Rants, Recipes, and Running

Do you ever find yourself losing sleep over something? Worrying and keeping it in the back of your mind? And then when you finally realize what it is that's causing "stress" - all you can say is "Wow. I need to chill out!"..... Or "My, I'm pathetic". That has been occurring this week. And I thought I would share - because it's kind of comical. First, to give you understanding of my deep concern - our Tomato Plant has been very productive this week. I've pulled 4 fresh, plump, red tomatoes off! And I'm loving it. That's like $4 at the grocery store I'm saving! So, I found myself last night at a happy-hour for Ryan's work - sitting at the table talking about my concern. I found myself saying,:   "What do you Arizonans do with your plants when you leave for the weekend ? Do you get a drip system? Do you have someone care for them while you're gone? Do you think we could just bring our tomato plants and daisies o...

I am beginning a segment! We all know that I'm kind of a health nut. Therefore..... Every Wednesday (hopefully I will stay true to this) I am going to write a "wellness related" segment. I might be a work out plan, a healthy recipe, maybe a home-remedy, or education about something health-related! I hope you enjoy! So to kick this off - I'm going to give a little history on WHY I have chosen to strive for wellness: First off, I was the chubby kid in elementary school/junior high. Not like I was HUGE, but I definitely got the occasional "tease" from my peers. So, high school started and I got determined to start taking care of myself a little better. I "over-did" it. And through that, I feel like I've gained a sense of "wisdom" that I now live my life by:.... All is good in moderation! Striving to be "thin" instead of "healthy" didn't really make me all that healthy! In all honesty, I screwed my...

1. What does your car say about you? If you don’t have a car, what kind of car would be your daily driver? Well, I don't think my car speaks "me". It's a Grand Prix. White. I think I need to drive a something littler. Pure because I need something small and simple to drive. For, let's face it. I am in the ranking for "World's Worst Driver". I need like....a Smart Car. Green. 2. To this point, what has been your purpose on this planet? To be a healing nurse who never treats her patients like a science some sort of medical object/science experiment/"case". And to be a dedicated #1 fan of a wife to Ryan! 3. If you could trade places with any person for any amount of time, who would it be? To be one of these people you see on International House Hunters (home & garden) who up and move to some exotic island, buy a gorgeous plot of land with beach views, and live the dream. Or...more realistically - I'd like to be a Family Nur...

The decision was made that we were due for a night out ! We aren't offically "members" of the group - but through the company Ryan works for, we always receive inoformation on a group called " Tucson's Young Professionals ". It's a group of people in their mid twenties - early thirties that his company hooks their new-hires up with. It's basically a networking organization throughout our city of various companies. They do individual events, and then monthy an event called "First Friday's" occurs downtown at the Art Museum. They have music, a bar, a cigar patio, "speed networking" and every month they exhibit some form of entertainment. The array of people there was interesting.I was expecting all...businessy people. (Wow, wise term.) But there was every profession from pharmacists, nurse (me!), engineers, models, personal fitness trainers, accountants, the list goes on. This Friday they featured " Urban Art ". I t...