Savvy Eats

I was thrilled to be chosen to review Alex George’s A Good American for BlogHer Book Club. I’ve been on a classics trend in my reading lately: Les Miserables (I’m now 1/3 of the way done!) and Little Women are my most recent reads.  I wanted to mix things up and read something a little more modern, but [...]

Happy Valentine’s Day!  The little thing I’m thankful for today is probably a bit obvious: my relationship with Dan.  Five reasons I love my husband and our relationship: 1.  The way we take one mistake or joke and extend it into an entire conversation.  Case in point: Text from Dan last Wednesday: “I am going [...]

I’m trying to get past my compulsion to make sure my Google Reader is cleaned out every day.  I have a lot of blogs that I like to check in, but there just isn’t enough time every day to read them all!  Before, I’d often just skip posts or mark them as read, just to [...]

His and hers: Chobani was kind enough to send me some of their newest flavors to sample, 2% banana, 0% pear, and two of their new Chobani Bites flavors.  Each has 100 calories and is a great mid-afternoon snack.  On Sunday, Dan enjoyed the banana yogurt, while I had the fig with orange zest…my new favorite! [...]

Two weeks ago, I cleaned out all of my email inboxes and rearranged how I am sorting things. (I’ve dug up some old posts for reference: Be a GMail Superstar, Parts 1 and 2.)  I’m still using stars, multiple inboxes and filters, but my inboxes have changed.  Now, they go: Yellow stars: Respond within 48 hoursGreen stars: Respond within [...]

Ever since we moved to Ithaca, I’ve been on the lookout for a card catalog.  I dreamt of using one for my work, filling it with cards detailing post ideas, recipes and inspiring phrases.  I could catalog the recipes from all my cookbooks, a la a physical version of Eat Your Books, I thought.  Or! [...]

Flashback photo: We’ve had Max for 2 years now! Time to share the link love! Awesome piece by Gretchen on body confidence. “You say she writes like that?”  Another beautiful post from Cheryl. I’ve been looking for some healthy snacks lately…might need to include these chewy granola bars in the stash! “It takes intention, and [...]

Like promised, I’m back with another easy way to get organized in the new year.  A few weeks ago, I finally tackled my tea drawer.  The drawer was a mess of boxes and jars and bags, plus another shoebox-sized box of random samples and single tea bags.  I could usually find what I wanted, but [...]