Sips, Snacks, and Healthy Hacks-A Nurse’s Blog
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I can’t remember exactly when music became so important to me. It’s like breathing. It’s just such a huge part of my life. I love heavy metal, and that’s my go-to. I’m the mom that would pull up the family SUV with death metal blaring. But I also love classical music, pop, classic rock, a…
A Lifelong Love- Music
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I’ve been to a lot of holiday celebrations in my days, but some of my favorite holidays have been the ones where I didn’t celebrate. I’m thinking of those holidays where I got off the hook because of working, either in the pharmacy or the hospital. Or holidays where my kids spent half the day…
Remembering (not celebrating) the holidays
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There have been so many…. where to start? I used to cook and bake a LOT. I’ve tried making everything from home-made pierogies and crackers to multi-layer cakes with homemade icings. But mostly, I like to reminisce about all of the dinner disasters that I subjected my ex-husband to when I was a stay-at-home mom.…
Epic dinner fails
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I don’t know that there’s any life lessons I wish I had learned earlier. Everything that I’ve gone through has made me who I am today! But something that I dear friend told me that I wish I had heard earlier is to follow your yesses. Because that is so important, especially when it’s easy…
Life Lessons
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I love pizza. At my old house, my ex and I built this enormous wood-fired pizza oven. I probably weighed like 20 pounds more than I do now because every weekend- literally every weekend- we would spend a day cranking out pizzas and eating them and sharing them with whoever was around- family, friends, neighbors…
My Favorite Food-Pizza
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I love to walk… and run, although this year has not been a great running year. (Also by run I mean jog. Or very very fast walk lol). Walking and jogging are how I get my daily exercise. It’s how I clear my head. I love getting 10,000+ steps, although my Fitbit is out of…
Walking
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Do you know what a serving size looks like? Sure, they mention it on the bag of pistachios or gummi bears, but do you ever actually see what that serving size looks like, like in REAL LIFE? (Hint: a serving size of shelled pistachios is not the whole 24 oz bag. Sigh.) Every once in…
Understanding Real-Life Serving Sizes for Snacks
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Here are some ways to eat more veggies, cooked! I love cooked vegetables. Out of a can, fresh out of a garden, out of the freezer. I could eat a can of cooked carrots at every meal. I mean I don’t. But you get the idea.
How to Eat More Veggies, Part 2: Cooked
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As a nurse, I hear from a lot of people who want to eat more fruits and vegetables. We all know that they’re good for us. We know we “should” eat them. But it’s not always easy to get the recommended amount. They contain fiber, vitamins, minerals and are associated with lower mortality rates (Wang…
How to Eat More Fruits and Veggies Part 1-RAW!
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I have to admit, I’m the person who loves spending time outside. Whether it’s walking at the park or driving to a local lake to take a look at the birds, I enjoy it. I’m an outdoors-y person. Some people would go on a camping trip and think, well I’m not doing that again, and…
What’s So Great About Nature Anyway? Why You Might Want to Spend Time in Green Spaces
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