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Today is when my side of the family comes together to enjoy our big meal and decorate for Christmas. After we shopped our fannies off yesterday, we slept in a little later while the turkey was baking. Mom does this low and slow turkey magic that results in the best tasting bird. For years, we …

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Another year, another Black Friday. My family has been doing this for many years, long before it became such a national news maker. In fact, we now celebrate our family Thanksgiving on the Saturday after the actual day. My sister and I spend Thanksgiving with our inlaws and travel late Thursday to our parents’ house …

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To all my family, friends, readers, and recipe searchers: Thank you. Thank you for allowing me to use this little corner of the bloggosphere to ramble about my passions, struggles, fears, and accomplishments with running, CrossFit, cooking, photography, teaching, and LIFE! It has been an amazing 5 years and I hope to be here 5 …

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Earlier this week, I talked a little about roasting vegetables for a quick way to get a wide variety of vegetables in my meals. One of my favorite vegetables for the oven is broccoli. Roasting brings out a unique sweet flavor that is often missed when steaming or boiling. When I added bacon to the …

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Mind is blown. Did everybody in the world know this except me???   As for other news, it’s cold. I’m not acclimated to it yet. Therefore I’m freezing. Oh and today is “Hat day” at school. I’m wearing my Warrior Dash hat. It looks a little like this. I’m living large this week. 2 day …

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1. I have an obsession with Christmas coffee cups. I’m not sure when it began, but it has grown into a yearly search for the coolest mug of the season. It takes a little while to unpack all these and remember when I got them. That’s half the fun of holiday decorating.   2. Let’s …

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I know it’s going to be a rough day when I look for the Hump Day camel picture on my Facebook feed. Then I realized that well, it wasn’t Hump Day. It was the dreaded Tuesday. I didn’t sleep that well last night, but I woke up feeling better than I expected. The shots I …

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                      I love a big bowl of slow cooked green beans with onions and maybe a little bacon. I like them soft and easy to chew. I have made many many dishes of canned green beans cooked for an hour in an iron pot and …

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Well, its been a while since I’ve planned ahead enough to make a weekly menu post! Now the real miracle will be if I can stick to it and cook dinner each night instead of crashing at 8pm. Sunday: Flank steak pinwheels, mustard-garlic Brussels sprouts (done! recipe post soon!) Monday: Plantain nachos/Burrito bowls Tuesday: Roasted …

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Three Random Things going on this week: 1. The house is decorated for Christmas. I’m sorry to all those post-Thanksgiving purists. I talked a little bit last year about why I do it so early. And I have all bases covered. Hot soup in front of the tree in a seasonal mug? 2. First showing …

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Thinking about the New Year and the resolution to get healthy, once and for all? Now is just as good as January and the gyms are not near as crowded as they will be then. Find a pair of good running shoes. Get a bottle of water and your favorite music. Go walk briskly for …

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