Honey Bunches of Oats Greek Honey Crunch {Review}

April 14, 2013 in Food, Product Review, Sponsored 0 Comment

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Lately I’ve noticed that my energy levels have been down – like, way down.  At the beginning of the year I was so gung ho about working out and eating better, but after about three months it just started to taper off.  My system needed a reboot…fast.  When I started to really think about whatread more

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Amanda

Friday Faves 2/8/12

February 8, 2013 in Beauty, Food, Friday Faves, Her Thoughts 1 Comment

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Time for this week’s Friday Faves! I started this series as a way to share some of my favorite things from the past week. They can be products, websites, experiences, TV shows, or just whatever tickled my fancy this week. Here were my faves of the week! 1.) Quaker Real Medleys Apple Walnut Oatmeal –read more

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Amanda

Chicagoland Eats: Burnt Toast Restaurant

January 8, 2013 in Chicagoland Eats, Food 1 Comment

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Venue: Burnt Toast Restaurant (Elgin) Website: http://www.btrestaurant.com/ Location: 2942 N. Randall Road, Elgin, IL  On Randall Road, just north of I-90. Hours: Mon–Sat: 6:30am – 2:30pm; Sun: 7:00am – 2:30pm (just open for breakfast & lunch) Parking: Normally I wouldn’t mention parking for a restaurant, but it’s important to note that if you head hereread more

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Amanda

Udi’s Gluten Free Granola {Review}

July 11, 2012 in Food, Product Review 1 Comment

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I am not a breakfast person.  Never have been, really.  My mornings are so rushed that I barely have time to shower, get dressed and head out the door for work.  I’m lucky if I can apply make-up before I get to the office.  But today, I sat down at the kitchen table and triedread more

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Amanda

El Dia del Nino (Children’s Day)

April 30, 2011 in Uncategorized 11 Comments

In about an hour – well, definitely by the time I post this – it will be El Día del Niño, or Children’s Day.  Children’s Day is an event that is celebrated around the world on various days, including many Latin American countries.  In Mexico,  El Día del Niño is celebrated annually on April 30th.   Althoughread more

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Amanda

Happy Easter!

April 24, 2011 in Cooking, Family 10 Comments

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Today has been great!  Not much to post, but we started off the morning with a wonderful breakfast of Chorizo & Eggs: And ended with a fantastic picture of my kids: I’m not biased or anything, but aren’t they SOOOO cute?!?! Happy Easter, everyone!

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