These days, I find myself wandering to the home décor section of Pinterest more and more. Our guest room is London themed, and I just need to find a few items to bring my vision to life. First, we need a real bed. The basic frame without a head and footboard isn’t my thing. I love the hotel look of crisp white linens, pillows, and throw blankets. To round out… View Post »
Eating healthy while traveling
Traveling is always a challenge to weight loss. I’ve traveled for work over the past two years, and I will confess that fast food or room service are just faster or easier when you’re on the go. As I’m in Florida for a week, I’m making more of an effort to stay on track (let’s ignore that I ordered pizza the first night I was here). My hotel does not… View Post »
How I pack a carry on for week-long trips
When I fly these days, I rarely check a bag. It’s partly to avoid paying a baggage fee, and it’s partly to make a quick exit as soon as I land. I’ve fine-tuned my packing process so that I can now pack a carry on for up to a week at a time. You can check out what I pack in my purse when I travel here. The bag I… View Post »
H54F: sunshine and food safety
1. I’m off to sunny Florida this weekend for a food safety and quality conference. The last time I went, this conference was in St. Louis in November. 2. I’m packing a bathing suit and sunscreen. It’s practically Halloween. 3. My original plan was to attend a two-day advanced SQF course before the conference started. That sold out; I signed up for a one-day advanced HACCP course. I booked my flight… View Post »
Homeless vacation planning
While we’re waiting for Mac’s deployment to end, I’ve been filling my time doing productive things like planning vacations. Some of these spots might be good long weekend trips (hello, the return of four day weekends). Yellowstone National Park. I’ve been, Mac hasn’t. But we would not be camping. Just searching for bison and bears. Napa Valley. We both love wine, and that’s reason enough. Hawaii. We don’t think we’ll… View Post »
Treating your blog like a job
I’ve been blogging for about two and a half years now, and I like to think I know some things about it. I’ve blogged every day, twice a day, and forgotten to blog. I’ve planned posts, neglected to update those planned posts, and accidentally posted those un-updated posts. Every blogger has days where blogging feels like a chore. We also have days where ideas and inspiration are lacking, but we post… View Post »