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Finding Joy and the clean plate club
Are you part of the CLEAN PLATE CLUB? I have been a member for as long as I can remember. Leaving food on your plate was such a big...
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Fresh Start September
September 1st is a lot like New Year's for me. Kids go back to school, life finds its routine, I need to detox from over doing it all...
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Finding Joy- Just say No (Thank you)
Have you ever worked for a company that did birthday cake? Do customers bring you donuts and coffee? I have a REALLY hard time with this!...
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Urban farming
Lucinda's WWOOFing Trip 2016: Day One. I managed to get away on a Saturday morning so I could get a good start on my WWOOFing adventure. ...
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Finding Joy and the Coach's perspective
This last few weeks I have had a chance to catch up with friends. In month previous, I would have made wine dates, lunch dates or...
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Harvest = Vegetable Christmas
If you know me- You know I get excited about vegetables. Seriously! Local? Home grown? Still have dirt on them.... Even better. Real...
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Back into the routine...
September seems to be the month we get back at it. I have a love hate relationship with September. I like routine and being somewhat...
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August Finding Joy
Hello again! It's been three weeks and plenty of craziness. In this craziness of summer schedules and chelada' so am so excited to say...
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Lessons Learned from carrying the backpack...
My first backpacking trip I was 25lbs down on my weight loss journey. I was working out and eating great and thought I was in great...