The Diamond Behind The Chocolate
I'm always all of the following:
-Shoe Humanitarian
-Wine lover
-Storm chaser
-Chocolate addict
-Sweat obsessed
-Daydreaming of traveling to Sicily
-Mathematically challenged.I'm sometimes:
-Rude
-Irate
-Insensitive
-The main character in a chick lit novel (usually a bad thing)
-In a love affair with leafy greens, HIIT workouts, and VH1.I'm never:
-A sports girl.
-A soapbox preacher.
-Old man winter's friend.
-Interested in driving (limo, please?)-
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#MotivationalMondays- Just Keep Swimming
It’s old news that summer is here with a fiery vengeance and she’s here to stay. While I’m rejoicing, most others are wasting their precious energies with complaining and basking in the A/C, which will most likely do more harm … Continue reading
#WIAW- Dare To Be Different- Weird Food Combos
“What makes you different, makes you beautiful.” This is probably the only Backstreet Boys song that actually holds some truth in today’s world. Bullies at work or school are the new black plague and if you aren’t seen wearing your … Continue reading
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#WIAW- Are You Gonna Finish That?
As a child, I disdained mouth breathers and cat hair. I can’t say I’ve ever grown out of those pet peeves, but I have added a shockingly new one to the list: plate pickers. And just as fast as I … Continue reading
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Tagged baby, bite, bubble boy, chocolate, chocolate covered diamonds, christy dean, Cooking, eating, food, germaphobe, greek, hoarding, insect, jake gyllenhaal, life, moth, movies, muffins, peas and crayons, plate picking, salad, snacking, wiaw, yogurt
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Goodness of My Heart- Cookies & Mini Muffins
You know what scares me? Machines. The other day I realized we not only have machines controlling our money, but our minds too. There’s the self-checkout, automated bill pay, SIRI, brainy vacuums, and even preliminary surgical machines overtaking the ER! … Continue reading
Posted in Goodness of My Heart, Recipes
Tagged apocalypse now, appliances, bake sale, baking, carrot cake, charity, chocolate, chocolate covered diamonds, christy dean, church, cookies, Cooking, eating, food, friday, goodness of my heart, granola, i-robot, life, love grown foods, mini muffins, movies, my brave little toaster, oatmeal, raisins, reality, siri, treats, vanilla
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#MotivationalMondays- “May The Odds Be Ever In Your Favor”
The. Mega. Millions. For those of you who believed you would’ve had commandeered your own yacht, named your own country, or became the next “Donald” by now, I am sorry. I really feel for you, but the odds unfortunately were … Continue reading
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Tagged abdominals, back, beauty, chocolate covered diamonds, christy dean, Cooking, eating, exercise, favor, fight, Fitness, hamstrings, jennifer lawrence, keep going, legs, love, lunges, motivational mondays, moves, movies, nutrition, odds, shape magazine, squats, strength, the hunger games, weights, workout
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#MotivationalMondays- Wish Upon A Star Workout
If you looked on my TIVO or DVD rental history lately, you’d notice a glass slipper, poisoned apple, eternal sleep kind of trend. No matter how old I get, Disney movies are still capable of bringing me back to being … Continue reading
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Tagged abdominals, aladdin, ariel, audrey hepburn, back, balance, bambi, beauty and the beast, biceps, childhood, chocolate covered diamonds, christy dean, cinderella, disney, dream, dvd, exercise, fantasy, Fitness, gaston, genie, glass slipper, health, legs, lunges, magic, motivational mondays, movies, mulan, nostalgia, nutrition, obliques, plank, pose, prince, push up, scar, shape, sleeping beauty, snow white, stretch, the lion king, the little mermaid, theme, tivo, trots, walt, warrior, watch, wellness, yoga
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