Growing up I never liked coffee. Detested it, actually, calling it “dirty water” and only enjoying the scent. However, growing older came with a simultaneous growth of my palate for coffee. Eh, who am I kidding. It was a drug of necessity. I went back to school for a second degree, and long days/ short…
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BMI vs. ABSI
If you’re reading this blog, chances are you’re interested in health and thus you’ve probably at least heard of body mass index (BMI), or an index that utilizes a person’s weight and height to determine a “risk” score (a BMI of less than 25 is normal; 25-30 is overweight; and over 30 is obese). The…
Review: The Glycemic Load Diet
Warning: lengthy book review ahead! Recently I was in a discount bookstore perusing books with my family (yes, we’re all book nerds) and I found an intriguing book: The Glycemic Load Diet by Dr. Rob Thompson. Statements on the cover of the book claim that it: [Is] A Powerful New Program for Losing Weight and…
Sargento Cheese Tasting Date Night
Time around these parts is a luxury, which is why date nights have (unfortunately) become few and far between. That said, we still love to take time together when we can and make the ordinary moments into something slightly more extraordinary. Recently, the Foodbuzz Tastemaker Program and Sargento Natural Cheese allowed us to do just…
Magnum Double Chocolate Ice Cream Review
Yesterday was a beautiful day that Ross and I both fortunately had off! We decided to balance some work and fun by choosing some activities we each wanted to do, plus things we both wanted to do. Long walk on the beach (me), lunch at TacoLu (both), watching StarTrek episodes (Ross), shopping (me), and a…
Friday Favorites
In honor of it being Friday (!!) and the fact that I’m just loving life and loving y’all, I thought I’d share some of my recent favorite new-to-me things I’ve tried lately. Just to clarify, these were all things I’ve purchased with my own money. Coconut water. Not new to me, but the O.N.E. Coconut…