I failed to plan, but I did not plan to fail!

In the real world I own my own business, an always busy currently thriving local small business and I have to tell you being woman owned does sometimes have it’s advantages. And many times it’s disadvantages as well. Customers come to us because a woman cares about their project, is […]

Portabella di Trattoria – 9PPV

Have you ever imagined a recipe and how yummy it was going to be only to be disappointed when you finally get to try it?  Not this one.  It was so good and so authentically Italian I almost started singing “That’s Amore!” after that first bite.   While I was […]

Nana’s Summer Veggie Palooza

Nana is really loving this fresh veggie selection right now. Her little garden is booming with tiny versions of what we had tonight. I have a feeling here in a few weeks everything will boast fresh from Nana’s garden green beans, summer squash, tomatoes, sweet and hot peppers. Tonight though […]

Avocado Egg Salad – 8PPV

Expeditor Bobbie at KSI loves avocados.   Her husband Roy calls them “mangoes”.   We on the other hand love everything Bobbie makes for us to eat.  Cakes, yummy soups, her tiny lunches smell better than anything we could ever dream up in the showroom on our own.  Today’s lunch […]

Would you rather Wednesday?  Sonic vs. well, Sonic

It’s Wednesday so you know what that means!Would you rather? Have a small Sonic Cream Slush (any flavor) for 12PPV? -or- Medium Sonic Onion Rings for 12PPV? That’s a hard one. The Cream Slush is just a small…but it’s a cream slush. And it’s hot outside. And it’s any flavor. […]

Breakfast isn’t boring anymore 

I used to skip breakfast because I thought it was boring. Now I wouldn’t miss it for anything.   If there has been one joy during this journaling journey so far it has been this, my rediscovery of the most important meal of the day.  So many egg ideas so […]

The Big Salad Tuscan Style – 13PPV

Finally! I had to wait until 10pm to get it but we are finally enjoying the big salads.  I love food, all kinds of food but there is something magical about a big salad.  Especially in a big bowl.  My daughter and I love them so much we bought big […]

WW Wisdom – “Happiness is not a destination, it’s a way of travel”

This week at Weight Watchers we each had to come up with one thing that made us happy.  As our fearless leader Gwen pointed out, happiness doesn’t always have to be an over the top emotion…it can be something simple that brings you a smile.  Someone compliments your weight loss, […]

Birthday – birth·dayˈbərTHˌdā/noun

By definition birthday is: “The anniversary of the day on which a person was born, typically treated as an occasion for celebration and the giving of gifts” BirthDAY.  Celebrating the DAY of your birth.  So it’s a birthDAY not a birthWEEK or a birthMONTH.  I have decided to enjoy my […]

Product Spotlight – Aldi Brands

My first trip to Aldi was in 1988 when my sister and I lived in Urbino, Italy during the summer with a group from Ramapo College.  Of course we thought we were the stuff, living in an apartment in a foreign country with no real adult supervision.  The first week […]