Today is get the house ready for company day. Actually company’s not coming until Friday and Saturday, but my husband’s birthday is tomorrow and I will be busy making his favorite dinner and baking his favorite cake.

So, I’ve already mopped the kitchen, next up is vacuuming the house and getting caught up on laundry.

Breakfast… I haven’t had…[Read more]

Do you see me over here in this cheerleader outfit?

I AM SO HERE FOR THIS!

Go, Kathy, go!

I think you’ve noted something important though. You get FULL joy out of quilting when you do it with others. Do you think there’s any opportunity to do it locally with others, or does that not interest you?

I wish you lived closer. I am dying to learn! We have enough PA folks where some sort of meet-up almost seems required!

So here’s where I go all Dr. Phil (except cuter) on you…

I know that you’ve been in pain lately. Do you think that contributed to you turning to those foods? Are those comfort foods for you?

You’ve probably heard me say before that even when we do things we wish we didn’t do, we are getting something out of doing it. So I guess I would…[Read more]

Im not 100% sure it’s the water. I call this phenomenon “feast and famine.” Sometimes I can eat a lot (feast) and sometimes not much at all (famine). I’ve been eating intuitively for about four years now (meaning if I can eat a lot, and I’m hungry, I go with it but try for highly nutritious food, and when I can’t eat much I don’t.)

This time is…[Read more]

Tomorrow will be better.

But.

You should share what you ate. Not for us. For you. We all make poor eating choices. If you treat them with shame or avoidance they don’t become a meaningful learning moment.

So let’s destigmatize mistakes. They are just mistakes. We can own up to them, learn from them, and in this space you will NEVER face…[Read more]

I tried that too. Didn’t work out well. Basil needs SUN! I think mint does well in the shade though. I think.

Not sure about Nationals stadium but here in Baltimore, you are allowed to bring your own snacks into the park. Do you have a good read on snacks? If not I can definitely suggest a few things that are easy to pick up!

I’m in “OUCH” mode. I had slacked off on doing my PT exercises.( Read that as quit doing them completely!) I knew I was in trouble on Father’s Day when I pumped up my grandson’s little swimming pool for his birthday party. It really hurt! I’ve been letting it recover and today decided to get back to my PT exercises. I managed to do the two warm…[Read more]

Working on getting my fluids in. Have been unplugged all day until now.

Had a shake for breakfast. I had a realization about why I always tend to go for shakes in the AM. I have never been a breakfast eater. Even as a child, it was a constant battle with my mom. Breakfast made my stomach hurt. So then Carnation came out with “Instant Breakfast”…[Read more]

I hope I’ve found it….

Welcome to our “home”!!

i will be 6 years post RNY in Sept & due to health, meds, family, yeah….

I have a 16 year old who wants to be a social worker.

Hey you’re kinda local (ish). I’m in Baltimore. 🙂

Little known fact about Nikki: If I thought I could get away with it, I’d probably eat cottage cheese every meal of the day lol.

Well that’s not 100% true. I like variety but cottage cheese is my “default food.” I can always eat it if all else fails or doesn’t interest me.

Other fairly common meals for me:

Scrambled eggs with salsa and cheese…[Read more]

All signed up! I’m looking forward to this!