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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!
It’s a fact that I turn into a pumpkin around 7pm on weeknights. Sure, I’ll go for the occasional late night walk or after dinner bike ride, but I’m more likely to be in my PJs than a party dress on Monday-Thursday evenings. Last ni (read full article)
Oats in a Jar! Conditions were perfect… MMM! I feel like I’ve been working on this particular jar of Trader Joe’s Salted Peanut Butter for ages…it’s actually been around 2 months, which is still a pretty long time for a (read full article)
Here’s the cookie order I was working on this week – little cutouts of the state of Iowa! Aww, I love my state. I started by lining my sugar cookies in thick, royal icing. After the outline dried, I filled it in with thinned out royal (read full article)
Howdy! How about another Friday afternoon post? I have another co-worker leaving my department at work today (do I smell?!), and I had to stop by the grocery store on my way into work to pick up a treat to share. I paced the aisles and finally deci (read full article)
Good morning everyone! Thankfully, I feel much better today! After taking some medicine and sleeping most of the day yesterday, I woke up around 4:00 feeling 99% better. Love what a little sleep and super powered Tylenol can do for a gal. Oh, I did (read full article)
I’m happy to report that we had another gorgeous day here! This morning I packed a bag to go to the gym during lunch but, when 12:00 rolled around, I decided I was just not feeling it (some days you just can’t bear to step foot in the g (read full article)
Hey, hey everyone! Glad you’re psyched about the iHerb.com shopping spree giveaway! I got a wee bit jealous reading all of the things you would choose to get if you won. Kind of – ‘dang, I wish I would have thought of that!’ N (read full article)
Whichever team you’re rooting for, these recipes are sure to be a hit! Go Colts! Cookies, Brownies & Sweets $1,000,000 Cookie Recipe Chocolate Caramel Heath Bar Cake Kentucky Derby Pie Maple Cinnamon Drizzled Oatmeal Fig Cookies Puppy Chow (read full article)
Look at this – told you that recipe made a tOn of cookies! Even after my cookie monster afternoon, Ben making a small dent in the batch and a special delivery to my parents this afternoon, there are still sooo many cookies left! I packed the (read full article)
These cookies can only be described as THE ULTIMATE! Enjoy! The Ultimate Cookie Based on this recipe.* Ingredients: 1 cup butter, softened 1 cup white sugar 1 cup brown sugar 2 eggs 2 teaspoons vanilla 2 cups flour 1 teaspoon baking soda 1 teaspoon (read full article)
What’s up, what’s up!? My medicine is kicking in – whew! The first day’s dosage comes with an “immediate relief” pill which, thankfully, is immediately relieving my dry, scratchy throat. The only thing is that my a (read full article)
It’s been gray, foggy and drizzly for three days now. I don’t know how much more I can take! Luckily, things are much more cheery inside. Probably because there’s dried apricots involved. After work, I savored a handful and put t (read full article)
The 3-Day Workout Challenge was a success! I leisurely slept in ’til 9:00 this morning, then headed straight to the gym where I modified my 60 Minute Mix-It-Up Cardio Workout to be 50 minutes long (I took out the 10 minute stairmaster interva (read full article)
Good afternoon everyone! IGE has been MIA – it’s not often that you get four generations of my family all together at one time! Last night Ben and I spent the evening over at my parent’s house hanging out with my Grandma and Aunt & (read full article)
You’ve heard the expression “tastes like a million bucks,” right? Well the cookies I made last night not only taste like a million bucks…they’re also worth a million bucks! I’ll never forget the first time I bit into (read full article)
Good morning everyone! I woke up to 42 degrees and rain this morning – aka my morning Mom walk was a no-go. Dang! I feel like I really could have used it today, too. I know I’m going to have a crazy day and won’t be able to get out for a walk d (read full article)
Hi guys! Well I had another hot date with the treadmill today – it was killer and I was dah-ripping in sweat by the time I was done! 3.6 miles in 30 minutes at speeds ranging from 6.5-6.8, with a two minute, 7.3 sprint at the end. Rounded out by a (read full article)
Confession: my will to workout wavered slightly this afternoon – I know, it’s only Tuesday! I got to thinking about all the stuff I had to do this afternoon, tonight, tomorrow, etc. and freaked out a little. I repeated my little mantra from M (read full article)
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