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Hungry Angry Husband.

My husband likes to eat. ALOT. And when he doesn’t get to eat, he gets very angry. His face should seriously be in the dictionary right next to ‘hangry,’ if it ever makes it into the dictionary. Not only does he like to eat, but he likes to eat lots of meat. Chicken, steak, pork – you name it. Dare I ever make a dish without meat! I think he believes that if he doesn’t get 76234 grams of protein in per day, he may lose all 170 solid pounds of muscle that he currently owns. He is a hottie. Ususally, hungry-angry-husband hits at very inconvienent times. Like on an hour drive to my grandparents house. Or during church, where, let’s face it, he really doesn’t want to be in the first place. Or at the grocery store, while shopping for clothes, or during a 2 hour meeting. At least his co-workers can deal with him there. The best was when we went to register for wedding gifts. Oh, my. We went to one of the ‘nicer’ malls about an hour away. We I figured that we’d have more of a selection and I [...]

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A Hodge Podge…

…of randomness today. I know this is shocking, but I’m going to post a few of my favorite workouts that I’d put my clients through. Yes…a post without butter, chocolate and enriched flour products, but I promise I’ll be back in full force tonight with a tasty recipe for you. I believe in a good ole’ meat and potatoes workout when it comes to strength training. Stick to some basics, do some compound movements to work multiple muscle groups, and use a challenging weight. Challenge yourself, baby! And by challenge, do what challenges YOU. No one else. Is it lifting heavy weights with a long rest in between? Taking a strength training class where others can help motivate you? Yoga or Pilates? I believe all of the above are important. I love doing different workouts and keeping the body guessing. So here are a few oldies but goodie – some ‘circuit’ style workouts I used to beat people up. Cardio Burst Puke-Up-Your-Lunch Circuit 20 squats with an overhead dumbbell press 20 walking lunges 20 pushups 60 second plank hold 60 second cardio burst – the hardest you can go! (elliptcal, tread run, stepper) 2 [...]

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6 Things My Mom Was Right About.

Ok I will admit – I am definitely that person that can now say ‘my mom was always right.’ How annoying was it when we were younger and she thought she was right but we just knew she was definitely wrong??? I’m just glad that I found out the truth sooner rather than later. Once she said to me ‘no matter where you go and what you do, someone there will always know your mother’ and that certainly scared the bejesus out of me. In many situations I STILL look around and silently wonder ‘which one of you here knows my mother?’ In some instances there was someone around that knew my mother…which annoyed scared me even more because she was right! The big ones that she was right about? My Own Phone. Ohmigosh-goodness-gracious did I want my own phone so, so badly. And no, we aren’t talking about cell phones here. Those barely existed. I just wanted a phone in MY room. And I also wanted my own phone line. My own personal number. Because apparently when I was 10 years old we had a money tree in our front yard. I’m not sure where that came from – [...]

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Wednesday Words.

I had a dream that there were tarantulas all over our house last night. So creepy. I now feel like creepy-crawlers are crawling all over me and I was even afraid to turn my head upside down and dry my hair – for fear that when I looked up a massive tarantula would be staring at me. Does anyone remember Creepy Crawlers?? I think they were something you baked in a mini-oven or mold?? I don’t quite remember. I twisted my ankle prancing around in my 5 inch heels yesterday. I am NOT taking this as a sign that I am getting old and it’s time to stop wearing heels. That will never happen. This is our fridge. Does anyone else see a problem with this? Besides the sinful amount of cheese?

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Grown-Up Chores I Hate.

Yes. I am posting a picture of a potty. Yes. One in my house. See that beautiful ring around the water? I guess it’s time to clean the toilets. This would rank up there as my most despised grown-up chore. And yes, I may have been a spoiled brat and never had to scrub the inside of a toilet in my younger years. And when I lived here, I never touched the toilet because I was afraid of the infectuous diseases I may catch. I popped alot of squats. How often are you even supposed to clean toilets? I clean them after about 3 weeks of seeing this ring. But it is usually just because I’m afraid something is going to jump up and bite me. Like some kind of fungus monster. For those of you that will probably never visit again since I just posted a dirty toilet on my potential food blog, please note that I live with 1 man, and have 2 brothers that frequently visit. That should explain it. And please send help.

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Mother Lovett: Prologue.

I began blogging for 2 reasons. 1. maternal grandmother. 2. paternal grandmother. Let’s start with materal grandmother. Many moons ago, my dad lovingly nicknamed his mother-in-law ‘Mother Lovett.’ ‘Lovett’ being her last name. And it certainly was her last name, since she was married to brothers. Yes people, she was married twice – to BROTHERS. How cool is that? How 1700′s of her. Unfortunately, she passed away in late April of this year at the ripe, old age of 87. Her stories live on. And Lordy, let me tell you, THERE ARE STORIES. We could write a sitcom. That is an understatement. I wish you could understand. I will get to the hilarious goods at some point in my blog, but for now I have to give you the excellent background on her so you don’t think I’m hellishly cruel. She was a baker. A mighty fine one at that. She most likely is the reason I adore baking, and I won’t lie when saying that baking these days occasionally makes me tear up since it is something I used to share with her. Well, actually when [...]

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