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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 'walk'
May 24
Go figure. Go figure I picked the hottest day of the year thus far to make a hearty, wintery meal that used both the stove top and oven to create. Oh well…it was totally worth it to enjoy 6 Cheese Tortellini with Goat Cheese Marinara Sauce for (read full article)
Broccoli, Dinner, food, garlic bread, Gino's, heat, walk, Work Out
May 01
Today goes down in the history books as one of the best Saturday’s ever! After the Farmer’s Market, Ben and I drove 20 minutes west, past some picturesque corn fields and farmhouses, to Adel, Iowa! Adel is a stop along the Raccoon River (read full article)
beer, Dinner, guacamole, ice cream, steak, walk, Work Out
Apr 06
Oh my gosh you guys, what a beautiful day this has turned out to be! We were supposed to have terrible thunderstorms all day long but, around 11:00 this morning, the clouds parted and the sun came out. Wheee! To honor the weather, I went for a 2.5 (read full article)
copykat, Dinner, maque choux, Recipes, Shrimp, walk, Work Out
Apr 05
Oh dear. Tonight’s anniversary dinner, mmm, didn’t go quite as planned! Ben has to work late tonight, so the plan was to head over to our favorite sushi restaurant – Miyabi 9 – (where we went for our first anniversary!) for (read full article)
anniversary, Dinner, walk
Mar 21
What a great Sunday this has been. My Mom and I had a very successful shopping trip and I am all stocked up with fun outfits for New Orleans. It’s supposed to be in the low 70s the whole time we are there – SO STOKED! I came home star (read full article)
apple, bbq chicken, Dinner, spring break, tator tots, walk, Work Out
Mar 05
Shhh! Look, look, look! After 5 long, cold and dreary months, two pasty white Iowans have come out of hibernation – emerging from their homes to face the outside world! Have you ever seen such a creature?! HA! It was too.perfect. to stay i (read full article)
Dinner, enchilada, outside, Recipes, run, walk, Work Out
Mar 04
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)
cookies, Dinner, taco salads, walk, Work Out
Oct 12
Hey, hey, hey – Happy Monday! It’s been an interesting one already, folks! I opened the front door to go on my morning Mom walk and was greeted by rain I had even busted out my fuzzy, microfiber socks today! On my way back in the house (read full article)
Breakfast, bugs, family, lunch, oatmeal, salad, walk
Oct 01
Guess what?! One of my Pumpkin Pie Pancakes pictures got accepted at Food Gawker! I’m so excited – I love taking pictures of my food, and to be able to share with the world via a big site like FG is really, really cool. Just wanted to share S (read full article)
apple, Dinner, Favorites, food, homemade mcgriddle, Recipes, walk, Work Out
Sep 27
I’m not one to gloat – but, how ‘bout those Hawkeyes?! They totally knocked it out of the park stadium in the second half of the Penn State game last night – whoop! I also loved how when they showed the players celebrating, you could just tel (read full article)
Breakfast, family, Favorites, food, pumpkin pie pancakes, walk, wicked, Work Out
Sep 03
Hey buds! Well, I have had a productive day! Checklist: Work – done Pumpkin Spice Latte – drank It was soooo good – everything I could have hoped for, and more! De-humidifier – installed If you need one of these guys, I suggest buying (read full article)
checklist, Dinner, faq, tilapia, walk, Work Out
Sep 01
Hi all! I made it through the day! I was in the “fog-zone” for portions of it, but all in all it wasn’t as bad as I thought it was going to be. I even got out for a lunch time walk, which was just as gorgeous as yesterday’s was. PS PUMPKIN (read full article)
Dinner, pancakes, Recipes, walk