Finding Radiance

Thank you so much for listening to my guitar playing!  I was a bit nervous putting it out there, but really – doing a video is so much easier than a live performance  I will do a couple others next week. How about just a random Christmas countdown for the day? It’s been a bit [...]

Happy Easter for those that celebrate **picture heavy post coming up** Saturday was dreary and rainy – so that meant renovations!  We are just trucking along right now. Floor tiling is all done: Still need to grout.  Nice change from this: To this: Even without the grout it is sooooo much better! New lighting fixture [...]

Well, here I sit taking a break from work on Sunday (back at the grind already).  I can’t believe how fast the last couple of days went. We had a wonderful holiday.  Christmas eve and we had the spread set out.  We had a little snack table before dinner with cheese and crackers (snow flake-shaped, [...]

The holiday week is officially beginning!  Let’s start out with a holiday favorite of mine that is back now – the gingerbread bagel at Panera! Yuuuummmmm!!!! Yum! Today was a slower work day with both jobs.  It’s going to be spotty all week with the holiday, so I am going to have to flex my [...]

Happy Sunday to all (or Monday morning, likely). Met my parents at Panera Bread so we could take them out for a  bagel for Mother’s Day. Had a nice chat on this cold and blustery day!  Thanks for having me, Mom!  And thanks to my MIL for having John It looks like I have a [...]

Happy Easter!  We were up pretty early thanks to Pixie playing outside the door.  She kept banging on the door… grrrr…  So, it was off to bagels! And some coffee: No grounds, either!  Woo Hoo!  We had a nice relaxing breakfast and then some grocery shopping.  The guy bagging our groceries had a lot of [...]

The eating season has officially begun.  Whether you made it through Halloween sans candy or awoke on Sunday in a chocolate-smeared haze, how you go about the next couple months can really make an impact on your mental and physical health for the rest of this year. Many times, people sort of give up now [...]

Well – today I got right back in my familiar eating rhythm. I feel so much more comfortable eating my foods in my portions. Not that I didn’t enjoy yesterday, because I did, very much. It’s just that the routine makes life so much easier. I ate well, and I got in a strength training [...]

Provided I get through the next few hours without raiding the fridge, another clean eating day with a good workout under my belt. Tried to stay lower calorie again (1350). I will do well tomorrow until dinner, we are going out and I don’t know where yet – so that could present a bit of [...]

Today is the day that typically marks the start of the food frenzy to the end of the year. I think a lot of people already have Jan 1st marked in the back of their minds as a point to restart, so then loosen up from now until then end of the year. Fall is [...]