Evenin' y'all!  How's it going?  :) So, first of all, I want to brag about how amazing and sweet my husband is:  we did the $10 challenge again today, but this time it was his turn!  He made bruschetta-type things with baguette, Roma tomatoes, spinach, some mozzarella from yesterday, and lemon pepper chicken from the deli! He made sure to make it very pretty for me since he knew I'd be photographing it for blogging purposes later :)  I'm a lucky, lucky girl! AND he did it all for ... continue reading...

Yet again I am pining away for the beautiful and colorful days of spring and summer!  Why, oh why, does winter have to linger on for sooooooo long?  This morning I woke up to it snowing, but this is how much we got: Not that I'm complaining, you see.  I'm ready for the summer, so after snowing (very lightly) for about an hour, the sun came out.  WOOHOO!!!  Bunker was so excited that he grabbed his favorite stick and started knawing on it! Gosh, I love that dog! So, when I woke up this ... continue reading...

Yes, that was cheesy.  What can you do?  Sometimes I just can't think of a face-rocking post title :) I had a little bit of my 77% Cocoa Chocolove bar this afternoon: See my fingerprints in there?  I love this chocolate so much...it has a great sort of tang at the end, which I adore! This afternoon I took a 40 minute walk with about 10 minutes worth of walking lunges in the middle.  I hurt now.  OUCH :)  (the good kind) Tonight for dinner we had mustard-glazed chicken breasts, quinoa, and ... continue reading...

Ok, one thing real fast:  "Hump Day" sounds dirty.  I mean, let's get serious.  I know what "Hump Day" means, but it always makes me snicker every time I hear it.  How old am I, 12?  Sometimes I think so... :) Anyway, enough of that...on to the eats for the day!  I started off with a breakfast cookie! I guess old habits die hard :)  I'm almost out of chocolate chips though, so I think my next venture might be one of Angela's baked breakfast cakes.  I love that you can make them in the ... continue reading...

Hey hey hey!  How's it rollin'? Today has been a fairly productive day, but the best part so far has been that I was able to make a recipe that I love, and create a new (hopefully favorite?) recipe!  Luckily I had some time to prepare a different dinner tonight, so on the menu was Parmesan Chicken, Brussels Sprouts (swoon!), and what I have dubbed "Bad Breath Potato Salad."  Intrigued?  I thought so :) First, I had lunch at Panera Bread today!  I had a half of a Greek salad (romaine, red ... continue reading...

Morning!  How are y'all doing today? Last night was a delicious and simple dinner:  turkey burgers and sweet potato fries! For the fries I took 2 sweet potatoes, cut them into a fry-like formation, and coated with 1 tbsp olive oil, salt + pepper, and garlic powder.  Bake in one layer at 425 for 20 minutes, flipping after 10 minutes.  YUM!  Salty, garlicky, yum :) The burgers were easy too:  1 lb 96/4 ground turkey, a bunch of Mrs. Dash (original kind), 1/2 tsp salt, fresh ground pepper, 1 ... continue reading...

Hey guys!  Is anyone else's Monday just dddddrrrrraaaagggggggggggging by?  I know mine is! Lunch today was a bag of these chips/crackers: And this sandwich: And 3 squares of this chocolate: Which all came out looking like this (minus the chocolate because I ate it like the hungry animal I am): This was my first time with the chips and I wasn't super impressed.  It was nice to have something crunchy and salty, but I was really expecting more flavor out of them.  Probably won't buy this kind ... continue reading...

Happy Monday morning everyone!  Hope it's started off well for you all...I know I didn't want to get out of bed, and therefore I stayed in and didn't do any yoga.  The result?  I'm totally dragging today and not at all excited to be at work.  BUT I am thankful to have a job and work with people I really enjoy, so I'm focusing on those positives! Let's back up a bit...yesterday was kind of a lazy Sunday, and for that I am SUPER thankful!  We started off by going to church, and I brought some ... continue reading...

Morning everyone!  Bunker + Keira say, "Whatup?!?!" Yesterday was a good Saturday...a little hectic, but still good.  I was planning on going on a hike with my friends Stefanie + Stephanie, but I decided we could use some extra $$$ so I went and worked at my company's booth at SIA again. Beforehand I cleaned, picked up poop in the backyard (blech!!), did laundry, and worked out (I did a full-body circuit training workout that I recorded off of Fit TV).  Afterwards I sat down to figure out what ... continue reading...

Morning everyone!  I'm so baffled by the fact that the South and Texas is getting all the cold weather!  I've heard from several sources that there's been rain, sleet, and snow!  Well, guys, it's sunny and 50-something here in Colorado.  Go figure :) Last night was so much fun!  First, we went over to Austin + Ashley's house in Littleton, and our other friends Landon + Sara were in town too!  It was so much fun...these guys and gals are seriously some of the funniest and sweetest people I've ... continue reading...

Hey guys!  I am so excited it's almost the weekend!  It's been a long, slow day for us here in the office!  The finance department rocked my face off and got us all pizza!  I took a slice of veggie with spinach, mushrooms, olives, and tomatoes.  I wanted to make sure to save a little room for some of the food I brought for lunch! Which was leftovers from last night: I had the rice, some guac, a small piece of chicken, the veggies, and some salsa.  It was pretty good, but I only ate about half ... continue reading...

Morning y'all!  Let's start off with a photo of the Friday treats I made for my office.  BEHOLD: dark/white chocolate chip cookie bars with store-bought chocolate chip icing! Nate was upset he wasn't going to be in the office today since it's his day at SIA, so he took a massive chunk out first thing.  You know, just in case he starves to death later :)  I used an online recipe (sorry, I can't remember which one!!!) to make these bars from a cake mix, and used store-bought icing.  I truly truly ... continue reading...