Christmas in Paris? Yup. I had no idea we were going until, oh, 5 days before. That's the spontaneous life we lead surrounding my husband's practice schedule. With a HUGE blessing of 3.5 days off of practice (that rarely - basically never - happens), we seized the...
6 miles of running = 600 calories burned. 40 minutes on the elliptical = 400 calories burned. For many years of my life, that’s how my mind worked. Miles of running and minutes on the elliptical translated to calories burned. And calories burned meant I could lose...
Are you aware that we are just FIVE weeks away from Christmas? My brain can hardly comprehend it! Then again, it's starting to get a little more real thanks to our transplanted Charlie Brown Christmas Tree that Kyle plucked from the mountains this past week. It's...
What Are UX, UI & Interaction Design? And Which One is Important for my Business? UX Design: An Umbrella Term The first step to understanding the differences between these fields is realizing that they all live under one umbrella term: User Experience Design (UX)....
It was 9:30 PM this past Monday night when my heart began to race. Just two hours earlier, Kyle refused dinner. Something that RARELY happens. Twenty minutes later, his stomach started to feel "off," and I knew in my heart of hearts that this was going to be a long...
Halloween, a mere budding trend here in Germany, just isn’t the same abroad! While I’ve been dormant in the Halloween scene for quite some time, with a bun in the oven, I’m imagining all of the precious costumes we can dress our bean in... With 600 million tons of...
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“The good news is that food connects us. The bad news is that food can divide us.” The highly personal and cultural food preferences discussed in Part 1 have set the stage for an even deeper delve into the Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde role that food plays in our lives. As...
Religion, politics, social gatherings. No doubt, these do not traditionally mix, unless while literally at a religious or political gathering, respectively. Why? Shenanigans could arise. People’s morals and values deeply rooted in these subject matters come out of the...
I've always been fascinated with the link (or missing link) between religion and health. On my own journey as a non-denominational Christian a few years ago, I couldn't help but notice the same staggering statistics of overweight and obese Americans in the church...
Honestly, who leaves a Christmas tree up for six weeks? My husband, Kyle, and I reluctantly took our huge, ten-foot Christmas tree down after its epic six-week stint through Thanksgiving, Christmas and the New Year. We went big this season, with it being Kyle's first...
Five months ago, I was on a plane home from a MUCH needed four-day boost in Fuerteventura, Canary Islands, Spain. I'm positive that seasonal depression is real, especially after living in Germany for a year!! The weather forecast? Rain, clouds, and 3 hours of legit...
This past fall, my husband and I were crazy enough to host four people in six weeks!! It was a blast, but also an interesting learning curve to figure out "proper hospitality" as newlyweds. We do happen to currently live in Germany, too, so it adds an element of...
Honestly, who leaves a Christmas tree up for six weeks? My husband, Kyle, and I reluctantly took our huge, ten-foot Christmas tree down after its epic six-week stint through Thanksgiving, Christmas and the New Year. We went big this season, with it being Kyle's first...
Five months ago, I was on a plane home from a MUCH needed four-day boost in Fuerteventura, Canary Islands, Spain. I'm positive that seasonal depression is real, especially after living in Germany for a year!! The weather forecast? Rain, clouds, and 3 hours of legit...
I popped out of the womb an OCD, Type-A perfectionist. The endless list-making, goal setting, and routine behaviors (fortunately or unfortunately) started at a very young age. I craved and still crave routine. As an 8-yr-old, I quickly established amazing rapport with...