My exercise doesn’t always end up looking like I had originally intended. Things tend to come up that result in me changing my work out plan. Sometimes I have to make a work out shorter, or do it inside rather than out, or include my kids. I’ve become quite adept at going with the flow [...]
OK, since you asked…
Tonight’s dinner was part one of “cook it once, eat it twice”. Sounds thoroughly disgusting… but it’s not at all! It’s about saving time, money, energy… and planning for healthy choices.
I cooked/browned a couple pounds of grass-fed ground bison. (I cook it in pure coconut oil.) I set a little more than [...]
In our little home schooling family, our recent focus has been on “compromise”. (This is a tough one for these little people who are convinced THEY are right ALL of the time!)
Since we spend all day together, everyday, it has been very important for their mother to help them develop this skill of co-habitating and [...]
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My kids have grown up understanding that regular exercise is part of being healthy. I love it now that they’re both big enough to join me in my routine. Well… sort of!
Their work outs usually end up looking more like the one in the video!! Good for a [...]
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Yesterday we got a call from our daughter’s school… actually I missed the call when it came in, but checked my message immediately. It went like this, “Hi Colleen. This is ____ from school. Jacqueline has been in an accident, has cut open her head and is bleeding pretty badly. She needs you.”
Holy crap! There [...]
The other day, my daughter spent a couple of hours playing outside with a friend in the neighborhood. At one point, they went inside her friend’s house for a bathroom break. Or, so I thought.
Let me interject a critical piece of background information here….
We have gone over and over the “food and drink” ground rules [...]
Earlier this afternoon, my daughter and I took off for one of our adventure walks. It has been such a beautiful spring day here, I didn’t want to miss the opportunity to spend some ‘girl’ time with her, as well as get some exercise in the warm sunshine.
About half way into our journey, I realized [...]
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Do you enjoy eating out in restaurants? I have to admit, I thoroughly enjoy the idea of a nice dinner in a restaurant… someone else preparing it, setting the table, and doing all the dishes! Aaaahhhh, how relaxing…
BUT, it doesn’t really work like that in my real life because I can’t effectively come [...]
I was just about to check my emails a few minutes ago. Usually, I don’t even notice the banner ads along the top of the page… I purposely block them out because I can’t stand being constantly inundated with marketing messages.
This time I noticed. The ad says:
“Try a prescription sleep aid to see why it’s [...]
The other night, I was watching a documentary about children with severe food allergies.
FIRST, I want to make it perfectly clear that I don’t point the finger at any one parent or family… I fully trust that each family makes the best choices they can with the information they currently have at their disposal. I [...]
Yesterday, we took the kids on a field trip as we continue to celebrate our ‘staying-at-home-this-year’ spring break. We made the trek over to Ann Arbor, Michigan for the day to visit the Children’s Hands-On Museum. What a blast! The kids loved it!
After the museum, we stopped by a great little local brew pub for [...]
“If we could give every individual the right amount of nourishment and exercise, not too little and not too much, we would have found the safest way to health.”
~ Hippocrates(460 B.C. – 370 B.C.)
… so what’s taking us so long to follow “The Father of Medicine’s” advice?!
Today marks the first day of the first full week of my daughter’s spring break. This is the first year we’re not travelling during the break… we’re home bound! That meant we had to sit down as a family and create a new set of house “agreements” to circumvent any potential ‘boredom-related’ troubles before they [...]
A few days ago, my 5 year old daughter and I shared some “big girl” time as we went out for a long walk/jog/adventure together. She was thrilled to have me all to herself, and to finally be big enough to keep up with me during ‘grown-up’ exercise, as she calls it. She did great [...]
This is just something I’ve been thinking about since my last grocery shopping adventure with my 2 year old. I’m already finding myself answering his food and nutrition questions – interrogation, is more like it – as he tries to negotiate for the foods he sees on the shelves!
I remember having the same conversation with [...]
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Whether I’m speaking to a large group, having a one-on-one nutritional consultation or having dinner with friends and family who drink diet pop, the issue of Aspartame always comes up.
Not always initiated by ME, either… wise guys!
What boggles my mind is the overwhelmingly large number of people who roll their eyes and essentially put their [...]
First, let me start off by admitting that I should probably live on another planet!
With the exception of my husband, I just might be the only person on this planet who thinks the way I do when it comes to drugs.
Very recently, I experienced what I assume was a sinus infection. It’s an assumption based [...]
I had one of those funny parenting moments last night…
Our 5 year old daughter had a wonderful little friend over for a play date after school yesterday. We decided to take the kids to our favorite Mexican restaurant for dinner. Once again, due to the shortage of fresh vegetation on the menu, this meant we [...]
