The 2020 Pandemic With the stay at home order in Illinois, you can imagine I'm having quite the memorable (or not) 48th birthday during the 2020 pandemic. I'm feeling pretty good although very sad at what is going on in the world. I am thankful to be safe. We are doing our best to keep Corona out … [Read More...]
Health & Fitness
Best At Home Fitness Programs This Year
Here are some of the best at home fitness programs to help motivate you to get or stay moving. It’s especially important to be active during trying times. It will totally make a difference in how you feel. Has Your Situation Changed? For those of you who have had to move your work into the […]
Are Mini Trampoline/Rebounder Workouts Really Effective?
The big question on a lot of people’s minds when I tell them how much I LOVE this type of workout is does mini trampoline rebounder exercise really work? That all depends on what your personal goal is with it. It’s absolutely one of my favorite workouts. I have had leg issues for a while […]
Food & Recipes
Healthy Holiday Desserts: Fresh Fruit, Parfaits & Cookies!
Healthy Holiday Desserts The holidays aren’t really the holidays without scrumptious desserts, luscious cookies and mouthwatering cakes and pies. You can have your cake and eat it too with these waist watcher desserts. Fresh Fruit Wreaths Low in calories and full of fiber and vitamins, fresh fruit is perfect for dessert. Up the presentation by […]
Do You Love Peanut Butter as Much as I do? Open up!
Anyone who knows me, knows that I LOVE peanut butter so I thought I would do a fun peanut butter recipe roundup before the holiday’s. For you chocolate and peanut butter lovers, this one’s for you. You can thank me later. Here’s to some simple baking inspiration for the holiday season! If you haven’t finished […]
Family Life
Our Family Camping Adventures
We are having such a blast on our family camping adventures. Our first camping trip was such a great experience that we went on a 2nd and we have already planned and scheduled our third. There will be a 4th one, most likely in September where we’ll try out a new campground. You can read […]
Hunter: Our Warrior Grandson
For those that don’t know our FIRST grandson was born early, 3 months premature. They call him a micro preemie, born at 1 lb 7 oz on April, 14, 2018. He was on and off a ventilator for a while so when he finally came off the vent for good it was so exciting and […]