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Good morning! This short week is sure flying by, huh? I can’t believe today is Thursday, and I’m off to Annapolis tomorrow morning for the ZOOMA race! Breakfast I started this morning with a breakfast blast from the past: Two-Ingredient Pancake. I haven’t had one of these babies in ages. I added chia seeds to [...]

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Last night, I attended a special event called “The Hunter/Farmer Dinner,” which was held in the Demonstration Kitchen at Canyon Ranch. Canyon Ranch holds special complimentary dinners as well as “Lunch & Learn” sessions every day for guests. I didn’t attend any of the “Lunch & Learn” sessions during my stay, and I actually sort [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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April 22, 2013

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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I Bet You Didn’t Know VI

February 14, 2013

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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 [...]

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Good morning! Happy Saturday! Here’s my second post for GNC’s “Total Lean Challenge.” For this one, I was asked to share my favorite kind of cardio exercise, which, I’m sure you already know, is CrossFit. I’m a tad in love with it! Since I love CrossFit so much, I decided to create a CrossFit-inspired workout [...]

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