I have tomorrow off so today, I’m planning, cooking, and resting. Erin Condren Life Planner. I make my own divider stickers to cover the Morning-Day-Night sections. I have several other stickers I like to use to keep it interesting. If I decorate it but leave plenty of room for writing, I use it more. It’s …
Posts from: August 2014
Before the game….. After the game….. It wasn’t that great. I found myself cringing and whining at various times. And it felt familiar…similar to last year, maybe? We’ve got some kinks to work out, that’s for sure. And I even had my lucky jalapeño poppers ready. I have been waiting MONTHS to make these. I …
Before I was kidnapped by my friends, I got stuck with a bunch of needles. This was the first set of serum needles to see if any of them showed a reactions. And obviously….they did. Then she used about 10-15 on each upper arm to see if they showed reactions. Those were of lesser …
It never fails. 4 day work weeks seem to DRAG by. I was off work Monday recovering from surgery. Tuesday was extremely long with my first day of after-school tutoring for 2 hours. Wednesday was a banner day. We had an unexpected faculty meeting Wednesday and then I did my after school tutoring session. Today, …
Comfort foods are always in high demand, no matter the season or the weather. Through cooking and preparing favorite dishes, we bring back those memories that make us feel happy, secure, and even hopeful. Lately, I’m needing a lot of all of those. Cooking Light has this Mexican Chicken Casserole that definitely fulfilled that craving …
Today is my Monday. And I’m a little frightened…. Today is my first day back to work/school since my procedure and it’s going to be a long day. However…I think I need that right now. I need to stay busy and keep my mind focused on teaching my students and after-school tutoring. I can do …
I have been waiting for this cookbook for a long, long time. I saw the advance cards at Paleo FX after hearing Sarah Ballantyne, aka The Paleo Mom talk about what to eat on your AIP plate. I had just read through her Paleo Approach book about the Autoimmune Protocol and was really delving into …
That’s pretty much all I have been asking myself lately since we found out the sad news. It’s this inner war between refusing to feel anything vs letting the overwhelming waves of emotions (thanks hormones) take over. It seems the longer I try to block out the feelings, the worse they are when I can’t …
Honestly, this is a horrible title. The surgery was a success because my doctor removed all traces of my miscarriage without any complications or signs of out-of-control infection. And that’s great but our hearts are broken today. Maybe in a couple of days we can look forward to the hope of having a full term …
I have always heard the phrase “waiting for the other shoe to drop” but I really had no clue what that meant. Check this out Etymology A common experience of tenement living and other similar style housing in New York City (and other cities) during the manufacturing boom of the late 19th and early 20th …
This post is sponsored by FitFluential LLC on behalf of The Cherry Marketing Institute. Life has been BUSY lately! School started a few days ago and this teacher is extremely overwhelmed with enjoying the fast-paced world of kindergarten, cooking meals to eat later, keeping up with race training, and adding at-home CrossFit workouts at night. …
Today is one of these days.. I knew when I ordered this cover for my planner, I would need this reminder at some point in my year. I just didn’t know the circumstances. Now that I’m feeling like cooking and eating again, I have a new cookbook from the publisher to review! This one is …
Taking things one day at a time is a little too daunting for me right now. I’m working on getting through a few hours at a time. When things go bad fast, they do not seem to get better fast. But, I know from experience that prayer, time, and patience are great healers. Since I …
Stephen and I found out some equally outstanding and excruciatingly painful news this week. We thought we could not have a baby without some medical intervention. I’m a high-risk patient due to diabetes and some other reproductive issues and the doctors told us the chance was slim-to-nothing that we could conceive. Well, we did. In …
This is one of those dishes that I was reluctant to try, but the reviews at Cooking Light convinced me that I should at least taste it. And then one taste blew me away. I’ve never been a huge fan of balsamic vinegar. I have a really good bottle of the stuff but I’m not …
This is super easy to assemble and bake. I make a variation of this just about every weekend, especially during the month of Whole 30. This one was one of the best yet! Ingredients: 1 large sweet potato 1 lb of ground pork 8 oz of frozen spinach, thawed and drained through a towel. 10 …
Today was an epic fail. All around colossal epic FAIL. Let me paint you a picture. 2:30am. Spending some time hugging the bowl. Nerves or glucose out of control. This can happen in the early days of cutting sugar completely. My pancreas doesn’t know how to handle the lack of incoming sugar. 5:30 am. Go …
This week, I return to the classroom full time so a weekend prep day is a must. I try to pre-cook several bulk items to have throughout the week, especially for lunch. I don’t mind cooking dinner and taking my time to enjoy it. But I must bring my own food for lunch and I …
I am a long time Southern girl at heart and nothing is better than a big breakfast of eggs and grits with butter and cheese. I could eat it everyday. However, corn does not love me back. It is about as inflammatory as brown rice. I will enjoy it on a cold weekend but I’m …
I woke up really early because I had two things to accomplish: Escape Wal-Mart with all my appendages in place and get to the Farmer’s Market before it got too hot to enjoy living. Normally, getting to Wal-Mart before 10 am was a good bet. But this is Tax-Free weekend for back-to-school. I expected a …