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  • The whole fam at the end of a hiking trail
  • I am absolutely THAT kind of dog owner
  • The whole fam at the drive in
  • Hiking
  • Woofstock Festival!
  • Wine touring with the pups

Welcome! I’m a 38 year old wife and dog mom to two incredible furbabies, Gizmo – a 12-year old chihuahua/min pin mix – and Frizbee – A ~1+1/2-year old bundle of puppy adorableness and craziness that seems most likely to be a toy aussie mixed with pomeranian, but we welcome any other guesses! 

It was actually the whole “keeping up with a puppy” again, after not having done so in 11 years and many pounds and health issues ago, that began this current quest towards a more healthy lifestyle.  Honestly, the only time Frizbee has actually been completely exhausted was a day he ran around at the dog park and walking and such for over 11 miles.  ELEVEN MILES! So yeah, this dog mom definitely needed to develop some healthier habits in order to keep up with him.

This website has been running for almost 5 years now and has gone from a full-on food blog featuring all kinds of indulgent desserts and recipes to a heartburn/IBS-friendly recipe blog to a “the writer of the blog is too busy to blog so it just sits here stagnant” blog to this new endeavor that will not be recipe-focused at all, but journey-focused.

I hope this can turn into a community where other women struggling with their love of food and leading a healthy lifestyle can come together to share their experiences and ideas.

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    Harvest Tuna Salad
    Spinach and Artichoke Stuffed Potatoes
    Toasted Quinoa w/Raisins & Pine Nuts

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    Gluten-Free Red Wine Fudge Brownies
    Butter Heath Fudge
    countdown to the big 4-0!April 21, 2022
    18 months to go.
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