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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!

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Recent Posts Tagged With 'green monster'

Aug 03

The Perfect Mate + Giveaway!

Mornin’! Good news – I’ve found coffee’s perfect mate! Nope, not Coffeemate, good ol’ Half & Half with a sprinkling of Sun Crystals. Sun Crystals is a stevia/sugar blend and lately I’ve been adding about a (read full article)

apple, coffee, green monster, half and half, larabar, tuna salad, vanilla whey protein powder

Jul 23

When Life Gives You Lemons…

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)

beer, Breakfast, coconut milk, green monster, honey roasted peanut butter, lunch

Jun 04

Heading to DC!

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)

bbq, Breakfast, Dinner, family, food, green monster, lunch, Washington DC

May 24

Our Best Healthy Snack Ideas!

Whoooo – the weather woman described it best when she proclaimed it “juicy” outside this morning! It was already 72 degrees by the time my Mom and I set out for our morning walk, and boy did we work up a sweat. The humidity is maki (read full article)

farmers market, green monster, protein powder, salad, yogurt

May 18

Your Peers: Comparing vs Motivating

Gossip Girl, anyone?! I won’t spoil it for those who haven’t seen it – but omg, what a finale!! All I’ll say is – CHUUUUCK!!!! In other news, I’m sore. I guess that’s what happens when you go from consisten (read full article)

bean burger, Breakfast, green monster, lunch, Work Out, yogurt

Apr 19

Caffeine in the Morning: Want or Need?

Happy Monday! Anything exciting happen over the weekend that you’re just dying to share? Let’s hear it! I saw a movie, got a pedicure and cleaned up my garden. Pretty exciting stuff, really. Last night, Ben and I continued our new Sun (read full article)

apple, Breakfast, green monster, kitchen sink salad, lunch, popcorn

Apr 13

Skip & Skippy

Yoga kicked my TAIL last night! After dinner I completed the class I downloaded last week, then tried a new, 20 minute abs/core class – Core Yoga #1. Umm, definitely missed the fact that it was an advanced/intermediate class with a vigorous in (read full article)

apple, Breakfast, green monster, kitchen sink salad, lunch, reeses peanut butter cup

Apr 07

IGE: Dancing Queen

Fellow LOSTies: Who? What? Where? WHEN? I seriously need a guidebook for watching that show! I miss when they used to show the previous week’s episode with little captions at the bottom to explain what was going on, before showing the new epis (read full article)

apple, Breakfast, Dance, drake university, green monster, lunch, reeses peanut butter cup, salad

Mar 22

New York City: Explained!

Good Monday morning to you! Hope your weekend was fab. Mine seemed to stretch on foreeeeever, which is always a win. Oh gosh, those cinnamon rolls last night – !!! I haven’t had these in ages! My Dad used to make them on the weekends g (read full article)

Allergy, Breakfast, cinnamon rolls, facebook, green monster, lunch, salad

Mar 17

I’m Going GREEN!

Happy St. Patrick’s Day! ♣ ♣ Some people celebrate St. Pat’s Day with parades, green beer and corned beef…I’m celebrating it with a Green Monster! In the mix: 1/2 scoop vanilla whey protein powder 1/2 Tablespoon chi (read full article)

100 calorie popcorn, Breakfast, green monster, lunch, salad, St Patricks Day

Sep 30

How Are Your Choices Affecting Your Goals?

Good morning everyone! Can you believe it’s already Wednesday?! Where does the time go, I ask you!? After a small hiatus…Green Monsters are back! Today’s isn’t just any green monster though, this is a green monster with Pumpkin! As soon a (read full article)

Braeburn apple, Breakfast, green monster, Jillian Michaels, lemon chicken pasta, lunch

Sep 15

No Rest for the Weary

Hi friends Kind of feeling like I got ran over by a truck this morning, so I stayed home from work. I don’t know what’s up, as I never – NEVER – get sick! I made a Green Monster (yay, it’s back) to help rejuvenate myself – hopefully (read full article)

Breakfast, green monster

Sep 01

3:30 Wakeup Call

Mornin’! Well, I’m a wee bit exhausted this morning I woke up at 3:30 with a wicked allergy attack – sneezing, wheezing – the whole 9 yards. I didn’t get back to sleep until 5:30ish and before I knew it, I HAD to get up for work! Oh, life (read full article)

Breakfast, Chili, green monster, lunch

Aug 28

An Eventful Friday Morning

Well it’s been an eventful and interesting Friday morning over here already! It started out with my Mom bring me some goodies when she came over for our walk. A SELF magazine and homemade zucchini bread! I just love SELF – what’s your favorit (read full article)

Breakfast, green monster, iowa state fair, lunch, salad, watermelon

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