Sometimes, being a working mom feels impossible. Like, running-on-the hamster-wheel-and-going-absolutely-nowhere ridiculous. Now don’t get me wrong – moms who stay at home or work at home don’t have it any easier. I lost my child care for a couple of days this week…
We made it through Christmas! Did you have a great time with your family and yummy food and opening gifts? We had a wonderful Christmas morning, eating blueberry muffins my middle daughter made and seeing what gifts we all gave each other. It was…
When I talk about our vegan Thanksgiving plans, I keep getting the question, “What are you going to have in place of the turkey and the ham”? So I thought I’d better show you! It’s funny. I used to make a big deal about the…
If you’ve been reading along with me recently, you know that things have been a little crazy. I mean, life is pretty full and nonstop most of the time anyway, right? We have jobs and kids and school and home management and appointments and it…
It’s time for a new recipe! I was sitting around and talking to one of the surgical assistants at the hospital this week while I was waiting to start a cesarean. She follows this blog and reminded me that I hadn’t done a recipe…
Who me? Y’all know I love making some to-do lists! Well, I don’t really love the lists. It’s more of a love-hate relationship: I love not having the things I need to do rattle around in my brain and making me worry that I’ll…
I’m 2 1/2 weeks away from my board exam in Orlando. Y’all, I got out the index cards last night to make some flash cards – I’m in full study mode now! It’s so different going through exam prep with a job and…
Y’all. It’s the end of the line. Time has almost run out. My board certification exam is next month, on October 31st (I’m not sure who decided it was a good idea to have an exam on a kid’s holiday, but that’s when it…
It’s a holiday weekend, y’all! Every time I have a holiday weekend, I get so excited, because I look at the three days and think: Look at all this time I have to spend however I want! Almost every time at the end of…
Ever since our family started on this plant based eating plan, I’ve been fooling around with recipes, trying to find some staples that work in our regular meal rotation. It hasn’t been easy. You notice I’m not saying we are eating a vegan diet?…