Hi All! Hope everyone had a lovely V-day. I am enjoying my last hours in Cleveland with the fam. I’ll be back later today with a recap of the past couple! – Beth

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Hi All! It was a pretty flawless trip actually and as of last night I’m in Cleveland safe and sound. We arrived home to a lovely warm dinner last night, made by my mum. Beef  goulash over mixed grain rice with paprika and sour cream and some green beans. Can’t beat a home cooked din! My [...]

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YAY! It’s Friday. I love waking up on days like this. Half a day of work and then my sister’s boyfriend, Grant, and I hit the road for Cleveland. I love going home. Because I needed to use up a bit of yogurt before my trip, I made a batch of overnight oats. The first and [...]

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Hi Friends! I’m afraid after last night’s NIGHTMARE of a journey home I’d officially had it. I had to take a snow day! The problem is not so much that this is the most snow I’ve ever seen in my life ( I did live in Canada after all) but rather that DC is just [...]

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From the National Weather Service: URGENT – WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE: A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING. A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE OCCURRING. DO NOT VENTURE OUTSIDE. THIS IS A LIFE THREATENING SITUATION FOR ANYONE WHO BECOMES STRANDED. Aaand I’m still at work today. Makes total [...]

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Hello Friends! Apparently storm # 2 is on it’s was to DC this afternoon so we can all get ready for some fun with that. Sorry my blog posts have been a depressing weather forecast lately. I am starting to feel rather bitter about the whole thing! I must get my bum in gear early on [...]

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SOME (most) people have a snow day. I do not. Poor me . Although I’m sad my weekend hasn’t been extended, there’s nothing like a nice warm bowl of oats in the morning to cheer me up . 1/2 cup oats/vanilla soy/water vanilla cinnamon tbsp. of flax tbsp. maple syrup 2 tsp. almond butter My bananas [...]

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Happy Sunday! The snow has finally stopped so I was able to venture out this morning and survey the damage. There are SO MANY downed trees including a giant branch in the middle of our yard. DC has its work cut out! I decided on a snowy hike over the gym this morning because I [...]

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Aaaand we’re officially snowed-in . I have been determined to work-out this weekend, despite the weather. 1. Because I can’t sit still inside the house unless I’ve worked out some energy and 2. Because I’ve been so busy with other things during the week it seems like Fri/Sat/Sun are the best chance I get. And I [...]

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DC is about to get a total SNOWPOCALYPSE! Businesses are closing, schools are already closed, people are rushing home and most tragic of all, tomorrow’s roomie Valentine’s brunch is cancelled . But that’s today and I haven’t seen you since yesterday. So let’s start there. Culinary class was wonderful, as always. We did vegetables yesterday and made broccoli with cheesy bechamel - [...]

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