My blog readers are awesome! Thank you so much to everyone who took part in the De-lurking Initiative 🙂 I was so excited to read about all the areas of the world people are reading from, and hear some opinions on both the blog and oatmeal! I compiled a list of the locations (in no […]
Snacks
National Oatmeal Day
Can I please have a moment of silence? . .. … …. ….. …… ……. …….. ……… ………. Thank you. Today, October 29, marks National Oatmeal Day. Yes, that’s right – a day completely dedicated to OATMEAL and amazing people such as Mr. Quaker. I found out via my daily Hungry Girl email – check […]
Excellent Awards + Bread!
I was so honored to receive the Excellent Blog Award from my amazing friend across the water – Mi of Whole Foods For Whole Me. If you have never visited Mi’s blog, you are in for a treat! Her posts are always insightful and feature amazing recipes – both her own and her cookbook creations […]
Entertaining…
Happy Weekend!! I’ve been absent for a couple of days, but that’s because I have been entertaining guests. So just who has been keeping me so busy, you may ask? Only the most ferocious of ferocious beasts… I’ve got a couple of scratches here and there, but overall he’s pretty tame 😉 My extended family […]
Label Me
I’m so glad that everyone seems to have liked the Blogger Secret Ingredient choice for this week! To answer some of the questions that appeared in the comments… 1) Yes, Mr. Butternut Squash was posing rather seductively on my bed. 2) The submissions are due by the end of the day on Sunday! Glad we […]
Never have I ever…
Wanted the weekend to be here more than I do now! Has anyone ever played that “Never have I ever…” game? It reminds me of the sleepover days during middle school with late night rounds of Truth or Dare 🙂 Hehe, that’s how I got my first kiss! Romantic, no? So it’s probably a bit […]
Tempting, but I’ll pass.
A new article discusses why keeping sweet treats around my actually help people avoid temptation. Researchers found that people (specifically college girls) who challenged themselves to resist the tempting food by keeping it around may have more success than those who completely ban the food from their pantry altogether. I know that personally, I enjoy […]
Mango-a-go-go
My first day of classes went great! I really enjoyed my two economics classes. One of them will discuss how businesses interact with government regulators – such as the FDA! – and the other is about financial markets and trading. I think both of them are very timely and will provide me with some new […]