May 2012

#1 – This is what I had for lunch.  A mix of brown rice, corn, broccoli, lentils, and balsamic. The Husband remarked that I’m going to burn myself out on balsamic dressing as a sauce, much like I burned myself out on Mmmm Sauce (still tasty, just burnt out), Panda Puffs cereal (cannot stand the [...]

Most of the review of the various types of birth classes (hospital classes, Lamaze, Hypnobabies, Bradley Method) are written post-birth, which makes perfect sense.  But I thought it would be kind of fun to split up my review of Bradley Method classes into two posts – one before birth and one after birth.  After all, [...]

My weekend ended like this (remember the two-day gardening spree?). It started to rain just as we were finishing the backyard, and we both ended up covered in mud. I don’t think two people have ever been so happy to collapse on a couch before (post-shower, obviously).  Now, we just give the backyard a week [...]

When this DIY crush is over, I am going to crawl into my bathtub with a big glass of water (damn), light some scented candles, and not come out for at least an hour. Making progress on our jungle of a backyard!  We have bagged SO much vegetation (hah, I automatically typed “vegetarian” at first [...]

I disappeared into the abyss that is our backyard and am just now surfacing. We’re in the process of gutting our entire backyard (it’s not that big of a yard, thankfully) so we can hopefully grow grass.  Before, it was a tangled mess of old mulch, dead leaves, and tons of bushes and plants.    [...]

Things that I’ve learned over four seasons as a Girls on the Run coach: Kids will do nearly anything for stickers. All you have to do is be yourself.  It’s always good enough. Always bring more napkins than you think you need… … And in case you don’t, sleeves are an excellent substitute. Elementary school [...]

Today is the end of my Gossip Girl Challenge, my personal quest to avoid all celebrity gossip for 30 days.  The challenge was inspired by a Girls on the Run lesson involving – of all things – toothpaste!  As part of the lesson, a girl squeezes a big glob of toothpaste onto her finger and [...]

I slept rather horribly last night.  I think it was because I had sore shoulders from swimming laps yesterday – it was extra hard to get uncomfortable.  I kept waking up and, although I generally try to resist looking at the time when I’m struggling to snooze, at one point, I snuck a look at [...]

Time for more success stories to celebrate the release of the new Healthy Tipping Point book!  I truly hope you’re enjoying reading these journeys as much as I am… I find them so motivating and inspiring, especially when I read a sentence and think, “Man, I haven’t gone through that exact same thing, but I [...]

It’s the end of an era… Today is my last day working as the secretary at the clinic.  It’s bittersweet for me and my emotions are all mixed up.    First, I loved, loved, loved working for the Husband.  Over the last two years, we got to spend an extra 25 – 40 hours a [...]

Don’t get me wrong.  Syrup is a beautiful thing.  It is, after all, a food group (right after candy, candy canes, and candy corn). Elf = Best movie ever. But I don’t always want a mega-dose of sugar first thing in the morning.  I love waffles and French toast, and there are tons of different [...]

Thoughts on the cord… and not the invisible one that attaches me to my dogs I know that some of you think I give Maggie a hard time – always teasing her on the blog for being a few crayons short of a full pack – but I love her so much.  In five weeks [...]

The cravings continue. How goes it?  My Wednesday is going swimmingly.  Just a normal day full of work.  To make it a little bit more fun, though, I thought I’d create a list of 5 {healthy} things I want to accomplish today:   1.  Eat watermelon.  Obviously. 2.  Hit up the gym after work or [...]