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My name is Gracie. I'm a twenty-something recent college grad on a mission to live a happy, healthy, and fulfilling life...while having fun along the way!

Feel free to contact me at gracie@girlmeetslife.com





out of the box.

Whether it’s making Cake Batter Blondies, Coconut Marble Brownies, or Pumpkin Cake Batter Cupcakes, it’s no secret that I’m a fan of using boxed baking mixes. Sure, I love baking from scratch, but sometimes that’s not always an option.

…like that time I volunteered to bake for the 80-100 people attending the launch of Liberty Sisterhood, I [...]

put the cake in pancake.

Last night I made one of my favorite “desserts” – one that I haven’t had in far too many months.

A single, fluffy, jumbo banana pancake.

I used to make/eat single-serving banana pancakes like it was my job, but I never posted the recipe because I thought it was just too simple (although, I did post the recipe [...]

wonderful wedded weekend.

Congratulations, Chrissy!!!

(…and Mark!) I had to start things off with that, clearly
But let’s go back and recap the entire wonderful wedded weekend, shall we?

Way back on Thursday evening I headed back to PA to spend some time with my parents before going away for the remainder of the weekend. It was great to get out [...]