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My birthday was drawn out over the end of the month and I didn’t hate it. I still have chocolate and cake coming at me from all angles and I’m totally kidding myself when I think it would be good to get “back on track” with my sweet tooth.  Ummm, no it wouldn’t!  Life it too short to skip dessert.  I love my evening routine with Kyle.  Once the kids are down we go in the hot tub and chat about our day and just relax until 8 o’clock-ish.  Then it’s dessert and TV time.  If it’s… Read more >

I have been living a #treatyoself week and while I’m loving it, I’m also ready to clean things up a bit and reign in my portions. Appearances aren’t everything. Anyway, it’s my birthday, so I am just gonna soak it up a little bit longer. I made the above cake for myself…and then there was this one (below) that my mom made for me. Is that not the most gorgeous thing ever! After my first slice, I licked the extra frosting clean.  Then I was buzzing quite a bit.  Sugarrrrrrr. In other dessert news, my g-ma shared… Read more >

I know it’s hard to believe, but… My g-ma turned 90 yesterday.  She acts like she’s decades younger so it’s kinda crazy. We drove to LA to celebrate this weekend.  PARTY TIME!!!! I wish we could have made the visit longer, but it flew by way too fast.  We left first thing Friday morning.  I was so proud of us for getting loaded up and off by 7:30 am!  But it didn’t actually matter in the end because we had to stop so frequently for nursing, eating, toileting, etc.  Having a recently potty trained toddler… Read more >