“This is why you’re poor” is my very own version of “This is why you’re fat“ Bowl of cherries (plus seconds) at $4.50 a pound This is why you’re poor Good thing there is “Blogger Foodstamps” aka free samples or contest winnings for bloggers.Yesterday I got my winnings from Tina’s Eggland’s best contest. Heck yes I now have a ton…
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The Sky Is Falling!!!
No, literally the sky is going to be falling – in the form of snow, Saturday morning… Sat Dec 19 Heavy Snow / Wind 30° 26° This means my last long run, the long run I really need to do because last weekend I only did 14 miles will be snowed out. I asked some advice of fellow MDer and…
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Warning: I will bite your head off
Warning: If you are a gingerbread man wandering along through my neighborhood…. I will bite your head off. Then, I will eat the rest of you. Yum! In addition to the last of my g-bread cookies I had a feast at Costco today! I don’t know what was going on, but they pulled out all the stops today! Check out…
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RIP Garmin
My Garmin is dying. It might already be dead actually. It wouldn’t turn on this morning and I tried the holding down both front buttons trick and it would turn on for a second and then turn off 🙁 If it’s really dead I’m just going to have to sell a kidney for another one. I have to have it…
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Fresh, Homemade Bread – Easy Style
I have always wanted to bake my own whole wheat bread and actually got a used bread maker before we moved. But, along with some of my most prized possessions I had to leave it in CA 🙁 But, today I searched the web for a super easy bread recipe with the ingredients I already had on hand. I don’t…
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Favorite Christmas Movie
I can’t decide on my absolute favorite Christmas movie but my top ones include: – Home Alone – The Grinch Who Stole Christmas (Jim Carrey version) – Elf – Muppet’s Christmas and…. Bridget Jones’s Diary! I saw this movie at a discount store for $5.00 the other day and had to have it! I plan on watching it later (with…
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Better Than Nothing
Today was a rest day from running for me, and Ben wants to start exercising regularly. We only had about 20 minutes today before he had to start getting ready for work, but that’s better than nothing! So, we went for it and spent 20 minutes on the elliptical 🙂 If you only have a little bit of time to…
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Picky Picky
While I don’t think I’m a picky eater, I do think I’m a picker. Not a nose picker (well, sometimes), but a food picker. I am always grabbing a bite of this or a handful of that. Needless to say much of this goes undocumented 🙁 My afternoon snacks were a handful of Kashi crackers (on sale at Target), a…
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What is that?
I bet you’re wondering what this is… I had a bit of a pancake disaster this morning. I made my usual “throw random ingredients in the blender” pumpkin pancake recipe and the first one came out great! But, the batter seemed a little thick so I added some more almond milk. That made them too runny and impossible to flip….
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