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My vacation takeaways
2008-08-26 03:51:00 I like pinpointing the peak of an experience — sometimes during, sometimes afterward. Any experience can have a peak — eating a sandwich, a day at work, a weekend away. Whatever. A couple of weeks ago I took my first true solo vacation. I hit the road by myself and drove a total of about ... More About: Living , Quit Smoking , Vacation , Aging
My southeast tour part III: Savannah, GA
2008-08-16 02:21:00 Thursday I did maybe 10 minutes of yoga in the a.m. I was tired and my shoulder and elbow were sore. I ate another good Hampton Inn breakfast, including a pre-made bagel half loaded with eggs, bacon and cheese, then loaded up the car for Savannah . MapQuest says it’s 47.25 from Beaufort to Savannah. I ... More About: Living , Travel , Tour , Part
My southeast tour part II: Beaufort, SC
2008-08-14 04:35:00 Tuesday morning after coffee in my room and another fine yoga practice, I packed up and left Townsend around 10 a.m. According to MapQuest, it is 392.91 from Townsend to Beaufort, SC. About the time I was getting into Beaufort, Kim from Beaufort Kayak Tour s called and said the historic Beaufort tour was canceled due ... More About: Living , Travel , Part , Southeast
My southeast tour part I: Townsend, TN
2008-08-11 13:33:00 My solo vacation itinerary included Townsend , TN, just outside of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, plus Beaufort, SC and Savannah GA. I left my house in Pensacola around 6 a.m. CST on a Sunday. My Saturn Vue was fully loaded with crap — bicycle, yoga mat, water-jogging belt, noodle, aqua gloves, cooler, clothes, ... More About: Travel , Tour , Part , Southeast
Making your own vacation fun
2008-08-09 06:08:00 A couple of weeks ago I did what I always advise people to do when they leave one job to take another — give yourself a break between gigs to have a carefree vacation. As far as I’m concerned, there’s no job that offers an adequate supply of days off. The best I’ve gotten ... More About: Living , Travel , People , Vacation , Friendships
Can you really fall in love online?
2008-07-27 02:20:00 Do you think you can fall in love online? I do although it hasn’t happened to me yet. I happen to know at least one person who’s very happily married to a woman he met and fell in love with online. I’ve tried my best to find romance online but with less than stellar results. I’m ... More About: Living , Love , Online , Fall
Please tell me tomorrow
2008-07-23 03:41:00 You won’t believe this but I started this post weeks ago. And guess what? I put off writing it. Hmm. Why is it that someone who loves to mark completed tasks off a list or plow through a month’s worth of housecleaning in one morning cannot write a simple blog about procrastination without procrastinating like ... More About: Tomorrow
How can I tell if he likes me?
2008-07-20 04:44:00 The signs indicating whether a guy likes you depend on how old you are. If you’re under 10, he likes you if he pretends he doesn’t. No, wait, that also applies to some egotists of any age. Avoid them. The bottom line is that usually, unless you’re still in grade school, you can tell whether a ... More About: Living , People , Grilled
I?m here for the vacations
2008-07-16 16:34:00 I think people need to sign a legally binding document committing them to return the winning ticket if they decide to continue working after they hit the lottery jackpot. What a crock. Why waste your money on lottery tickets if you love your job so much? It’s not that I hate my job. I’ve just ... More About: Living , Travel , People , Vacations
Making the switch from plastic bags
2008-07-01 17:33:00 Over the weekend I bought a canvas bag at the local food co-op. It’s for grocery-shopping so I can stop carrying home those awful plastic bags. I bought it on impulse when I noticed it was only $.99. I recycle grocery bags but still knew it was irresponsible of me to use them at all. ... More About: Bags , Switch , Plastic , San Fransisco
Ain?t no big thing at all
2008-06-27 20:37:00 Well, it’s a done deal. The girls have been pancaked and imaged and it’s all good for another year. The hard part this time had more to do with breaking my workday routine than having the mammogram itself. Despite two pop-up reminders yesterday and a voice-mail message when I got home reminding me of my 9 ... More About: Thing
Cinnamon Apples
2008-06-10 20:20:00 This side dish originated with a recipe for baked apples that sounded like too much work to me. Why core and stuff apples when you can get the same flavors with a bit less fuss? I never peel the apples — it’s too much work and Mom says the peels are good for you. This ... More About: Apples , Cinnamon
Lightening up with delayed gratification
2008-06-09 19:34:00 One of my all-time favorite Seinfeld quotes comes from The Frogger episode. Elaine has grown tired of the lame excuses her officemates come up with to have celebratory cake and finally gives them a piece of her mind: “Do you think we can fill the void in our lives with flour, sugar, eggs and vanilla? ...
