Track day at Mid America Motorplex – Pacific Junction, IA

Track day at Mid America Motorplex – Pacific …

As Jessica mentioned on Friday, that afternoon we loaded up the trailer and Jeep and headed to Omaha, NE. For what? A track day of course! At about 5 1/2…

Track day at Mid America Motorplex – Pacific …
Weekend in Chicago

Weekend in Chicago Part 1 (Verizon Health and…

Hey guys! What a whirlwind 3-day weekend Neil and I just had in Chicago! I'm excited to tell you all about it and let you in on why I was…

Weekend in Chicago Part 1 (Verizon Health and…
Our home network

Our home network

You might say we're technies. A lot of our lives are spent online, definitely not helped by the fact that both Jessica and my professions are in information technology in…

Our home network
I am back! Track day at Gateway Motorsports Park

I am back! Track day at Gateway Motorsports P…

After the better part of two years I am finally back in my race car! Why the hiatus you say? Well for the past two years I have been working…

I am back! Track day at Gateway Motorsports P…
Paleo Orange Chicken

Paleo Orange Chicken

Happy Thursday! I had the best time at an event I attended last night. We have a  group of women in town that meet every so often called Girls in…

Paleo Orange Chicken
“Kenny” The Sourdough Starter

“Kenny” The Sourdough Starter

I'll premise this quickly by saying that I know Sourdough bread isn't Paleo. Not even mostly Paleo, or Primal. Making it is just something I've always wanted to do, never…

“Kenny” The Sourdough Starter
Paleo Flax and Raisin Breakfast Bread

Paleo Flax and Raisin Breakfast Bread

I have a hard time motivating myself to do a lot of Paleo baking. I know I mention this every blue moon when I actually bake something, but it's something…

Paleo Flax and Raisin Breakfast Bread
Gluten-Free Hello Dolly Bars

Gluten-Free Hello Dolly Bars

I MADE DESSERT! Sorry, it's just so rare these days, I feel like I have to break out the caps lock -- and the strong tags. I stopped myself at…

Gluten-Free Hello Dolly Bars
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Track day at Mid America Motorplex – Pacific Junction, IA

May 22, 2013
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As Jessica mentioned on Friday, that afternoon we loaded up the trailer and Jeep and headed to Omaha, NE. For what? A track day of course! At about 5 1/2 hours drive time, this was the furthest we have traveled to do a track day. We also took the dogs, which always makes a trip [...]

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Minted Giveaway!

May 20, 2013

This giveaway is sponsored by minted.com. I’m receiving a credit to the site for hosting the giveaway, and they are supplying the prize as well. Two giveaways in two weeks!? Who are we? We were thrilled when Minted emailed us late last week offering us the chance to offer you guys and awesome prize, $50 [...]

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Weekend Racing + Jawbone UP Winner!

May 18, 2013

Off on a little adventure this weekend! We packed up the dogs and made our way to Omaha tonight. Tomorrow morning, Neil will be racing his car at Mid-America Motor Plex. It’s our first time at this track, so there’s definitely some nervous excitement in the air, but I beyond thrilled to see my brother [...]

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Fresh and Savory Quinoa Salad

May 15, 2013

Happy Wednesday! I’m still major de-load from my trip to Adobe MAX (which I’m still writing about — slowest blogger ever award please), but I wanted to pass along the recipe for the awesome quinoa salad Neil put together for our BBQ at CrossFit this weekend. It was a complete hit, so much so that [...]

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Fitness motivation + A GIVEAWAY!

May 13, 2013

***This giveaway is now closed! Find out who won here!*** I stole away from work on Saturday for a little BBQ at CrossFit United. It was to celebrate the culmination of the Whole 30 Challenge as well as send the students off as we begin summer break. While I’ll definitely miss them, I’m happy to [...]

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Device Enthusiast (Verizon Health and Fitness Voices)

May 10, 2013
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Disclosure: I am participating in the Verizon Health and Fitness Voices program and have been provided with the Motorola Razr HD and six months of service in exchange for my honest review and opinions about the product. Hi guys! So I’m a month into my ambassadorship with Verizon (Parts 1 & 2 of the kick-off [...]

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Weekly Workout Recap (4/29 – 5/5)

May 7, 2013

In the absence of personal photos from the gym last week, I thought I’d link a great video I came across last week. If you’re unfamiliar with Barbell Shrugged, it’s a great video/podcast for not only CrossFitters, but athletes or the fitness-enthused altogether. Lots of great info and tips, and in this case, some ways [...]

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The state of the garden

May 1, 2013
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It’s a sad story. Our garden progress thus far this spring has been almost non-existent. The weather has been absolutely abysmal — persistently cold (like in the 50s during the day, 30′s at night), windy and rainy, not like any April I’ve seen in quite some time. By this time last year, we had a [...]

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Chicken Ballotine, or “Stuffed Chicken”

April 30, 2013
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Sometime last week, Neil woke me up to watch a YouTube video of Chef Jacques Pepin deboning a chicken. Before you ask, this is totally normal for us. Despite being groggy, I was completely enthralled by how little time it took for him to completely debone a chicken making minimal use of knives. When the [...]

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