Blogger Meet Up
One thing I love about blogging is actually meeting with other bloggers in REAL LIFE!I did just this exact thing last Friday night, meeting up with Connie O from Connie O's Postband Land. She and I...
View ArticleBlogs Closing?
So I have seen a trend here in the Blog O Sphere about people kind of closing down their blogs. It's kind of making me sad. I will miss hearing updates from so many people who I've gotten to know in...
View ArticleUpdate Post in Photos
Hello my wonderful fellow bloggers! I have been quite absent lately and I do apologize. I want to give a special shout out to Gwen from Against the Grain for sending me a little SOS call to get me on...
View ArticleBreakfast Kick?
I think I am in a breakfast kick or maybe some would even call it a rut. It's not a bad one, but it has been going on for a while now and while I'm not ready to change it just yet, I'm sure at some...
View ArticleA Few of my Favorite Things...
Love this time of year. I love the snow, the lights, the Christmas carols interrupting my normally-scheduled radio programming, but most of all I love getting to spend time with those I love and care...
View ArticleSaying Goodbye is So Hard
No, I'm not here to say goodbye to any of you, but rather we had to say goodbye to our furbaby, Magnus. He was such an awesome cat. I grew up around pets. We had several cats, dogs, and even a hamster...
View ArticleHello 2014!
Better late than never, right?First of all thank you to everyone who commented on my sweet fur-baby's passing. It was exactly a week ago today that we had to say goodbye. :( Each day is a little better...
View ArticleThrift Store Haul
If you've read my blog for any length of time you will know I'm a thrift store junkie. I try to hit the thrift stores in my area about once a month. Sometimes more, sometimes less, but I go fairly...
View ArticleLightbulb Moment
I don't know why this phrase has been stuck in my head for a while, but it definitely is what I had the other day.You might know that for the last 3+ months I've been taking a small group class run by...
View ArticlePound Cake Recipe....Healthified!
I don't often share a lot of recipes because I'm frankly fairly lazy when it comes to recipes. Oh sure, I *love* recipes but I often change, or substitute ingredients or use the *idea* from a recipe...
View ArticleHappy Monday to Me...
Doncha just looooooove Mondays?Normally I do. The girls go back to school and I get a little peace and quiet to start my week. This past weekend our girls went to a church camp retreat up in the...
View ArticleSwapping This for That!
I was just going to title this post Swapping, but then, I thought some readers might get the wrong idea. :)Does anyone else HATE it when this happens?You find something "new" on the grocery store shelf...
View ArticleSelf-Portrait Project
I know, I know, 2 blog posts in 2 days...gasp! Anyway, I thought this was a cute idea from my fellow blogger Melissa over at Goal Minded...
View ArticleBlog? What Blog?
I haven't forgotten about my blog, but I do have to update you on an important change in my family. We have a new baby puppy!On Sun. Feb. 16th, we went to a large chain pet store that was hosting an...
View ArticleFlashback Friday
Sadly this was not my highest weight. It was one of those days when you think you are looking good, you think your 3X shirt is big enough to cover all the rolls, and then someone snaps a photo of you...
View ArticleClimbing Back On...
We all know the wagon theory well. There is supposedly a wagon "out there" that is a metaphor for alcohol, and then later it morphed into diet. Right? And when we are not doing well, we have fallen off...
View ArticleDoing Better
Thank you everyone for your wonderful comments at my falling off the wagon post. For the last 2 days I have been diligently tracking my food and surprise surprise I'm not doing as bad as I thought....
View ArticleWhat I Ate in Photos
I can't remember who I promised that I would do a "what I ate" in photos, but I did mention it to someone, so here you go!Breakfast started with half regular, half decaf coffee with fat free creamer. I...
View ArticleTBT
Oh my goodness it has been a while since I last blogged. I apologize for that. I'm not sure who is busier, my kids or me? I guess because THEY are so busy that translates to ME being so busy because...
View ArticleWhat Shape Magazine Won't Show You
GO READ THIS STORY!!!Please go read her story. She is a fitness blogger who has lost over 170lbs and Shape mag wanted to feature her in their glossy pages. When she sent them her picture, they asked...
View ArticleLate to the Party (and Mother's Day rehash)
So Mother's Day wasn't exactly a day to end all days. My husband occasionally has to travel for his job. And Sunday May 11th, happened to be a day that he had to hop on a plane for work. Which left me...
View ArticleSkillet Pizza
So if you have ever spent anytime at all reading my blog you know my recipes are totally NOT about exact measuring but more about tossing stuff together. Pizza is a constant demand in my household. And...
View ArticleStill Alive...
I would love to come and have some type of awesome excuse for not blogging lately, but I have nothing. Oh wait, let me see....1. It's SUMMER and my KIDS are OUT of SCHOOL. 2. Our desktop died and I'm...
View ArticleWhat Do You Think?
Okay, I saw this the other day at the grocery store:And I will admit to being schnookered (is that really a word? ha ha, it seems to fit in with my post today!) I admittedly did NOT look closely at the...
View ArticleJust Ramblin'...
So I obviously have not been blogging much lately. Life gets busy, laundry needs to be done, socks need to be sorted and re-distributed, dishes, vacuuming, dusting and oh yeah I started working 20...
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