Strong Is My Beautiful

Be you, always!

My first Boxing Tournament!

So I won my first tournament on February 2, 2018 at the annual Brampton Cup in Toronto.  Gold matter of fact.  Albeit one bout, I’m taking the gold status.  That was the plan, regardless of bouts and before the weekend was over I was already getting asked:  “So, what’s next?  Taking some time to rest?”…
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February 12, 2018 0

Family trip, reconnecting and seeking closure.

Getting back from a long vacation to the motherland is always good.  When I moved to Canada I was always very conscious and adamant that I would never forget my roots and where I came from and, though I say it always and try to live it, it’s easy to get caught up in the…
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February 2, 2018 0

Double Chocolate Zucchini Bread

So you think you can’t bake and it’s really hard, tedious, not very versatile and just not your jam.  Think again!  I was all about baking cookies this year and I started down that path and baked a few dozen to give to folks.  Then, I came across this gem on Pinterest and the S/O…
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December 25, 2017 0

Easy Vegetable Quiche

Easy Vegetable Quiche


December 20, 2017 0

Breakfast of champions!

Overnight oats and I have come a long way and we’ve become total bffs.  I recently took a week or so break from it to switch things up a bit and I’m back on it and it feels so, so good. There are many different opinions and views on whether or not it’s good for…
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December 5, 2017 0

Good news and great fights!

To say this week my family received wonderful news is quite an understatement.  My mom is cancer free.  I let that sit for a bit before I continued this entry. I’m a live in the present, look ahead, future forward, forget the past kinda girl.  You know, like boxing a “get hit move on” attitude…
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November 26, 2017 0

Soup Season vs Sick Season

Who doesn’t love a good soup?  Especially when you’re on the mend from a chest infection AND wake up to -15 windchill amiright?? But first – to reflect back on my recent amateur bout, which I won by UD.  I was coming down with something a few days prior and nursed it as best I could and…
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November 12, 2017 0

#gotchaday2017

Today is family day!  A.k.a. “gotcha day”! What a great day to share my first blog post as it’s been a while in the making here.  Why?  Why not I say and I’ve wanted to start one to document the adoption process way back when but that wasn’t my time.  The idea of blog surfaced again earlier this…
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