Foodie Friday: Berry Good YOLO

As somebunny who loves sweets, I savor those concoctions that combine healthy goodness with YOLOs!

Berries + Cake = Score!

Bestie Evie seriously went all out during her birthday cake for our last day of R.E.

Evie’s Raspberry (Non-Rum) Cake: Evie took a twist on her Rum Cake recipe for our last day of R.E. ~ for the sake of our kiddos, she omitted the rum, & for the sake of 1, she made it gluten-FREE, & for the sake of flavor, she went happy on these raspberries! Both easy on the eyes & tasty on the lips (+ my share surely went to my hips #DISPObustAFlow)!

I took this to a smaller scale for my study snack on the day I ran my stats

Blueberries are our friends … I’ve heard that slogan on a commercial back in the day, and it holds true to this day! Excellent for the memory ~ so wonderful timing on this stats day!

Of course, I also must add to the mix

#BatterUp for my #TriplePlay #parfait (from #BottomOfThe9th on up): #1stBase #GrahamCrackers #WhiteChocolateMousse + #2ndBase #AlmondJoy #almonds #coconut • #SaltedCaramel + #3rdBase #Oreos #raspberries #CandyCoatedPretzels #Espresso = #9innings for my #winnings #score #DISPObustAFlow #DISPOsAlwaysFly #FoodieFriday (actually had during Thursday #tStorm) #FroYo #YOLO #NikkisSwirlShoppe #SwirlShoppe #SpoonHappy #LayersOfFlavors ⚾️🍦🍧🍨🌰🍫🍪🍒🍓☕️👊🏽⚡️☔️💦🌈🌴 @swirlshoppe

Berries + Fro-Yo = Berry Good YOLO!

Foodie Friday: Faves for this Quarter, TGIF YOLO

Happy Meatless Friday!

My Top Tasty Treats to satisfy my sensation for sweets since ringing in 2014 are {drumroll, please}

• Lacey’s Cookies ~ Dark Chocolate Almond 

• Siviero Maria Tiramisu Gelato 

What’s better than these two edibles? 

Eat in moderation … Limit your portions!

How about both of them put together?

And to top it off …

Now this is berry healthy!

Strawberries sweeten the deal.

Enjoy your weekend! Happy Early April Fools’ Day ~ start planning your pranks!!! 

Reap Rewards through Positive Reinforcement

On this icy winter day, I woke up from having a dream that I thought was worth sharing with the lesson that it taught me: we deserve to earn incentives if we take steps toward our goals. In other words:

Let’s reward ourselves for our accomplishments.

In this dream, I was reading an article about someone whose positive reinforcement would be trip incentives once she’d reach an accomplishment… Then I realized that sometimes I procrastinate instead of motivate myself to keep working on my dissertation by rewarding myself before I do my tasks. So, today, on another cold one, I pledge to reward myself after I invest my effort!

Here’s how I’ll provide positive reinforcement for persisting through my research:

Sweetheart Chocolate-Dipped Strawberries

2:22 ~ make a wish!!!

~*~ R.I.P., Shirley Temple Black ~*~