The new wiki has been taking a lot of time and attention recently. That’s a good thing because it means we’re having a lot more participation and a lot of stuff being added. The down-side is that I haven’t been as good about eating, exercising, or writing things down. But today is a new day. I can either choose to let a few days’ lapse to derail me for the next 6 months,... [Read more]

Today has been one of those days where I hardly feel like I have time to eat. But even on those days, I’m assured, it’s in my best interest to eat to keep my metabolism from deciding to take a vacation. After all, I’m a woman approaching my mid-30s– my metabolism needs all the encouragement it can get I went to work out with my trainer last night. While I was doing some... [Read more]

I didn’t manage to post what I ate yesterday, but I think I remember it all breakfast: yogurt with blueberries and strawberries and granola (a shocking surprise, I know, since that’s what I eat almost every morning) snack: handful of pretzels lunch: gazpacho and cheese sandwich snack: handful of nuts dinner: Taco Bell 7 layer burrito and Mexican pizza with no meat (what can I say?... [Read more]

This is this week’s question of the week over at WAHM bloggers. I thought, great, an easy one. I know how I measure success, right? I DO know how I measure success, don’t I? I mean, success is… uh oh. I DON’T know how I measure success. Rats. Another week of introspection required to answer the question. So, I think that the easy answer for me would be “success... [Read more]

So, it’s flooding here in Houston. Fortunately, it’s not flooding HERE, and if the low will move off as predicted, hopefully it won’t approach the levels of Tropical Storm Allison. It’s also my 4th child’s 4th birthday. He’s having a good day so far, in spite of the rain. We gave him one of his presents before his party, so he spent some time for a while this... [Read more]

I’ve decided that I’m taking one day a week off from reporting or even recording what I eat. I think I need to do this to keep from becoming fixated on the topic of food. So, yesterday I took the day off. You can guess what I ate, if you like, but I don’t know whether I’ll confirm or deny I did get my Jorge Cruise books in the mail yesterday: 8 Minutes in the Morning ... [Read more]

Thanks to a fellow blogger’s website, I came across this site that blew me away. I never knew such a think existed. You can go there, and people will bid to loan you money. Regular people loaning money to regular people… what a concept.  Read More →

Not much time to write today, so here goes. breakfast: yogurt, granola, blueberries lunch: Nutrisystem minestrone dinner: pasta casserole with whole wheat pasta, spaghetti sauce, and cheese; bread; 2 servings of strawberry shortcake exercise: 20 minutes yoga  Read More →

It’s hard for me to narrow down what my first job was– would that be babysitting, mowing, helping my Dad set up mobile homes? Or do I consider my college on campus work-study job to be my first job? Or would it be my post-college days of waiting tables and working retail? Or how about my first salaried job teaching? I decided to share my top 10 lessons that I learned from an assortment... [Read more]

Blog spam. I log in, I see I have comments, I click on the comments… and there it is… blog spam. I’m not sure what the suitable punishment is for people who send blog spam, but it’s got to be worse than just deleting their messages. Any good ideas?  Read More →

Weighing is just frustrating me, so I need to do that less often. Our scale is crazy, anyway, so perhaps I’ll just weigh twice a week when I go to the gym. Today’s food breakfast: apple cinnamon oatmeal, 1/2 cup of milk (I probably should have added some nuts or something with more protein to the oatmeal) lunch: leftovers from last night dinner: I will be eating out tonight, but I’m... [Read more]

Well, no weight loss yet, but that doesn’t really surprise me. After all, I’m really working on exercising, so my trainer has warned me that the initial change may not come on the scale. I do, however, have a pair of pants picked out to use as a measure of progress. I’m hoping planning (words are very important when you’re trying to lose weight– there’s a big... [Read more]

Okay, so I’m trying to lose weight and get in better shape. So, I was thinking if I had to write down what I was eating and what exercise I had done where anyone in the world could read it, that might be a level of accountability that I could use. So, look for regular updates on whether I’m losing weight (or at least inches). My starting weight is 192– ugh. Just writing that... [Read more]

I haven’t been writing much on any of my blogs right now because I’m busy putting up a brand new site. It’s a wiki on homeschooling. A wiki, in case you don’t know, is a community based website. Basically, that means that anyone can edit it and add content. The new site is called knowhomeschooing.com. So, take a peek over there and tell me what you think. There’s... [Read more]

Over the years, you’d think that you’d learn to appreciate a lot of simple things. But I really had to think on this one. Nothing came to mind instantly. But then I thought about one of the recent changes we’ve made in our house– we bought a second car. It has been really wonderful to be able to run an errand without having to wait for my husband to come home. Forgot orange... [Read more]