A silly and serious thankful list

Well tomorrow is the big day, Thanksgiving, and I am already fasting as I type this. My parents are divorced so every year I have two Thanksgivings in one day. Moms in the morning and dads in the evening. And the first year we worked out this arrangement, I thought my stomach was going to explode [...]

Operation Thanksgiving dessert

The men and women in my family have a simple rule: recognize our strengths and outsource our limitations. For me, this includes the kitchen. But after a recent successful baking weekend, I decided to give it another try by volunteering to bake a dessert for our Thanksgiving this year. Yes, there will still be the best apple [...]

Weekend recap: New Moon and more football

Happy Sunday everyone! I cannot believe it’s time for Thanksgiving but at the same time, I’m ready for a break from the city, basking in the scary quiet of the suburbs and one-on-one time with my parents. Well, at least for a few days :) Anyhow, let’s get started! Vampires, werewolves and shirtless action, oh my! As you [...]

New Moon: it’s time!

As I write this, I’m struggling to contain my excitement because tonight, well actually tomorrow morning at 12:45 a.m., TC and I have tickets to see this little movie in Chicago. And I’m so excited I might actually scream out loud. But I’m an adult so I will try to contain myself. That’s right, we have early [...]

Healthy train mini-derailment

So you all know that three weeks ago I went to the doctor and found out that I need to get back on the healthy living train. Well, this weekend I went back to the doctor for more tests and I was actually looking forward to the dreaded weigh in, because I was DYING to see [...]