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Mardi Gras Festivities!

Busy weekend!  I spent most of Saturday ice fishing with my sister.  Or rather, she fished while I tried to keep my feet warm in gale force winds by a fire…  and we shall never speak of that again. Today, however, was a different story! John and I planned out our annual Mardi Gras dinner [...]

Mardis Gras and jam packed day!

We packed a lot of things into today!  Absolutely stunning weather today.  If I hadn’t hurt my back, we would have been biking miles and miles today.  Oh well.  I started off my day with some banana chocolate oats! Cooked with a mashed banana, 5 grams of dark cocoa powder, and 2 egg whites.  Topped [...]

Mardi Gras and the Oz

Happy Mardi Gras!  Thanks for all of your comments on the ‘normal‘ thing yesterday.  John doesn’t always understand where I am coming from with body image, so it’s nice to know I am not crazy! I woke up pretty early this morning and headed off to the gym to get my run in.  5.5 miles [...]

Hola from NOLA !!

Hey everyone!  We made it safely to New Orleans despite last minute snafus of a tenant with a nonworking furnace late Friday night and a bloody nose in the morning.  Great way to start a vacation, right? We are staying at the Place D’Armes Hotel in the French Quarter.  I love this place because it [...]