Thirty Days of Without Drive-Thrus
This is the blog posting where I am suppose to tell you I have had a spiritual revolution and discovered that I am so deep and now will grow my own food at home and never darken the door of a restaurant again. Um, not quite. OK, I did learn a few things: I have spent...
The Get Rid Of It Project
As the 30-Day Eat at Home Challenge is not so quickly coming to an end, (which I will be updating you on tomorrow,) I realize that I totally shot myself in the foot. All of my books and projects are based on 21 days – I was kept from my frozen yogurt for 9 days...
Book Signing at the BN Pruneyard
For all of you living in the Bay Area: I will be having a book signing for The Husband Project at the Barnes and Noble in The Pruneyard in Campbell on Saturday, June27th at 12:00 – 1:30 PM Of course my goal will be to make this as much fun as possible, giving away...
Why you may not be hearing from me for a couple of days.
Why you may not be hearing from me for a couple of days. Roger and I for the first four years of our marriage didn't have any kids that were ours – we had his and mine. That all changed today. Jake is a Puggle: a Pug/Beagle and he is a 5 year old rescue dog from the...
Have Mug, Will Travel
I knew that one of my biggest challenges in to 30 Day Eat at Home Challenge was going to be skipping the Mickey D's drive-thru for my bladder bustin' Diet Cokes. The Second issue? My grande non-fat misto with sugar-free vanilla from Starbucks. Oh so yummy. So the day...
Easy, Yummy Stay at Home Recipe – this is how we do it – South of the Boarder Style
I have been given several recipes (and mental health advice) since starting the 30 Day Challenge. Here is an easy one from Stephanie that has become a great pretty-healthy snack. Dear Kathi, I think it's fabulous you are doing this for 30 days. My husband was laid...
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
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
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...




