It's a Jungle In Here
Three weeks ago I lost 3 pounds. Yay! Then over the next two weeks I gained them back, along with 2 more. Boo! I have all the motivation to exercise that I need. What I don’t have is the commitment to cook eggs for breakfast instead of having a LARGE bowl of Cinnamon Toast Crunch. [...]
I hope you and your family had a wonderful Easter yesterday!!! The kids and I spent 5 days of Spring Break in South Carolina visiting my parents. On Saturday we made Empty Tomb Rolls, read the Easter story from the gospel of Luke, and went to services at our church. Sunday we hunted eggs, ate [...]
OMG, I hate beets. I’ve tried a number of different “Even if you don’t like beets…” recipes for cooking them, and each one was a waste of whatever those evil little red tubers cost me. Until today. I wanted to try a new juice recipe, so I decided to give these beets one.more.try. And it [...]
I totally skipped over this on Father’s Day, but I wanted to share what the kids and I made for Pete. Found on Pinterest, of course. The original is over at Two Girlz Stuff but it’s nothing more than a picture. Still, it was enough to go on! Note my older daughter’s feet on the left…too cute
I just realized I haven’t posted an update on my running since my marathon obsession post back in the first part of the year. It’s not because it was short-lived; in fact, I’m up to 6 miles on my weekend long runs, and that includes having to take a 3-week break in April when I [...]
I freaking HATE beans. With all of my heart, mind, soul, and body. The smell makes me gag, even. If I go out for Mexican, I always ask for a double-order of rice instead of beans. (Refried beans are the worst…they look like someone already digested them for you. Ew.) However…. In a fit of [...]
When we lived in Texas, our favorite restaurant BY FAR was Lupe Tortilla’s. It’s a fun family-friendly restaurant with good margaritas and great Tex-Mex food. Signs outside tell customers to expect a wait – if you are in a hurry you are encouraged to come back another time. The wait was always worth it, though, [...]
Rewind to 2002 and you’d find our family comfortably settled in a suburb of Houston, Texas – named one year as the fattest city in America, partially due to the number of dining out options. You couldn’t turn a street corner without running into great Mexican food – whether it was a local mom-and-pop diner [...]
This handy little bottle to my right is my new best friend. Our dog, Matilda, threw up in the foyer the other day and after cleaning up the mess, I used this to deal with any germs. It just happened to be the first bottle of cleaner I could find under the sink, and probably [...]
We made one of our common treks to Disney World a couple of weeks ago. When we got there, the road was blocked, and all of a sudden my husband says, “Oh no, I forgot it was the marathon weekend!” We still made it to the Magic Kingdom, had a great time and all – [...]
