Spicy Lentil Peanut Stew

Spicy Lentil Peanut Stew

I hope everyone had a great weekend!  I can't believe it is already Sunday night! We had such a nice weekend - I'll rewind... Friday: After work and school we headed to Grandview to meet Katie and Kurt and a few other friends for drinks and dinner at Brazenhead.  I...

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Spicy Shrimp Pasta

Spicy Shrimp Pasta

Today was a long day, and  I am ready for the weekend!  One more day...we are almost there! I dragged myself out of bed this morning and made it to the gym for 40 minutes of hill walking and ellipticalling.  It was not easy but I knew I would feel better all day- I...

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Roasted Balsamic Veggies

Roasted Balsamic Veggies

So...my ECTO (the Mac blogging tool I use) is all messed up and won't stop "thinking".  I am getting very tired of seeing that little rainbow wheel spinning but I don't really know what to do about it.  Does anyone know how I can get this off my computer and back on...

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Pizza Pizza!

Pizza Pizza!

Friday night was pizza night! John and Ashley came over for dinner and we made pizza then went to the Funny Bone Comedy club. It was a great night! We always forget how much fun comedy clubs are! What other evening event makes you laugh for two hours straight?! The...

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Coconut Mango Oatmeal

Coconut Mango Oatmeal

This week I have been on a new oatmeal kick! I regularly buy frozen mango chunks from Trader Joes's and I use them in smoothies (or eat them while driving home from the store). This week I was in the mood for mango oatmeal. I made a batch of banana oatmeal and added...

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Salmon Florentine

Salmon Florentine

Yay for tomorrow being Friday! I made it to spinning this morning at 6 am! It was a good workout and right now I am exhausted. Noting really happened at school today besides a fight with a few boys at recess and some work on our comparing and contrasting paragraphs....

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Crab Cakes and Lentils

Crab Cakes and Lentils

I was excited to make dinner tonight after having taking a small hiatus for the past few days. My day went as planned: 6am workout of 20 minutes on the stepmill and 20 minutes on the elliptical school Verizon store - where I did NOT get my numbers transferred to my...

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Northstar Cafe Saves the Day

Northstar Cafe Saves the Day

It was a long day at school! Lots of changes were made and things were pretty busy. I made it through though, and I made it through a meeting that lasted until 5pm. I was rewarded for my long day with dinner at Northstar Cafe - one of my favorite restaurants....

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Garlic Parsley Shrimp

Garlic Parsley Shrimp

Yay! It is almost Friday! We have just about made it through the week. Today was another long day. School was crazy busy and then my phone broke, so I had to go to Verizon - twice. New phone will be here Monday! In between errands and cleaning for our weekend company...

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