I’ve missed you and I’ve missed blogging. I thought Thanksgiving would be a perfect day to get back to blogging.  There’s nothing like eating 4000 calories then sitting down at my laptop to pontificate on and on about the importance of sane meals.  😉  Seriously, I was thinking about all I have to be thankful […]

You may be familiar with Stephen Covey’s rock analogy.  If not it goes something like this. Take a jar and fill it halfway with sand.  Next add some small pebbles.  Is is full?  Now try to squeeze some big rocks on top.  Do they  fit?  Probably not….at least not very many.  It’s an object lesson […]

We returned home from the Sequoia National Forest Monday evening.   Our trip was lovely.   I’m missing the simplicity of our days spent under the majestic  trees.  A full grown Sequoia is quite a sight to behold.  And since I’m prone to seeing the world through analogy, their massive thousands-of-years old trunks spoke to […]

Today we are going to the Sequoia National Forest.  We are going to the same campground that we visited  last year where we had a fantastic site.  Not only were we surrounded by dozens of beautiful Sequoias, there was a great hill right behind our site that I used for my workouts.   This time […]

(source) I just finished 30 days of no-grains experiement  last week.  Surprisingly it wasn’t that hard although I wasn’t perfect.  I never am.  I ate popcorn a couple times and told myself it was a vegetable even though I know it’s not.  In an emotionally weak weepy moment, I comforted myself with a slice of […]

My birthday is in one week.  A few months ago I boldly stated that I would be giving myself a pair of size 26 jeans for my present.  Instead, I think I’m going to just give myself some love because the size 26 isn’t going to happen at least not without ripping or suffocating.   […]

Last week, I was waiting in line at Office Depot and picked up a June issue of Men’s Health to flip through while I waited.  Skimming through the pages I came across these pictures with some quotes from Jessica Szhor , who I had never heard of but now know she is from Gossip Girl […]

I’m obsessing again.  This time on the Bodybugg.  (It’s a device that you wear on your arm that tracks how many calories you are burning.) I came across it online a few weeks ago and I’ve been thinking about it ever since.   The reviews on blogs and message boards have been mixed  but overall […]

I haven’t been blogging this week because my husband has been filming some children’s music videos the past three days and I had the glamourous  job of crafts (carb) service. My whole life I’ve wanted to be an actress and have struggled to break my excessive carb consumption (binging) so this little job of craft services […]

Today is the first morning I’ve felt “normal” since last Wednesday.  At least as normal as I can feel when I’ve got the present monster scratching at the door.  My head is finally starting to clear after the 2 day carb fest.  I did my best to get back on plan yesterday although I had […]