Sanity is overrated, anyway...

photo via Northbrook Park District

Today's StoryPeople story of the day reminded me of when I first started dating the handsome hubby and he was coaching a kids soccer team on GTMO...

"There are a hundred good reasons why no sane person would ever coach soccer, he told me on the drive home, but I forget most of them when I'm on my meds & we laughed wildly in the bright spring air."

An excuse to eat more cupcakes? Count me in!

photo via The Bespoken:  For Gentleman

It's no secret that I have an incredible sweet tooth.  So when I saw this article about less sinful cupcakes, I had to share! 

Eve Turow came up with some recipes for cupcakes that have improved nutritional benefits so that you don't have to feel TOO guilty for indulging.  She used non-traditional ingredients such as beans, pumpkin, and yogurt to up the health-value of the treats without sacrificing flavor. 

I'm dying to try the chocolate espresso, the red velvet, and the pumpkin recipes...although I suppose I'll have to hold off until next year when I get back home.  If anyone decides to take one of these recipes for a spin, let me know what you think!

What a great cover...

Wise advice to live by...

image via i can read

I'm so proud... (insert sarcasm here)

Hello, lovely family and friends!  I'm finally (somewhat) settled in here in Iraq and have a semi-decent internet connection in my room. I promise to do my best to try to keep everyone updated...

I've been able to keep up with friends and family sporadically through Facebook (oh, the joys of social networks!) and when I logged on the other day, this was the photo I saw on my handsome hubby's page.  Most of our friends and family know that Bru is OBSESSED with CrossFit.  This was his "workout" the other day...the exact FB quote?  "Beer for time, while doing a one handed hand stand, against the wall of course.....If I could do it without the wall- then I would be the man." 

And that, my friends, is one of the many, many reasons why I adore this man--no one can make me laugh like he can.  (Although I just may be a tad concerned about what my house will look like in nine months when I return home...)

I hate good-byes...

Why?

                                                                                 photo via Baking and Books

Why is it...
While other people
Are thinking about all kinds of
Important things...
I am thinking about
What it would be like
to jump barefoot
Into an open box
Of jelly doughnuts?

~ James Stevenson ~