It Is My Duty

I keep waiting for the watermelon to stop tasting so good – but alas, that time has yet to come. I guess I’ll just have to keep testing the watermelons until I’m sure watermelon season is over. It is my duty. So as luck would have it my mom had a technological snow day of [...]

To Do Lists

Maxine woke me up in the middle of the night last night to accompany her on a trip to the bathroom and for some water.  Instead of falling back to sleep after I got back into bed, I laid awake for well over an hour while my mind went around and around with all the [...]

It Was Ladies Night

Blog: And just where have you been, young lady? Me: Um, err… I was out. Blog: out? OUT!? Where exactly is OUT? Me: Well, let me start at the beginning. A long, long time ago, on a Sassy Saturday afternoon… I ate a salad. A salad filled with red leaf lettuce, spinach, carrots, tomatoes, sprouts, [...]

A Juice Refresher

I belly flopped into bed last night as soon as Zak walked through the door. When I woke a little while later as he was getting the girls ready for bed I realized it probably wasn’t just lack of sleep that had me feeling puny. I think I was probably fighting off that odd 12 [...]

Friday Funk

I don’t know whose brilliant idea it was that I get up 5am this morning but I have been walking around feeling like a zombie all day today. I. Am. Tired. I’d love to take a nap but I think at this point I’ve crossed the line from “taking a nap” to just “going to [...]

Make Your Own Cereal

I got up with Zak this morning when the alarm went off at 5. He headed out to go swimming and I headed down to the kitchen. Feeling hungry already, today would have been a perfect morning for some green lemonade, except for one problem. I’m out a romaine. I’ve got spinach but spinach doesn’t [...]

A Lesson in Vegetarian Lasagna

I had lunch today with a childhood friend. Someone I haven’t seen in years and years. Ummm, close. But not exactly. Alfalfa! I swear the last time I had alfalfa sprouts was in 1987 when my mom was into sprouting her own. It’s been a long time. Welcome back my friend, looking forward to visiting [...]

Run Like You Stole Something

Speed work was on the agenda for this morning. I was hungry but didn’t want to eat very much because the likelihood of puking on a run increases exponentially during a speed work session. A small handful of raisins ought to be safe enough. It’s kind of hard see but my little pile of raisins [...]

Tears in My Throw Pillow

Thank you all for your warm, sweet comments on my post this morning. I was feeling pretty groovy about it after I posted it but as the day wore on I started feeling less and less groovy and more and more stupid. Have you ever gone to a party and had too much to drink [...]

A Short Story

I woke this morning just as the sky was beginning to fade from the darkness of night to the shade of gray that precedes dawn. As the haze of subconscious lifted I realized Zak was still lying in bed next to me. I nudged him gently with my elbow to ask him if he was [...]