Posted in Uncategorized, tagged vitamix on September 6, 2008 | 5 Comments »
Guess what showed up on my door step this week?
Yes way.
Holy mackerel, do I feel giddy! I have been wanting one of these for a long, long time, but it never really fit into the budget. Er, that is to say, it didn’t fit into the budget at all.
Then my birthday happened.
I’m already infatuated. This morning, [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on September 3, 2008 | 2 Comments »
This Friday, I will be switching the blog over to the name Wholesome Goodness at the web address www.wholesomegoodness.net. If you forget, it’s not a big deal. Typing in http://pennythoughts.wordpress.com will still get you here. WordPress tells me that most feeds should handle the transition without a glitch, but you may wish to test yours sometime over the [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on August 25, 2008 | 4 Comments »
Today marks the beginning of the end of my undergraduate coursework. I am now officially in the midst of my very last semester in college. Although I’m elated, I’m still feeling a little flustered by an event that transpired in my first class of the day.
KINE 2202: Creating a Wellness Lifestyle
Sounds pretty innocent, right?
It was.
Until [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on August 18, 2008 | No Comments »
After frantically wrapping up my last summer session, my husband and I have escaped to Ruidoso, New Mexico for some serious rest and relaxation. We are having a wonderful time — so wonderful, in fact, that our waitress asked us at lunch today if we were honeymooners. She said we seemed really happy. She’s right!
The weather [...]
Posted in Saving Money, Uncategorized, tagged Cooking, eggs, food, frugal, lentils on July 11, 2008 | 10 Comments »
The first event of the Frugal & Nourishing Carnival (co-hosted by The Nourishing Gourmet and Keeper of the Home) has finally arrived, and I am really excited to share this fantastic recipe with everyone! I had planned to post it several weeks ago because my husband and I enjoyed it so much, but when I read [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on June 12, 2008 | 4 Comments »
You know when you discover a new product or store that you love so much you wish you had never heard of it, because now you’re going to go broke? Alas! Such a tragedy has befallen me in the last 48 hours. You might recall my recent post in which I extolled the virtues of my [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on June 10, 2008 | 5 Comments »
Amy of Eggs on Sunday tagged me for a meme yesterday. Thanks, Amy! Novice that I am, I didn’t even know the meaning of “meme” until I looked it up. I’d seen the word tossed around a few times on other blogs, but, as it had never applied to me before, I hadn’t concerned myself with it too much. [...]
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Cooking, food on June 3, 2008 | 4 Comments »
Over at Keeper of the Home, one of my favorite blogs, Stephanie is hosting a “Say No to Kraft Dinner” recipe carnival. The idea is to contribute healthy recipes that come together in 30 minutes or less for those days when everything goes wrong.
Back in April, I discussed this issue briefly, dedicating a post to my [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on May 12, 2008 | No Comments »
Good news! As several readers have requested, you can now subscribe to this blog via email. Just follow the link in the right side bar (under “Email Subscription”) to enter your email address and verify its authenticity. Once you do that, you will receive an email every time I publish a new post.
Posted in Uncategorized on May 12, 2008 | No Comments »
I have finally figured out how to help you find recipes more easily. At the top of this page, next to “About Me and This Blog,” you’ll see a link to “Recipe Box.” If you click on it, you can browse through a list of all this blog’s recipes divided by category. Every time I add a recipe [...]
