Today is Chinese New Year and Valentine’s Day! Last year I got Ben a singing telegram sent to his work for Valentine’s Day! Ha! You can read about it here. And last V Day weekend we were in Big Bear for some skiing/snow boarding. February 14th is my mom’s birthday so we were celebrating with her. So Happy Happy Chinese…
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Bean Wrap and More Answers
I was really craving Mexican food for lunch today – which is rare. So, I ended up putting beans and salsa wrap for lunch and it was perfect! On the side I had a few chips, salsa and carrots. Before lunch I also had an apple and some grapes, but my camera died, so no pic. I also enjoyed an…
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Food I Don’t Need
Cabin fever had me super crazy today so I bundled up and walked to the store. It was the first time I left my apartment in days. Days! Seriously. But, I was enjoying my time out so much I ended up at the store for one and a half hours and also ended up buying a bunch of stuff we…
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Fun Fridays – Food Fact
If nothing else, Friday should be fun right?! Well, here is a Fun Friday Food Fact for you According to Wikipedia (and several other sources) ice cream was first made in China… Ancient civilizations have served ice for cold foods for thousands of years. The BBC reports that a frozen mixture of milk and rice was invented in China around…
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Cinnamon and Cereal
I have been adding cinnamon to our coffee grounds to make a yummy cinnamon flavored brew without buying a specialty coffee. I used to add it to the cup directly, but this works well too 🙂 This morning I was hungry and wanted to eat “a little something” while getting ready/before going to the gym to take a walk. I…
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Can I Buy You a Drank?
I have a drinking problem. It’s that I drink too much. Of everything. All the time. I do need T-Pain to buy my a drank. A lot of dranks actually… In addition to my daily water habit, here are some of my drinks today: A lot of seltzer… a lot of diet soda 🙁 Iced coffee (pic from yesterday, but…
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Walk, Don’t Run
Last week I decided to take a week off of running to let my knee relax and heal. I planned on running again today, but between the snowpocalypse and a late start to my day, I ended up taking an hour walk on the treadmill after breakfast. I have a new friend at the gym (Hi Stephen!) and we chat…
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In Too Deep
Ben’s car got stuck in our very snow covered parking lot and he needed help this morning. He was completely covered in snow by the time I got outside to help him and I felt really bad 🙁 This picture is very pretty, but living in this is very unpleasant. Since he was trying to get the wheels unstuck I…
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Making Healthy Food Appealing
We recently received a coupon flier from McDonald’s. I guess Ben thought it was weird that I kept it so he flipped through it. Then he saw this ad and said, “I know what you want from McDonald’s, this…” Yes, have you heard? McDonald’s has oatmeal. Now, I haven’t tried it yet, but this is what I’ve heard… It’s maple…
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