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A Belated Mother’s Day Recap

May 21, 2013 Leave a Comment

I know Mother’s Day was a couple of weeks ago, but I just had to share pictures from our Mother’s day celebration. Some of my favorite lady friends got together to celebrate our mom’s. Besides my mom, these two women have been a constant in my life for many years and I am SO thankful I could celebrate this holiday with them, because after all, we are family. *Allie and Kim – we missed having you with us!

We started with an invitation to our moms via punchbowl, a great online website that sends beautiful digital cards and invites.

We started our day off with a little pampering – mani’s and pedi’s.

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Honey Lemon Grilled Chicken Salad with Homemade Dressing

May 20, 2013 Leave a Comment

Welcome back to me – sorry I’ve been absent on the blog posting lately. This past week was a little nutty with finishing a huge paper for grad school and a big weekend at work. It doesn’t look like things will be slowing down anytime soon, which is ok with me. Cheers to a great week ahead and the beginning of summer!

To celebrate warm temperatures and summer hours starting for work this week, I’ve got a great new homemade salad. This honey-lemon chicken is enhanced with some diced basil on top. I served mine over a fresh summer salad and whipped up my own lemon-honey dressing. Pretty darn tasty if you ask me.

Yumm!

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Week 11: My Half-Marathon Training

May 12, 2013 Leave a Comment

First and foremost – Happy Mother’s Day to my fabulous mother. We had a great time celebrating on Saturday with some of my best mom friends and daughters. We had a blast together – mani/pedi’s, wine tasting and dinner at the Zin’s Chef’s Table. All in all, a great way to celebrate the amazing women […]

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Top 5

May 9, 2013 2 Comments

How is it already Friday? This week has completely flown by. I’m heading into a busy (but FUN) weekend. I hope you take some time and celebrate the amazing mother’s you have in your life. I can’t wait to see mine this weekend! Cheers ya’ll! 1. Porterhouse on Ellen! I mentioned Porterhouse on a Top 5 […]

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Trader Joe’s Chocolate Truffle Brownies

May 8, 2013 Leave a Comment

So, I feel like I’ve been a little obsessed with brownies lately. Maybe it’s all the running I’ve been doing – making me crave chocolate. I found the most amazing “cheat” brownies from Trader Joe’s. I’m sorry if you don’t have a Trader Joe’s near you – I hate it when recipes use “special” ingredients […]

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Mother’s Day Gift Ideas

May 7, 2013 Leave a Comment

Mother’s day is right around the corner. I’m sure you can agree with me, when you consider yourself blessed to have the most amazing mother! I know I count my lucky stars every day to have mine. (And now I’m even more blessed because I have two incredible mother-in-laws!) I’m always trying to come up […]

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Week 10: My Half-Marathon Training + Relays Recap

May 5, 2013 4 Comments

Hi and welcome back from the weekend. I wanted to give you an update on how my marathon training is coming along as well as a Relays Recap. Last week was really busy with trying to get caught up after a crazy week at work. Here are a couple new things I’ve learned the […]

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Top 5

May 2, 2013 Leave a Comment

It’s Friday. And it’s snowing. That’s right. May 2nd and it’s snowing. I mean, what is that about. Other than this terrible weather, this week has been filled with some great things; announcements of engagements from a couple of close friends (Congrats Katie and Laura!), my husband returned home safe and I had a wonderful […]

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Centro Remake: Brussels Sprouts

May 1, 2013 Leave a Comment

I have a slight obsession with Brussels Sprouts. Well, that’s a sentence I never thought I’d say. See, I’m growing up. Who would have thought? Seriously though, brussels sprouts are so delicious, especially when they are prepared the right way. I’ve made them before here. I love how they are prepared at Centro so I […]

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Relays Baby!

April 24, 2013 Leave a Comment

It’s relays week people. In case you didn’t know, The Drake Relays is an outdoor track and field event held in Des Moines, IA, in the Drake Stadium on Drake Universities campus. It is regarded as one of the top track and field events in the USA, and once of the best traditions as a […]

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