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BEST year starts now

Let’s be honest, we all want to be the best we can be.  This isn’t about 2011 resolutions, though.  This is about making the most of your life, now and always.  This post shares some of my struggles with IBS.  I don’t want to suggest that my path is the right path or the path that will work for you, I’m just sharing my own personal story. I’m kinda a hippie when it comes to Western medicine.  I much prefer taking the prevention approach now – using diet, exercise, and supplementation responsibly to avoid the… Read more >

Three Sisters

One, two, three. We’re a special bunch. Really. At least that’s what our parents tell us. We clearly hate each other. And hate taking photos together. Aside from our narcissism and eye color, we have some other things in common, too…such as our love for good food. This is good food. So is this. This is good food in a mug. This is good food with granola, pumpkin puree, and raw oats. This is good food with chopped apples. This is good food made into a trail mix style snack with more cereal, raisins, granola,… Read more >

Hosting history

Kyle and I threw a holiday party on Friday night…which proved to be a reminder of both how much we have and have not changed since college.  Nowadays, I approach these kind of events with a plan.  In college, I was too busy sleeping through my 2 pm classes…to-do lists weren’t even on my radar yet. Sweeping, mopping, dusting, and scrubbing were my forms of exercise yesterday.  My 20 year old self, on the other hand, was fairly gym diligent.  Making sure we are ready for out of towners drunken shackers hasn’t seemed to change…except… Read more >

Palm Springs and Coconut Things

Everything but the kitchen sink oats. So steamy.  Seriously, this bowl had SO many ingredients, it’s hard to remember them all. oats pumpkin puree apple, chopped frozen banana, sliced So Delicious coconut milk cinnamon ginger nutmeg toasted cocoa nuts Iced Gingerbread Clif bar, crumbled coconut flakes That must be some kind of record, right?  It required two refills.  Voluminous.  Now, since Kyle and I are off to Palm Springs for the weekend, I’ll announce the winner of the Tropical Traditions coconut flake giveaway a few hours early. Jessie of Don’t Forget Dessert who said: ”This… Read more >