what?  I actually wore a skirt!  I know, crazeballs.  Sadly, no picture I took turned out so you’ll just have to trust me on that!  I did wear my hair down and put makeup on though!  I am really contemplating getting my hair cut chin length again – its really starting to get...

The second part of our trip last we went to Matador Ranch – which is about two hours from the border of Oklahoma.  This ranch was founded in 1882 by five Scotsman who bought 1.5 MILLION acres of land.  In the 1950’s,  Fred C. Koch, co-founder of what has now become Koch Industries, Inc., formed Matador Cattle Company.   The ranch has award-winning livestock, including Akaushi...