Hopeful for an escape

Today marks snow day 2. I was up by 7am, ready to start my day. After watching the news and fueling with a few hilary clintons, I went outside to tackle the driveway. An hour of hard work with various gardening tools got me from this: to this: which seems like excellent progress, except that [...]

Ice!

Woke up to lots of ice this morning. Schools are all closed (3rd day this week!) and if it weren’t for the Christmas lunch at work today, I’d have a snow ice day too. The sweet potato ravioli was made last night in preparation, and is now sitting in the fridge, ready for their demise [...]

Living life on the edge

Happy Good Friday from my hammock! Yes, I’m blogging from the hammock today – a blogging first. I also discovered today that The Boy is afraid of these delightful hanging cocoons. Apparently they’re quite dangerous. Well yes, you know me – I delight in danger. haha! And so here it is, Easter weekend, with temperatures [...]

I am happy to report that:

I finished off my brownies that I baked last Thursday. Yes, that means the brownies lasted a full week. Maybe the pre-portioned method of baking in muffin tins was smart after all :) I got caught up on patients today. Between a patient who reportedly can only eat 5 foods (hamburger, pork, oats, grits, rice) [...]

Back to the grind…

It’s been great to not have to return to work the day after a vacation – today has been great for catching up on housework, groceries, gym, and getting ready for the week ahead! Unfortunately, East Tennessee hasn’t welcomed us back with sunny weather. Here’s what’s coming our way: With this line of storms, some [...]

Back for a relaxing 2 weeks

The dogs and I are back, everything is unpacked, everyone is fed, and we’re eagerly awaiting the Olympics closing ceremony. It’s been busy with back-to-back road trips these last few weekends! I’m looking forward to staying up for a while until my upcoming spring break trip with the family in Arizona. I just hope we’ll [...]

Bake4Haiti

There’s a great bake sale going on online by a bunch of prominent food/health bloggers. All the proceeds go to the Red Cross. I’ve already found myself bidding on double chocolate brownies, espresso hazelnut truffle cookies, and pumpkin chocolate chip cookies. I hope I win something! Work today was good. It’s always nice when you [...]

My first work snow day!

First up, let me just say kudos to both the Alabama and Texas football teams. I didn’t quite make it through the whole game… but it was devastating to see the Longhorns play without Colt McCoy. I cannot imagine how scared and stressed that poor freshman must have been, but I feel that everyone gave [...]

Snowy and Icy :(

After having yesterday’s heat wave of finally reaching 32 degrees, today was the second blast of artic-ness. The flurries started just after lunch, and by the time I left work the back roads were already a little iced over. Crap! I made it home safely and am staying put all night. Looks like the front [...]

New year… new opportunities!

I’ve been in a super good mood this afternoon! I met up with some staff from the local school district’s Coordinated School Health program. A few months ago I had emailed them, offering my services as a Registered Dietitian, since my job left me with a lot of time and brainpower on my hands. Little [...]