A perfect day in Greenwich
2008-06-05 20:10:00 Funny that today while pondering the cloudless blue sky, I thought of a day I spent in Greenwich while on a London vacation with my brother a couple of years ago. After checking my trip journal, it turns out I was in Greenwich exactly two years ago to the day. My day trip to Greenwich ... More About: Perfect , Perfect Day
Skillet Spinach
2008-06-04 18:36:00 This is one of my favorite side dishes. You can make it as low fat as you want, it’s still going to be delicious (assuming you like spinach). My version is adapted from Home Cookin’ (Compiled by Junior League of Wichita Falls, Inc., Wichita Falls, TX. It’s been a long time since I’ve referred to the cookbook recipe. I’m surprised to see it calls for three eggs. I don’t think I’ve ever made it according to the published recipe. It’s a great side dish because it’s good to eat and easy to make and also because although the main ingredient is spinach it’s not runny — the liquid from the spinach gets absorbed by the roux you make at the start. If I know I’m making it for dinner that evening, I’ll leave the packages of frozen spinach out on the counter to thaw. Anyway, here’s my version: 1 T butter or margarine (I use SmartBalance) 1 T chopped onion 1 T flour 2 10-oz. packages frozen spinach (still frozen ... More About: Spinach
Who says size doesn?t matter?
2008-06-02 19:28:00 So Friday I had a last-minute lunch date with a guy I “met” on MySpace. He was funny and smart, like his page said. But I already knew that from chatting on the phone with him for a bit. We seemed to be comfortable together right off the bat, which I think happens with people ... More About: Matter , Size
Bahamian Grilled Chicken
2008-05-30 21:41:00 Summer is finally here, and what better way to welcome the warm weather than to get outside and fire up the grill? In the first of two Caribbean recipes, I share a recipe for Bahamian Grilled Chicken adapted from a recipe I found in ?The Barbecue! Bible? by Steven Raichlen. Ingredients 4 skinless chicken breasts 1 cup fresh ... More About: Meat
Carbohydrates are not your enemy
2008-05-29 21:47:00 So this week I lost another 2 pounds. For those who are keeping track, I weighed in at 278 pounds on Monday. So after another successful week I started to reflect on what my food intake had been like the last few weeks. The answer may come as a surprise to some people, because although ... More About: Enemy
Dating Blog Carnival #7
2008-05-28 20:17:00 Thrive! is tickled to be hosting this week’s dating blog carnival. In Writing a Profile He Can’t Resist, Alex provides suggestions for creating an irresistible online dating profile. A good beginning is choosing the right picture. And from what I’ve seen of online dating profiles, Alex’s advice to use a picture in which you’re happy and ... More About: Carnival , Dating , Blog , Blog Carnival
Let’s Get This Unparty Started
2008-05-27 18:35:00 I have finally conquered one trivial aspect of my social life that has been a bee in my bonnet for years. When someone invites me to a so-called home shopping party, I always decline. I don’t care who it is or what they’re selling. OK, there was that one time last year when my sweet sister-in-law really needed more warm bodies at a “party” she hosted for her neighbor. I felt like a terrible guest. I didn’t buy anything and didn’t fill out the contact card and was embarrassed when I won the door prize. It was a nice cook book, which I gave to my SIL for Christmas. Home shopping parties are big business and getting bigger. Tupperware seems to be the grand-daddy of home shopping parties. Every two seconds of every day, somewhere on earth someone begins yet another demonstration of how to burp a Tupperware plastic container, according to the New York Times. When you go to someone’s house and a bunch of other people are there and you are served f...
