Happy Wednesday!  In my last post, I told you that I wanted to share a recipe for the most adorable and delicious treats that I made for a tailgating party a few weeks ago. So, here it is... I found this idea on Pinterest (where else?), and immediately decided to make them for the tailgate party that weekend.  The pin on Pinterest linked me to Julie's post on  " the family kitchen " which gave me the recipe and some awesome photos of the creation process and the finished products!  I altered my recipe slightly and skipped the "mix heavy cream with the chocolate chips" step.  And I'm not sure if they used semi-sweet or dark chocolate chips, but my chocolate was not as dark as in their photos... I used milk chocolate chips in mine. To create these delightful treats (based on my alterations) you'll need: -1 bag of large/jumbo marshmallows -2 to 3 cups of milk chocolate chips -Small bowl of graham cracker crumbs (I didn't measure th...

In my last post, I was telling you about Tilton's  and my decision to join a gym and get fit.  Well, so far we are very pleased with that decision! Yay!   I was able to make it to the gym SIX days the first week and FIVE days the second--I must admit, I was pretty surprised/impressed with myself!  I decided to choose Saturday as my "rest day" for those two weeks, being that it's football season and I have prior commitments to tailgating and all. :) Which reminds me that I have to tell you about the adorable and delicious treats I made for tailgating this weekend! But back to the update!  The first week I worked out on the elliptical machine each day.  It's one of those with the arms that move as you move, which I love because I feel like my upper body gets a little workout too. The second week I decided to switch it up and opted for the treadmill, which I surprisingly love more! I like using the machines because I can punch in my weight and age and...

I finally did it... I joined a gym! I am officially a member of Urban Active Fitness , and I'm really looking forward to making some changes in my lifestyle over the next few weeks. I've always considered myself to be a pretty healthy person... most of the time. But I've always been aware that there is definite room for improvement in both my eating and exercise habits. Eating healthy seems to be a lot easier for me than exercising, so I decided that changing my activity and increasing my exercise should be a primary focus for me right now. Tilton and I are always looking for ways to improve our lifestyle, and a few weeks ago we discussed the option of joining a gym. Now, I've always had the mindset of "Why pay money to join a gym when you can just go outside and walk or run?". Well, that kind of outlook is all good and great, if you can actually do that. But I've found that this approach doesn't work for me.  I always seem to find an excuse... ...