DietBet and Momentum

Earlier in the month I had my weigh out for the DietBet that I was doing with some other great local bloggers. I’m happy to say that I met my goal of losing 4% of my body weight and even exceeded it by 2 pounds. In the couple of weeks since the final weigh out…

Granny

“How the hell are ya’” she would say, in her husky former smoker voice, EVERY TIME she would greet you. She was fiesty, rough, loving and all around amazing. She was my Granny. I’ve been absent for the last week or so because Granny passed away. She had been on hospice for a while but…

Tye Dyed Milk – Dinner Table Science

My father is a chemist and when I was growing up we used to do experiments at the dinner table all the time. After dinner we’d set things on fire or play with various food items and learn some valuable science lessons. I am so so happy that as my girls get older this “tradition”…

Grateful

Sometimes I get down about things that are important but in the grand scheme of life minor. Currently my daughters cavities and tooth issues bring me down. My older daughter’s inability to deal with the dentist has me stumped and I have visions of my children toothless by 20. This is seriously not likely to…

mmmm Cloned Cows.

Image via Wikipedia So when is too far in screwing with the natural order of things. Is it really necessary to clone animals so that we can eat them. It’s bad enough that we mess with their genes so that we can do things like grow chickens with breasts so big they can’t hold up…