One of the best ways to really get back-to-the-basics of a real food eating plan is to look for the local farmers’ markets. I’m very fortunate to live in the South where a Saturday and a mid-week market is easy to find. Our local growing season is long and plentiful. One of the biggest perks …
Real Life
I’m not sure what happened last week. My oven broke and my laptop decided to completely shut down. Black screen of death. It has taken most of the week to get it back to the limping stage, but it might not last long. I will NEVER buy another Dell again. Anybody got any suggestions? This …
I woke up to this loveliness. I love storms that are just some light thunder and heavy rain. I’m not fond of being shaken out of my bed by lightning and thunder AND the power out. That’s some crazy stuff I don’t need on Monday. I got out some candles and carried on …
Since some places are gearing up for more snow, I won’t complain about our cool and rainy weather. That didn’t stop me from hitting the lake for a long trail hill session. I had to dig out my Gore Tex shoes so my feet stayed relatively dry for the couple of hours I was out …
It’s pretty awesome. Every year, my birthday is a day of fun everywhere and I just get to have more fun. My birthday is usually during spring break so I usually have the week off to…recover from a wild spring semester at school. And to gear up for the busiest time of the year. So …
1. SPRING!! I’m so ready for warmer weather and a break from this cold. This is extremely unusual for an Alabama girl to say, but I’m saying it. 2. Ahh…Allegra. Spring for us means allergies. However, I rarely get sinus infections in spring and summer. Those are my break from the madness of steroid shots …
The time changed and we are all dragging around today. I needed that extra two hours of sleep this morning, so I didn’t get to CrossFit Candor for the 5:30am class. Honestly, I’m not sure if I’ll get to the morning class until after spring break next week. Thanks to this intense circuit, I didn’t …
Too bad, it’s more of an “ice storm” day. I don’t care at this point. I’m so ready for spring, I’m going to spend my snow day picking out flip flops and filling in our race-vacation calendar. James Spann nailed the forecast, almost down to the exact stretch of Interstate 20 where the ice stopped. …
I would love to say that SNOW was a favorite from this week..but since we got a literal dusting of snow at 8pm at night, I’m just going to stick with these favorites this week. It’s been crazy at school with all the 2 hour weather delays, weather watching and hoping, cranky kids, and sick …
In Alabama, we rarely see winter weather around the Tuscaloosa area. But when we have a threat of anything frozen or frosty, we panic like the world is coming to an end. And after last year’s Snowpocolypse, well, nobody is taking any chances. We had a lot of rain last night, around 2 inches, and …
Lately, I have really been kicking my training into high gear because I have some big races and a huge goal for mountain climbing this summer. Because I’m often doing an intense workout in the morning, I have been using a protein powder in my morning post-workout shake again. After a hard workout, I prefer …
The Good: I went back to CrossFit. And I loved it. And I love my new CrossFit gym, CrossFit Candor. Love the people, the philosophy, the workouts, and how they fit into my paleo world (shorter metcons, focus on strength, focus on FORM vs. time). This was my welcome back workout. I was pleased …
This is the last official week of Whole30, but I will be extending it to at least 45. I can finally feel some relief from sugar cravings and I need to keep going on this plan for a few more days. This is also the last few days before payday which means it’s “clean out …
And here we are again. Consider this your official invitation to my pity party. Let’s get started. Exhibit A: I was off work on Monday for the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday. It was the last day of a 3-day weekend. I had big plans like removing the last piece of tinsel and candles …
I feel a major cold coming on. I don’t feel like eating. I can’t sleep. Well, let me rephrase that. I’m not getting QUALITY sleep. I’m very restless, can’t breathe, want to cry or get put out of my misery. Breafast: Coffee Lunch: more coffee. Dinner: Leftover breakfast (more coffee) And that’s a wrap, folks. …
I can’t say I’m sad to see 2014 close out. It was a great year up until August. After August, I just pasted a smile and faked my way through the holidays. I was glad to changes in the weather and the excitement in the kids at school with each fall holiday. I was just …
Morning fire and hot coffee. Nothing better. We spent the morning with Stephen’s family. We had a big family breakfast and then let the kids play while we chitchatted a bit. Then we got on the road back to Tuscaloosa so we could pack again for the trip to MS. Momma’s seafood gumbo was waiting. …
It’s almost here! Things are busy busy around here. Breakfast was quick and easy. Snack time with Magic Bars and coffee. I’m enjoying plenty of gluten-free desserts. And finally, we were on the road to Stephen’s family for the night. We had some pleasant traveling company! This one is short and sweet. The next few …
I am still taking in this movie. We saw it last night and although I knew it was an end to an era that began in 6th grade for me, I was not prepared for THE END. My teacher read the Hobbit to us every day after lunch in the 6th grade and I soaked …
Monday already!!! No way. I’m not ready for Christmas. Or I should say, I’m not ready for the post-holiday blues. No more seasonal cups of cheer. No more lights. Ugh..just the dark dank cloud of January. I’m sure we will have some weather mischief that brings tons of cold but no actual winter weather therefore, …