Last year, I had the honor of planning an 80th birthday party for my grandpa with my mom and sister. Now that August is here again, we are celebrating another year with this awesome man. My grandpa loves candy, especially chocolate. Each year someone in my family heads to the our local Costco where we buy See's Candies gift certificates at a great price. My grandpa loves getting See's Candies - especially the chocolates for a gift. Really, who doesn't love getting candy as a gift? {crazy … [Read more...]
How Do You Get Protein After Working Out?
We have amazing health insurance. Through our insurance we were able to join our local YMCA for $25 per month and no initiation fee. How can I not do it? I love classes (can you say Zumba, Pilates and water aerobics?) and my kids absolutely love the pool. The hubster lifts weights and does the eliptical 4-5 days a week in the morning. When my hubby gets home to the RV, while I am barely waking up, he likes to have a protein shake. Swears by it, in fact. So when I had the chance to review the … [Read more...]
Cake Mix Rolo Cookies
Easter is only three weeks away! Can you believe it? Does your family have special Easter traditions? In our family we get together and have a family dinner usually at 2pm to allow people to get done with church and then we eat, play games, and then adults hide Easter eggs (real and plastic that are filled with candy and money). To prepare for Easter I love to decorate a dozen Easter eggs with the kids. We dye eggs and decorate eggs. We also like to bake. What does your family love to do … [Read more...]
Dollar Store Valentines Gifts
Last week, I happily received a box of HERSHEY'S Valentine's Day candy (think Twizzlers, ROLO, Reese's PB Hearts, and Kisses...) As you can see above my kiddos were just as happy. Of course, starting a healthy living journey last week made it a little more difficult to do my normal over-splurge on chocolate. I was good though - I think I only had four peanut butter hearts all week. {That is really good for me! Those are my kryptonite!} After getting so many bags of awesome candy, we visited … [Read more...]
sweetriot: 100 Calorie Chocolates? Yes, please!
This post is brought to you by sweetriot. I keep going on and off Weight Watchers. It is hard to stick to it when we are traveling so much. Plus, I like my sweets. (Hey, I have a sweet tooth! It can't be held responsible!) So imagine my delight when I found a new chocolate that was 140 calories and only 3 Weight Watchers points. I am dancing right now about sweetriot: Do you love chocolate? Obviously, since I have a sweet tooth, I am a huge fan of chocolate. But have you heard about … [Read more...]
15 Decadent Chocolate Desserts For Valentine’s Day
With Valentine's Day coming up, it is hard not to think about chocolate recipes. {Well, at least it is not hard for me!} So as I was searching online for some great Valentine's Day food ideas. {No, I was not wasting time. Chocolate desserts are important people! Right?} Here is what I found: Chocolate Caramel Candy Berry Chocolate Bites Cake Mix ROLO Cookies Chocolate Cheesecake Stuffed Strawberries Chocolate Raspberry Cheesecake Parfaits Cake Mix Peanut Butter Stuffed … [Read more...]
