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The End of the Beginning

I had the longest staff meeting this morning/afternoon and ended up eating 2 slices of pizza that my boss provided for the crew.  So my half-ass version of Ants on a Log was a healthy afternoon snack after a greasy lunch.
I didn’t have a lot of time for a “lunch break” so I quickly hit [...]

Berries Galore

I loved having lots of fresh fruit leftover from dessert yesterday.  I added blueberries and strawberries to an otherwise boring bowl of cereal.

Plus ate more fruit when I got to work.

I made a salad with the only leftover piece of BBQ chicken from yesterday’s lunch.  Plus I used greens, carrots, red peppers, grape tomatoes, and [...]

Bites and Bows

I sampled Chobani’s new strawberry banana flavor of Greek yogurt for breakfast this morning.  Since I’m not normally drawn to strawberry banana, I added a spoonful of peanut butter to peak my interest.  I tried to take one bite of the yogurt without PB; tasted good to me.  But with the PB it was even [...]

Bites and Blog Buddies

The lineup for this morning’s bowl of stove top oats.

1 teaspoon of flax seed
1 teaspoon of pumpkin pie spice
1 heaping spoonful of canned pumpkin
1/2 cup of oatmeal
1 tablespoon of brown sugar
1 1/2 cups of water

Close up of my oatmeal extravaganza.

Sealed with a kiss, awww!
The boyfriend and I had a really lazy Saturday.  The only things [...]

Haunted Gingerbread House

Last night, I dedicated a large portion of my time to decorating my Halloween-themed gingerbread house.  I accidentally added too much water to the icing so it was too runny.  I had a hard time preventing it from dripping down the front of the house.  Eventually, I just went nuts and drizzled orange and purple [...]

Because I Wasn’t Dressed Properly

I didn’t go to the Aiming Low event.  I walked by the ballroom where the event but was being held, but it didn’t look like my scene since I was in jeans and Ugg boots.  Oh well, next time.
Here’s my afternoon/evening in a nutshell!

Barlean’s sent some samples to me.  I’m excited to get Omega benefits [...]