Heart-Centric Blogging
I woke up feeling good again. A little more hungry this morning, but not starving and certainly not craving anything:) Down another 2 pounds (that totals 3 pounds in 2 days). Today was a busy day though. I was on TV to discuss a daycare in Canada that had fined a mother $10 and fed her child some Ritz crackers… Read More
Morning! I actually woke up feeling great:) I thought I would be starving but in fact it was quite the opposite. I wasn’t too bloated and I felt light, not sluggish. See my Day 1 update (including an end of day video recap!) A few notes: down one pound! *I thought it would be more but again, this is for… Read More
I have been fascinated by the idea of eating “raw” for a long time. Once upon a time I had a plethora of starts and stops on the vegan/raw eating train- it was hard to follow, and it got my roommate in a pretty nasty situation. To be fair, I think information regarding raw eating was lacking 13 years ago,… Read More
Ok, so my 10 year anniversary celebration was supposed to happen in Paris. Or Italy. Or Greece. Heck, I’d even thrown out the possibility of Germany or Sweden. In essence, I was supposed to celebrate 10 years of marriage in Europe (or very, very close). But we didn’t. We couldn’t. We have two very young kids and a week away… Read More
I suppose it’s time that I announce on my blog that I have started writing a column for the Toronto Sun. With a focus on parenting/education issues, it is a writers dream to have people read about your (intelligent? educated? interesting?) personal thoughts on topical issues. If you’re interested, here are my columns to date: Schooling A Culture of Mediocrity… Read More
I’ve had the feeling that I’ve been letting my kids down recently. Real or perceived…it’s there. I don’t do crafts very often, we don’t bake as much as we used to, our ‘free play’ (ie: run around and chase each other) is more limited. We have been hemmed in by the spring rains and so gardening and park playing have… Read More