{image via} According to an article I read yesterday, Senator Kirsten Gillibrand is unequivocally opposed to sin taxes on soda and junk food. Calling them regressive (they are more likely to burden lower income individuals, because they are more likely to buy these foods), she has also noted that it can be difficult to draw the line between what … More nutrition education
We talk about food and eating habits a lot at our house. It’s not uncommon to hear my six year old brag about all the colors on her plate or my three year old ask to be excused because his body is telling him that he’s full. Eleanor frequently tells me that she’s making a … More we need a plan
I am a list maker: To Do lists, Remember lists, Birthday Gift lists, Project Ideas lists, Must Read lists. They all find their way to my trusty yellow-lined pad of paper. I am a list maker because I like crossing things off my lists. I like doing this so much that I will often add things to my list after doing them just so I can … More grocery lists
Although I recently wrote about why you shouldn’t plan for things, I DO think you should plan your weekly meals. There are many reasons to create a meal plan each week: making a plan requires that you look through the pantry to see what you already have, you waste less food because you are regularly checking the back … More meal planning
After days spent fretting over how I would leave my mark in this world, about what my life’s work would amount to, and how I would find a way forward through the latest haze of self-doubt, I put it all aside and got down to the really important work in life: making a pink and … More life’s important work
“…Writing a plan makes you feel in control of things that you can’t actually control. Why don’t we just call plans what they really are: guesses. Start referring to your business plans as business guesses, financial plans as financial guesses…Plans let the past drive the future. They put blinders on you…Plans are inconsistent with improvisation. And … More planning is for the birds
In an effort to create a strategy forward – through this haze and uncertainty – I’ve picked up two books. One was recommended by a very talented young man who suggested that I would benefit greatly from reading the book. It’s called Rework. What I (already) love about it is that it cuts right to … More gathering resources
Last night Tim and I had our weekly date night. We went to see Still Alice. Then, I had a slight panic attack. In the movie, Alice, a professor of linguistics, is diagnosed with early onset Alzheimer’s Disease. At age 50. She is an accomplished academic, the author of a seminole text book on the … More date night & a panic attack
Since posting my last #365daysofbreakfast picture (and post) in January, I have not even opened this website. Not one. Single. Time. I miss it. When I started this blog I had a less demanding job (and a husband with a less demanding job), a smaller home, one child, and all kinds of time to think, which, it … More untethered & rebranded
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