Raising the Bar

I put the call out for recipe makeover requests last week, and many of you did not disappoint.  For the rest of you, I expected more.  Wait until I tell your father. One of my first requests came from reader/blogger Mandy A. who said: I’d love to see a cereal bar of some kind. Not the granola type bar… but like the strawberry in the chewy center type bars? I can buy the Kashi ones, of course… but would still love to be able to... Read More

Extreme Sports

I am such an extremist.  It’s always black and white with me.  Actually, it’s not even that simple.  It’s always either really, really, really black or really, really, really white.  My family rarely believes a word I say anymore because they know I can’t stick by my guns forever. Take a look at the extreme positions that came out of my mouth just this weekend: We are never buying anything from a garage sale ever again. I... Read More

Totally Quoteable

The day was totally quotable. During the morning workout: Gigi: “You want your abs to burn like a fire!” She’s right.  Someone should card her for that six pack. When I discovered that someone had unfurled an entire roll of toilet paper and asked who did it: Lulu: “I did it!  But the lady comes to clean our house…” Oooh, why I oughta…. After I asked Gigi why she had the DVD player remote outside: Gigi:... Read More