Happy New Year – Welcoming 2011

| December 30, 2010

Sooo, it looks like Cabo San Lucas and St. Bart’s are the top hot spots for New Year’s for the A-listers this year. Those of us regular joes probably aren’t jetting off for Costa Rica vacations and are instead opting to stick a little closer to home on what my husband calls, “amateur drinking night.” [...]

Gingerbread Doesn’t Pump Up Your Adrenalin

| December 28, 2010

I don’t know what it is, but the second Christmas is over I’m ready to take all the decorations down, clean house, and start the year off with a “fresh slate” so-to-speak. I also immediately start dreaming of spring pansies and warmer temps. I love the cozy, chilly winter until after Christmas and then I’m [...]

One of the Secrets Behind the “Secrets” – Meals Delivered

| December 9, 2010

I have very little faith or interest in “celebrity” weight loss secrets. How hard would it be to lose weight if you had your own personal chef or meal delivery service? Not to mention some of those hefty paychecks that go along with being a weight loss spokesperson are certainly incentive enough. Pfft. I find [...]

Believe It or Not, Planning is How I Relax…

| December 8, 2010

Mike used to complain that I was “always planning.” I admit, I’m a planner. If I at least have a basic direction to go in I can tackle just about any project in a far less stressed state then if I just went in all willy-nilly. Prior to moving into our house I spent months [...]

Inhibiting Mike’s Dylan

| December 6, 2010

Amy: Mike is singing Holly Jolly Christmas in his Bob Dylan voice *sigh* Kari: Can you secretly video him – because that would rock! Amy: I need to! I’ll see if I can… Hahahaha Mike: Mike Rocks!!! Amy: Oh good grief. The one time he gets on FB / eye roll. Mike: @Kari Secretly??? I’ll [...]