How Does Exercise Help Beat Stress? Before we talk about exercise for stress relief, let’s begin by talking about what types of things cause stress. There are many things that can cause stress. Anything from work to family situations and beyond. For example working long hours, being unhappy in … [Read More...]
Health & Fitness
The Perfect Fitness Fashion This Winter
Athleta has released their NEW winter collection! I’m not a huge fan of winter BUT I do live in Chicago and have to deal with it so what better than to get all bundled up with Athleta. It would have been nice to have a comfy warm coat this past weekend. As you saw in […]
How to Set Up a Home Gym: Affordable Ideas I Think You’ll Love!
How to Set Up a Home Gym Looking at how to set up a home gym and the equipment you want to add can sometimes give you sticker price shock. It can also be confusing when you try to figure out which equipment is best, what bells and whistles you need, and how you can […]
Food & Recipes
Tempt Your Tastebuds with Delicious Zucchini Recipes
Do you love zucchini as much as I do? There are so many ways to enjoy zucchini. Our yard was used by family this year to grow a garden and one of the veggies that were plentiful was ZUCCHINI. So so delicious. Here are some delicious zucchini recipes I wanted to share with you. Garlic […]
Learn How to Make Healthy Rice! Delicious Recipe Inside.
How to Make Healthy Rice with Curry Powder or Turmeric Dinner side dishes like rice are a great way to get extra nutrients into your family’s diet. Instead of making plain old rice, you can add an array of nutrient-dense foods and spices to all of your rice dishes to really perk up the flavor […]
Family Life
Wauconda Fire Department Open House: Fire Cadet Volunteers!
Our 16 year old granddaughter, Rhyanne is part of the Cadet program with our local fire department. She has been part of the this program for the last 3 years. They were previously called Fire Explorer’s. Last year she got an award for most improved and this year she got the great honor of Cadet […]
A Packed and Busy Non Stop Week{end}
How was your weekend? This weekend we were on the go. It all started Friday night when our middle granddaughter and I drove out to meet Kev at his work. After a week or more of researching options for an affordable couch and ottoman for Wilbur’s cat room, we finally found something on Thursday (thank […]