The past year has truly been a journey for me. During that time, the health/fitness/nutrition portion of my life has often been all-consuming…nearly all I have thought about from the moment I woke up until the moment I fall asleep. Some of this was absolutely a defense mechanism: much of my life felt so out of […]

Outside my window…rain. serious rain. and worms on the sidewalks. I am thinking…about how wonderful it will be when the last box is unpacked, and the last piece of furniture is moved in.I am thankful for … the freedom to move at our own pace. being ahead of schedule with school. I am wearing…light wash […]

1. We moved.2. We painted all but one of the rooms in the downstairs, and all but two of the rooms upstairs.3. Awesome people helped me. My parents even took a week off work so that it could all get done at once. They are my heroes.4. I upacked all of the boxes we moved in […]

No real conclusive news on my brother…he is home and still uncomfortable (and by uncomfortable, honestly, I don’t know the extent of the “pain” involved in that “discomfort”).  They didn’t make anything super clear about his heart or the pain…the ekg’s came back clear, and an x-ray showed reason for him to be checked by […]

…is in the hospital.  He’s 35, and in the middle of the night last night, went to the hospital with chest pains. Chest Pains, folks. Did I mention he’s 35?  After two EKG’s, blood work, and x-rays…there were no conclusions…and morphine isn’t touching the pain. There is now a specialist working on him…and they’re talking […]

One year ago today, I started my Beachbody journey.  One Year. We ordered P90X for Seth…thinking it would finally be the program he could commit to.  If you’ve watched the infomercials, you know how motivating they are: real people, real results. I think we both had a bit of “if it seems too good to […]

I overthink.  I do.  It’s a curse, at times, I think.  The times when I can’t sleep because the thoughts race through my head at such a mind-boggling speed that I can’t keep up, and I become neurotic and twitchy and can’t focus on the tasks at hand.  Other times, it allows me to plan […]

I heard somewhere along the way that bad things come in threes. You get to the third bad thing, and you’re done. Sometimes I wondered with that statement whether they have to come in threes, or if sometimes, you get through the first one and you can be done.  Like, maybe…you get a reprieve every […]

By request…and since it was crazy amazing…here’s the link:  Hot Chocolate!!And here’s the recipe: Ingredients 1/3 cup unsweetened cocoa powder 3/4 cup white sugar 1 pinch salt 1/3 cup boiling water 3 1/2 cups milk 3/4 teaspoon vanilla extract 1/2 cup half-and-half cream *(I actually used whole milk) Directions Combine the cocoa, sugar and pinch […]

Outside my window…it’s warm today. balmy, even (almost 40. 😉 ). but threatening to get colder. And very slippery. I am thinking..…that a mortgage payment sounds…good.   I am thankful for… my children. even on the toughest days, i treasure them.  I am wearing…dark wash skinny jeans, a 3/4 sleeve white and lavender striped cardigan, a white […]