Growing up in Indianapolis, there was this one particular pizza place I loved to visit and gorge myself on for their pesto.  It is so good.  Fifteen years later, I still visit every time I go back but it has sort of lost it’s luster for me.  The reason, a waitress with a big mouth. [...]

Normally, I save these sorts of post for Fluffy Fridays but since the Oscars were last night I’ll call it  Meaningless Monday.
I don’t get television so I don’t actually watch the Oscars.  However, that doesn’t stop me from going online to look at all the fabulous dresses, toned arms of the Oscar attendees, and giving out [...]

Yesterday, I was reading the comments on HEAB and came across this article which led me to the Nourished Kitchen blog (which btw I ended up subscribing too). As far as I can tell, The Nourished Kitchen seems to be a blog devoted to traditional food preparation.  A very cool blog, I might add.
However, I [...]

“Pau” emailed me last year when I was whining talking about my thighs.  She commented and then sent me a sweet email telling me that she thought my thighs looked really good.  Like any normal girl who receives a compliment, I immediately asked her to be my BFF even though she lives in Ecuador where [...]

Today is Dr. Suess’ birthday so I got the BRILLIANT and FUN idea to surprise my kids with green eggs and french toast (we try not to eat pork) for dinner.
Who doesn’t love breakfast for dinner!

Green eggs and additives.

I skipped around my kitchen imagining shrieks of glee when the boys walked in to the kitchen and saw…

“What [...]

First I want to thank all of your for your kind comments on Friday’s post.   I didn’t sit down to write about my past mental illness.  I had planned to just post the playlist and (as usual) I got carried away.  I was very nervous about letting that skeleton out of the closet free [...]

I used to be a functional “psycho chick”.  I could hide it well until I got close to someone and I felt like I might be abandoned.  Once, I kept a boy who wanted to break up with me in my car all night long.  Every time he tried to get out of the car [...]

WWTD?
What would Tara do?
I’ve asked myself that more than once in moments of temptation or laziness.  Tara has been immensely motivating for me.  So motivating that I had a picture of her taped inside my kitchen cabinet when I was training for my first figure competition! I’ve used all the excuses in the book from [...]

In keeping with our decision to eat vegetarian a night or two a week, I’ve been creating new or revamping old recipes.  Last night, we converted my Mozzarella Chicken to Mozzarella Eggplant.   I can’t believe I’m saying this but I think I actually like the eggplant better.  It was sooooo good.  I nearly cried [...]

If you’ve read my blog for any length of time you may have noticed I don’t do many long workouts.  Sure, I enjoy going long hikes, walks, or even an occasional jog but as far as scheduled workouts I prefer them short and intense.  It’s better for my body, for my sanity and I’m not a [...]