Life

My Mom had her semi-annual concert yesterday, and even though my brother was just in India, flew home, was home maybe 48 hours before heading back to Chicago to surprise my Mom. My sister-in-law and niece had driven in days before, with the premise that they were going on a road trip while my brother was traveling.  They spent some time with Laura’s family in...

Are you sick of seeing my chia pudding?!  Ha – I am not sick of eating it.  Normally I am all for mixing up my breakfasts every day, but when it makes so much, it’s so easy to grab and go.  This is a small jelly jar, so that’s half a cup of chia pudding with yogurt, blueberries, banana and some Safe + Fair chocolate...

Today is my roommates birthday – his GOLDEN birthday – happy 27th Jacob! What some of you may or may not know is that Hannah and Jacob met at the bus stop when they were in 5th grade.  He went home and told his Mom that he met the girl he was going to marry.  So sweet!  They didn’t start dating until high school, but...

How is it possible that we raise the bar every time we get together?  Ha!  I am not kidding, but after each and every dinner, we declare it “this is the best yet!” Last night’s theme was Spring!  It was the first day of spring, so even if it didn’t feel like it outside, it tasted like it at the table. Courtney made these delicious...

    Oh what a shocker – I made chia pudding for breakfast!  This time in a bowl, not a parfait.  It was hilarious because I was trying to do this really pretty swirl of my very berry sauce into the pudding, and well, let’s just say that didn’t work out that well – this tasted delicious! Five points – 3 for 1/2 cup of...

I recently got a continuous glucose monitor.  I can’t talk about it yet, because my posts are with the companies legal department for review before I can post about it. But it’s been fascinating because I could literally check my blood sugar every five minutes if I want. Yesterday I woke up, my blood sugar was 119.  I didn’t eat or drink anything (forgot my...

Knowing we would be going out for Hannah’s birthday, I wanted to keep my breakfast and lunch on the lower side.  I made these pumpkin pancakes over the weekend, and while I loved them the day I made them, yesterday I could really taste the baking powder – going to have to go back to the drawing board on these.  I still ate them though...

It seems just like yesterday that you combed your bangs so proudly for your kindergarten picture. I blinked and you were 21! I blinked again and you are 27! I am so proud of the smart, independent, talented and beautiful woman you have become. You make me so proud 💕 Love, Mom

I think that I am really a home body.  I used to blame my late husband on us not going out that often, but truth be told, I love being home.  Near my kitchen, making my own food. But on the other hand, I am a very social person and I love meeting people!  I had the best time last night meeting some amazing WW...

My late husband Tony used to tell me all the time that my online friends aren’t really friends.  His argument always being “if you were to call them and ask them to drive you to the airport, would they?”  And if I told him the answer would be yes, he didn’t believe me. Much like when Tony and I met online, the two women I...