It started out, as Katniss Everdeen would put it, as “a hollow day… a day where no matter what you put in your belly, it’s never enough.” (The Hunger Games, Suzanne Collins, Scholastic Limited, 2008.) I had my green smoothie, as usual, but instead of a plain banana oat cookie (the usual,) I topped it …
Soooo… I know half of the world is buried under at least a meter of snow, and the East Coast of the United States is just now digging out from “Snowzilla”- the blizzard that shut down airports, schools, and even US government offices for more than a day. But over here in Philippines, we’re harvesting …
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I had one of those rare and magical days where I did not leave the house except to make bus stop runs. Not that I would want every day to be like that… then it wouldn’t be magical anymore, hey? But normally my days are so full that I never even sit down except to …
Ever since I was a little girl, I’ve loved the flavour combination of chocolate and orange. Baskin-Robbins used to make a flavour called Dark Chocolate Orange, and it was so dark it was almost black, really great I’m sure for my mother to try to clean off my face when I was finished. But from …
Sometimes I know you worry about me… you know, spending all my time either working out, or by myself in the kitchen, slaving away over my latest recipe, then taking a million pictures to get 5 good ones for the blog. Rest assured, dear friends, this is not the case! In fact sometimes I scramble to get …
I was halfway through my morning when I realised I’d forgotten what day it was, & I should have been clicking pix of what I ate. But never mind, you guys know me by now… I had a cup of coffee, the green smoothie, and a banana oat cookie with almond butter. I’m a girl of …
The reason I adore burgers has never been the meat, even when I did eat meat. Back then, the smaller the patty, the better, so I could pile more condiments on top. Getting too much ground beef in one bite was not a good thing for me… I think I was always destined to be vegetarian! …
Happy Friday, folks! It’s been awhile since I posted a workout for you, and this one’s a keeper… I don’t normally get sore from my bootcamp workouts anymore, but I did from this one. Maybe it was the workout… or maybe the 2-week Christmas break??? But whatever! I intentionally paired up 2 exercises that fatigue …
I love days like today… one of planning, preparing, and doing… one of feeling ahead and not behind… of being proactive and not reactive. This doesn’t happen often! But I’m hoping it happens more, because one of my goals for 2016 is planning more planning days. Today started with the green smoothie like always, along …
It’s January, the supposed “cool” season here in Philippines. I say “supposed” because it’s actually not so cool this year… what’s up with that?? My family can attest that I easily feel cheated with the weather, most often in the circumstance of it being too hot when I’m expecting cold… or at least cool. But …
