This morning we woke up to the first snowfall of 2018 here at Fort Campbell and this South Texas girl is super excited! Everything looks so different and magical when it's covered in snow— so charming and whimsical. Sure I get it— it’s all fun and games until you’re cold and soggy but nothing a …
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My name Natalie. I'm passionate about health & fitness, travel, AND food.
Confessions of an Unorganized Control Freak: Calming the Chaos this Christmas Season
Unbelievable! Christmas is two weeks from today and I’m really not sure where the time has gone. I’ve been shopping on numerous occasions…almost daily but I’m having a really hard time committing to gifts this year. My Christmas decorations are halfway complete. I haven’t baked one…NOT ONE…Christmas cookie yet. Oh Mylanta!! I mentioned to you …
Holiday Sweets 101: Orange Cranberry Pound Cake Cupcakes w/Orange Cream Cheese Icing
Do you have your Thanksgiving desserts decided yet? No judgement here from me if you haven’t finished your menu yet, I mean I only realized yesterday that I have a crowd coming over and that Thanksgiving is less than a week away. I finalized my menu yesterday and made grocery list a mile long…now I’m …
Holiday Sweets 101: Vanilla Sugared Cranberries Part Deux
Oh y’all…these cranberries!! I took them out of the refrigerator this morning SO EXCITED to dry & sugar coat them…but my dang drying rack grates were too wide!!  Like really??? So off to the shopping center I went…oh darn! Haaaa!! Although I didn’t want to travel too far because I wanted to get back to …
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Holiday Sweets 101: Vanilla Sugared Cranberries
Tis the season for all things pumpkin AND cranberry! I’m a HUGE fan of pumpkin. Like all things pumpkin. But I’m NOT a big fan of cranberries…bleh! It’s a fruit y’all. You know how I feel about fruit…especially the tart, tangy, pucker up kind of fruit! BUT…Oh my gracious!! Y’all I just can’t with these …
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Holiday Sweets 101: Brown Sugar Apple Butternut Squash Bundt Cake W/Brown Sugar Glaze
I figured there was no better time to kick off my sweets segment than the day after declaring 8 weeks of healthy holiday habits! And what better than a fall inspired Bundt cake. I love Bundt cakes…they shout holiday to me more than your average sheet cake. I bought a beautiful…like almost perfect…butternut squash at …
Healthier Holidays 2017
The holiday season is upon us y’all and that means holiday baking will be in full swing very soon! Plus with all of the holiday treats, parties, and temptations, I figured it would be the perfect time to challenge myself…and you. 2018 is just 8 weeks away, and you may already have your resolution planned …
Slow Cooker Roasted Home-style Chicken
It’s been a few days since I made my boys a real home cooked meal. Not cool. Last night I put a whole chicken in the fridge to defrost with the greatest of intention to make a beautifully roasted chicken dinner. I was super motivated last night as I took the roaster out of the …
A Little “Home” Cooking…
No matter where the Army chooses to send us, I am and ALWAYS will be a Texas girl through and through. I was born, raised, and spent the first 40 years of my life in San Antonio….home of the Alamo, the Riverwalk, and Mexican food. MEXICAN FOOD! Tex-Mex specifically… Tacos, nachos, burritos, and enchiladas. I …
Identity Crisis Averted…for now.
CHANGE. Change is inevitable.  Change inspires growth…at least that’s what is supposed to happen right? But what if everything you’ve known is changing? I’ve spent the last 25 years serving others…being a military wife, a mom, a grandmother, and a business owner. So many changes have happened around me, within me, and because of me. …
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