Christmas Elf

As promised, here are photos of Carter’s hard work. The Christmas lights are up on our first “real home.” A little closer . . . notice the stockings to the right of the front door and the big Christmas ornaments in the window? We’re getting lots of compliments on that genius idea. I’m so modest. [...]

Christmas Decor and Holiday Oats

Thank you all so much for your wonderful comments on my Thanksgiving post! I have the nicest blog readers! Carter is outside working hard on putting up our Christmas lights. It’s not easy! This is our first time putting up Christmas lights, and we’ve been learning a lot the hard way. Did you know that [...]

Thanksgiving Recap

Thanksgiving 2009 was a beautiful kick-off to the holiday season. Thanks for all your sweet comments on my last post! I’ve been waiting to enjoy a Thanksgiving like this for, oh, well, the last 15 years. I felt deeply thankful all day to be 6 months “clean” of my eating disorder . . . I [...]

All Things In Moderation, The Holiday Way

Yesterday, November 24, 2009, Carter and I were married for one-and-a-half years. What a beautiful coincidence that our anniversary-and-a-half falls so close to Thanksgiving. I am so incredibly thankful for my husband, his unconditional love and the happiness I’m overcome with each and every day because of him. I am a generally happy person, and [...]

Movies, Meals and Master’s Programs

A weekend that starts off with New Moon is bound to be a great weekend. Did you see it? Carter and I loved it! When a movie can live up to a book, I think that’s quite impressive! Though the movie left out and changed some parts of the book (as is to be expected), [...]

Grape Edamame Crunch Salad

For a quick, flavorful and protein-packed salad, try this combo: Grape Edamame Crunch Salad mixed greens 1 stalk chopped celery shredded carrots cucumber, chopped into small pieces seedless red grapes, halved 1/4 cup Seapoint Farms dry roasted edamame 2 T goat cheese your favorite salad dressing — I used Earth & Vine Provisions honey pear [...]

Crunchy Pecan Pumpkin Oats

Crunchy Pecan Pumpkin Oats 1. Pour 1/2 cup oats and 1 cup water in saucepan and turn stove to medium heat. Stir the oats every once in a while. 2. Meanwhile, toast 1/4 cup pecans for about 5 minutes in saute pan over medium-high heat. Stir them often to make sure they don’t burn. Remove [...]

Peanut Butter Pumpkin Mousse Oatmeal

Peanut Butter Pumpkin Mousse Oatmeal I can’t take the credit for this at all! Thank you to Peanut Butter Boy for your fabulous peanut butter pumpkin mousse recipe! It’s heavenly!! To make my peanut butter pumpkin mousse oatmeal, I used the Peanut Butter Boy’s recipe, but trimmed it down to make a single serving. The [...]

See Your Best Self

Yesterday, I had another modeling shoot with Jeremy of JMB Photoworks. For those of you who are new to my blog (welcome!), I have been modeling since I was 18 years old, as a fun hobby and a way to earn some extra money (especially right now while I’m waiting to hear back regarding a [...]

New Granola and Special Friends

I love discovering new foods — it makes me feel like I’ve discovered a new planet in blog world. I get so excited to spread the word and share the love! This past weekend, Carter and I went to The Fresh Market, which is like the best supermarket EVER, and I found a new brand [...]