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Shabby Apple (giveaway)

Have you ever heard of Shabby Apple?  They are an online dress boutique selling women’s dresses, skirts,  swim ware, jewelry & accessories, and other apparel.  They have cute stuff.  In addition to the jewelry, I want every single dress…I mean, it’s summer after all!  So when they contacted me about offering a deal for you, my dear readers, I was all about it.  Because, why not!?!  I like you guys 🙂 So if you want to win a gift card for 50 dollars (for any item on the site), read on… Left: Overboard  Right: Headliner… Read more >

How does your garden grow

Since I keep referencing them, I thought I’d show off the progress of my little babies.   In just a few weeks, they’ve gone from the photo above, to the photo below.   Makes me so happy!!   What I found so far is that they love sun, water, and coffee.  [We have very similar preferences]   Yes, you read that correctly.  My plants are coffee addicts.  My mom turned me onto it and they’ve shot up like little lightning bolts as a result.  I take any leftover coffee and water it down and they… Read more >

I have news

I’ve been keeping a secret from you guys. For months and months and months I’ve been working on a FODMAPs free cookbook that is vegan friendly. You see, since discovering how my gut is affected by FODMAPs back last year, I immediately knew I had to share this knowledge.  But the more and more research I did, the more I found meat-centric meal plans that seriously lacked plant based foods.  As you all well know, I am a veggie lover.  So I set to work finding a way to make the FODMAPs lifestyle work for… Read more >

Habits of the Healthy

Dr. Oz was on the Today show a (few?) weeks ago and he was talking about the 5 habits of “healthy” people. 1. Eat breakfast every day – I’m surprisingly bad at this.  I always eat breakfast on work days, but on my days off, I am slow starting.  I don’t wake up hungry, so rather than eat first thing, I wait ‘til my body wants something.  Typically it’s coffee first and foremost.  2. Exercise – well duh, we all saw that one from a mile away.  3. Sex life – since my parents and… Read more >