The latest studies on gratitude show definitively that feeling grateful can make you a happier and nicer person. Of course, you have to feel grateful more frequently than once a year to realize any effects. I like to contemplate my gratitude when I’m soaking up the energy from the sun and getting some vitamin D. […]
My friend has already had a rough winter. What started with a cough in September morphed into bronchitis and then into pneumonia. Even after multiple rounds of antibiotics, here it is almost Thanksgiving and she has puss-filled spots on her tonsils but tests negative for strep, feels worn out, run down, and far from healthy. […]
Don’t you hate it when you wake up one day and you’ve put on around 7 lbs. all of the sudden? In the immortal words of Brittany Spears, “Oops, I did it again!” Yep, I went on a dairy binge around Thanksgiving and it put a nice bit of padding on my frame seemingly overnight. […]
On Thanksgiving morning it was a crisp 18F degrees when my intrepid husband ventured out to run the Turkey Trot in a nearby park. What was surprising was not that he insisted on running the 5K in the frigid air, since he is impervious to weather when he runs, but that my 5-year old son […]
In our family, we make sure to have enough leftovers from Thanksgiving to send everyone home with containers of turkey, stuffing, potatoes, etc., so that everyone can enjoy the week of turkey leftovers! Yesterday, I used up most of the turkey making meal-size servings of turkey enchiladas to freeze. Now, on a busy winter night, […]