Distorted Self Image
2008-05-23 20:21:00 I was looking around on YouTube for a new video to post here on Thrive! TV and this is what I came across . . . What a reminder of how the media has distorted peoples’ self image! When I watched the video, my immediate reaction was shock at how thin the person looked, then disgust ... More About: Image
Funny how things turn out sometimes
2008-05-22 19:23:00 At the beginning of May, I wrote about This Guy I’d been dating and whether he still liked me. He’d stopped calling me and I wondered why. I thought we were having fun getting to know each other. We weren’t exactly a match made in heaven but still, I was enjoying the time we spent ... More About: Funny , Things , Turn
Smart Eating Out: The Prelude
2008-05-21 17:40:00 I’ve been trying to get started on a series of posts about making smart decisions when eating out for a while now, but for some reason I was suffering from writer’s block. That is until I came across this article on WebMD. The article summarizes a study performed by Pierre Chandon, Ph.D. and Brian Wansink, ... More About: Smart , Eating Out , Eating
My Own Private Seafood Festival
2008-05-20 16:09:00 A couple of Saturdays ago, I could see a fairly quiet weekend ahead of me. I was looking forward to lunch with the girls after yoga but that didn’t work out. So I headed to the Caribbean Soup Company , where I was going to treat myself to a sumptuous soup lunch. Damned if they’re ... More About: Seafood , Festival , Private
Forty Pounds Down!
2008-05-20 16:09:00 Well it took longer than I hoped, but I finally reached the 40 pound loss mark! Now I am back to the weight I was when I arrived from England in 1999. Any weight I lose now will also result in my wife seeing me at the thinnest I’ve ever been So how did ... More About: Weight Loss
Carnival of the Recipes - May 19th Edition
2008-05-19 17:17:00 Having been sick for most of last week I was looking forward to finding some new comfort food recipes as part of my round up of recipes for Carnival of the Recipes . This recipe from thecookmobile.com for Hawaiian Spare Ribs stood out immediately. If you’ve checked out my personal blog here on Thrive! you realize ... More About: Edition
Who?s paying for all this?
2008-05-19 15:34:00 I developed blogstipation every time I tried to blog about gender and paying the way on dates. Today I told Martin I was afraid of sounding old (I kept wanting to start a sentence with “Well, back in my day . . .” Use a phrase like that and you’re only a blog away from ...
DeLightful Pineapple Cake
2008-05-06 18:45:00 In my ongoing quest for the perfect fat-free dessert, I’ve made some pretty tasty ones. But I’d rather skip dessert if low-fat results in a dry, tasteless lump. The richer the dessert, the better I’m going to like it. This is about the simplest recipe I’ve ever made. It’s right up there with ice cream ... More About: Fruit , Pineapple , Dessert , Cake
DeLightful Pineapple Cake
2008-05-06 18:45:00 In my ongoing quest for the perfect fat-free dessert, I’ve made some pretty tasty ones. But I’d rather skip dessert if low-fat results in a dry, tasteless lump. The richer the dessert, the better I’m going to like it. This is about the simplest recipe I’ve ever made. It’s right up there with ice cream ... More About: Recipes , Fruit , Pineapple , Dessert , Cake
DeLightful Pineapple Cake
More articles from this author:2008-05-06 18:45:00 In my ongoing quest for the perfect fat-free dessert, I’ve made some pretty tasty ones. But I’d rather skip dessert if low-fat results in a dry, tasteless lump. The richer the dessert, the better I’m going to like it. This is about the simplest recipe I’ve ever made. It’s right up there with ice cream ... More About: Recipes , Fruit , Pineapple , Dessert , Cake 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 |
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