Breakfast

Shhhh.  Don’t tell anyone, but today is my brother Charlie’s 50th birthday!  For some reason or another, my brother doesn’t want much fanfare for this birthday.  I mean, come on, what better way to celebrate than on your 50th birthday?!   I told him that I wanted to send 50 balloons to his office at the Apple HQ in Austin, but he quickly replied that he’d...

This berry sauce is so versatile - 0 points and works great with any frozen fruit - in parfaits, over ice cream - it's even great over pan seared pork!

I guess the most positive thing about not having my wine at night is that I am WAY more productive!  I guess I considered drinking wine an activity, so I was busy drinking wine, no?! I signed up for my 75 minute hot yoga in the middle of last week and I wasn’t sure how to prepare for it diabetes wise.  My sister told her...

On Monday night I asked Hannah to defrost a bag of leftover chopped pork shoulder that I had done in the crock pot over the weekend to make pork BBQ sandwiches for dinner.  When I got home I realized she defrosted both bags, so I need to use up the defrosted pork before it goes bad.  Monday night we had these – Stubbs Spicy BBQ...

I am one of those people that can kind of roll with the punches.  It’s just my nature, if I get knocked down, it might take me a while, but I’ll eventually dust myself off and move on.  Change is scary and it’s good all at the same time.   So I’ve decided to change things up.  First off – I have a new look on...

It’s no wonder where I get my drive to stay busy.  My Mom and my Aunt Martha are shining examples that age is just a number and you get so much more out of life if you stay active.  I know I’ve talked it about it before, but there are some times of the year I literally need to schedule time with my Mom weeks...

All I can say is.  Wow.  Thank you so much for the amazing response to my post yesterday.  I just feel like a weight is lifted off of me, it’s really hard to describe, but it feels good!  It will probably take me a couple days to respond to all the comments but I just wanted to say THANKS! With the Cabot Cheese and King...

After doing strength for the last couple days, I woke up a bit sore yesterday morning.  So I turned to my DVR and did 30 minutes of Classical Stretch and I felt AMAZING when I was done.  I sometimes wake up with shoulder pain and after that 30 minutes of stretching, it was completely gone.  The woman who does the shoe kind of annoys me...

I love the store Sur la Table.  There is one about 5 minutes from my office and it’s not unusual for me to go in there a couple times a month and drool over the $400 sauce pans.  You may think there is nothing there in your price range, but all stores have a discount section in the back of the store, and they also...

I remember exactly where I was when I had my first scone.  It was a Starbucks.  In Chicago.  I was picking up coffee for my boss and he asked for a cinnamon chip scone to go with it.  Huh.  This was way before I became a foodie and literally ate the same things over and over.  Hannah was probably about five and I used to...