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My name’s Kristin and I’m an Iowa Girl! I eat as well as one can with a massive sweet tooth, run as often as I can despite the finnicky Midwestern weather, and am more often than not, thinking about the insanely cool places I want to travel to!
Mornin’! It was another beautiful, albeit humid, morning for a quick run, so I whipped out a speedy mile and half after my morning Mom walk. I wasn’t really feeling it, as my Mom and I rounded the final corner of our walk, but I thou (read full article)
Good morning! Holy. Cow. It was 62 degrees when my Mom and I left for our morning walk! Those two crazy women walking around with their arms stuffed into their t-shirts so only their hands were visible? Yeah, that was us. It was ch-ch-ch-chilly! Ch (read full article)
Good morning, good morning! It couldn’t possibly be any more perfect outside than it is right now. Sunny, cool & breezy. These are the days that make me want to be a camp counselor for a living, or something, so I can be outside all day! I (read full article)
Happy Friday the 13th - muwahahaha! I always associate Friday the 13th with the movie, but did you know that superstition attached to the ominous date is actually rooted in ancient times? Apparently Friday has historically been considered unlucky, (read full article)
I finally found a use for that MAMMOTH zucchini from my Mom’s garden – Zucchini Bread Muffins! Zucchini Bread Muffins Yields: 12 muffins. Based on this recipe. Ingredients: 1 1/2 cups all purpose flour 1/2 teaspoon salt 1/2 teas (read full article)
Good morning! Wow, I must have been tired last night because apparently we got some crAzy storms, that even knocked the power out (thank goodness for cell phone alarms!), but I didn’t hear a single sound! I am usually the lightest sleeper in t (read full article)
Good morning! I’m up early because Ben and I are off on a weekend wedding road trip – I LOVE weddings! Of course I didn’t pack last night so, of course I was racing around like a mad woman trying to get everything together this morn (read full article)
Mornin’! My temperature gauge…I guess what you would call a thermometer…is reading 65 right now! My morning Mom walk was dreamily reminiscent of a cool, crisp Fall morning and I was actually cold in my Barney Butter t-shirt (love t (read full article)
Dear Rain: That’s enough, I think. You’ve had your fun, but the constant downpours in the morning are wreaking havoc on my breakfast pictures, and the unbearable humidity is wreaking havoc on my running capabilities, leaving me breathless (read full article)
It was a picture-perfect day for a balloon race at the National Balloon Classic, in Indianola, IA yesterday! This national balloon competition attracts over 100 balloonists from all over the country to come to compete in a week long event. We only (read full article)
I started the week off with a bang, and I’m ending it on one too! The weather was fantastically Fall-like last night, so I threw open all the windows and doors, and slept to the sounds of the cicadas. If you follow me on Facebook or Twitter, (read full article)
Just another day in the neighborhood! It’s a HOT one already, so I cooled off with a refreshing breakfast of a Greek Yogurt Parfait! Looks like layers of fruit & yogurt, right? Wrong! We’ve got cottage cheese in there too! Reader A (read full article)
Breakfast was out-of-control amazing today – Banana Split Oatmeal!! Remember when I told you I had 10 jars of almond/peanut/nut butter in my house at this very moment? Well, four of them are some nut butters that MaraNatha sent me to try! I (read full article)
Good morning! Happy Monday and welcome to the start of a beautiful week! I am in a fantastic mood. My Mom and I walked in the cool, humidity-free, 70 degree morning air and witnessed the most beautiful, pink and orange sunrise. Then, Ben text message (read full article)
I hit the motherload at the grocery store today! Thanks to a bunch of coupons and TONS of BOGO offers, I got a record setting bounty for under budget. The Produce: 2lb strawberries 3 Peaches Zucchini Cucumber Spinach Bagged lettuce Broccoli Green (read full article)
Good afternoon! Weekend treatin’ you well so far? I spent a couple hours hunkered down at ‘Bucks this morning with a Skinny No-foam Vanilla Latte, a Pink Lady Apple and my laptop! Both my personal and blog email accounts needed some s (read full article)
When life gives you lemons, grab a drink! I’m not one to turn to alcohol during stressful times, I’d rather have a brownie, but it was hot last night and both Ben and I were itching to get out, so we walked down to a neighborhood ba (read full article)
My prayers have been answered – a morning without rain! It was cool and there was a very “summer camp” vibe in the air as my Mom and I walked around our standard path in the wee hours of the morning. We hadn’t been out si (read full article)
Good morning! Some early bird thunderstorms rained out my morning Mom walk (again!) but they’ve since cleared up, and it’s actually shaping up to be a real dazzler of a day! I got it started with a nice breakfast, that I even tweeted (read full article)
We’ve had quite the dark and stormy start to this Monday morning – lightening and thunder galore! I made a cozy, comforting breakfast to combat the wind and rain, Apple Crisp Oatmeal. In the mix: 1/3 cup old fashioned oats 2/3 (read full article)
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