Eat at Home Means Learning to Love Costco

Eat at Home Means Learning to Love Costco

 I love Costco – in theory. I love getting a great deal, don't mind buying in bulk and love free samples. But actually going to Costco – makes me feel like I am gearing up for a transcontinental expedition. Here are the things I have to do to go to Costco Make the...

Update on the Eat at Home/No Restaurants 30 Day Challenge

We are starting week 3 of our challenge of not eating at restaurants except for business/giftcards. Here is our official total: Number of Days on the Challenge: 14 Number of times we have eaten at restaurants with a gift card: 3 (two times at Starbucks with my son...

Man Food

Man Food

After sending out my newsletter on Wednesday, I discovered that many of my blog readers are not on the list. So if you are not on the newsletter list, you probably have never received the free, nifty gift that you get for subscribing which is a very cool e-cookbook...

Cooking Out Instead of Eating Out

Cooking Out Instead of Eating Out

We have continued to have to be creative when it comes to our "Eat at Home" Challenge. (Which is very poorly named since it is not so much about eating at home as it is about saving money and being more thoughtful about what we eat. But that is a lousy name for a...

Learning to Eat My Lentils

Learning to Eat My Lentils

According to Wikipedia, Diogenes of Sinope was a Greek philosopher who believed that virtue was better revealed in action and not theory, and whose life was a relentless campaign to debunk the social values and institutions of what he saw as a corrupt society. I love...

Friday Fun – No I Don’t Think I Can Dance

Friday Fun – No I Don’t Think I Can Dance

 But boy, can these kids. I have no words. I am so excited that it is back. Yes, we watch American Idol, but So You Think You Can Dance is appointment TV. The only time that you gasp when you watch Idol is when they announce Chris instead of Adam. With SYTYCD – the...

10 Things I am Doing to Take Care of Myself This Week

10 Things I am Doing to Take Care of Myself This Week

OK – Monday was majorly enlightening. I had to go to the mall to pick up some See's candy (the downside? It was a gift for someone else.) and help Roger pick out some new glasses. (I have a total Danny Gokey of American Idol fixation when it came to glasses, and Roger...

The Good, The Bad and the Shock of Chili’s Salad

The Good, The Bad and the Shock of Chili’s Salad

OK – so it was a good/bad day challenge-wise. The good stuff: For Valentine's Day I bought Roger a gift pack from Omaha Steak Company (BTW girls – he LOVED that gift.) Since we were the only ones home (and didn't have multiple teenagers that needed their gullets...