Last week I was sitting at a business meeting at a newly re-opened restaurant enjoying a veggie sandwich when I took a bite of what I thought was a dill pickle. My lunch companion noticed that I really didn’t care for a bread and butter pickle cut up to look like a dill pickle. “YUCK!” [...] [...more]
This month, to get back in the blogging spirit, I want to write about those who inspire me. I’ve had this idea for a while in my head and I think just getting it down on paper will help. My husband bought me a Kitchen Aid mixer for my birthday with the goal to start [...] [...more]
For my birthday, my husband got me a KitchenAid Mixer. This is something I have wanted for a really, really long time. I didn’t register for it because it was so expensive. Instead, I registered for a cheaper mixer that quite wasn’t doing the job in the mixing department. When I saw that Costco had [...] [...more]
I divorced Hamburger Helper in 1997. As a poor college student who lived on her own, I ate a lot of hamburger helper, ramen noodles and often crashed my grandmother’s house for dinner (she lived down the street from me). One evening, I ate some Hamburger Helper while studying and then got violently ill. I [...] [...more]
As you remember, I’m divorcing sodium to lower my blood pressure and lose some weight. This is something I can not fail at because if I do, I’ll have to be chained to blood pressure meds and I really don’t like spending my time in line at the Fred Meyer Pharmacy. Week one of logging [...] [...more]
It’s a new year. I think I’ve gained 10 lbs in the past week with all the out of control eating. I ate my final linzer cookie until next Christmas season. I’ve had an alcoholic beverage everyday since Christmas and I have not exercised. My husband and I were talking about goals last night for [...] [...more]
As I have mentioned before, I’ve had some struggles with my blood pressure lately. After trying several medications, it turns out that I have anxiety issues and white coat hypertension. I’m anxious lately due to the lack of a second income in our family (this is not my husband’s fault, there just isn’t anything out [...] [...more]
One of my favorite things to do as a child around Christmas time was bake cookies with my mom. We would make gum drop cookies, easy fudge, pecan sandies and spritz cookies. Before she died, my mom bought me a spritz cookie maker but I tried and tried and I couldn’t make those darn cookies! [...] [...more]
We had a lot of traditions growing up. Coconut pies and Grandma’s for Thanksgiving. At Christmas, my brother Christopher said he loved the way we opened our gifts (from youngest to oldest, one at a time). For some reason, I always had the most gifts (my mom said this was because the stuff I wanted [...] [...more]
I was going to make this glorious Thanksgiving feast when my friend told me she's not too into Thanksgiving food - she's gonna make tacos instead. TACOS? Really? [...more]
