Instant Pot for School Lunches: Goodbye to Soggy Sammies!
Instant Pot has vastly improved school lunches in our family! My daughter hates taking sandwiches for her lunch at school. They always get soggy and yucky. Plus, we just don’t eat a lot of bread. She also hates buying the school lunch. So I usually make a main course Sunday to divvy up for her […]
5 ways to regain your weight loss motivation
Getting and staying healthy is hard work. Weight loss motivation is easy to lose, but difficult to get back. I’m working on weight loss and general healthy eating to get control of type 2 diabetes. I know the things I need to do: Limit carbs Ignore (most of the time) the sweet treats that scream […]
Instant Pot Problems, how I fixed it and why it’s now my favorite appliance
You’ve probably seen your Facebook friends raving about their Instant Pot and wondered if it’s worth it. Well, I’m here with the answer! Dinner ready in minutes. No need to defrost meat. The best tasting food ever. They made it sound like magic. And it is! The food is delicious. It cooks quicker than many […]
7 Healthy Ways to Show Your Family LOVE This Valentine’s Day
Valentine’s Day is one of my favorite holidays. It’s a day to celebrate LOVE! What’s better than love? Nothing, right? But I’m not going to shower my family with chocolate and processed treats this year. I’m going to show my love in healthy ways. Because striving to be healthier and wanting my family to be […]
How to save money with Instant Pot yogurt
I love yogurt. I particularly like plain full fat Greek yogurt. I had a bit of honey, a spoonful of preserves or fresh fruit. So when I got an Instant Pot yogurt was at the top of my list to try! I got the Instant Pot Duo60 7-in-1. It has a yogurt button! Yeah, first […]
Fashion advice: 7 Ways to Go from Frumpy to Fab In Seconds
I am not one of those ladies who can’t leave the house without a full face of makeup and elaborate hairstyle. In fact, I’m feeling good if I’m wearing undergarments these days! And yet I’m about to give you some fashion advice! Once in a while, I find myself in a situation where I wish […]
Comfort Food: Al Fresco Sweet and Savory Cornbread Muffins
Lucky me! Al Fresco sent me some of their chicken products to try like spicy jalapeño chicken meatballs, chicken bacon and sweet apple chicken sausage! It was a rare cold and wet weekend in Florida and I had a hankering for comfort food. I used the Al Fresco chicken bacon and sweet apple chicken sausage […]
Healthy Game Day Snacks: Al Fresco Peachy Spice Chicken Meatballs
In case you haven’t heard…..there’s a big football game coming up. The. Big. One. Or so I hear. My family is not really into sports. Maybe we’ll tune in for the Puppy Bowl. More likely, we’ll have our own game night and bust out My Little Pony Monopoly or Clue. Maybe even poker. At any […]
Why I love going to breakfast alone
I love going out to breakfast. And I really enjoy going out to breakfast alone. Reading and sipping coffee at a tablet o myself is a rare treat. My daughter only had to be at school for an hour and a half for an exam one morning recently. I dropped her off and then went […]
I made homemade cheese! I don’t even know who I am…
I don’t even know who I am anymore. I’ve started cooking much more often. A whole chicken was sliced for dinner one night, then turned into both chicken salad and chicken soup later in the week. So domestic. But the kicker? I made cheese. Cheese. Freaking homemade cheese. I admit it wasn’t supposed to be […]
#MyPoiseMoment Light Bladder Leakage GIVEAWAY!
Humiliated because you tinkled a little when you sneezed? Don’t be! Light bladder leakage (LBL) happens. Really. It’s a common occurrence. And Poise Liners and Poise Pads are here to help. Poise makes products specifically designed for light bladder leakage so you can always be confident. They instantly absorb wetness and odor keeping you dry […]
My Type 2 Diabetes Story: If you ignore it, it won’t go away.
Until yesterday, I hadn’t written a fresh post here since September. Four months. And posting has been very sporadic from the start. I’m sure you can guess why. This is a blog about my efforts to lose weight and get healthier. I’m not always feeling it. I’ve been in a bit of a funk. Okay, […]
Dear Type 1 Diabetes Community (What to do about an angry mob!)
Welcome! I’m so glad you’re here! You might have found your way here because you’re impacted by type 1 diabetes. If so, this post is dedicated to you. (And if not, you’ll want to keep reading because have I got a story to tell you!) Have you ever angered a group of moms? Maybe you […]
5 Tips for Surviving a Bad Haircut
This photo was taken three days into the worst haircut I have ever received in my life. I wanted my usual chin length bob. Somehow I got extremely short, layered, 80’s soccer mom hair that poufs up everywhere. Oh, and it had strange, long bangs in the front. It was just bad. Bad, bad, bad. My daughter had […]
Easy Lemon Rosemary Chicken Stew Recipe
My daughter has been battling colds, sniffles, coughs, ear infections, etc. since starting school last month. And so I’m always paranoid I’m coming down with something, too. She was feeling under the weather again this weekend, so I decided to whip up something comforting and soothing to hopefully ease her cough and stuffy nose – […]
Kick Flippers Review & Giveaway! Fun afterschool activity
I like keeping the fun going once school starts back. I’m always on the lookout for a fun afterschool activity that will get us outdoors. Playing outside with my girlie gets us both moving and laughing. Kick Flippers by PlaSmart Toys definitely fit the bill! I first learned about them at Sweet Suite, part of […]
I fell off the wagon, so I’m going to channel my inner “Tank Girl.”
September. Another new month. I swore at the start of August that it would be the month I got back on track. But here we are, even farther off track. You see, I fell off the wagon. And then it backed over me. Several times. My weight has creeped back over 300 pounds. Something I […]
No Weigh: Saying no to weighing at school
My daughter came home from middle school devastated because of a “health screening.” The students were lined up and sent through screening stations. They were checked for scoliosis. They had their eyesight and hearing screened. And they had their BMI calculated, which meant everyone stepped on the scale. I’m just not okay with this. I […]
Talk-to-text woes: I’m buried in enchiladas
I have a Samsung Galaxy S5 Active. Ya know, cuz I’m super outdoorsy and active. Ha! Nope, I’m really clumsy and the salesperson said it would hold up better. I once ruined a phone by spilling a whole bottle of water in my purse, drowning it. The S5 Active has this little flap that’s supposed […]
I climbed a mountain in Central Park
“Momma, come climb with me!” “You go ahead, Sweetie. Momma’s not very good at climbing. I’ll stay here and take pictures of you.” “I don’t want my picture taken and I want to climb with you.” Okay, so it wasn’t really a mountain. Obviously Central Park doesn’t have mountains. But that rocky hill looked like […]
So easy mini spinach and goat cheese frittata recipe
Spinach and goat cheese frittata. It’s what’s getting me back on my wagon. I find I eat so much healthier when I already have breakfast planned for the week. Otherwise, I wind up deciding to “treat” myself to junk food or hold off until lunchtime when I’m starving, which sets me up for overeating the […]