I few nights ago I was out running. It had been a week (or two) since the last time. About ten minutes into the run I was thinking to myself: “Why don’t I do this more often and more importantly, why don’t I keep it up regularly?” The thing is that sometimes I feel like […]
The Lunch Box Chore (and a recipe)
I have no fond memories of the lunch box during my school years. My mother was no big fan of preparing them and I was no big fan of eating them! I guess my complaining was so great that from about the fourth grade, I was kindly asked to prepare my own 😉 Play it […]
What’s for Dinner 19
It is getting hot and to be honest, cooking is not on the top of my list of things that I want to do. Unfortunately though we still have to eat every day so these days the meals are lighter – more vegetables and less meat. Here is what we are having in the coming […]
What’s for Dinner 18
After 35 years on this earth I have just discovered homemade mayonnaise! Very good for my taste buds but probably less good for my waist line 🙂 In my opinion it tastes so much better than the store bought kind. In the last year or so I have been buying the organic kind but it […]
Do you need a Budget? Want a Budget? Here is how to!
Like you probably know, we have a budget. The thing about budgets is, that if you don’t make monthly follow-ups or track you expenses on a regular basis, it is not very helpful. You have to be hands on and updated at least once a month in order for the budget to be helpful and […]
What’s for Dinner 17
Yes, planning can be a pain and I often do not have the power for it. With the end of a nice weekend, the top priority is not to sit down and plan all the meals for the coming week. But…. Then I have to remind myself that in the end, the effort of 30 […]
What’s for Dinner 15
New week means new meal plan and it will hopefully keep us on track food wise for the coming week. As always I am trying to keep it cheap, varied and having a bit of it all: meat, vegetables, grains and fish (believe or not, my oldest loves fish!). So here we go: Sunday: Tuna […]