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Chocolate is one of my favorite weaknesses.  Another one is fresh fruit. So today I got my hair trimmed.  I'm trying to grow it longer again but it still needs to be trimmed every six weeks.  I am pushing it out seven weeks this time in hopes it will help speed things up.  But the hairdresser says cutting it often actually helps.  I know it will be healthier that way.   Just hurry up and grow, hair!  

Today it snowed all day and I decided to try a treat I saw in a coffee shop in Miami.  Cocoa Puff Crispy Squares.   I just followed the recipe on the marshmallows bag for rice crispy treats.  But I substituted the cocoa puffs for rice crispies.   A little sweet for every day but not bad for the day after snowboarding in freezing cold weather!  

There is a sale on berries this week so I stocked up on some of my favorites.  Raspberries, strawberries, blueberries, and blackberries. I really can't think of a better treat to chase away the winter blues. I love to mix them with yogurt like this brand of Skyr Icelandic Provisions yogurt.  I like it because it's low in sugar, high in protein.  I also don't like fat-free so this is also not fat free.  I love all the flavors I have tried.  I especially like the vanilla with real specks of vanilla bean and plain.  Without a lot of sugar some plain yogurt is very sour.  But these are more mild.  (I am not paid to promote these.  I just...