Since it’s Labor Day, I thought I would give myself the day off and let you write a blog post for me. (Thanks!) A few days ago on Facebook I posed the question, “What tips do you have for eating healthy on a budget?” Here’s what you’ve given me so far. Add your tip in the comment section. Thanks for giving me the day off! Don’t go shopping when hungry!…
I’m not sure when it all started, but somewhere between the years of hunching over a breastfeeding baby, carrying a toddler around in my arms, and tapping away at a keyboard, I developed what I like to call “Mom Posture.” My children were literally becoming a pain in the neck. Although it was painful, I didn’t realize how bad it had become until my husband and I were trying to…
I’ve decided to hop back on the Paleo low-FODMAP eating plan. (What are FODMAPs? Click here.) This past month has been more down than up in terms of my health, and the worse I felt, the more lazy I became in my eating (which I’m sure made me feel even worse). I was grabbing a bar for breakfast, maybe even a bar for lunch, scrounging for a dinner I wouldn’t…
I’m keeping my confessions short and sweet this week. Here they are: – My kitchen floor is dirty. And I’m not going to mop it. – My laundry is piled high. And I’m not going to wash it. – My kids are quietly reading. And I’m going to take a nap. Your turn, leave your short and sweet confessions below. Give us a glimpse into your real life. Because life…
If you have two minutes, watch this short film about Smartphones. Does your life look like this? Do you identify with any of these scenes? I do. It’s like I live my life worried that if I didn’t document something, it didn’t really happen. Obviously this is a lie I have bought into. Ick. But what about the photographer and storyteller in me that is always itching to capture a…
That moment when social media life meets real life. Awkward or not? Last week, I had a reader confess that we go to the same church, but she hadn’t introduced herself because it felt a little weird, almost like she had been spying on me. As she stated, “In the world of technology it’s hard to know how to navigate appropriate social behavior.” I didn’t blame her one bit. That…
Eating food out of a mason jar seems to be quite the trend these days. When I saw this month’s Recipe ReDux theme of “Raising the Bar on Food in a Jar” I thought it would be the perfect time to try out a new spin on overnight oats. As someone who has very little time to eat in the morning, I prefer a quick grab-n-go breakfast. Overnight cereal is…