I love cookbooks. Seriously, I am that dork that keeps a shelf FULL of cookbooks and cooking magazines just for inspiration and ideas. When the opportunity to review Farmer’s Daughter, A: Recipes from a Mennonite Kitchen came up, I jumped at the chance. I ADORE home-cooked comfort food type recipes and this book just screamed family […] Read more…
Birthday Week {Get Healthy & Fit}
Well, this week was a complete bust. My daughter and Godson had their birthday parties this weekend and I’ve been totally stressed about a magazine deadline as well as getting ready to go to #allume! SO EXCITED. And So. Busy. The busyness has thrown my mealtimes to something like 11am, 3pm […] Read more…
Life is Starting to Line Up {Get Healthy & Fit}
Phew! Well things are starting to line up a little on the kiddo front. We night weaned our “baby” who turns 2 next week (!!!) and now she has a 15-30 minute nap and is sound asleep at 8pm. Interestingly, she sleeps much sounder and longer now that she does not count on my […] Read more…
Serve Your Spouse Saturday #18 – The Way to a Man’s Heart is Through His Stomach! {31 Days to Serving Your Spouse}
Everyone knows that the way to a man’s heart is through his stomach, right? Even if your husband is like mine. He’s not a fan of sweets unless it’s one of the top 5 favorites and he loves meals that are light, but hardy and make him feel good and not sluggish. Whenever I […] Read more…
Completely At A Loss {Get Healthy & Fit}
We are having some major issues revolving around sleep, eating and our nearly 2 year old at our house causing major havoc on EVERYTHING. School isn’t getting done, housework is barely done, blogging is sparse or short. Basically, she doesn’t want to eat anything good. Except fruit. At 3 am. She isn’t sleeping well at […] Read more…
Airports, Streetcars & Beignets, Oh My! {Get Healthy & Fit}
Seriously, I almost forgot to weigh myself again. My week is going to be so incredibly busy, especially since I have TWO WEEKS of laundry to do. We are also getting back into school after being out of the swing of things for two weeks and adding history in. Since I was out of […] Read more…
Completely Forgot {Get Healthy & Fit}
I have to say that I didn’t do fabulous last week, but I did eat a ton of salads. I have been busy getting ready to go out of town and COMPLETELY forgot to check the scale this morning. I could do it now, but it would be completely worthless and probably show a […] Read more…
Why This Fiscal Conservative Supports the #CARighttoKnow Intitative
I have to say that while it’s a cause I support, I had trouble determining whether or not to actually get on board for God and everyone to see. Hubby is pretty skeptical but supportive of my thoughts on food and health and I was pretty mainstream as a kid growing up. We […] Read more…
Ugh. {Get Healthy & Fit}
And that’s all I have to say about my healthier habit quest for this get healthy & fit Challenge. Well, not ALL I have to say I guess. The devil was ON ME all week. Not just this but super intense hormonal nonsense, too. I’m considering getting diet devotionals again–like First Place or something. You […] Read more…
It’s Time to Get Serious {Get Healthy & Fit}
I have a habit of on again / off again diet and exercise plans. Nothing fad, but I alternate having healthy habits and falling off of the wagon. Recently, I’ve been feeling like I need to get moving again. Add to that some prompting on Facebook, and I really felt compelled to get back on […] Read more…