Mornings can get hectic. You’re rushing to get ready for work, get the kids fed and out the door, and …. PING! You just got ANOTHER non-work-hours text from your boss you have to drop everything to answer. Then you nearly trip over the cat, who’s very annoyed at their empty food bowl. So you […]
Simple Secrets to Transform Your Eating Habits (and Reach Your Happy Weight!)
For some of us humans on the planet (like me!) eating right and weight management have been life-long struggles. It hasn’t been easy to learn how to eat without always being on a diet or feeling bad when I “cheated” on that never-ending diet. If I gave into my comfort foods, which was usually due […]
What to Expect When You’re Getting a Colonoscopy (aka: EEK!)
One of those uncomfortable “rights of passage” into middle age is the colonoscopy. When you hit the mid century mark they want to take a look under the hood to make sure all looks well and there’s nothing nasty hiding that could cause cancer or other issues. It’s one of those things like military basic […]
Sneaky Ways to Slip More “Exercise” Into Your Life
My little sister and I were reminiscing about our beloved Grandmother the other day, we affectionately always knew her as “Gram.” Even into her 80’s she could outwalk us all and we hardly ever saw her sitting down. She was always buzzing around the kitchen and house doing “stuff.” My sister Stace, who is the […]
5 Life Enhancing Tips to Handle Stress at Work
Have you ever gotten home from work and all you wanted to do was just curl up on the couch under a blanket, binge watch your favorite show and forget about the world? Your brain is fried, and you can’t stop wondering whether you forgot to send that critical email before you finally made it […]
The Triumph of the Ham Rice
One southern dish that my Steel Magnolias-esque mother-in-law used to cook for family gatherings was ham rice. It was a simple, yet delicious and much requested dish that included ham of course, but also rice made with the juices of the ham, hence… ham rice. Another southern favorite that my Yankee and western upbringing never […]