Tonight’s dinner is super easy and can be made vegetarian or not. I needed to use up some polenta and had a few cans of chili – combine for a easy, tasty recipe! Ingredients: Polenta roll (prepared), 2 cans of vegetarian chili, spinach and shredded cheese. Directions: Heat oven to 350 degrees. Slice polenta and place on the bottom of…
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2010 – Day One
I love fresh starts so I woke up with a smile on my face this morning knowing today was the start to a new year 🙂 Even though it was icy out I really wanted to start the year with a run. I bundled up and set out for a 4 mile run/slip and slide/walk/tip-toe. It was even more slippery…
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2010 New Year’s Resolutions and Goals
I have so many improvements I want to make it was difficult to limit my 2010 New Year’s Resolutions and Goals. I could have made a list of 20 things! But, I have broken it down into goals/resolutions into three categories: Fitness, Personal and Professional. Fitness: Lose 20 pounds – Intuitive Eating, Cut back on sweets, Eat whole foods Run…
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Craziest Year Ever Part II
The second half of 2009 started with my “Road Trip Across America”. It was fun, scary, tiring, overwhelming and more! Then, I started a new job, went to Belize and got super homesick. It’s been an adventure and the craziest year of my life!!! July – We started in Las Vegas Baby! The Road Trip to End All! Then hit…
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Weird Night
Last night was very weird. I woke up around 4am after having the worst dream that my brother was dead. It was so real I woke up with tears in my eyes. Thanks to the time difference and his late work schedule, I called him and he was still up. But, I do think I freaked him out a bit….
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Craziest.Year.Ever.
I’ve been putting off my 2009 recap because I don’t even know where to start! This has been the craziest year ever and I almost don’t want it to end 🙂 I started the year in California, with a boyfriend and a job and am ending the year in Maryland with a husband and a pile of freelance work I…
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Late Start
My high school used to have two days a week that were “Late Start”. Classes began at 9am and most people loved it. But, I am a morning person so I hate a late start to my day. These are those blurry pics everyone takes in high school to make it look like you have clear skin. Don’t mind the…
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Chocolate Covered Cranberries
My Nina and Nino gave Ben and I some snacks for the plane ride back to CA. There were gingerbread bites… and chocolate covered cranberries espresso beans. The company messed up and put espresso beans NOT cranberries in the package!!! Ha! I was disappointed, but Ben loves choc covered espresso so it worked out. Isn’t that weird though?? I wasn’t…
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Ch-Ch-Ch Chia!
I finally tried the illusive Chia seed today! I have been wanting to get my hands on it for a while but never asked where the “Chia seed department” was at my local health foods store. Well, yesterday I bought a container of this magical seed. I am especially intrigued by the Chia seed after reading about it in “Born…
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