Breakfast · Lunch

Healthy Eating on a Budget?!

Hi Readers: So, the other day I talked about one of my new quests – eating healthy, whole foods on a budget. This week is my first few days of the “budget”. I have not come up with an exact dollar amount, but I wanted to let you know how I was doing so far!…… Continue reading Healthy Eating on a Budget?!

Breakfast · Cooking · Lunch

Heather and Bittman… sitting in a tree

Just kidding. But seriously – I think I am having a culinary love affair with Mark Bittman. I hope that is ok with you readers out there. 🙂 Seriously. I don’t know what it is about Bittman. I have no idea – but I love being inspired by him! Last week before I came down…… Continue reading Heather and Bittman… sitting in a tree

Breakfast · Lunch

A Day with the Moms!

Hey All – So, I guess I might be on the mend… hopefully. I slept all day yesterday, barely getting out of bed for orange juice. I was definitely wiped out. I am still tired, and have been taking it easy again today. I had already scheduled a day with “the mom’s” before I came…… Continue reading A Day with the Moms!

Health

Early Friday

Oh bloggies. It is 6:30 in the morning, and I am home sick and unhappy. My body had done a wonderful job trying to keep this cold from striking me down… but when I woke up this morning and started getting ready for work, I realized that I felt a lot worse than I did…… Continue reading Early Friday

Breakfast · Lunch · Running · Workout

Proud

Hey Bloggies: I have to say, I’m sort of proud of myself today! I had a long, productive day at work – and after the day at work I attended a retirement party for a colleague and then a blog production meeting with a friend (more to come soon, I promise). I left the office…… Continue reading Proud

Lunch

Monday – back to work.

Hey All – Well, it was back to work for me today! As a birthday gift to myself, I had told my boss that I would be coming in on the later side. It was such a treat to get up at 7:50 instead of 5:45 this morning! I got to work at 9:45 and…… Continue reading Monday – back to work.

Lunch · Running

A Quick Run and a Wonderful Lunch

Hey All – Wow, I finally made it to the gym today!! It has been way too long, well just a few days and with Christmas I guess I should forgive myself, but I was super excited to finally get a workout in. It was a short one, but it was better than nothing. I…… Continue reading A Quick Run and a Wonderful Lunch

Dinner · Lunch · Running

Long day – Run and Sushi to the Rescue

Hey all – Wow, I really hate my long commute to work during the holidays. There is so much traffic, it is just about unbearable. But I am not going to waste time thinking about it 🙂 I was feeling really run down last night and this morning, so I opted to sleep in a…… Continue reading Long day – Run and Sushi to the Rescue

Breakfast · Lunch

Tuesday

Hey All – Do you ever have one of those days where you feel like you deserve a pat on the back just for surviving? Gah! That is sort of how I feel right now. So, on a happier note, here is a photo of our Christmas tree. Mom, Mark and I finished decorating it…… Continue reading Tuesday

Lunch

The Up Side of Guilt and Stress

Hi All – Do any of you remember the movie The Up Side of Anger? That movie popped into my head as I typed out my blog title for tonight. Funny. So, there is an up side to the guilt of not getting to the gym to run… the guilt seriously gets me there! On…… Continue reading The Up Side of Guilt and Stress