Hey guys!  Hope your weekend has been going really well...I know mine has!  We started off by going to a wine and cheese party at Kraig & Amanda's house! They had all kinds of delicious food and by the end of the night we had 10 different wines to try!  The way it worked was all of the bottles were covered, and there were voting sheets in front of each bottle.  You had a little taster and voted, and at the end of the night (or I should say at the end of the bottles!) all of the votes were ... continue reading...

...by reading this post :)  But it's all good because, well, the food is all good!  Let me preface first by saying that the photos are not what I'd hoped they'd be.  By the time I was done cooking, there was no natural light left and all I really wanted to do was eat the dang meal :) We started with a salad that had romaine, radicchio, carrots, dried cranberries, and almonds: Ok, ok.  The salad will not make you gain 10 pounds.  But too much of the next couple of items will!  We had Ellie ... continue reading...

Afternoon :)  I've LOVED reading about all of y'alls accents (or non-accents)! I think it's so fun to hear what people sound like.  And for those of you who put examples of how to say words?  Well, I'd be lying if I said I wasn't sitting here trying to say it with your accent to myself :) Lunch today was the last of the long string of similar lunches this week!  I had the very last of the pasta from Sunday night, with a piece of bread and 1 Tbsp of peanut butter, and a slice of bread with a ... continue reading...

Don't be alarmed by this post title. Although I'm sure I'll get some interesting search engine terms out of it ;)  I'm referring to the fact that my photos in this post are 100% untouched here (tear!), which makes me feel a little exposed.  I guess it's just that desire to appear "perfect" that's eating away at me, but I think it's probably good practice to show imperfections every now and again! Dinner last night was something I threw together with what we had on hand.  I hadn't thawed any ... continue reading...

OH.MY.GOODNESS. Today has been the most gorgeous day!  It's funny though, at work our power went out for about an hour and we all just sat inside.  I so wish we'd all gone to the park and played frisbee instead :) Lunch was the exact same thing as yesterday: Leftover pasta from Sunday night and half of a turkey-pepperjack-bbq sandwich.  YUM! I don't really have a lot to say today...guess that's a good thing sometimes though, right?  I will say though that my walk was amazing! The sun was ... continue reading...

Hey y'all!  How's it going? This really couldn't be a prettier morning in Boulder :) So yesterday I got a very exciting package in the mail:  POM!!! The sweet people from POM contacted me last week about sampling their product, and I really had to control my enthusiasm when I said yes :)  Last night Nate and I had fun with the bottles before putting them away! First of all, thanks to everyone on Twitter who threw out great salmon suggestions yesterday!  Honestly I didn't end up using any ... continue reading...

Is it just me or has this day FLOWN by?  I mean really though...for not being as cool as the weekend, Mondays are over a lot faster than the rest of the week.  Fine by me :) Lunch today was a cup of leftover pasta: Looks like a lot in that picture, doesn't it?  It wasn't enough to fill me up, so I had a slice of whole wheat bread with pepperjack, 2 slices of turkey, and a little bbq sauce. Pepperjack is SOOOOOO good.  I mean really, you have to love a good, spicy pepperjack!  I also had this ... continue reading...

Morning everyone!  Hope Monday's treating you well :)  I feel almost 100% better, so I'm super-thankful for that!  I can be introduced into civilization again! Yesterday after church we went to eat at Einstein's Bagels for lunch.  I got one of their new "under 400 calorie" meals!  It came with a side, so I had a small Caesar salad: And the "main course" was the Ancho Chicken Wedge.  It had a TON of flavor and was a great size; however, it was a little pricey for what I did get though.  Still ... continue reading...

Good morning everyone! How is everyone today?  After about 6 straight days of gloomy, rainy weather, the sun is out again and I feel 95% better :)  I'm also so thankful for all of y'alls encouragement too.  It made me laugh, cry, and truly made me feel a lot better about the scale situation.  As clarification, I don't weigh myself at all, so the number was a shock period.  In wake of that, I've been cutting down on my portion sizes and trying to eat better choices.  With the exception of pizza ... continue reading...

Happy Friday evening everyone!  For most of us it means it's finally the weekend...congrats on making it :) Not surprisingly, the winner for today's Marriage Ref Friday battle goes to the people who rinse and scrape their dishes before loading into the dishwasher! I've read a little bit on both sides of the argument, but rinsing and scraping keeps the dishwasher running well longer.  Like I said, this is one thing that Nate and I both agree on, so that's a good thing, but there are definitely ... continue reading...

Hey guys!  Happy Friday to you all :)  I'm actually still sick, so I'm waiting for the doctor's office to open so I can hopefully make an appointment.  There's a new, weird development:  my skin hurts!  Not my muscles, but my skin is sore to the touch...anyway, I hope I can get in to see someone today because that doesn't seem normal. Dinner last night was Sausage, Onion, and Pepper Hoagies with a big side salad! I tried my hand at the nut butter parsnip fries I saw on Oh She Glows last week ... continue reading...

It's been quite the day, this whole working-from-home-because-I-might-infect-other-people-in-my-office thing.  I've been working via email, and in between running up- and down-stairs doing laundry.  I feel great, except for the fact that I just about keeled over every time I got back upstairs with a load.  Seriously though, I was gasping for air!  I suppose that means I shouldn't work out or overexert myself anytime soon, and I'm actually really struggling with that.  I feel like I've gained 20 ... continue reading...