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Wheelchair Road Racing
This year is a year of reflection for me because Arielle will leave for college in 26 short weeks. Some days I feel nothing and can easily utter the words, “Yep, she’s going to Illinois for college.” (Denial) Other days the weight on my heart is so heavy it feels as though the words are smothered with sadness and won’t come out. For the past six years Arielle has completed the Edison Festival of Light 5K. It’s one of the most popular races in our area. Thousands of people line the streets of Ft. Myers to cheer on the runners and then watch the parade. It has always been one…
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Time for Something Healthy
Chocolate day is over so now it’s time to focus on leafy greens. At least until dessert. Spinach is one of my favorites. We have a spinach salad with dinner at least three times a week. When I think my family can’t take one more bowl of cold spinach… I heat it up! This recipe has a lot of kick to it if you add extra red pepper. For the health benefits of spinach click here. And for the health benefits of garbanzo beans/chickpeas click here. [gmc_recipe 2377]
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Add rest to your to-do list
I have this terrible habit of creating long “to do” lists in my mind. They’re never realistic. I seem to have no sense of time just an endless list that goes something like this. Today I’m going to write a blog post, do three loads of laundry, grocery shop, workout, fold all the laundry, pay the bills and vacuum the downstairs. Oh and drive to drum lesson by six. Cook dinner, do the dishes and if I’m teaching the next day, organize all my materials. I never calculate the amount of time each job will take. I simply tell myself what I’m going to accomplish. I set myself up to…
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No Theme Sunday
Today’s theme is all about the recent events in my life. In other words there really is no theme throughout the post. My editor husband is going to have a fit but he’s at spin class right now and won’t see this until later today. I’m breaking the rules. I’m such a rebel. It probably has something to do with the fact that I went to bike night and line danced. Bike night as in the kind with loud pipes not squeaky horns. And lined danced as in bumped into people and pretended I knew what I was doing. Having teens means not having to get a babysitter. Eric and…
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Valentine’s Day Popcorn Cake
Most of the recipes I post are easy. This one is super duper easy. I found a recipe for popcorn cake on Pinterest. The recipe called for marshmallows which are not vegetarian. Yeah, I was crushed when I found out how gelatin is made. No more smores for me unless I can find vegetarian marshmallows. Anyway, I took the recipe for the popcorn cake and made one with caramel and another with chocolate. If I hadn’t run out of caramel, I would have used them both on the second cake. I’m crazy that way. They both turned out super duper yummy. By the way, did you notice the Valentine’s Day card in the picture?…
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Another Easy Valentine’s Day Treat
As promised here’s my new Valentine’s Day treat. Remember that day when I went searching for the candy conversation hearts at Publix and they laughed at me because it was too early – it was all about the Super Bowl? Then I had to use animal crackers in my cupcakes because I couldn’t find the conversation hearts… Well, that same day in the dollar section of Target I found little pink heart ice-cube trays. Two for a dollar. I picked them up and had this little conversation in my head that said… Do you really need these? … Little heart-shaped ice how cute, they’re only a dollar and they’re adorable. Why not? I brought them home to the…