My youngest sister Rachel and I have been struggling with getting back into the workout routine for awhile now. I really need to be able to work out in the a.m. and it was not happening. Well, we have finally hit on something that works. Rachel and I have a deal, and it’s pretty genius. [...]
Archive for August, 2011
29 Aug
You Don’t Have To Be Hungry
I was having a conversation with a coworker last week. She is dieting (I despise that word) and said that she’s always hungry, but that’s how she has to be in order to lose weight. I disagreed, but she would have none of it. Depending on what you’re eating, you might need to be hungry, [...]
27 Aug
Meatless Meals (I Wish) My Mother Made
We had some phyllo dough left over (from a recipe that didn’t turn out well — you won’t be seeing it here!). What to make with phyllo dough but spanakopita! The recipe I ended up using was from allrecipes.com. It didn’t come together the way the recipe suggested (I had three layers instead of two, [...]
26 Aug
This Week In Pregnancy: Weeks 31 and 32
I’ve been a blog slacker the past week or — apologies! Fighting a cold that’s going around campus (already!) has made my head foggy. Anyway, in the last couple of weeks, The Kid has become even more active, which I didn’t realize was possible. We believe that s/he has flipped and isn’t breech any more, [...]
24 Aug
Image isn’t everything, but it sure does help a lot.
It’s true. Outward appearance does wonders on a person. And I’m not talking about when I’m doing my monthly Cosmo reading and I look at women and their outfits and decide if they are witches or not by how they look. I’m talking about looking in a mirror and saying, “Damn, I look fine,” or [...]
17 Aug
New epiphany, but in a totally bad way.
Yup. It’s hit me again. This time though, it wasn’t a good epiphany. It scared the crap out of me. Things at work have gotten really unpleasant. In the past month, four people have been laid off and three people have quit. My caseload has increased exponentially. My stress level has increased exponentially times a [...]
16 Aug
Reduce, Reuse, Recycle
Many people agree that our mindset on garbage needs to change. Many mindful people do their part by recycling: paper, cardboard, aluminum, plastics — whatever their municipality will accept. Many mindful people use reusable shopping bags instead of collecting tons of plastic bags. Some who do use plastic shopping bags repurpose them for use in [...]
13 Aug
Meatless Meals (I Wish) My Mother Made
Today’s recipe is from Mark Bittman’s How To Cook Everything Vegetarian*. We were looking for a recipe to use up some cabbage. Cabbage is tasty, but all of the recipes I’ve ever made with it are somewhat work-intensive. The Big Man prepared this meal, so I can’t comment to the preparation, but I can tell [...]
12 Aug
This Week In Pregnancy: Week 30
Not too much happening these days, which is totally OK. Appointment with my midwife on Tuesday went well. I had many questions — some medical things, some logistic things — and they are all taken care of now. One very noticeable difference between the OB and the midwife is the amount of time spent. We [...]
11 Aug
On Being Helpful
I love it when people ask me for information, especially when it’s about something I am passionate about. (Double bonus when it’s a question I know the answer to!) A few people have sought me out recently, both in person and online, asking for information about scattered topics: exercises they could do for a specific [...]
