Those that know me have undoubtedly heard of my recent efforts to lose weight, and I have to say it's been a success! Not one to toot my own horn often, I take pride in announcing that I've lost 12 pounds in 5 weeks. And it wasn't all that difficult!

I've got bacteria on the brain, and I wish had more of the beneficial variety.

A few weeks ago, I wrote a post called Learning the Facts About Food Labels.  I am a firm believer in educating yourself about the food you are feeding yourself and your family.  Many of us rely on food labels to tell us if our food is healthy, however food manufactures are trying to entice us

The other day, I found myself in the frozen food aisle of my neighborhood grocery store.  I say “found myself” because I hadn’t been in that section for a while. Although still very much a working mom (once a mom, always a mom, no matter how old your "kids") cooking for my now adult children has been limited to the occasional Sunday dinner or weeknight eat-and-run “drive-by.“

 I don't have time for anything long and lingering during the week. But I do need to clear the cobwebs from my brain and rev up my metabolism first thing in the morning.

I take my Valentine’s Day crafts very seriously. In third grade, I spent hours making Valentine’s, painstakingly assigning Mrs. Grossman’s heart stickers to each of my friends’ cards.

I try not to get too attached to things. Things get lost, broken. They lose their lustre. I like to enjoy my life without worrying over what happens to my stuff.

I must admit, there are a couple of shiny things in AK's Kitchen that hold special value for me.

Remember I mentioned that this diet was a bit on the unconventional side? Well day 4 starts us out with FORGIVENESS. Not forgiveness because you ate those Oreos last night but of someone that you haven’t forgiven. Is there someone? I promise you I did this exercise and could not think of a single soul that I needed to forgive. Therefore the only person I

This was my mantra today. I found out that I am not the Grand Dip Master.

Had you asked me last week or even two days ago whether I wanted to be the Grand Dip Master, I would have truthfully told you that I have no need to gain that title to leave a significant legacy. Well, I still don’t need that title to leave a legacy, but it would have been nice.

Since the passing of a long-time friend, I had to digest more sad news from several fronts. It all made for an emotionally exhausting week.