Life

I promised to post these orange cranberry oat muffins today, but (a) I forgot the hand scribbled recipe on my desk at home and (b) I forgot to plug in my laptop. I just pulled it out of my back pack and I have 1% battery. Promise to post it tomorrow because if you have leftover cranberries from the holidays, it’s the perfect way to...

I had the perfect balance of fun and adulting this weekend.  Even though it was -6 when I woke up, I still got my ass out of bed to Weight Watchers.  I lost 1.2, but I think it was a bit more.  You see the scale will never show up the exact amount of your effort exactly on day 7 of your weigh in day....

We made it to Friday!  I hope everyone is back into their routine like me this week.  I have had a good week so I am hoping for a loss on the scale this week.  I’ve.tracked.everything – I’ve ditched my wine this week, so we will see!  I’ll have to remember to get to WW early tomorrow as it’s the first Saturday meeting of 2018....

I’ve done a pretty good job of cleaning out my fridge and freezer this week without going grocery shopping.  I can always put together a picky plate – breakfast is just 2 points for the cheese stick. Work was busy as usual – with so many secretaries out I was busy all day.  I’ve gotten nothing done that I wanted to, and I’ve decided to...

Oh my Lerd was yesterday a busy day.  It didn’t help matters that my train took 100 minutes to get to work vs. the normal 60, which made me 30 minutes late.  When I walked in I was bombarded with all this work, “Biz can you do this, can you do that, can you check on this, did you do this yet?”  And I hadn’t...

Merry Christmas!  I hope you had a wonderful long weekend and if you are lucky, have this week off too. Me? I am back to work this week.  I know a lot of attorneys are out, but so are legal assistants, so this could be a cake week where I get a ton of stuff off my desk with no pressure, or it could be...

Can you believe its 5 days until Christmas?  Me either!   The kadults and I decided to have a low key Christmas – and be happy spending time with each other instead of spending tons of money on each other, and I love this concept.  It takes the anxiety out of the holiday to find the “perfect” gift, or spend hundreds of dollars – I...

I am going to enjoy this mild weather as long as I can.  We will have above average temps, and then guess what Christmas Day is forecast to be? HIGH OF 17.  Low of 1, which means below zero windchills.  Gah.  December and January always question why I live in Chicago and the midwest when I see all the California people basking in the warm...

I haven’t made a parfait in so long – this was so good thanks to this new granola I found at Trader Joe’s. If you love peanut butter you will love this!! 1/3 cup is 4 points, or 8 points for 2/3 cup. I divided this granola into 1/3 cup portions because I could easily eat the whole bag in one sitting. I was going...

I had the best time Friday night.  Even though I was by myself!  I was working the One of A Kind show on Saturday for the Chopping Block at the Merchandise Mart, which is about 4 blocks from my office.  I thought – why go all the way home (50 miles NW of Chicago!) only to have to get up at the crack of dawn...