Posted on December 31st, 2011 by peanutbutterfingers

Well, one thing is for sure. This New Year’s Eve will not be spent the way we intended. Lately it seems like I am an accident waiting to happen. I fell down a set of stairs at last week’s Straight No Chaser concert… in a mini dress. Nice. Last Friday I got in a bike [...]
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Posted on December 31st, 2011 by peanutbutterfingers

We almost slept in until 8 a.m. this morning! (My college self wants to sock me in the face for thinking 8 a.m. is late.) At around 7:40 a.m., Ryan and I started to stir and got out of bed after lying around for a while to start our weekend off right. To the gym, [...]
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Posted on December 30th, 2011 by peanutbutterfingers

Last night both Ryan and I slept pretty crappy. When the alarm went off this morning we decided to forgo the gym in favor of more sleep. I thought I might go to the gym when the alarm went off again at 7 a.m., but opted to finish up an article at home in my [...]
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Posted on December 30th, 2011 by peanutbutterfingers

This morning started out on a sweet note with a creamy bowl of overnight oats. After dinner yesterday I threw Coach’s Oats, chia seeds, strawberry banana Greek yogurt, milk and a heaping spoonful of strawberry preserves into a bowl and let it soak overnight. (I highly recommend adding fruit preserves to overnight oats! It added [...]
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Posted on December 29th, 2011 by peanutbutterfingers

Guess what we found at the grocery store this week? Grouper! Though salmon is my all-time favorite fish, I am a big fan of grouper and halibut. Unfortunately fresh grouper and halibut are much harder to come by at the grocery store, so when I saw grouper available at the Publix seafood counter, I immediately [...]
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Posted on December 29th, 2011 by peanutbutterfingers

At around 11:30 a.m., I needed a break from research. Sadie is always happy to be my break buddy, so I ate a Clif bar to ward off lunchtime hunger and drove out to the nearby hiking trails to cover two miles with her. Sadie’s Christmas gift to me was an annual pass to all [...]
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