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One Year Apart Day to day, you can’t always tell what’s happening to your body. A year later, I am still wearing all the same clothes, BUT look at how different that shirt looks.  Wow. When you are on a weight loss journey like this, you have to stop and take notice. Because I will tell you from experience — when you don’t stop to smell the roses … well… the roses can DIE . Like, literally wither away when you are not looking. You end up with dead roses and thorny soil, and i

Anxpression or depressxiety — which "ship"  name do you like best for the fact that depression and anxiety often seem to hold hands , making it even harder to get rid of them? At our house, this certainly seems to be true. We can tell which one came first, but once you have both, it becomes much harder to determine what the proper course of action is for treatment. There are loads of things you can do to help prevent both of these conditions: deep breathing, hot showers, prop

We are officially done with them — teenagers. Yesterday, like literally yesterday, our baby turned 20, and just like that... poof. .. no more teens in my house. How did this happen? Time really does go by that fast. Lately, I’ve been trying to remember the good old days and share stories with my kids about all the fun we had while they were growing up. The problem is, I tend to remember the same moments over and over, and it can be hard to pull up the smaller details. That’s

It has been too long since I sat down and wrote a post. At first when I thought about it, I couldn't even think what to write about next, a few weeks have passed, now it has been almost 2 months and my brain is having a tough time focusing on where to start. I need to update you on the kids' health, my Mounjaro journey, Christmas time, feeling like I don't know what I want to do next... so where do I even start? What I realize is, it doesn't matter where I start, it matters h

Anxiety has a way of creeping into a family—sometimes quietly, sometimes crashing in—but it rarely leaves just one person carrying the...

Each year for the last few years I made myself a BINGO card. Here is my 2025 Card. Column "I" is complete - "BINGO!" That feels good! Now...

"Mom can you please come pick me up, I am throwing up." Not what you want to read when you wake up to a text from your son the morning...

This was a tasty salad that I would do again. I thought it was cool how they toasted the ramen in the oven, I have toasted nuts, but...

I was a lucky girl, as my son made this one for us. He followed the instructions to a tee, only subbing Jasmine rice for brown rice. We...

I am settling into week #2 of using Mounjaro and wanted to keep you guys in the loop. Week#1 - Only a small bruise at the injection site...

I should know better than to alter a salad in hopes that my son will eat it, but that is what I did... and he still didn't eat it! I...

The next day I found a small bruise at the injection site. Yes, I decided to take the plunge and try Mounjaro. It was not an easy...

Trying to eat more salads and having a 19 year old son at home is a bit of an oxymoron! Or at least I think that is an example of an...

This salad is familiar to me as my mom loves to make a poached pear salad with blue cheese. I used a mix of romaine lettuce and arugula...

Did you know hormones are kind of like little Uber Drivers that send messages to your organs and tissues? These Uber Drivers carry...

This one is not from the Delish Magazine, but solely inspired by myself and what I think will match a store bought Moroccan meatball...

Many people think being a mom stops at a certain age. I mean they aren't kids forever, right? We encourage them to be independent and to...

I made this one pretty close to how it says, but sadly it is not my favourite. Why? Because I don't like fish - ba, ha! So you may like...

I always find the names for these salads interesting, as there are so many different items in this salad that are equal to the avocado...

As always I used this salad as an inspiration only... or I did not do a very good job following instructions - lol! However you want to...