Life

My brother and I talk about the “switch” all the time.  The switch is on when you are actively working towards your weight loss goals, or just think about what you should do, and well, do nothing with the switch firmly in the off position. I’ve been listening to Rachel Hollis’ podcast – the whole last 90 days.  It started because she realized that instead...

Today my Dad would have been 81 years old – but he died at age 59 – a month before his 60th birthday. What’s weird is that I am 51 years old now, and that picture of my Dad on the beach – Mom, Jenn and Charlie – help me out – but my guess is he was 55? I see this picture every year...

What a fun weekend!  I’ve never been to Chicago Gourmet before and I am kicking myself that I didn’t go sooner.   It was even better that on my first time, I got to attend with a media pass – how cool is that?! It was basically an all you can eat and drink event.  Luckily the food lines were pretty long, but the alcohol lines...

Um, someone (me) forgot to plug in her laptop last night.  Doh! So I have 3% battery, probably just enough to post this.  It’s going to be a great weekend though!  I am staying downtown at my beloved Kimpton Hotel and going to Chicago Gourmet – can’t wait – just hoping the weather isn’t bad the whole weekend – fingers crossed! Happy Friday – make...

Yesterday at work was a shit show.  It didn’t help that my blood sugar was low because I wish I were joking that I really wanted to say F YOU and walk right out.  Cooler heads prevailed.  I’ve declared it already that today is going to be a great day, so it will be. 😀 The hightlight of my day was taking my co-worker out...

I can’t believe we are staring our FIFTH year of Cooking Club!   A lot has changed in five years.  That first August cooking club, I was a widow for just ten months,  Courtney our host has moved twice, gotten divorced, is now happily married and having baby #3!  Mary Beth has adopted baby #4 and has brought three new borns to Cooking Club.  But through...

My friend Morgan and I bought tickets weeks ago for the Eataly September Fest which was held on Friday night.  For $70 it was an you could eat and drink – swoon!  It was my FOURTH night out in a row, but I had 28 points going into Friday night.  My strategy was two things: take a picture of everything I ate and track later,...

Oh hello!  Sorry for being MIA – I was having technical difficulties and my brother is super busy, but I am up and running.  I am working on making my site more user friendly, so in the process I think I messed something up – oops! So this post was my Wednesday recap – I talked about having FIVE eating events this week, and how...

My house is pretty much company ready most of the time.  Maybe a couple cookbooks on the dining room table, a couple dog toys on the floor, but nothing that a minute of pick up can fix. The only problem area for me was my bedroom.  It just became a place to put shit that had no place really, and I would just take off...

If I’ve said it once, I’ve said it a dozen times – if you have the opportunity to meet your internet friends in real life, I highly recommend it.  Once you form an online friendship (and I still don’t agree with my late husband that you guys aren’t my friends if we haven’t met yet!) once you do meet, it’s like meeting someone you went...