Happy New Year!!

Happy New Year to you and yours!!! 2014 was an amazing year for me and mine. Whether your 2014 was wonderful, dreadful, or somewhere in between – the good news is you have a fresh start! Someone else has a fresh start too – Meet Barkley – After losing our beloved lab this past October,…

Faceoff: Jawbone UP24 vs. Weight Watchers

This isn’t really fair because it’s really an apples to oranges comparison. It’s not apples to apples because I’m not comparing Weight Watchers Active Link to Jawbone UP24. I’m comparing Jawbone food tracking component to Weight Watchers app. For the purposes of full disclosure, I’m a die-hard Weight Watchers Lifetime member. I did this experiment…

Broccoli Cheese Soup

I had to get the fridge cleaned out so I could fit this week’s CSA veggies in there. Luckily, it all came together deliciously! 4 crowns of broccoli, cut into bite sized pieces 2 leeks, diced 1 5oz can evaporated milk 6ish oz Velveeta 1 brick cream cheese 1 can cream of mushroom soup Better…

I dropped the hint

and he picked it up!! I’ve mentioned in passing on here and IRL that my hobbies of reading & eating really don’t make for a tiny waist line. I enjoy running. Though with my long commute and the short days of winter, finding the time to run is difficult. But Mr. Hero gifted me with…

Cherry Tucker is my kind of girl..

Portrait of a Dead Guy. by Larissa Reinhart. Henery Press 2012. ISBN-13: 978–938383-02-1 I obtained this copy at the GaCOMO Conference. One of my favorite parts of the conference is the author reception. Of course, I love the whole conference and always return full of fresh & fantastic ideas. But I come home with a…

I challenge you to try this out!

Please take a moment to check out this blog post over at Book Journey. It’s a challenge I can really get behind! It doesn’t matter where you live, your local library would be thrilled to have you!

On my Christmas list…

I only buy books I love. This is partly because I consider myself thrifty, my kids would say tight, whatever. It’s probably mostly because I’m really a book hoarder and any new addition is going to have to earn shelf real estate. So having said that, you won’t find many new or hot titles on…