just our day to day life
Another month, another Birchbox! I was excited to open this month’s Birthbox and wasn’t disappointed! Last month is still my favorite box, but this one was pretty on-target with what I would want. I was disappointed that there were only 5 samples instead of 6, …
After mentioning last week that I was trying to be careful about not doing too many workouts and being concerned about over-training because I can mostly only use my legs, I totally did the opposite and ended up regretting it. I wanted to get a …
We picked up some nice salmon filets when they were on sale at Giant Eagle last week and decided to make them the next day. I didn’t really have a plan for them and forgot to have Lo soak cedar planks to grill them on. …
I never seem to learn the lesson that more isn’t always more. Sometimes less is more. I pulled a butt muscle during my leg workout on Monday. And since I never really notice injuries when I’m working out, I didn’t realize it until a few …
I was planning to make Banana Cupcakes with Peanut Butter Frosting for Easter again this year, and when I saw these no-bake Easter treats, I wanted to make these too. I was converting the Cupcake Recipe to gluten-free this year, so I was nervous …
I cooled with it extra workouts this week because I felt like I was headed into the over-training zone which I seem to find myself in every once in awhile. I tell myself it’s okay to do 2 workouts/day a few days of the week …
For those still needing to do some spring cleaning, Cook’s Illustrated did a product comparison for all-purpose cleaners, specifically testing on tough kitchen tasks. They tested natural and antibacterial cleansers on a variety of messes. There was only 1 that was highly recommended (that I …
Lo knows the entire Dirty Dancing soundtrack. He grew up hearing the soundtrack between his mom and his sister – BUT HE HAS NEVER SEEN THE MOVIE! That is just bizarre to me. When we were driving to visit my family in NE Ohio last …
We are majorly in love with 5 restaurants around downtown that are part of a “family” of restaurants called the Columbus Food League. Last fall we talked about how we needed to do a bike crawl to that group of restaurants on afternoon, at which …
Monday: Noon: appointment during lunch; no workout 5:30: Core Power Yoga at Capital Club Tuesday: Noon: Elliptical for 45 minutes – I was having bad stomach pains and wasn’t up for anything else (they finally went away later in the evening) Wednesday: Noon: I made …