Continuing my “thanksgiving posts,” here’s #2: my parents. Throughout my life, they’ve given me everything I need (and most of what I want) and have been the most positive role models I could’ve asked for. I love that I can call them any time, any day, for no reason other than to chat. #3, I’m…
Making Fitness a Priority
Since it’s November, I’m going to start by giving thanks. Today, I am thankful for my health. I’m lucky that I suffer from no physical or mental ailments (other than being a wee bit neurotic at times), and I am very capable of moving around and enjoying the fresh air (particularly on a beautiful, sunny…
WIAW #2 & Happy Halloween!
Why do my favorite holidays have to fall during the work week this year? Halloween is a Wednesday, obviously, and Christmas falls on a Tuesday. It’s aggravating, although I can’t even remember the last time I *truly* celebrated Halloween (college?). It’s the principle… It is Wednesday, though, and that means another What I Ate Wednesday…
Empty the Fridge Couscous Salad
Oh, Tuesday…just like Monday, you’ve been long. This entire week is shaping up to be a slow one. No matter. During my down time at work, I came up with a new recipe: one to use up leftovers and pantry staples instead of starting from scratch. Our refrigerator is full of food. After shopping at…
Friday Night Fiesta: A Review of Dauphin Street Taqueria
On weeknights, Mark and I like to cook our own meals, often having leftovers for lunch throughout the week. Sundays are generally our all-day cooking days, where we’ll watch football and simmer a pot of red beans & rice, chicken & andouille gumbo, or spaghetti & meatballs for dinner. Fridays and Saturdays, however, we tend…
Trying to move in a sedentary world
Like most Americans, I work in an office. I sit on my bottom the majority of the day. I hate it. I hate the blank stares at the computer screen, I hate the cramps my legs get from my end-of-its-life chair, and I hate the exhausted feeling that overtakes me when I walk into my…
WIAW…a first.
Wednesdays are my favorite (non-weekend) day. Naturally, most of us love that mid-point of the week where you’re past dreaded Monday and it’s smooth-sailing to the weekend. I look forward to this day also because it’s my adult gymnastics class. I did competitive gymnastics for 8 years and competitive trampoline & tumbling for 2 more….
“raid the pantry” couscous
After a busy (but fun!) wedding weekend with friends from college, going grocery shopping Sunday afternoon (after the depressing Saints loss to the Chiefs) was out of the question. As Mark started his first day at his new job on Monday, I brainstormed recipes during a slow day at work. What can we throw together…
Pumpkin this, pumpkin that
Today I wanted to jump for joy; at 8:00 AM, it was only 67˚ outside. Hallelujah! When you’ve spent over 3 months waking up to the high 80s and suffocating humidity, you take what you can get. I realize Saturday marks the beginning of fall, but in the Deep South—where the only 2 “seasons” are…
Cheesy baked orzo…and a kiss of fall
Pinch me, I must be dreaming, but it actually felt a little like autumn this morning! Loving the cool breeze, I took an extra long walk into work—and made sure to have lunch outside in the shade. It’s taking all the self-control I have not to break out the scarves and boots! (It will be…
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