Becoming a Faster Blogger

by Allie on November 1, 2010 · 51 comments

in Books, Breakfast, Dessert, Dinner, Drinks, Fitness, Shopping, Snacks

Hey y’all! (I’m watching Paula Deen on the Food Network right now…can’t help it!).
How was your Halloween? We only had a few groups of kiddos ring our doorbell last night so I’ve got plenty of Halloween pretzels left to eat. I thought we would get more kids now that we live in a neighborhood but [...]

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Trick-or-Sample?

by Allie on October 31, 2010 · 50 comments

in Breakfast, Dessert, Dinner, Fitness, Fun Stuff, Holidays, Shopping, Snacks

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!
I’ve got some fun flashback photos for you tonight.

Here I am on my very first Halloween wearing my brother’s Peter Pan hat. Major sweet tooth and super flexible…some things never change.
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A couple years later, I was a pumpkin witch/custodian…?

I was quite the candy monster!

I think I was a witch for about 7 years in [...]

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Pumpkin Patch!

by Allie on October 30, 2010 · 39 comments

in Dessert, Fun Stuff, Shopping, Snacks, Trips

I went pumpkin picking yesterday with my good friend Trisha. We went just in the nick of time! The farms here (yes, HERE) are closing up shop this week.
I live near a mall, an outlet mall, countless grocery stores and any store you could imagine (Costco, Super Target, Best Buy). I ALSO live near a [...]

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Crazy Eight

by Allie on October 26, 2010 · 60 comments

in Dinner, Fitness, Lunch, Recipes, Snacks

8 MILES!!!
I ran 8 miles today—crazy! I’ve only run 8 miles once before and that was exactly 3 years ago. It was the last run before my stress fracture creeped in. That run happened after a month of running without a day of rest. As I describe in my story, I went from running 0 mi/wk [...]