It has been pretty cloudy here in northeast Colorado the last few days but today’s forecast is SUNSHINE. Aka suns out, guns out! I want to wear a tank top simply because Ron Burgundy is telling me to….

 Happy Friday! Not surprise, but this week flew by. It is always busy at the office when I get back from a longer vacation and it definitely felt that way this week. Nothing too overwhelming, but one thing after another after another. It made the workday go fast and now it is the weekend. Holy cow. I’m not mad about it! [Read more…]

We had a fantastic time in Oregon. My cousin and his wife planned a fantastic wedding that was beautiful and well put together, yet so much fun and 100% them. The wedding took place in Eugene then on Sunday we drove to wine country in Oregon, stopping at two different wineries.

We stayed the night in McMinnville at a historic hotel downtown called The Hotel Oregon. It was a small town, but very cute. One surprise at the hotel was that they had communal bathrooms. I opened the bathroom door to instead find a closet! We had to walk across the hall to a bathroom. Hadn’t done that since college! We survived and have a great story now! [Read more…]

Donny & I had a date night at Old Major this last weekend. We sort of drew another restaurant out of our cigar box. I say sort of because I was doing inventory of the restaurants in order to take out any we’d been to now and we decided to draw one out. Donny picked Pizza Republica, but immediately knew he didn’t want pizza for our date night. Technically we aren’t suppose to do that, but I let it slide this time because I didn’t want pizza either!

His second pick was Old Major, which he’d been to but I had not. It is a really cool place in the Highlands area of Denver. Basically they love meat and they love seafood at Old Major and it shows! They even cure their own meats in house. The bar area has red brick all over the walls, which I love, and the other parts have the walls covered with reclaimed wood. All the chairs/stools look homemade, but in a classy way. [Read more…]

Happy Friday! Is it not alright to bring Pringles to the gym on Friday mornings?! Whoops. Guess I did gym-time wrong this morning.

Are you ready for the weekend?! Donny & I are headed to Madison, WI for a wedding of a friend I went to college with. I have only been to Madison one time (for one day last July) and I loved it! I am excited to go back and excited to be meeting my best friend my college, Kelsey! She is flying in from Florida and we will pick her up in the rental car that we grab. I don’t think I’ve seen Kelsey since Donny & I took that road trip last May. Whew, that seems like FOREVER ago. It has been far to long so it will be great to catch up and chat. A lot has changed since I last saw her. She had a baby. We got a new dog! Hahaha I can’t wait to see her.

Time for Anything & Everything Friday. Each Friday I share five random topics of my choosing with you. I try to keep them health-related, but not always. Today I am talking about meal planning, ab exercises and my new book club book. See what I mean? Reading is good for the mind, right?!?! [Read more…]

It is Friday…drink a pitcher of margaritas if you want! This week went pretty dang fast, but I am ready for the weekend. Last weekend was not very relaxing so I am hoping to get some quality R&R in the next few days.

Today’s Anything & Everything Friday includes a list of healthy condiments, an article about chocolate’s health benefits and my new bootcamp goals! [Read more…]

Well you made it to Friday!!! I had a crazy busy week and am glad it is over. We are playing in a big golf tournament this weekend. You should see my husband… he is like a kid in a candy store thinking about this tournament. I have never played in it, but he says it is the best. We’ll see I guess.

Time for Anything & Everything Friday where I share five random topics with you. They are generally health related, but I promise nothing! Today they ARE health-related. I’m talking about the dentist, weight-loss plateaus and I have some exercises that you can do using a foam roller! Here we go… [Read more…]

Happy Friday! I am not even a cat-person, but this made me laugh!

I am ready for the weekend! It is going to be warm, but I love it. I do not have a ton going on so hopefully I can spend a little time in the ol’ kitchen. First, it is time for Anything & Everything Friday, where I talk about five random topics of my choice! They are usually health related, but I promise nothing….. Here goes. [Read more…]

Our 3rd wedding anniversary was last week. We celebrated the day of by going to Taquiera San Miguel, the food truck that catered our wedding. We ate tacos and drank margaritas in the comfort of our home. It was perfect.

We celebrated a little more a couple days after that. Friday night we went to Denver to eat at Stoic & Genuine, a seafood restaurant in Union Station. We had been dying to go there, but never found the right occasion. It isn’t the most fancy restaurant we’ve ever been to, but definitely higher end.

We got to town and check into the hotel. We splurged and decided to stay at The Oxford Hotel, which happens to be the oldest hotel in Denver. It was really nice and really cool! They still give you actual keys for the rooms and they come with giant tassles on them for you to carry. They let you leave the key at the front desk if you are going out so you don’t have to carry it around. It was actually pretty neat to have a real key, rather than than the normal plastic cards these days. [Read more…]