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the year of cozy: hazelnut-chocolate hot toddy

06 Saturday Feb 2021

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hazelnut-chocolate hot toddy

My sister gave me an early Christmas present that fuels my creativity and something that I have been missing for some time now. The gift was a lovely book called “The year of cozy: 125 recipes, crafts, and other homemade adventures” by Adrianna Adarme. Only 125 ideas for one year of creativity seems a lot less overwhelming than 365. But really, would I actually make everything in this book? Probably not.

Last year on August 31 I got married and became an instant parent. I love being a bonus Mom! That really changed my life and my time is spent doing different things – like family things and the whole parenting thing. I miss the time that is just my time to create and I feel like I need to claim some of that back for my own mental health, whether the boys are with us or with their Mamma.

So I’ve taken some time to look through this book and choose one thing from each month of the year. That’s only 12 projects from this book. Some I have no interest in like dog treats and others I’m super excited to try like the peanut butter cups. Which I already did, but that was for November so you’ll have to wait for that one.

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Best Brownie Ever Winning Recipe

01 Thursday Nov 2012

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You will have to be sure to add this recipe to your list of things to bake in the next week!  You won’t regret it.  This brownie recipe won a contest that was held recently (check out the Best Brownie Ever Award Goes To… for more details about the contest).

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Cupcake Decorating

12 Saturday May 2012

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I have discovered a new hobby!  I’m wondering if you would really call it a hobby, but all the same I really enjoy decorating cupcakes.  Partly because I get to use an old metal frosting tube which is so much better than the cloth bags and because of the creativity that happens.  I thought I would share a few photos of my most recent cupcakes that were given as a birthday present.   Continue reading →

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Moving

18 Saturday Feb 2012

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Don’t worry, I’m not moving – my blog is!

Over the next week I will be moving my blog, giving it a new look, and hopefully making it easier to navigate and comment.  Please be patient with me as I make the change.  I will not be posting until the end of next week, as I will be working on the changes.


This blog will still be available so that you can look at old posts and I might refer to them sometimes.  I also want to make it easier for you to follow my Dukan Diet Series.

There is a bit of work to this, so hopefully all will be well.  My next post will give you all the info you need to continue to follow my blog so that you won’t miss out on anything!  I wanted to give you a heads up!

I hope that you all have a wonderful weekend!  Happy President’s weekend to my American readers.  I didn’t even know it was happening until I came to the States for the weekend.

What are you doing this weekend?
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If you made a move to another hosting site for your blog, how was the transition for you?

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Dukan Diet: Cruise Phase Week 1

13 Friday Jan 2012

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The Cruise Phase.  It’s been good.  No complaints besides the couple of times that I craved chips and cookies.  But that was won over!  I enjoyed eating veggies.  It was hard to go back to eating protein the next day after eating veggies.

During my attack phase and my first week on the Cruise phase I have lost 9.6 lbs.  I will continue on the cruise phase, but I am going to move to the 2/5 rhythm.  If you recall from my earlier post about the Cruise Phase this is two protein days and five protein and veggie days.  This is recommended to be followed until I reach my true weight.
 I have 15 more lbs to go.  Then it is the Consolidation Phase.  A much more fun phase to be on then the Attack or Cruise phase!  I’m excited to get there.  That’s when I can start bringing other foods back into my healthy eating.

I had my first dinner invitation to a friends for supper on Wed night!  Yikes.  What was I going to do?  I asked her if she didn’t mind me bringing my own meal.  It was weird to do since I really wanted to try her lasagna since I heard such great things about it.  I can say it was definitely different eating something else while everyone ate they delicious looking lasagna.  Oh and did I mention garlic bread and caesar salad.  I could have had the salad if there was no dressing, croutons, and it was fat free cheese.  But that is ok!  I learned that I can go out and still enjoy a meal together with friends and it is ok to take something with me.  Most people are not going to mind.  I had a turkey casserole – turkey, cottage cheese, and a variety of veggies.  It was layered like a lasagna but named it a casserole since there was no pasta in it!

I wonder what next week will bring on this crazy diet!

If you are interested in learning more about the Dukan Diet and recipes that go along with it, visit my friend’s blog Life As a Suitcase

Do you have suggestions for when I end up getting an invitation to eat at a restaurant?  Leave me a comment below.

[This is part of the Dukan Diet series.  Check out the rest of the posts by clicking HERE.]

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