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50K in 50 Days Final Update
THE LAST OF MY 50K in 50 DAYS TRAINING On Friday I completed my final long-slow-distance ski from Cable to Hayward from sun up to sun down (literally) and I finished in one piece - barely. Yes, I was...
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Back to the Blog
A month off from my blog seems to be just what the doctor ordered. I was feeling incredibly pinched for time and eliminating my blogging habit for a month freed me up a bit!Two pictures sum up the...
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Happy St. Patty's Day!
Oh how times have changed! Once upon a time St. Patrick's Day meant green beer and Irish car bombs but now St. Patrick's Day is filled with leprechaun traps, cookies and jello and I'm oddly perfectly...
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Bi-Monthly Book Reviews
Happy St. Patrick's Day!! Below you will find my bi-monthly book list and brief reviews with 5 stars being the best.BOOK REVIEWSWhen She Woke, Hilary Jordan - 5 starsI found this to be a RIVETING,...
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Embrace the Winter Season!
Oh I know, technically it's Spring and you are totally sick of the snow and cold but it's time to embrace what's in front of you and start loving the snow. Once upon a time I too HATED everything to...
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Seven Healthy Breakfasts to Start Your Day
Breakfast is the most important meal of the day and also my favorite meal. My breakfasts are less than 300 calories, contain some healthy fats and fiber to keep you full until lunch, and they all...
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Step One: Financial Planning
My New Year's Resolutions included getting serious about money management because I'm the lazy type who rarely balances my checkbook or keeps track of our money. As a step in this process I started...
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More Financial Planning
MORE FINANCIAL PLANNING Who ever thought financial planning could be so flipping exciting? Seriously, I get a major buzz every time I save $20 bucks at the grocery store and up until 6 weeks ago I was...
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Great Aunt Helen's May Basket Jelly Roll
My Great Aunt Helen, who started the Norske Nook in Osseo, gave me a recipe many years ago for a May Basket Jelly Roll. I was invited to a potluck affair this weekend, found the recipe and decided to...
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April Projects
My Resolutions this year included going through the entire house one month at a time to organize, purge, and fix up if needed. This month my goal was to jump start my financial planning and work on 14...
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Selling Our Stuff
Since I started some serious financial planning with a clear vision of being "debt-free" as quickly as possible (including the house), I have been only focusing on how to bring in as much revenue as...
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Cheap, Easy Healthy Lunch
Since my debt diet began 6 weeks ago, I made the decision to pack healthier, reasonable lunches to prevent me from going out to lunch (which I used to do once per week).READY TO GO SALADS On Sunday...
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Asparagus - In Season
Asparagus is finally in season - last year we were eating asparagus in early May but this year because of the late Spring our fun has just begun! Last year - I made lots of asparagus soup, and...
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DIY Kombucha
THE BENEFITS OF KOMBUCHA Kombucha is an effervescent fermentation of sweetened tea also known as a delicious ancient healthy probiotic elixer. As I've discovered, do-it-yourself kombucha is simple....
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The 2013 Summer Bucket List
Wooohoo! Summer has made it to Northern Wisconsin. Just this week I stowed away the winter jackets, hats and mitts. Hopefully we won't need them for a few months. With summer vacation comes our...
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Rhubarb Recipes
Now is the time to pick your rhubarb - wait a few more weeks and you will find your rhubarb to be too bitter. The proper way to pick rhubarb is to reach down to the root and twist and the stalk...
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More Asparagus
The asparagus season will be done by the end of this week, but luckily we pickled asparagus (recipe here) that we'll be able to enjoy this winter. This week we tried a few new delicious asparagus...
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Bi-Monthly Book Review
“Books are the quietest and most constant of friends; they are the most accessible and wisest of counselors, and the most patient of teachers.” Doesn't this quote sum it up? I'm not sure who wrote...
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Garden Update - 2013
"Be as simple as you can be; you will be astonished to see how uncomplicated and happy your life can become." Paramahansa Togananda. When I started to analyze why I have not been blogging quite as...
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Fermented Foods
With all the experiments going on in my kitchen, you'd almost think I'm getting ready to host a science fair. On the top of the fridge I have my beloved kombucha, on my counter I have 3 stages of...
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Training For My First Marathon
My personal bucket list has included running a marathon, and since I'm not get any younger I signed up (along with my friend Stacey). I've been training for this event for MONTHS but I did not dare...
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My First Marathon - Check
I can finally check a marathon off my bucket list (woohoo!). I did not just complete any marathon, but a SUPER hilly challenging course unlike any other called the American Birkebeiner Train Run....
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Zuchinni Crust Pizza
I've tried a lot of recipes over the last month with my in-season veggies from my garden, but as I mentioned earlier - my marathon focus (story here...) prevented me from actually taking a picture and...
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The Ups and Downs of September
Since I was slow to blog in September, I decided to summarize the month in pictures. My birthday was quiet but the biggest and best surprise of all was my Grandma's recipe boxes AND Grandma's recipes...
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Our Favorite Fall Desserts
Below you will find 2 of our favorite Fall desserts. These 2 recipes we entered into a Fall Baking contest and both recipes took home the top prize! The first one I've blogged about before, but I love...
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