So remember how I mentioned I was using French Women Don't Get Fat as a lifestyle changer? I still am, almost a month in and ten pounds down, but I'm not going by the book, so to speak ( Read more... )

A belated Happy Thanksgiving to you all!!!

I'd have said so on the day as I even marked out time to post on one of my (many, many) lists, then had NO TIME at all because I cooked all damned day and was exhausted and run off my feet by the end.


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Almost exactly a year ago, I made this post, summing up 2012 and it made me feel good, going into the new year, looking at things objectively and knowing that the good things outnumbered the bad. It was better than the year before. Really, 2009 was so awful that every year since couldn't have helped but be better. But 2011 was better than 2010. 12 ( Read more... )

I'm sick again (whhyyyy?) and still playing catch-up with life now that my busy season has ended and thought I'd pop in and post some pics (even though I'm the worst photographer ever) I keep meaning to share here. Like all the food I cooked at Thanksgiving for just me and Uncle Mike:


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So I played mad scientist in my uncle's kitchen again, trying to make something healthy and came up with a nice shepherd's pie ( Read more... )

Happy belated New Year to all! My holidays were okay. Just kind of frantic as I got sick 3 different times -- or maybe just once and kept running around all busy to the point of never getting better. Either way, it sucked, but a girl's still gotta get it done. So I sang a lot and I cooked a lot. I even started to get over my fear of making dessert ( Read more... )

My Thanksgiving was okay. After weeks of trying to plan healthy versions of stuffing, Uncle Mike ended up just telling me to give up and make it the traditional way as it's not like holidays are every second ( Read more... )