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Stir crazy

It’s Friday as I start this post and I haven’t left the house since Stroller Strides on Tuesday morning.  Oh buddy.  I’m basically keeping P quarantined, which is suuuuuuper fun for me and V, but she’s just barely in the range of healthy, so it’s mostly me that’s going bonkers.  Sick kids are exhausting.  And that’s all I’m going to say about that. On Tuesday I made a huge pot of steel cut oats for the whole family. This time with currants, walnuts, and vanilla extract. The kids had no appetite and while I’d love… Read more >

Day 7: buzz and bye

From a former caffeine addict to decaf drinker…oh life. I had read good stuff about Better Buzz but we got a bunch of free coffee vouchers to the Peet’s at our hotel so it seemed pointless to leave in the morning for coffee.  But by the last day we had run out of the vouchers, so it was time to hit up Better Buzz for some java. Kyle was feeling off (he and I had a cold all week long) and didn’t want food, so he got a blended coffee thing.  I got a decaf… Read more >

Day 6: zoo day

Ugh.  This day.  So much drama.  I’m not even going to write about it.  Here are some photos… We went to Healthy Creations (yet again) because their menu has so many things begging to be tried. I got a strawberry smoothie and immediately regretted it. We came to a place that makes gluten and grain free fare and I ordered a smoothie?!?!  WTF kind of rookie move is that.  The “Berry Happy” smoothie was okay, but nothing great.  It had strawberries, raspberries, Goji berries, stevia, banana, cashew milk and cashew crème.  But honestly?  it just tasted… Read more >

A rough welcome

The first day of 2018 started off great, but by January 2nd, both kids were trending in the direction of the flu.  EEEK. We all got flu shots, but I’ve always had mixed feelings about the efficacy of them.  Not asking for a discussion here though!  In any event, I went to my first stroller strides of the year and had a blast. I had a kale salad for lunch with honey dijon kettle chips on the side. For dinner I made chicken in the IP using the thai dressing from Danielle Walker’s cookbook as… Read more >

Day 5: they like fried food

Because I couldn’t get cinnamon rolls off my brain, it was back to the hotel’s buffet for breakfast! After eating at other places we came to realize the adult buffet prices are not unreasonable.  In fact, with the kids being free, it’s actually kinda a deal.   And the best part of all is that P can get a greek yogurt for dosing. The kids had their first tater tots.  P said they taste like french fries.  Suddenly he knows what fried foods are!  Eek! I went back for more of nearly everything, including MORE cinnamon… Read more >