Refresh Week, Day 1. Started out like any other Monday. Boring, but true:
Banana oatmeal with milk, almonds, raisins, flax seeds, and peanut butter. Side of black cherry tea and side. The herbal tea would normally be coffee or black tea, but no caffeine this week!
I [...]
I don’t know where this week has gone. It seems like Christmas was yesterday. I’ve been off in La La Land a little, but now I’m back home and ready for a holiday recap!
After presents Christmas morning, my mother got to work on Christmas dinner. The main course was Cornish game hens:
Jack gave her some [...]
Christmas morning always started early when my sister and I were kids, but these days we like to sleep in! We keep to our traditions though. One of us grab the stocking that Santa left on our bed and go wake the other sister. Then we dig through our stockings before creeping downstairs and peering [...]
In the days leading up to Christmas, holiday prep consumed my time. The Boyfriend and I baked, bought, wrapped, and decorated for days. We did something I have always wanted to do: decorate Christmas sugar cookies. Our set-up:
I had so much fun doing this! For the sugar cookie recipe, I added a little almond extract [...]
Yesterday was the big snow here in Albany. We got 7 inches! Schools were closed and I didn’t have to go into work!
The Roommies and I took Jack out for a romp in the snow. I say “romp”…. we may have romped, but Jack sprinted around the backyard like a bat outta hell!
Jack attack!
He was [...]
