Helping Hands

You know how some people say, “I could use another set of hands”? Not me.  In fact, sometimes I wish I had two less sets of hands.  I have all the helping hands I need. This morning Slim Shady helped me hide my stash…of empty nut butter jars. I came in from my workout and found two near empty jars of peanut butter that I’d been hiding in the back of the cupboard set out on the counter to go in the recycling.  Whoever did... Read More

Vegan Shmegan

Other potential post titles: Blogger Shmogger Water Shmater Turkey Shmurkey Marco Poll-oh Please allow me to explain.  I got a little wrapped up in Thanksgiving today.  In fact, I got so wrapped up that I neglected my blogging duties, taking very few pictures.  I also neglected simple self-care tasks like drinking a certain beverage we call “water” (please note Wine Shmine, and Coffee Shmoffee were not potential post titles).  That... Read More

It’s All About the Form

Sometimes life is like a jump shot.  It’s all about the form. Good form: I managed to get a thirty minute run in this morning before the hubs left for work. Bad form: Though I’d planned on lifting weights and doing some ab work, I simply stayed in my workout clothes for the next four hours with nary and outing nor a respectable degree of work to show for it. Good form: I had a green smoothie for breakfast. 1/2 c. frozen strawberries 1/4... Read More

La-dee-dah-dee, We Likes to Party

I couldn’t bring myself to take the night off, so I’m going an old school on you.  Yup, it’s poem time! Gigi was up, so bright and so early, Her hair looking crazy, her hair looking curly, You’d think it was Christmas, there’d be no more waiting, She grabbed her new unicorn and paints for painting. So what if the candy she’d earned now was gone, Save for the Reese’s that Dad shared with Mom. I still wanted... Read More

A Day With A Peel

I can’t leave you hanging on the pumpkin situation.  Despite my protest desperate excuse that it was still too early and our pumpkins would turn into blue furry mushballs before Halloween, we did in fact get a carvin’. We had a fool proof system. Lulu gutted. Gigi and I drew. Did you know that having your tongue out increases your concentration by 40%?  Uh…yeah…and you are also a winner in the British National Lottery…please... Read More