Have you all missed me?? I know I’ve missed you all… but it’s been a SUPER busy week full of celebrations that went way past my bedtime most nights. Therefore, blogging has taken a back seat. But I’m back today, and make sure you’re in a comfortable seat, you have about 3 days worth of [...]
Have I told you all lately how much I love Trader Joe’s? I’ve discovered that on certain days, the fastest route home from work passes right by the Trader Joe’s, so I stop. I stocked up today on raw almond snack packs (the extra plastic for the wrappers is worth it for the portion control!), [...]
It has been quite a long week, and I’m beyond thrilled that tomorrow is Friday! We have a no-students-present institute day, which are always fun. Not that I don’t love my students, but sometimes it’s nice to hang out with adults. Sometimes, I’ll spend some time up in the main office at work and chat [...]
Before I get to today’s post, I just wanted to say thank you to all of you who emailed, concerned that I hadn’t posted yesterday! To be honest, Adam and I went out for a quick dinner after getting our marriage license (!!!!!) and I just wasn’t feelin’ it by the time we got home. [...]
Did anyone else have the LONGEST monday ever? I woke up in a daze, much like the one that comes after other big events…so much of yesterday was a blur, and I woke up wondering if it really happened! The kids were nutty, I had a headache, and my classroom was so cold that by [...]
359 Posts 6,077 Comments over 100 recipes 5,930 Tweets 245 Google Reader followers 402 FeedBurner subscribers 715 Twitter followers ONE YEAR OF WHAT’S FOR DINNER! Did anyone figure it out? The theme for yesterday’s Cute Food Saturday was “birthday cakes”. Not because any human was having a birthday, but because the blog was! I cannot [...]
It’s finally starting to really feel like fall here in Chicagoland… the leaves are starting to change, and there’s a cool breeze in the evenings that almost requires a light jacket. There are quite a few dishes that will eternally remind me of fall: warm homemade applesauce, prune plum compote, Italian pot roast, and Neapolitan [...]
After years (literally, 3.5 years) of counting Weight Watchers Points®, this past week, I decided I’d had it. I spent one last week counting to the best of my ability while I researched other possible eating plans. While I know that I *should* attempt the whole intuitive eating thing, my intuition would lead me to [...]
About a week ago, while wasting time on Twitter (are you following me yet?) I got a message from Gina, a.k.a. The Fitnessista, saying that she had a 2 hour layover in Chicago on August 6 at 6:45 and could Jenn and I meet up with her? Since I would be able to make it [...]
Hugh Jass that is! After tweeting today that I had no idea what to cook for dinner, the lovely Sarah suggested I make a taco salad. Thought process immediately following: taco salad sounds good. taco salad has lots of stuff on it we don’t have lots of stuff. I should go to the grocery store [...]