I am so excited for my little garden!! I think that I may have too many pepper plants in my pepper patch…especially since they are in containers…so any and all gardening advice is welcome! I am a super newbie at this! I do get lots of joy from seeing my little plants, though, and I …
Apparently, eating spicy foods may help to lose weight!! Especially if you typically like bland foods (don’t know why anyone like anything bland…), if you switch to a spicy meal, it can help those people to eat less food at the meal! Here’s the New York Times article:Spicy Subject It also mentions that adding vegetable …
Finally, a day off. Of course, my hubby is on call today/tonight…and I am working tomorrow. Again, we don’t get to see each other. I think it’s been almost 4 weeks since we’ve even had a full day off together. It’s so hard to have a marriage when you don’t see each other, and I …
It’s already the 27th of April….wait, what?!? April’s gone! We had exactly 5 rain-free days here in April, not to mention we’re under a tornado watch tonight. Y’know, if the old adage “April showers bring May flowers” holds true, we’re in for the world’s most beautiful May on record! This has been the rainiest Spring …
On Easter Sunday, I was post-call, so I didn’t get to go to church. We do have friends who live not too far away who invited us to their family’s Easter dinner, and we gladly accepted. It’s so nice to have a surrogate family for the holidays, especially since both of our families live so …
Today is Earth Day, and I want to make an Earth Day Cake…but, I ended up just making a Coconut Cake for Easter Sunday (since I’m on call tomorrow…boo…). I’m gonna post about that cake on Sunday, after we taste it! Sadly, it was icky and rainy all day today, so I couldn’t even go …
I swear, sometimes it feels like I never see Chris anymore! We are both working these crazy hours, and we’ll see each other for an hour at night (if one of us isn’t on call) before we both crash out. I miss him! It’s hard to put time & effort into our marriage when we …
Yay!!! We joined a CSA (Community Supported Agriculture) group today!!! My mom was actually the inspiration- they joined a CSA in Colorado a couple of years ago, and it was this magical thing where they had veggies straight from the farm delivered weekly! We were visiting one fall, and my hubby and I went with …
This month, I am on Endocrinology at work, where I have seen tons of diabetics, Metabolic Syndrome patients (patients with something of a quad-fecta: high blood pressure, high cholesterol, obesity, and diabetes), and obese patients. I have been absolutely shocked at some of the diet recommendations! My attending promotes an Atkin’s-style diet (low carb, high …
These recipes literally will make the top 10 recipes of this SD year! They are both so flavorful & easy. There’s quite a bit of prep work in the beginning, but then you stick them in the oven & forget about it for a couple of hours…and…Viola! You have an oustanding dinner ready! Both recipes …