First Steps

Oh my goodness!  This morning I told the story of meeting a woman last night that has been searching me out for the last year and we met by complete coincidence, or was it? Her name is Sonya Rosario and she is a filmmaker, activist and poet who resides here in the Treasure Valley...

Meet our newest family members!  We have six baby chicks living in our bathroom until they get their big girl feathers and can go outside.  This morning, Abbot the Cat ended up in their little abode, obviously just to say Hi and welcome them to the family...

This is the first of more videos that may help in your efforts to bring exercise into your life.  This exercise uses a simple resistance band and it works your butt muscles! Mike Hilderbrandt is our trainer and works at Axiom Fitness on Park Center...

In this day of instant mashed potatoes, microwave popcorn and next day delivery, I have to say that my attention span is probably comparable to that of a 3 year-old -- so about 4 minutes if it's REALLY engaging.  It's even worse when you combine it with the fact that I'm also a big fan of instant gratification -- I have a Kindle because I don't want to have to wait for Amazon to deliver my purchas

Time management, it’s not my strongest trait on most days.  Being a mom of three boys and having a busy career I often wonder if I could add more time to my day.  I could get a lot more accomplished if there were 28 hours in day!  According to ABCNews...

I’d like you to meet the new man in my life.  His name is Mike Hilderbrandt and he’s an amazing trainer at Axiom on Park Center Blvd.  You’ll have to stop drooling now because he’s married with children.  A girl can still dream.

That subject line kind of sounds gross, but it's true! I’ve been reading more and more about these studies that are focused on our guts.  I was a little skeptical at first, but more and more research indicates that the right germs in our guts can help us fight obesity...

Food safety, two words you probably don’t think much about, but I hope you do after this blog.  This year my family is increasing the area of our organic garden with the hope that we will be able to stock away enough produce to enjoy through the winter months...

Yogurt could be this girl’s best friend!  I love yogurt especially all kinds of greek yogurt.  You can add fresh berries and it’s a wonderful breakfast or snack.  You get your protein, vitamins, fruit and something that’s incredibly yummy.

The hardest thing that I’ve done with my diet so far is taking out refined sugar which I absolutely love but know it’s so, so bad for me.