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Well, I did what I came back here to do! I am now officially in possession of my MA degree. My lovely friend Fionnuala came along to the ceremony to support me — and snap pictures!

In addition to making the move from graduand to graduate, I’ve also been eating some excellent food. Saturday night, I [...]


I didn’t really end up having lunch today but just sort of snacked through the day instead. But at some point I had this fabulous smoothie:

Raw almond milk, ice, banana, almonds, and amazing meal powder. I also had an apple, some almonds, and a few dates throughout the day, but I was really saving my [...]


What a gorgeous Sunday here in Rockford! My friend Emily and I went for a long bike ride. We actually didn’t mean for it to be as long as it was, but we were looking for some place to have a beer and do some crosswords, and nowhere was open. By the time we found [...]


I’ve been wanting to make raw almond milk forever, and now that I’m home and have my good blender back, I can. The Little Blender that Couldn’t would never have been able to accomplish the task; he leaked, so he couldn’t really handle more than a few tablespoons of liquid for a smoothie. So almond [...]


I’m home! After a VERY long day of traveling yesterday (and staying awake for 23 hours straight on only three hours’ sleep), I am finally settling into Rockford again. The weather is absolutely gorgeous and everything seems to be just as I left it. Such a happy homecoming….
But back to Spain! I have lots and [...]


Barcelona was AMAZING — exactly what I needed, and everyone said I left Dublin at just the right time because the weather here was pretty crappy the whole week I was gone. I was certainly glad to be in the sunshine!

My beautiful sister at Parc Guell — more on that to come in Barcelona Part [...]


Back from my travels! Thanks for the comments on my boobie cookies… Maybe I should make anatomically correct treats more often!
Lisbon was gorgeous. My mom was there for a business thing, so I flew out to meet her for the end of her stay. It was exactly the warm and sunny antidote I needed to [...]


Since I’ve been upping my running mileage, I have also been upping my snackage… I came home from a 4.5 mile run yesterday morning and knew I wouldn’t make it til lunch unless I had some serious sustenance. Cue The Little Blender That Couldn’t. 
Yesterday he actually did the job quite well. If you give him [...]


We didn’t even plan it that way. I just threw out the invite, and people turned it into a vegetarian extravaganza. Love it.
The potluck was supposed to a be an outdoor picnic, but Dublin weather wasn’t really on our side. So it became a dinner event, which gave us a little more room to play [...]


I pretty much threw everything into this smoothie that I had on hand… 

I started with a ton of ice cubes, added a banana, two dates, lots of coconut, some flax, a dash of cinnamon, a tad bit agave, hazelnut almond rice milk… I blended that all up and it tasted weird and way to0 cinnamon-y, [...]