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 coming up with your Thanksgiving dessert menu, these ideas would … [Read more...]
How Does Exercise Help Beat Stress? Get Yourself Moving and Find Out!
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 your current position and losing a job can cause stress. The death of someone in … [Read more...]
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 of the Year! She was appointed as Cadet Secretary so she helps in many … [Read more...]
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 my last post, we went apple picking and there was a freak burst of high winds AND snow. It only lasted for a … [Read more...]
Change Is in the Air: Welcome to Her Grand Life
You might have heard things are changing around here....and let me tell you why! For a while I have been stressing too much over having numerous blogs to tend to (I have quite a few!) so I'm combining most all into one 'lifestyle' type blog. I have gone back and forth over this idea for many years and for a long time it worked out fine to have separate sites but things will … [Read more...]