It is officially Thanksgiving week. My menu is ready, all the food has been bought, and I will begin prepping tonight. I am lucky that I can control the menu. Since my grandmother stopped fixing Thanksgiving dinner I have been cooking at my house. Not everyone in my family enjoyed changes I made to our traditional feast (like whole wheat ...
Mamavation
Mamavation Monday Countdown to Turkey Day
Someone reminded me yesterday that Thanksgiving is 11 days away! Well 10 now..yikes! I hadn't even really thought about it. To make it a little more crazy, my hubby's birthday falls on Thanksgiving. So I need to plan not only a meal but also something special for him. Deep breaths. The two week challenge officially ended on Saturday. I ...
Mamavation Monday Hello Sandy
Hurricane Sandy has come into town and true to DC Metro fashion everyone started to panic. Me, I didn't panic, afterall I drove through a worse storm on my way to Bloggy Con! I am praying for anyone on the coast where it is worse, but in my county we are not near the coast so I just don't understand the freak out. But like I told my ...
Mamavation Monday Good Medicine
The past week has been pretty crazy. I need someone to find me a stop sign or at least a yellow light soon. You know, I had this crazy notion that when both my children were in school I would have more time. Not sure why I thought that, maybe it was a rumor I heard. Do you feel like the holiday season is coming at you like freight ...
Mamavation Monday I Think I Can
I posted on Twitter last week that the 5 months away from the gym hurt me more then I thought. I went from having the endurance to at least make it through my one hour intense zumba class to struggling to just keep up. Ugh so frustrating! I knew this would happen but I was hoping for that slim chance that it wouldn't. Leah gave me some ...