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    The Ultimate 10 Day National Parks Road Trip Itinerary: Utah, Arizona & Beyond
    Abigail Colombo
    • Apr 5, 2021
    • 13 min

    The Ultimate 10 Day National Parks Road Trip Itinerary: Utah, Arizona & Beyond

    I'm sitting here so excited to type out this itinerary because I will get to re-live how amazing it was! This route leaves from San...
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    Moments: 2020
    Abigail Colombo
    • Dec 29, 2020
    • 4 min

    Moments: 2020

    January Okay this photo was taken pre iPhone 12 days, so this picture doesn't quite do it justice, but on a walk around Torrey Pines on...
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    Festive Appetizers: Crostini's 3 Ways
    Abigail Colombo
    • Dec 10, 2020
    • 2 min

    Festive Appetizers: Crostini's 3 Ways

    I recently had the opportunity to teach a live virtual cooking demo, and it was SO much fun! For 1 hour I interacted with strangers in...
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    Roasted Butternut Squash Soup with Homemade Croutons
    Abigail Colombo
    • Dec 3, 2020
    • 2 min

    Roasted Butternut Squash Soup with Homemade Croutons

    One of my all-time favorite things to make during the fall.
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    My Experience with Natural Cycles: Curing Hormonal Migraines
    Abigail Colombo
    • Nov 11, 2020
    • 3 min

    My Experience with Natural Cycles: Curing Hormonal Migraines

    Two years ago I made the decision to get off hormonal birth control once and for all. Don’t get me wrong, over the past 10 years of using...
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    4 Ways To Use The Whole Roast Chicken
    Abigail Colombo
    • Oct 13, 2020
    • 3 min

    4 Ways To Use The Whole Roast Chicken

    Recipes for Lemon Pepper Chicken, Bone Broth, Chicken Noodle Soup, and Chicken Enchiladas
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    The Best Credit Card to Pay off Debt: How I paid off $12k in 12 months
    Abigail Colombo
    • Sep 29, 2020
    • 4 min

    The Best Credit Card to Pay off Debt: How I paid off $12k in 12 months

    Yikes! How did I get here? That's what I asked myself last year when I calculated up all of my credit card bills, a task I had been...
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    The Home Edit: How to Organize Small Spaces
    Abigail Colombo
    • Sep 14, 2020
    • 3 min

    The Home Edit: How to Organize Small Spaces

    A few months ago I Marie Kondo'd my drawers after the world watched this amazing woman teach people to either see joy in their...
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    The Best Of: Bend, Oregon
    Abigail Colombo
    • Sep 2, 2020
    • 10 min

    The Best Of: Bend, Oregon

    Bend is growing like crazy, as are the options of things to do, places to see, and food to eat.
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    Red Curry Noodles
    Abigail Colombo
    • Aug 4, 2020
    • 3 min

    Red Curry Noodles

    If Pad Thai and Curry had a love child
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    4 Days in Vancouver, BC: What to do, see, & eat.
    Abigail Colombo
    • Jul 18, 2020
    • 3 min

    4 Days in Vancouver, BC: What to do, see, & eat.

    I took this trip in January as part of a work conference, and it was supposed to be the first of many adventures in 2020.  We all know...
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    Tuna Noodle Casserole
    Abigail Colombo
    • Apr 29, 2020
    • 2 min

    Tuna Noodle Casserole

    I have gone my whole life not even thinking twice about making a tuna casserole, and I’m pretty sure I have never eaten one either, but...
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    Christmas Soup
    Abigail Colombo
    • Dec 24, 2019
    • 2 min

    Christmas Soup

    Ingredients 1 small yellow onion, diced 5 Carrots, sliced 5 Celery stalks, sliced 1 Cup Corn 5 slices Bacon, chopped 2 cloves Garlic,...
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    2019
    Abigail Colombo
    • Dec 17, 2019
    • 4 min

    2019

    I tend to see a pattern of two different points of view this time of year showing up on my feed. For some, January 1 is just another day,...
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    2018
    Abigail Colombo
    • Dec 16, 2018
    • 3 min

    2018

    I’ve been reading the same book for six months and I can’t finish it. I, for no reason, made up a rule that if I start a book, I have to...
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    California Coast Road Trip
    Abigail Colombo
    • Jul 11, 2018
    • 4 min

    California Coast Road Trip

    “Why California?” they ask. “Bend is the bessststst.” Yes, it is a special place, but you all are constantly complaining about...
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    Glacier National Park
    Abigail Colombo
    • Jul 5, 2018
    • 2 min

    Glacier National Park

    When offered to tag along on a trip to Glacier National Park for a week, I couldn’t say no! Having never been to Montana, I didn’t know...
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    Tempeh Spring Rolls
    Abigail Colombo
    • Jun 3, 2018
    • 2 min

    Tempeh Spring Rolls

    I like making things that don’t take very long. If it takes longer than 20 minutes start to finish it better be Thanksgiving, or I don’t...
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    Layover in Seattle
    Abigail Colombo
    • May 7, 2018
    • 3 min

    Layover in Seattle

    I neither like nor dislike airports. I go, mind my own business, and it’s typically a painless process on the way to an exciting...
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    Camp Sherman, Oregon
    Abigail Colombo
    • May 2, 2018
    • 2 min

    Camp Sherman, Oregon

    For our first overnight of the season, we wanted to check out Smiling River Campground in Camp Sherman, which is just outside of Sisters....
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