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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!
Happy Saturday! My Mom and I woke up bright eyed and bushy tailed, and headed off to the Farmer’s Market for the morning! The week long heat wave seems to have FINALLY passed, and a thick layer of clouds helped it almost feel like an earl (read full article)
Fun Fact: Every time I hear the theme song to the NBC Nightly News, I think of my Mom cooking dinner at home. Growing up, I remember getting so annoyed when 5:30pm rolled around, and I had to turn off whatever I was watching (probably Daria) so she (read full article)
Would you believe me if I told you that I ate at a place called Mullets tonight?? Well, I did – HA! Mullets is a new downtown restaurant/bar, with a fabulous two-tiered patio, and terrific views of downtown and the ball park. The inside is (read full article)
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)
La-di-da – it was another beautiful morning at the Farmer’s Market! I thought I’d give you some different shots than the ones I normally give you. Such as the downtown Des Moines skyline, A Mother and son enjoying the morni (read full article)
Girl’s night! Ben and I gave my Mom a gift certificate for a luxurious pedicure for Mother’s Day, and she finally cashed it in tonight. Being the generous daughter that I am, I offered to get a pedicure too, so she wouldn’t have to (read full article)
Thanks for all the happy birthday wishes – you all sure know how to make a girl feel special! Shopping was definitely a success! It ended up being the perfect way to spend the afternoon because it’s been alternating between a steady dri (read full article)
Tonight’s dinner was all about teamwork! Take rice noodle’s chewy, slippery texture, add in some protein packed, pressed tofu, and round it all out with the tangy zip of miracle whip gingery, savory salad dressing to make… Cold S (read full article)
Hey guys! This weekend has seemed to stretch on foreeeeeeever. You know how you wake up on some Sundays, and you can just tell it’s a Sunday? I haven’t had that feeling at all today! Must be because it’s been such a great weekend. (read full article)
Isn’t it fun to see what the people in front of you in line at the grocery store are buying? The guy in front of me today was going home to make breakfast fit for a KING. He had the works – OJ, hashbrowns, breakfast sausage, biscuits, egg (read full article)
Hello friends! I went AWOL this weekend, but I’m back! Hmmm, what have I been up to… Hanging out with oooold friends. The best kind The guy in the middle is Brian – who I just blogged about last week! I didn’t even know he (read full article)
Graduation was a success! The seminary graduation ceremony was held in an enormous, expansive hall on Bethel’s campus, that highlighted an impressive and awe-inspiring organ. Look at the size of this place! Ben and I were impressed. The (read full article)
WOWZERS – thank you guys so much for all your book recommendations! I have a nice little summer reading list to look forward to now. I was actually up and at ‘em pretty early this morning, as I’m heading up to St. Paul, Minnesota (read full article)
I have had the BEST day! After breakfast I kept rolling and unleashed my inner power-cleaning fury on the house! Every room (except the basement – that’s Ben’s domain!) has been swept and/or mopped, disinfected and dusted, from TOP (read full article)
Goooood morning! TGIF! Fun Fact: did you know that every single Friday I first spell TGIF – TFIG – and I have to erase and re-spell? Every single time. It’s so strange… At any rate, we had my in-laws over last night for a fare (read full article)
Howdy! Well, Memorial Day weekend is finally coming to a close! We have jammed so much into the past several days between strolling through the Farmer’s Market, spending a lazy afternoon fishing, and eating our way through a BBQ festival – (read full article)
Hello, hello! Goodness, it has been go-GO-go this entire weekend, and we’re not done yet! Let’s see here, where did we leave off…ah yes, the food festival Ben and I went to last night – Smokin’ in the Junction BBQ festiv (read full article)
My Dad’s first second third birthday celebration today was sensational! (You only turn 55 once!) My Mom pulled out all the stops and whipped up a BBQ fit for a King. It was actually the same meal we had for my Dad’s birthday last year, (read full article)
TGIFTW (thank goodness it’s finally the weekend!) Yesterday after work, Ben and I met my parent’s, brother, sister-in-law and nephew for happy hour at my Dad’s favorite place to hang (seriously he and my Mom know every single pers (read full article)
Cardio! Seriously! The past three nights, after hard cardio sessions in the afternoon (I went running last night after gardening,) I have slept SO incredibly well. No trouble falling asleep. No waking up in the middle of the night. No grogginess in t (read full article)
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