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Win A Free Pass To The Advanced Screening Of Gringo – Mrs. Nice Guy
There’s nothing better than getting high before a movie. Of course it depends on the strain, you want to be awake and focused, but when you find the right one that let’s you dive deep
The Weekend CBD Box – Mrs. Nice Guy
Over the last five years or so curated boxes have become quite popular. They have boxes for gamers/comic lovers, people who love to snack, makeup/beauty enthusiasts, fitness enthusiasts, they even have curated boxes for your
Weed Porn: Wedding Cake – Mrs. Nice Guy
Wedding Cake aka Pink Cookies is a mix of GSC and Cherry Pie, two of my favs! I purchased this gram of Wedding Cake from Panacea and it was grown by Wildfire Farms. Sadly this
Weed Porn: Tangie Dream – Mrs. Nice Guy
This Tangie Dream Starter Kit is from Phantom Farms an Oregon Grower. I love the little kits they gave out at an event last year, I reviewed the Lemon Dream Starter Kit back in May.
Weed Porn: Star Trek – Mrs. Nice Guy
Star Trek was grown by Space Station Creations, a grower in Portland. I can’t remember when I purchased this from, but I know I was supposed to smoke it before the last Star Trek movie
Eggs Benedict
May is National Egg Month and it’s a perfect time to brush up on those basic egg skills. Poaching an egg is easy to do and like riding a bike, it’s a skill everyone should know. Poach an egg and you can quickly add protein to a bowl of ramen, bed of greens, grain bowl […]
Battle Ground seeks more control on reopening
Battle Ground officials are asking the state for more of a say in how the city reopens. Mayor Adrian Cortes penned a letter to Washington Gov. Jay Inslee as state and local governments grapple with the economic fallout of COVID-19. The city Council unanimously approved the letter in a special meeting Thursday night. “We ask […]
Remember Your WHY!
Gyms, yoga studios and pools are closed. Running and Triathlon races cancelled. It is easy to understand why you may start to lose your motivation to workout. The key to maintaining your commitment is to remember your ‘WHY’. Why do you work out? Why do you race? When you dig deep into your motivation, you’ll […]
Finn nudges Cowlitz County to file reopening petition
Woodland’s top elected official is prodding Cowlitz County to begin the reopening process outlined last week by Washington Gov. Jay Inslee, albeit reluctantly. Mayor Will Finn wrote an email Sunday to Cowlitz County commissioners with the subject line, “Reopen Cowlitz County.” It referred to Inslee’s announcement Friday that he was extending the statewide stay-at-home order […]
Dealing with Your Cat’s Death
When your cherished cat companion dies, the process of grieving the love you’ve lost is painfully similar to the process of grieving the loss of a beloved family member or friend. According to the longstanding Kubler-Ross model, there are five stages of grief — denial, anger, bargaining, depression and ultimately, acceptance. Denial, like the other […]
Soothing Sugar Scrub
Ask any mom you know and she will tell you that the home made gifts are the ones that melt her heart. The clothespin recipe holder made from a shaving cream lid, the sock snowman with the crooked felt grin – these are the gifts that every mom holds dear because they were made by […]
Diversity delayed for Vancouver City Council
Vancouver’s push toward creating a more diverse city council has fizzled, at least for now. Like so many other long-term projects, the suspension of the city’s Community Task Force on Council Representation is a casualty of COVID-19. The group, tasked with making the (all white, all home-owning) city council more reflective of the people they […]
Clark County Council meets for nothing (sort of)
The Clark County Council met this week for nothing, at least publicly. But councilors didn’t just call into the teleconference for the calming hold music. Each Wednesday, councilors typically meet for council time. These conferences don’t include public hearings or comment and are less formal than the regular Tuesday meetings. This week’s agenda was bare, […]
What’s Better? Working Out at Home or at The Gym?
Fitness Clubs have been closed for 6 weeks due to COVID-19 forcing all exercise enthusiasts to find alternatives to maintain their fitness. Being forced into this situation is challenging for everyone but it does provide the opportunity to highlight the differences and benefits between working out at home and gym workouts. Cost Working out at […]
Pantry Pasta Salad
Stumped about what to cook next? Think pasta salad. Fast, fun, and flavorful, Pantry Pasta Salad is the perfect dish to make right this minute. It’s a big bowl of antipasto that feeds everyone, and best of all, it lets you be creative with the things you have on hand. Omit, add, and substitute […]
Food & Exercise is Medicine!
You will notice there are many reports suggesting that obesity and poor health are high risk factors to not faring well if infected with COVID-19. This information should be a great motivator to prioritizing your health and fitness. Remember that exercise and food is medicine! Your lifestyle is the number one factor that you can […]
Crispy Skin Salmon Provencal with Charred Red Cabbage Salad
Craving something restaurant-worthy and hoping to work with what you might have on hand? Maybe, just maybe, you have some frozen fish stashed along with all those berries in your freezer. If you do, then you’re in luck, because we’re making Crispy Skinned Salmon for dinner tonight. This simple salmon gets its fabulous flavor from […]
Cats and Whiskers
Why do cats have whiskers? For more reasons than they can count on one paw. Consider then, these seven scintillating snippets about a kitty’s wondrous whiskers. 1. They are especially sensitive: Since a cat’s whiskers are rooted more deeply in the skin than ordinary fur, the area around them has a very generous supply of […]
Apologies to nonna
Here is wedding soup, with apologies to all my Italian friends who learned to cook alongside their nonnas. I had to make substitutions because I didn’t want to run to the store, and I didn’t have the soup bones to make the rich, homemade broth. I had ground pork, but not ground chicken for the […]
Workout Tools at Home
Since our training studio has been closed for nearly a month due to COVID-19, I’ve been teaching a lot of virtual online classes and training sessions. It has definitely proven that you don’t need a gym to get a great workout. There are literally hundreds of muscle and cardio exercises you can do with absolutely […]