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What a crazy commute it was yesterday.  It took me 80 minutes to drive 15 miles.  Roads were closed because of flooding, so that diverted traffic onto the main road that gets me to work. Turns out out town ended up with six inches of rain the other night – so crazy!  Tony and I were talking that this has to be the rainiest spring/summer...

Wow, two night in a row I’ve been woken up with major thunder storms.  Last night was crazy loud!  Thank goodness our sump pumps are working, this is what I woke up to this morning in our back yard.  A mini lake! No wonder, when I went on ChicagoTribune.com this morning, we got 4.5 inches of rain over night – crazy!! Thanks for all your...

I had so much going on before work yesterday!  I had a blog reader ask how I could make granola before work and I have a secret.  Well, it only takes less than 5 minutes to mix everything together and 30 minutes to bake.  I make sure that I leave myself at least 20 minutes before leaving for the pan to cool slightly.  Then I...

We have bunnies all over out back yard, and since we don’t garden anymore, I don’t mind them a bit.  They are fun to watch, especially when they are playing/fighting – Tony and I can’t tell which but they run at each other really fast and then jump over each other, then do it again. This one tried to think I couldn’t see him! I...

I loved reading that a few of you would have even tried the goat meat at the restaurant we went to the night before last – I don’t think I am that adventurous . . . yet.  Although if I was with someone who ordered it, I might try a bite! Two people gave me links to hot crab dip recipes, and both sound amazeballs....

Our weather has been so weird.  I never thought I’d be using a comforter to sleep at night in the middle of June!  Its been between 48-52 degrees in the morning the last several mornings.  Right now I have slippers and a sweater on while I am writing this! Breakfast yesterday is what I like to call a breakfast crostini – a slice of my...

My boss was asking me about a salad I made a couple years ago for one of our bbq Friday’s.  She said she remembered it had a grain in it and romaine lettuce.  I couldn’t remember what the hell she was talking about, so I looked back on my blog, and sure enough, I made an Israeli couscous salad – I completely forgot about it!...

I was going to wait until the bottom of this post to show my WI, but I am just too excited.  May 31 I was 175.8.  Last week I was 172.  Today I am . . . -1.2, so that’’s five pounds in two weeks!!  Not too shabby! Yesterday I had a blueberry spinach smoothie – so good, I never actually took a picture of...

I just have to say thank you to everyone who’s been cheering me on with my Insanity challenge – either by comments on the blog, facebook, emails and Instagram.  You guys are one of the reasons that I keep pushing myself, and I appreciate it more than you’ll ever know. I decided to try another version of Chobani pancakes.  This time with soy vnilla milk...

Yesterday morning I decided to make another batch of my lemon poppy seed granola, this time adding not only the zest of on one lemon, but adding the juice of one lemon to the mix.  While this made it a bit more lemony, my co-worker suggested adding lemon extract, and I may give that a go. Breakfast was a Chobani yogurt with some granola on...