Here we are, trying to lose weight and attempting another fad diet… Wait, that’s not what’s really going on! Let me back up and tell you about my food sensitivities and how we stumbled on to this one. I’m gluten intolerant, so I can’t eat your typical breads, pastas, and cereals. I’m also sensitive to … Continue reading How I Inadvertently Started Eating the Paleo Diet and Began to Feel Better
2011 had it’s ups and downs, though perhaps not in ways that one might expect. In all honesty, spraining my ankle and not having been able to run for the past six months has been much more devastating to me than my inability to stay pregnant. Those daily runs have been my solace over the … Continue reading Looking back on 2011
I can make all sorts of excuses. I sprained my ankle. I don’t have time to cook everything from scratch. I deserve to have a margarita and a chocolate bar tonight. And tomorrow night too. It won’t really make a difference, will it?! Evidently those little changes really add up because I’ve gained five pounds … Continue reading Getting Back on the Wagon
Not everything has been peachy-keen in our garden this year. There was the Alium Disaster. Remember last fall (above) when we planted dozens of alium and tulip bulbs? Yeah, well none of them sprouted. (Thank you to our neighborhood gophers who I assume are responsible.) Then we planted hundreds of poppy seeds days before I … Continue reading Garden Failures and the Potential For Yet Another
We’re had all sorts of animals pop up in our garden over the past three years: turkeys, gophers, frogs, snakes — evidently gopher and garter snakes love our garage, lucky us, and now this snail that we caught helping itself to a drink of water from our hose: The worst part of what I affectionately … Continue reading Fall Garden and Animal Visitors
