I don’t know about you, but one of the things I find hardest about January is not practicing the new habit I am trying to build with a New Year’s resolution (or theme), it is the getting back to real life. Over the holidays I am definitely guilty of letting my good habits slip. I…
2013 was an amazing year of change for my family and me. It was a whirlwind of activity from starting kindergarten to finishing my training to launching a new business and blog. It was wonderful, challenging, frenzied, and exciting. In the final days of the year, as I was trying to think about my hopes…
“Crazy busy week. But I think the fact that I’ve been humming ‘Feliz Navidad’ for the last hour means I’m seeing the light at the end of the tunnel.” This was my husband’s status update on Facebook yesterday evening and it made me laugh and also gave me hope because I. am. tired. This week…
This morning as I was thinking through what I was going to write about today, I kept coming back to the stress I am feeling about cooking the turkey for Thanksgiving this year. This has come as a surprise to me because, in general, roasting a turkey is something I feel pretty confident about. I…
Years ago I was asked by a family member (who shall remain nameless) if I would teach her how to grocery shop and plan meals for the week. She asked me this because she noticed that every time she came to my house my fridge appeared to be almost empty and yet I always had…
For the past two-and-a-half weeks my husband was home every. single. day. This was, of course, due to the federal government shutdown. He was furloughed, along with many, many other people. Naturally, this was a source of stress and anxiety in the house in terms of finances, but it also had another, unexpected effect: it…
I was supposed to be on a farm today. My son’s class was scheduled for their first field trip of the year, which was to visit a working farm. Of course I offered to be a chaperone! But then the nor’easter rolled in and so the school canceled the trip. At first I was really…
Yesterday afternoon I had a grand cooking plan. I was going to make whole wheat empanadas as part of some work I am doing on cooking once and then using the ingredients for multiple meals (recipes and plans coming soon!). I was really excited to try out the new recipe and move forward with my project.