Author: Sometimes Homemade

Chocolate Peanut Butter Bites

Chocolate Peanut Butter Bites

Chocolate peanut butter bites are a perfect bite-size dessert combining peanut butter cookie dough with a fudge filled center.    Chocolate and peanut butter is one of my favorite combos (tied with mint and chocolate!). In a pinch, during a raging sweet tooth, I’ve been known to dip a spoonful of chocolate chips into the

Does This Blog Make Me Look Fat (Week 7)

Does This Blog Make Me Look Fat (Week 7)

Not a great week this week on my goals. I had work events 2 nights this week, which did motivate me to get up two mornings to work out, but caused my eating to go out the window. 1) Average 10,000 steps per day. This was my worst week on steps since the first week

Starbucks Passion Tea Lemonade – Light!

If you love Starbucks Passion Tea Lemonade, you’ll love this easy recipe for a lighter version with a fraction of the calories!  I think I’m one of the few adults I know who doesn’t drink coffee, aside from my husband. Everyone told us when we had kids that we’d convert, but we never have – maybe a

Does This Blog Make Me Look Fat (Week 6)

Does This Blog Make Me Look Fat (Week 6)

I did so-so on my goals this week, not great, not awful, just meh… I’m still doing better than I was when I first started this series, but not moving as forward as I wanted this week either. 1) Average 10,000 steps per day. I seem to be a little stuck here. I did better

July Wrap Up

July Wrap Up

Seriously, how is it August already? I seem to say this every month, but July seems like it flew by so fast! We had a good 4th of July. I made bleach pen t-shirts for the first time for my son and I to wear to the fireworks. My husband politely declined.

Does This Blog Make Me Look Fat (Week 5)

Week 5 of Does This Blog Make Me Look Fat and I had some successes and some misses on my goals. The biggest success is that I ran my 5k this weekend with only one small walking break after a water stop! More on that later… 1) Hit 10,000 step per day average goal.  I

Does This Blog Make Me Look Fat? (Week 4) Cutting back on diet soda

Does This Blog Make Me Look Fat? (Week 4) Cutting back on diet soda

It’s week 4 of Does This Blog Make Me Look Fat? and I’m starting to feel good about getting back into a healthy routine. If you’ve been following me the last few weeks, you’ll notice that I’ve set about 3 goals for myself per week. Some are the same as the previous week and some

Chain and Suede Laced Bracelet

Chain and Suede Laced Bracelet

Make your own stylish chain and suede laced bracelet – looks great on its own or stacked with other bracelets. The color combinations are endless! It’s been a while since I’ve made any new bracelets. I realized recently that I didn’t have many gold bracelets, especially that I could use for layering. I had pinned

Does This Blog Make Me Look Fat (Week 3) – The Color Run and Fitbit Review

Does This Blog Make Me Look Fat (Week 3) – The Color Run and Fitbit Review

Time for another week of Does This Blog Make Me Look Fat (DTBMMLF, now that’s an acronym!). Here’s how I did for this week’s goals: 1) Keep at average 10,000 steps per day. I was close on this one, although I forgot to put on my Fitbit on Monday, so I didn’t get to officially