Saturday morning, my family and I sat around the breakfast table.  Rather than attack our “to-do” list that is the length of all of our arms combined (I’ll explain later why it is so long.) we ended up procrastinating enjoying each other’s company and making a family “bucket list”. 10 Things: Our Family Bucket List […]

Marissa is a wife, mother, and do-er.   Like many moms (ahem), she found herself having gained more than she would have liked during pregnancy and a year after her daughter’s birth decided she wanted her body back.   Not only did she want her body back she wanted to take her training to a […]

I didn’t “workout” once all weekend. Instead, I  pulled weeds, raked, trimmed, and shoveled. In the five years I’ve lived in my house, I can count on one hand how many times I’ve done yard work. Pathetic. True. (Maybe, that would explain the GIGANTIC fern-like weed overtaking my orange tree.) I love this sort of […]

“Beauty is a radiance that originates from within and comes from inner security and strong character.” – Jane Seymor There are few things quite as lovely as inner beauty and spend some time on Lori’ blog, Finding Radiance, you’ll quickly see she posseses an abundance of it.  Lori has taken quite the journey and her determination […]

So I’m a little late to the game. Pumpkins are so like last October.  Duh. But this evening while trying to organize my photos I came across these pictures and remembered how much I had enjoyed this dish.  Then I looked in my recipe notebook and saw I had actually scribbled something that resembled written […]

Two years ago, I went rogue.  I quit the gym.  Now I work out at home in my garage.  With the spiders. And I love it. 7 Things to Consider When Building a Home or Garage Gym 1. Space – The amount of space you have will determine the type of equipement you can use […]

Yesterday, I was making grilled cheeses for my boys when I got distracted had to take care of something very important. I left the kitchen for a moment and returned to something sitting on top of the grilled cheeses. What the…? Upon closer inspection. “Fail” Apparently, the grilled cheeses got too crispy for Mr. Smarty […]

Over the weekend I saw Tron. A few times in the movie Flynn says that he was so busy chasing perfection that he failed to see it in front of him. Or something like that. In fact, Flynn missed 20 years of his son’s life because he was busy chasing perfection. 20 years. Gone. We […]

It’s an honor to feature Jen from Making Messes as the first Girl Hero of the new year. Jen is a committed wife, mother, friend and, as she puts it, has lost one Backstreet Boy in weight.  More than once I might add.  She has also run races and left her life in the city […]

One of my favorite foods is stuffed grape leaves or dolmas.  Problem is I don’t get grape leaves in my CSA box but I do get collards.  A lot of collards.  Which leads to my second problem,  I’m not crazy about collards.  Which leaves me with two options throw them out or get creative.  I scored […]