Category: Lifestyle

It was a pretty full Saturday over here. I was waiting for a sunny afternoon with no rain in the forecast so I could finish painting the outside of “Effie”. I’ve been doing a section at a time when we have a sunny day. This is a good time to mention, this is an absolutely terrible paint job. Embarrassing really. But here’s the deal. I bought her to play with, to enjoy, to create, to travel, to wander, to dream, to write in, to read, to cook in, to draw and paint in, to make new friends in and I’m really having a blast doing all of those things. The travel, wander and make new friends are on hold, but she’ll be ready to go when we can hit the road again. I would love to one day take paint the outside back to her original color, but that would […]

If I could always hold on to the memory of what taking a long walk does for my mood and energy level, I would likely walk hundreds and hundreds of miles. Hundreds! Note to self: Long walks make you really really happy. Within 10 minutes of heading down the sidewalk yesterday afternoon, I had an incredible burst of energy and happy thoughts. I came home, cranked up the tunes (when I’m home alone, I love to have the music playing loud and I will almost always choose music over tv) poured myself a glass of wine and danced in the kitchen. Dance like nobody’s watching? Yeah, that kinda dancing. I don’t remember how I heard about this DJ on Instagram, but he started hosting live dance parties on Instagram shortly after the stay at home orders went into place. Several celebrities tuned in and were talking the next couple of […]

I’m really enjoying connecting with people on Zoom. Maybe it’s a Zoom Happy Hour with friends, maybe it’s a work team meeting or maybe it’s a WW Workshop. Either way, it feels so good to see so many friendly faces out there! Short and sweet today. Yesterday…… Breakfast 1 Scoop WW Protein Powder, 1 C Almond Milk and a few ice cubes. Topped with 1 tsp Nut Butter and a few Cacao Nibs. Lunch For some reason, Cashew Chicken sounded good. I had no Chicken. I had no Cashews. I did have these items though and this satisfied my craving and was surprisingly tasty! I eat weird sometimes. You know that. I cooked the Cauliflower Risotto Medley in the microwave as directed, then added it to a hot skillet with a little sesame oil, coconut aminos (soy sauce substitute) and Macadamia nuts. I know. Crazy, right? Scrambled an egg in […]

When the news first began breaking about the coronavirus I had several days there where I felt completely numb and I was eating any feelings that I did have. I got off track for a few days and I was feeling it in my body. I pulled my head out of my….well you know. I started tracking my food regularly and getting back into the routine that I know makes me feel my best. For whatever reason the last four or five days I started to get off track again. I think our lack of Easter celebration and knowing we wouldn’t be able to visit the new grand baby was wearing on me more than I realized. I have not blogged on a daily basis since 2017, back when life kind of fell apart. I also started working at WW in 2017 and Blogging each day didn’t really fit into […]

I’ve tried to write a blog post everyday for the past week. It’s hard for me when the world is kinda messy to pretend that it isn’t and sit down and blog like I usually would. While I am actually enjoying being home more, enjoying project after project, enjoying quiet time curled up with a book or sipping coffee in the still of the morning, I think to myself, there are a lot of people right now really struggling, so to just block that out of my mind while I sit down and write about the food that I am eating, or the walks that I’m enjoying, or the book that I am allowing myself to get lost in, feels oddly selfish. I feel like I should be doing something to help someone. I am grocery shopping for my mom and while yes that is doing something for someone, it’s […]

I thought I’d take a break from deep thoughts today and talk about yummy food and things that are making me feel really happy right now and to remind you that you are doing an amazing job at life right now! I would love for you to share in the comments things that are making you happy right now! I’ll share what you share in my next post! Happy things….. Some of you joined me in some of my Workshops this week and I absolutely LOVED seeing your faces! This Virtual thing has some nice benefits! Thank you for coming to my Virtual Workshops and I hope you continue to do so! They have been extended through April 30th. Also, WW is offering THREE FREE MONTHS right now! Tell a friend and enjoy all of the benefits of an accountability partner! (This is not a WW sponsored post) I had […]

I absolutely love a warm drink. Coffee. Tea. Heck, I’ll drink warm lemon water. I like the routine of it. I like holding a warm mug. I like the smell. I really like it when the hubs brings me that first cup of coffee in the morning while I’m still in bed. I like the feeling I get just thinking about that first cup of coffee each morning and my cup of hot tea in the evening before bed. I think I get almost as much satisfaction from thinking about my warm mugs of yumminess as I do drinking them. Someone tell me they get me. I recently received an email asking if I would like to try a cacao loose leaf tea. I was intrigued and accepted. I am absolutely loving this Cacao Tea. Thank you Jessica for sending me this! It has a very mild chocolate flavor without […]