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Yesterday’s post had us preparing for our trip from Texas to Wisconsin. Today we are in the car on the way. The plan was to leave at 5 am but as with most family trips, 5 am became 8 am. The boys and I were up most of the night finishing up our packing, making…

Today marked the end of week two of boot camp and the halfway point.  I begrudgingly walked in thinking to myself “I could just turn around go back outside and head to Taco Bell”.  I didn’t I kept moving forward and into the gym talked to Hanna for a bit…of course about work….then started my…

Couldn’t decide what to cook tonight so my son looked through all my pinned food items and decided on this one.  So before leaving for the day I threw the chicken, soup, and onions in, set the crockpot to hi and off I went.  I came home to what smelled like my grandma cooking in…

I haven’t posted in a few days because I’m trying to get my family ready to leave for a lovely road trip from Texas to Wisconsin.  Does the movie National Lampoon’s Vacation come to mind?  It does mine every time we decide to take a family trip and drive.  Granted its never as bad as…

My post from yesterday (Bringing Back the 70’s) and getting ready for another Paleo challenge has me thinking about comfort food.  Good thing the challenge is starting after the holidays because all but one of my comfort foods is a no no when eating a Paleo Diet.  Mac and cheese, potato soup, oatmeal, and mashed…

Farmer’s Market haul. If you read my last post you know I have been doing a lot of cooking from scratch using fresh ingredients.  While at the Farmer’s Market I picked up some fruit and veggies.  But today I focused on the small cucumbers I got in this haul to make pickles.  I started gathering…