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Friday Faves
1. The meal of my childhood. On Sundays after church, everyone would go over to my nana’s house for homemade tortillas, chorizo, tamales, beans and eggs. It’s something my mom would often make on the weekends, too.. I knew it would be a good day when I woke up to the smell of chorizo. Now,…
Read More →Five for fry-day
1. It’s definitely fry-day over here! (Sorry for the bag pic, but I like my sp fries warm.. they taste better while driving) I’m kind of a sweet potato fry connoisseur, and they’re a relatively new thing in Tucson. A few restaurants started offering them only a couple of years ago. The best are at…
Read More →10 Ways to Make February Fantastic
Oh, February, month of love, chocolate and football. Something for everyone, right? I’ve always kind of liked the fact that February is a little bit shorter. Back in elementary school days, I was always excited about Valentine’s Day (and reading the valentine from whomever I had a crush on. I’d analyze whether the cartoon one…
Read More →Superbowl Snacks
Even though it isn’t for a couple of weeks, Superbowl hubbub is already in full swing. I’ve mentioned this before, but after all of football games I’ve been to in my life, I still don’t really understand it. (My second date with the Pilot was an Arizona homecoming game) I understand touchdowns and field goals,…
Read More →Quite a year
I can’t believe 2011 went by so fast. As much as I loved it, I’m definitely excited for what 2012 will bring… Here’s a list of some of my favorite 2011 moments: Fun stuff -The usual dinner parties, a housewarming party, Christmas brunch at our house –Date nights -Random adventures -Lots of Sabino Canyon hikes…
Read More →Favorite Workouts of 2011
Getting over the hump! Is it just me, or does this week seem extra strange with two weekend holidays in a row? It’s definitely taken me a couple of days to get into the swing of things. Switching up the usual eggs and toast with some almond butter and jelly waffles + half-caf coffee with…
Read More →12 days
“Raindrops on orange/lime/grapefruit trees and whiskers on Bella….” Morning friends <3 How’s your Monday going so far? I started my day off with some spiced oats: -1/2 C oats (Bob’s Red Mill) -1 scoop Sun warrior -molasses, ginger, cinnamon, vanilla -almond milk -blob of almond butter We got quite a bit done around the…
Read More →10 ways to make it a divine December
“Oh month, diviiiiiiiiiiine” <— slightly off-key (it’s the morning), but you get the idea August was awesome, September was stellar, October was outstanding, November was a knock-out and now we’re rounding out the year, which always has a fresh and magical feel to it. It also has a deathly cold feel to it- we had…
Read More →24 Days of Thanks
Thankful: 1.) For my husband, who makes me swoon and feel so very lucky every single day, 2.) the sweet baby growing in my belly, 3.) my family, 4.) my Bella and 5.) for friends. The ones who live all over the world, and still manage to make me feel like they’re close by, and…
Read More →10 ways to make it a knock-out November
[Thank you, Jenn B for the title help!] August was awesome, September was stellar, October was outstanding, and now we’re onto November, which is one of my favorite months. I <3 November. Not only because it’s the beginning of the holiday season and my birthday month (which has become less of a big deal over…
Read More →10 Ways to Make September Stellar
Last month, I posted a little goal sheet of things to do for the month of August. I figured I’d made it a little monthly tradition over here, since it was so much fun and quite a few of ya participated along with me 🙂 Here’s the list for September: 1) Exercise… your brain! It’s…
Read More →Was August Awesome? [giveaway]
*******************************This giveaway ended Sept. 1, 2011 at 10:30 EST. Stay tuned for the next one! At the beginning of this month, I posted a list of 10 Ways to Make August Awesome. It’s always fun to have some monthly motivation and goals, so I’ll probably do similar lists for each month 😀 Bella’s August in…
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