Hello. My name is Monica and I like to eat peanut butter straight from the jar. Sometimes with a spoon, sometimes straight up with my finger. It’s messy. It’s also means I go through PB faster than I can keep it stocked (even if I buy the HUGE tub from Costco). Well, apparently a serving of PB is supposed to…
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Spiced Mushroom and Egg White Tacos Recipe
This super easy vegetarian taco filling is made with egg whites, mushrooms and spices to make it a more dinner style taco. Bonus: This meatless (Mexican) meal comes together in 10 minutes. Boom. I usually eat egg whites for breakfast after a run. Ideally, a post-workout meal should have a good mix of protein and carbs. Each serving of AllWhites® 100%…
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13 Things No One Tells You About Running Your First Race…
After running for years and completing dozens and dozens of half marathons and marathons I’ve learned a lot of race day lessons the hard way. Luckily I remember most of my running fails so I can share them with you. Here’s a list of 13 things no one tells ya about your first race… add your own lessons in the…
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Friend Allergic to Cats? 5 Tips on How to Get Your House Ready for them
My best friend Cindy is allergic to cats. She has several bad allergies and cat fur is on the list of things she needs to avoid. This is a huge problem because she’s A.) my only friend and B.) I have a cat. So what do I do? I can’t get rid of my best friend and I can’t get…
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Confetti Easter Egg Hunt
Hello! I celebrated Easter with my family yesterday because I’m going to be in Boston for the Boston Marathon next weekend. (EEEK!) So, my lil familia was nice enough to do out annual confetti egg hunt a week early. (I think it’s mostly because they enjoy smashing eggs in my hair and didn’t want to miss the chance but either…
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Quick Weekend Check In
Wine was needed, not optional on Friday. I felt super stressed about work and taxes and double booking my weekend. I’m not complaining – I’m very lucky to make money and taxes are part of the deal and I’m happy people want to hang out with me even though I’m very loud and eat all their food. I just needed…
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12 Awesome Easter Recipes
Hi! Easter is next weekend and I’m going to be out of town this year. I don’t think that’s ever happened before! Every year I make a Bunny Cake – it’s sorta the only semi-creative thing I do all year. To be honest, it’s not super impressive – you can tell it’s a bunny but in the same way you…
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Confessions of a Running Blogger–I didn’t take the stairs
Confession Thursday is back. Even though my first confession should be that last night I was hoping today was Friday so hard I almost made myself believe it. Dreams can come try if you believe hard enough, right? Confession… I ate 8 pounds of grapes in about 24 hours. I am a grape eating machine. If there are any grapes…
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Thin Mints Cereal vs. Reese’s Puffs Bunnies Cereal
Hello! How’s it going? Well, if you are as obsessed with cereal as I am it’s going great because I have a review of the new Reese’s Puffs Bunnies cereal to go along with the Thin Mints Cereal I tried in February. Both of these are only available for Spring AND both are still in stores NOW. When I first…
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