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No Pasta Lasagna

Sep 23, 2019
3 min

No Pasta Lasagna

Years ago when the gluten free train started my antennae has been up. Then I began my research. But I was always half on the train and half off. My health seemed pretty fine if I ate a sandwich or a bowl of pasta… so why bother? Or so I thought. Well one of the first things I found when I was diagnosed with breast cancer was how hurtful grains are. Grains, carbohydrates break down to sugar. No way around it. Yes our nutritional food pyramid is WAY off. So I started cutting ou

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Mostly-Crunchy Moms Favorite Road Trip Snacks

Jun 30, 2019
3 min

Mostly-Crunchy Moms Favorite Road Trip Snacks

I proudly bear the {mostly} crunchy badge as I swear in my 5 years of motherhood under my belt. With all that I’ve learned, gathered, researched and read it is worth it to me to be conscious about what we put into our bodies. If I want my girls to grow healthfully and if I hold them to certain expectations (i.e. listening, behaving, obeying) then I need to set them up for success. Carb loading and sugar highs are not setting them up for success. Through the past few years of

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Whole30 Flirty and Thriving

Apr 21, 2018
7 min

Whole30 Flirty and Thriving

For real though, this has been the best thing I have done for myself this year. It has been a long time coming for me to get my eggs in a basket for this commitment. I took long enough justifying and claiming I needed this and that. Finally, in March I made the decision to start Whole30 in April, so all of March I had time to start eliminating certain bad foods and to wrap my head around it mentally. That part I think was key, it is too hard to jump from burgers and cheesecak

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Ann Arbor

Nov 18, 2017
8 min

Ann Arbor

After my diagnosis with breast cancer, my husband and I decided that choosing experiences over stuff was vital. The first opportunity we had to getaway we took it. After 18 months of two children we finally had a chance to getaway, just us. We chose Ann Arbor. I wrote about much of it in my previous blog about Michigan football. But I’ve always wanted to write about the places I visit, so here we go. On Friday, we landed in Detroit, Michigan, we were greeted with crisp and co

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A sweet friendship refreshes the soul. Proverbs 27:9

Oct 2, 2017
3 min

A sweet friendship refreshes the soul. Proverbs 27:9

Why are sleepovers only a thing for our youth? I think spending some quality time with women is incredibly important. Women need other women, in cultures and generations from our past women gathered together, worked together, cooked together, and in all that had fellowship together. Why did this stop? This past weekend I had three of my favorite women travel into town to spend time with me during my battle with breast cancer. They came in that weekend to support me walking Ra

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