Slices of Life

After rejoining Weight Watchers, I knew I wanted to reinstate my Weigh- In Wednesdays posts. On the third Wednesday of every month I'll have a new post/party up for everyone to share workout tips, weight loss thoughts and ideas, and healthy recipes to fuel us on our journey to better health.  I mentioned almost exactly 1 year ago today (here*) that I was hoping to move towards a more Plant Based/Whole foods diet and I thought this would be a great time to check in and see what/ if any strides I've made. Vegetable/Faro soup recipe here While I absolutely COULD NOT get my family on board I have found that I definitely eat way less processed foods than ever before. That said... I found that limiting or even eliminating meat and diary was nearly impossible for me... mostly because I didn't like so many of the plant based proteins I've tried. I will eat chick peas but hate all the other beans/legumes I've tried. I don't mind tofu (as evidenced by my nugget recipe I ...

*Originally published March 17, 2014 when my boys were aged 9, 8, & 6.  I decided we needed to take a week off from all school work and just find our fun again. Whenever we find ourselves just going through the motions or having a few really difficult homeschooling days in a row I start to question why I am even doing this.  Usually I start looking back through my blog and I remember how homeschooling used to be fun and vow to make it fun once again. Then I am left thinking about all the different ways I can make learning, homeschooling, and being together fun again. Today we took off on a field trip. Not one person complained, no one fought or bickered, and we all had fun.  We went to Mystic Aquarium since our membership is going to expire and we had a really great day. We pet the rays, touched a shark, watched the jelly fish, read all about the senses of sharks and took in the sea lion show. We walked through the Titanic exhibit, played with the beluga whales (no re...

This week Evan is on spring break and I'm trying to think of some fun stuff for us to do locally (as long as our weather cooperates)! I spent a rainy day yesterday in the kitchen making granola bars, some homemade wheat thin crackers and homemade cheez-it crackers. What have you been up to? The link with the most views from last week's party:   Thrifting Lately: A Little Bit of Everything-- Our Life in a Click    A few that caught my eye: The Best Things About Sydney are Free by Holiday, Hellidays and the Journeys in Between Bailey's Ice Cream with Guinness Chocolate Ripple by Cincy Shopper   Cute Decoupage Easter Bunny Mason Jars by Hunny I'm Home  This party will remain open until the weekend.  My hope is that everyone will share all sorts of wonderful posts: travel, recipes, how to's, crafting ideas, and more-- up to 3 posts per blog.  Anything that is family friendly is welcome; even old posts that you'd like to get some new views. You are invi...