Savvy with Abbie

It has been so long since I have written a blog post. Almost a month which is extremely unusual for me. I have a few in draft but didn't end up finishing them - hopefully I can get them up shortly for you guys. Summer is finally over for my 11 year old and he started school earlier this week. Last week my sisters were in town for the week. We celebrated four cousins birthdays with a piñata, face painting, cupcake decorating, and a bounce house. Football is back (pre-season) so it's been fun watching the Broncos and Kevin and I are both working full-time so it's been a crazy time. Today I'm taking Kevin and Jace to get well-deserved pedicures (Jace's first one) and last night we spent hours playing War.  I workout 3X per week (I'm on my 8th week) and I have lost 4 pounds since last week. I typically do a big grocery shopping haul every two weeks on payday and yesterday I went to Trader Joe's and purchased a lot of healthier options. We focused on kidney-frien

I'm so proud of the food changes that Kevin and I have made the past few days. I know...it's ONLY been a few days...but it's still something that we both need and I'm excited to continue this journey. One of our favorite meals is breakfast for dinner - pancakes or french toast, eggs, grits, sausage, and bacon. Last night we decided to do a healthier pancake recipe, low sodium bacon, eggs, and grits with PAM spray instead of butter. This pancake recipe can be found HERE . I followed the recipe to a "T" and I literally had four pancakes. They were SO good. We also added a little bit of Cinnamon and Nutmeg in with the wet ingredients and I think that's what did it for me. If you make this, please let me know below and what your thoughts are! Ingredients: 1 cup powdered sugar 2 large eggs 1/2 cup water 1 1/2 cup self-rising flour 1/2 cup milk 2 tbsp butter 1 tsp cinnamon 1 tsp nutmeg Directions: Combine the flour and powdered sugar as well as cinnamon and nutm