We made it past the halfway point! There is something partially empowering and partially disheartening to know that we are just under two weeks from the end of our journey. Fatigue has set in and we're a little, you know, over it. Time to rally the troops and recycle some of our favorite meals to … Continue reading Whole30 Day 18 | Downhill from here
It’s all fun and games until you go on vacation. I’m in Maryland this week visiting my mom, but determined to stay the course. We struck a deal; she bought the groceries and I do the cooking. I hate to grocery shop and she feels the same about cooking, so it’s working out swimmingly. Everything … Continue reading Whole30 Day 10 | Facing the Public
I almost fell asleep in church and J has a cold. We've entered the "I just want a nap" phase. The boys have started having dreams about donuts and chocolate cake. Little One had a major win at a baseball double header when he walked away from his team eating greasy yummy pizza between games. … Continue reading Whole30 Day 6 | I Want a Nap and a Cookie (Plus a Menu)
When it rains, it pours, you know? Days 2-3 are traditionally what is called the "Hangover" period of Whole30. This is when your body is flushing all the toxins out from all the garbage you've been eating up until this point. Mercifully, I seem to have avoided the hangover, but it hit Little One and … Continue reading Whole 30 Days 2-3 | Hangovers and Plumbing Problems
The day started so well. I convinced myself to get up this morning and go to the gym at 8 am. 30 minutes into ellipticising, I got a text that the summer job Flipflops had insisted didn't start until next week was supposed to start today; and he was already 45 minutes late. Great. By … Continue reading Whole 30 – Day 1 | Reality
Today is my 31st birthday. I've mentioned before that I don't make New Year's resolutions in January, I make them in May on my birthday. As a teacher, January is much too arbitrary of a time to start new things. Instead, with another school year on the books, I look forward to changes I might … Continue reading Whole New Me |Whole30 Journey – Day 0
Maybe teaching elementary school is getting to me, or maybe I read If you give a mouse a cookie to my niece 8947569234 times while we were back east for Christmas. Either way, a number of people have been asking for a home tour of our new Texas digs. Christmas is a pretty as the … Continue reading If you visit the Holts at Christmas | Home Tour
Wednesday, we brought Gerald home. We went to Wal-Mart and got him a litter box, food, toys, and a carrier. We wrapped him in a towel to introduce him to our mutts. He slept in the laundry room, and Thursday morning J found him sitting in the washing machine pedestal, having found his way in … Continue reading Inevitable Heartbreak | Six Days
Our beloved shaggy pooch, Blackjack needed a haircut. It pretty much went downhill from there. Blackjack is a Lab, Catahoula hound mix and needs to be shaved down at the beginning of summer to avoid cooking in his own dense, but luxurious locks. With J’s retirement and the move, I hadn’t had a chance to … Continue reading When a Cat Isn’t Just a Cat | Meet Gerald
I spend an inordinate amount of my time thinking about food. I mean, who doesn’t? Not so much food for me, but how to feed the ever-growing appetites of my young men. Flipflops and MacGyver are both teenagers now and can demolish the pantry and fridge in a single bound. Even Little One, age 10, … Continue reading Feeding Boys | The Saga Continues
