I heard the other day from Dr. Oz that people who eat the same breakfast every morning are more likely to maintain their ideal weight than people who go scrounging for different things to eat every morning. Since I’m a lover of a wide variety of breakfast foods, I had a hard time swallowing that little fact. Still, I do… Read More
I loathe housework. At one time, I actually enjoyed it. I suppose those were the newlywed days and the newly-stay-at-home-mom days. But the newness has worn off…a long time ago. Now housework just feels like…work. But today as I pull out the broom and mop and dust cloth, I’m reminding myself of the value of a well tended home. Keeping… Read More
What does anxiety look like on you? On me, I know I’m anxious when I wake up in the morning and I feel like I’ve been working all night. And I probably have. I’ve probably been trying to work out whatever I’m anxious over through my dreams. But I also wake up tense, in a knot. A couple of years… Read More
Last night I really, really blew it! Sort of like the man who recently sold his wife’s $23,000 wedding ring for just $5 at a garage sale blew it. Of course, many men would say the first mistake he made was buying his wife a $23,000 wedding ring! But at least that’s the kind of mistake that made someone happy…… Read More
The mid-afternoon munchies had hit and I was staring into the refrigerator trying to determine what I was hungry for. I wanted to be hungry for the cantaloupe I’d cut up that morning or the fat-free Greek yogurt about to expire after being pushed to the back of the shelf over and over again. But the cravings in my tummy… Read More
I was eating breakfast yesterday according to my normal custom: still in stinky workout clothes, alone (fortunately for everyone else) at the table, reading glasses perched on my nose, and nose in my devotional guide. Oh, and two little exceptionally needy dogs looking up at me with complete adoration, as though to say to me, “Do you still love us… Read More