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Hot Buttered Toast
Saturday, April 19, 2014 19 comments Does anything smell better? Why isn't there a Keurig coffee in hot buttered toast flavour? Why isn't there a spray-behind-the-ears hot buttered toast perfume? DH had two eggs with grated cheese and hot buttered toast for breakfa... Read more
New binoculars, new bird feeder
Wednesday, April 16, 2014 13 comments All right then: we have LOTS of snow. Again. But: I also have new binoculars (a gift from DH, after I left mine in our rental car returning to the airport from our February Florida vacation). And: I also have a marvellous new b... Read more
Robins Singing in the Snow
Tuesday, April 15, 2014 15 comments 
Lots of white stuff falling here this morning -- and yet the morning chorus of robins full strength and regardless. Genuine robin song too: not irritable robin scoldi... Read more
HTML? Profanity?
Monday, April 14, 2014 11 comments Tried to post this on ONEKIDSMOM's blog and was blocked because of HTML and profanity??? None that I can see -- so will it post here? Another Siebold equation: D + V + P > C where D = dissatisfaction V = vision P = proc... Read more
Lazy Asian Chicken and Biker Tattoos
Sunday, April 13, 2014 15 comments What a lazy soup recipe! On hand: a bag of frozen Chinese style vegetables (carrots, broccoli, onion, water chestnuts, mushrooms); chicken broth; 3 frozen chicken breasts; some low cal Szechuan peanut sauce; brown rice vermicelli; chili fla... Read more
Last Trip to the Clinic
Thursday, April 10, 2014 36 comments I joined Spark People almost five years ago -- while I was in the immediate throes of treatment for breast cancer. With an estrogen-related tumour, and knowing that estrogen is stored in fat cells, I wanted to peel off the excess pounds which m... Read more
A trip to the vet
Wednesday, April 09, 2014 21 comments Took Charlie to the vet first thing yesterday morning to get his staples removed from his second surgery. Yes, we are practising safe socks at our house. And we hope that dear Charlie never ever finds another unpartnered sock anywhere, ever. ... Read more
Spring Green!
Monday, April 07, 2014 28 comments Birthday inventory: I'm 63 today and updated my Spark Page accordingly. Wearing the spring green leather jacket I bought to celebrate 62 (with pale blue blouse, navy pencil skirt, green/navy/white silk scarf, navy pumps). Updated my Spark Pag... Read more
Post-Winter Hands
Sunday, April 06, 2014 21 comments It's been a terribly long winter here, and there are still mounds of snow outside my window. So "post-winter" is optimistic since there's no clear evidence winter is exiting any time soon! My hands have suffered the most. Here are thr... Read more
Exercise Motivation
Friday, April 04, 2014 16 comments www.theglobeandmail.com/ life/life-video/video-fitn ess-basics-how-this-traine r-gets-motivated-to-hit-th e-gym/article17787812/ A short video that explains convincingly how one personal trainer increases her ow... Read more
Does Eating Healthy Cost More?
Wednesday, April 02, 2014 23 comments www.theglobeandmail.com/ life/life-video/video-ctv- windsor-a-cheaper-healthie r-way-to-eat/article17749716/ This link says it doesn't cost more money. But: it probably does cost more time, to prepare foods from s... Read more
Smoothie??
Monday, March 31, 2014 22 comments www.theglobeandmail.com/ life/health-and-fitness/fi tness/to-smoothie-or-not-t o-smoothie-whats-the-best- food-before-a-training-run /article17716777/ Vegan DD is a big fan of smoothies . . . generally with a... Read more
Too Thin Riskier Than Too Fat?
Sunday, March 30, 2014 54 comments life.nationalpost.com/20 14/03/28/being-skinny-may- be-riskier-for-health-than -obesity-canadian-research ers-suggest/ Well, there's a headline we'd all love to read. But most of us here are familiar with t... Read more
Persian Pumpkin Soup
Saturday, March 29, 2014 21 comments An experimental morning! Weeks ago I'd clipped a recipe out of the newspaper for a Persian chicken entrĂ©e, mostly because the spice mixture intrigued me: primarily turmeric, cinnamon and cardamom. With fresh herbs sprinkled on afterwards; pars... Read more « First Page 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100 101 102 103 104 105 106 107 108 109 110 111 112 113 114 115 116 117 118 119 120 121 122 123 124 125 126 127 128 129 130 131 132 133 134 135 136 137 138 139 140 141 142 143 144 145 146 147 148 149 150 151 152 153 154 155 156 157 158 159 160 161 162 163 164 165 166 167 168 169 170 171 172 173 174 175 176 177 178 179 180 181 182 183 184 Last Page » |
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