
Confession: Late at night, I read IBD forums. I usually end up in a black hole of posts about people’s experiences with ulcerative colitis and Crohn’s. I spend hours and hours reading and clicking links to random websites, research studies, blogs, and whatever else turns up, and I don’t think I’ll ever stop until I [...]

Hi, friends! After taking a class at the BARREroom yesterday morning, I ran some errands (reminder: Mother’s Day is next weekend) and then headed home for lunch. Lunch It was a beautiful day, so I decided to eat my lunch outside on our back porch. Of course, the pug joined me outside. Doesn’t he look [...]

Did you happen to notice that I didn’t blog about my food on Thursday, Friday, or Saturday last week? Well, it’s because I did a 3-day juice cleanse. Say whaaat? Yep, that’s right. I did a 3-day juice cleanse. I bet you’re wondering WHY? Well, there are a few reasons: My friend Kerrie wanted to [...]

Goooooood morning to you! I hope your day is off to a fabulous start! So, this blog post is all over the place with all sorts of topics and randomness, but, hey, it might be kind of fun, right? Here we go. Snack I had a running date with Kerrie at 11:00 yesterday, so I [...]

Tears filled my eyes when our plane touched down at Logan airport yesterday afternoon. Last week was a roller coaster ride of emotions for me, and being so far away from family and friends made it even harder. I’m glad my city is safe, and I am so happy to be home. [image by: Katie [...]

Two of my favorite “activities” in life are CrossFit and drinking. Haha! Hey, I work hard and play hard! I especially love doing these things together as seen here, here, and here. So when Smirnoff reached out to me about hosting a “Ladies’ Night (Work) Out,” which would include a workout followed by a sampling [...]
Hello, hello! How’s your Thursday going so far? I can’t believe tomorrow is already Friday. This week flew by. Holy cow! Lunch When lunchtime rolled around yesterday afternoon, I knew exactly what I wanted to eat: Potato & Chorizo Dobladas. Yummm! The leftovers from dinner made an awesome lunch! After lunch, Murphy and I went [...]
Good morning! Happy Tuesday! Yesterday morning started bright and early with a trip to Marylou’s for iced coffee. Mal and I both dropped the ball on making another batch, so we ended up buying our morning cup of joe. As always, Murphy wanted to come for a ride in the car. Pugs love adventures. There [...]

Hello Carrots ‘N’ Cake readers! My name is Avery, and I’m a teen blogger at Southern Belle Living Well. While Tina and Mal are away this week, Tina gave me the chance to chat with you all about my experiences with reading healthy living blogs at a younger age. I’m a fairly new blogger, so [...]

Happy Valentine’s Day!!! Remember my I Bet You Didn’t Know posts? If you missed them, here are the 5 I’ve written so far: I Bet You Didn’t Know I Bet You Didn’t Know II I Bet You Didn’t Know III I Bet You Didn’t Know IV I Bet You Didn’t Know V I love these [...]