Happy Ground Hog Day! While the ground hog has many of us inside hiding from the cold, I am putting together a teen workshop series starting this month. Please see attached flyer for details. Contact…
Do you eat that full sleeve of Thin Mints in one sitting? It’s Girl Scout cookie time in our area. This year I find myself in a deep internal struggle. For years I have been…
I was browsing Instagram the evening after my daughter’s swim meet to find a post of her large plate of fries she consumed at Glory Days as her post-meet meal. The picture was an ever…
How does one survive Thanksgiving? That is a good question! How am I going to survive thanksgiving?!? Well, here is the thing…..I don’t get all worried about healthy Thanksgiving eating. Why you say? Well,…
Green is the New Black ; Teens, Moms and the Psychosocial barriers to Healthy Eating A friend and I were having a conversation about a group of young teens coming to her house for a…
September was the Sugar Detox month, just in time to usher in the worst month to try to decrease sugar; October! Not a store can be entered without seeing the barrage of Halloween candy in…
It’s Football season. My sorority sisters were gather together last weekend for a 20+ year reunion to watch our beloved Colorado Buffaloes. This weekend my High School graduating class is having our 25th reunion! I…
“The Crickets sang in the grasses. They sang the song of summer’s ending, a sad, monotonous song. ‘Summer is over and gone,’ they sang. ‘Over and gone, over and gone Summer is dying, dying.’ The…
Who hasn’t had a love affair with bread? Bread is always there for you. It’s comforting. Warm fresh bread, right out of the oven….is like a your high school crush. You can’t stop looking at…
Blueberries for Sal by Robert McCloskey is one of my favorite children’s books of all time. It’s a simple story but I have always loved Little Sal picking berries with her mother and getting all…
