Happy New Years: Make Yourself Happy Week

So, let’s have a “do easy, little things to make ourselves happy this week” week! Here are some suggestions: 1) Make yourself an avatar. It’s a blast. Just like making a Wii Me, and you can use it on Facebook, or Yahoo Messenger or IM … or just for fun. Here’s mine: You can make one at…

First Farmer’s Market Recipe 2010!

Jen and I met at the Farmer’s Market today. (you’ll know why she ditched me and our normal Saturday morning 9am exercise when her Boise Weekly blog post goes live on Tuesday–I’ll post the link then). I picked up all kinds of goodies, and when I got home, combined some of the organic stuff I already…

3 Old-Fashioned Steps to Weight Loss

I’m freaked out about all the weight loss approaches my friends share with me … especially the one with the injected hormone from pregnant womens’ urine. (Eek!) I have 15 pounds to lose, and I have decided to lose it the old-fashioned way. Eat less Exercise more Be patient I’ll keep you updated weekly on my progress. If…

Natural Hair Shine Treatments

I feel a  bit irresponsible that I got on my soapbox about formaldehyde in hair treatments (earlier post) and didn’t actually offer any alternative options or suggestions. In the comments, Jennifer suggested using ingredients like olive oil, and she was correct! Below are links to a few natural recipes I found online. I’ll try them all over the next couple weeks…

Savor and Drink, or Just Drink?

I broke my coffee pot carafe earlier this week (I believe clumsiness & aging will be a post at some point!) So, I went a couple of days without coffee, and then I remembered my coffee press. I pulled it out, put some water on the stove, measured out the coffee grinds, poured the water in the press,…