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to weigh in yesterday.  You see, both Friday and Saturday night I stayed up late to watch some of my shows on the DVR.  Tony went to bed and Friday night I stayed up until 1:00 a.m. watching American Idol!  And of course, with no one looking, the cheese and crackers came out and it was a lot of mindless eating. I don’t know why...

I was so happy to see the sun yesterday.  Even though it was only in the low 20’s, somehow when its that cold and sunny, I think spring is right around the corner.  Sadly, we still have ice and snow on the ground, and I think we have some snow in the forecast later this week. Saturday night I decided to make a pot roast. ...

My co-worker gave me one of her new flavors of Chobani – pear, so I made an apple/pear/Kashi Go Lean Crunch parfait for breakfast.  Again, I should know this by now, I need to use the plain Chobani in parfaits, by the last 1/4 of it, I was just done because it was so sweet – the first 75% tasted good though! I am participating...

Some mornings I am in a whirlwind.  I might do a load of laundry, while cooking soup or baking a quiche, downloading my pictures from the day before, blog, put food together, etc.  And it’s funny because I never used to be a morning person.  I timed it that I could actually sleep until 8:16 and still get to my desk by 8:45.  Granted, my...

We had such a wonderful day yesterday!  The weather was sunny and in the mid-40’s.  In Oak Park all their snow has melted, so it almost felt like spring was right around the corner. As I was driving to my sisters office, I went to down a street and saw that the first restaurant job I had changed their name.  Not sure if it’s the...

I actually forgot that it was Fat Tuesday.  When I lived in Oak Park, every year I would stop by a bakery and pick up paczki’s for the office.  You literally had to order them in advance that’s how good they were – if you just walked in and tried to get some, you were out of luck. In 2009, I even tried to make...

It’s no secret that I am an emotional eater.  It doesn’t seem to matter that I know I am doing it, but I do it anyway. This last week has been brutal with putting our dog down.  While I have exercised, the extra eating and eating over the weekend and drinking more wine has taken its toll.  I’ve gained three pounds in the last 10...

I promise this will be the last post about our dog, but Tony wanted to write one last farewell.  From Tony: My Buddy I think everything in life happens for a reason. Biz and I met, we married and moved to where we live now. On our trips to town we often drove by a farm. This farm had a huge sign, and on this...

Wow.  Just wow,  Thank you for all your comments and emails yesterday about the loss of our dog.  Tony and I tried to read most of them yesterday, but it was just too hard.  I have to say that yesterday was one of the hardest days of my life. The vet told us to call him at 5:00 so he could tell us when the...

I forgot to tell you guys that I won $60 bucks from my office Superbowl squares!  I won one quarter for $20 bucks and I won the last quarter, which paid out $40.  Since I was the big winner, I treated the office to Panera bagels yesterday. Best bagel ever . . . the everything bagel with light roasted veggie cream cheese.  Lori, I always...