Give your Valentine a heart healthy gift. Your Valentine’s heart yearns for indulgence. Give your Valentine… A Treat. Indulge your Valentine with the Wine and Chocolate Stress Remedy: Select a small amount of decadent chocolate to savor slowly such as such as the Valentines Day Selections from Woodhouse Chocolate. We received a selection at Christmas…
When was the last time you made a memory? On Monday, our family made one. Our daughters are deep into the American Girl stage and received dolls from Santa this year. Monday marked our first pilgrimage to American Girl Place in Chicago. Quite the adventure. I know lunch with Mama, Daddy (yes, Clay bravely joined…
Happy New Year! My husband arrived for New Year’s Eve dinner in a tuxedo. TA DA! Which may not seem unexpected, unless you can imagine me cooking in the kitchen in my old jeans and big socks! We were planning a festive dinner with our daughters, some champagne and a movie. The girls were delighted…
Every once-in-a-while we all need a little push to get excited about life. This summer I had the great pleasure of hearing Simon T. Bailey speak. His motto: “You were born to be brilliant” has stuck with me — so much so, we are using it as a theme for the Girl Scout troop this…
I’m not sure there is anything more joyful than 160 first and second graders frolicking in a field of freshly fallen snow. I was “lunch mom” yesterday and had a wonderful time watching the kids make snow angels, roll in the snow and basically just bask in the wonder of Winter. I could help think…
Today is my girls’ 7th birthday … and guess what? I am not overwhelmed and neither are they! In the past we’ve tried to do too much and all ended up tired, crabby and many of us in tears. So this year we simplified. Even though we believe birthdays should last for days — Birthday-palooza…
My daughter Callie’s first grade classroom is filled with stuffed-animal cows. Her teacher, Mrs. Fraundorf, has a thing for cows and gets many as gifts. When a class member or parent travels, Mrs. Fraundorf encourages them to take a cow along for the ride and report back on the adventure. Callie chose a very cute…
“You are the average of the five people you spend the most time with.” – Jim Rohn Who are the five people with whom you spend the most time — at work, at home and socially? Your relationships have an impact on your health according to a new study in the Archives of Internal Medicine.…
We painted our basement rec-room this weekend. I’d forgotten how satisfying putting color on walls can be — it’s a lot of work too! As I worked my way around the room, cutting in the trim, I couldn’t help but think of my dad. Dad was always working in his garage workshop on some project…
Your personal story combined with recommendations for realistic lifestyle changes was very powerful.
Eye-opening and Inspirational.
Enlightening information attendees will share with colleagues
I thought, If Eliz can do it, so can I.
Stunning insights into why work-life balance isn’t working.
My favorite part was all of the stats you had to show what increased your odd of heart disease and how you could decrease your odds. It worked out I was actually going grocery shopping yesterday so it helped to have that in the front of my mind to make sure to get some “grow foods” when I was there too.
Really practical, easy to apply tips. And they almost always fit into my busy life.