CEiMB: Chicken Cacciatore

Recap of yesterday - Wednesday. Nuts.  Crazy.  Ridiculous.  From a 5:15 am workout to one of students throwing chairs and jumping on tables to not getting home until after 6:30pm, it was one of those days.  I had a great dinner planned but by the time I got in my car...

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Diving In

Today was the first day back to school after a 5 day weekend!  With two snow days last week added onto the 3 day weekend, we had quite the break!  It was awesome!  My kids (third graders) were sleepy and out of it this morning after having no routine and structure for...

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Sunday Night Dinner #2: Winter Pie

After a relaxing day of working out, reading and getting ready for the week, we made Sunday Night Dinner #2. It was great because it felt like a Sunday, but it was actually Monday!  Brady's parents came over and we had a nice relaxing dinner!  It was a great way to...

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Sunday Night Dinner

All growing up and all through college, even now, my family has always had Sunday Night Dinner.  It is a time when anyone home (friends and family) is able to share dinner,  tell funny stories and  teach my mom something new (and sometimes inappropriate - Cindy!!).  ...

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Blast from the Past

When I was younger, we used to always have broccoli soup in the winter.  It was a favorite of ours, but we have not had it in forever.  So when my parents decided to come down for the night, I thought it would be fun to have broccoli soup with our pizza!  It was -10...

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Banana Oatmeal Pancakes!

I woke up this morning and did a quick 30 minute weight circuit at home.  It zapped 200 calories and felt great!  Brady and I are planning on going to the gym later this afternoon for some cardio. After my mini workout, I didn't know what I wanted.  Brady made himself...

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Snow Day = Baking Day

** I had this ready to post last night, but it is currently -11 degrees and our cable went out last night! I got the call last night that we didn't have school today, and I was so excited! It's amazing what happens when you are surprised by Peanut Butter and Jelly...

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Blizzard and the Burn

It's snowing in Columbus! We got out of school a little early and tutoring was canceled, so I headed home to get my workout over with. I ran to the gym and did the following: Stepmill - 30 min (220 kcal) Interval program on level 8 and 9 Treadmill - 30 min (285 kcal)...

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