Monthly Archives: January 2012
when salad will do
You know how it goes – we all strive to eat more salads, but it’s so much easier to throw in a frozen pizza or so much more tempting to broil a steak and bake a potato. Sometimes, though, if you do it right, a salad will do. Here are a few tips to help you … Continue reading
New in the ‘Hood
living in the (parent)hood can make you crazy, in a good way Hi there, I’m Maya: mom to sweet Leo (10 months), wife to dear Mr. Z, and many other things, but those are the main two I think about these days. Well, the baby is, let’s be honest (also, eating and wine, but that’s … Continue reading
Workout Wednesday… Week 1 Recap
So far so good! I can’t lie and tell you that I have found 20 minutes all to myself everyday. I know you don’t want to hear excuses, but the truth of being a mother is that some days you just can’t plan! Here is my overview of week one: •I was able to work-out … Continue reading
Something fishy
Let’s once and for all demystify cooking and serving a whole fish.
Spice up your space…with shutters
Some of my favorite memories of growing up are of going to auctions with my dad. Estate auctions, car auctions, live stock auctions…you name it and we’ve been. To this day we still have our favorite auctions that we love to attend. Our favorite one is located down on the Eastern Shore in Crumpton, Maryland. … Continue reading
Workout Wednesday
Here they are, the dreaded stats!! Truthfully, they are not dreaded. I need to lose some pounds because I carried my bunky boy for nine months and loved every minute. Now that I have admitted to myself that breasfeeding won’t magically bring my body back to shape with no outside effort, I am going to … Continue reading
Revelations and Resolutions
Year after year I find myself making and breaking new years resolutions. The year after I became a gym addict, I was going to add healthier eating to my regimen. The following year, I was going to be better with money. I opened a high interest savings account and an IRA, but hadn’t been to … Continue reading
Vegetables + high heat
A cliché, but it bears repeating: having a baby means things don’t always go as planned. I planned to kick off my clean eating goal on the first day of the year, but here we are approaching the end of the first week and I haven’t started yet. My little family spent the holidays in … Continue reading
30 Day Shred. Postpartum workout?
Here goes it! Baby body begone! After trying out a handful of workout DVDs, making my rounds at the local gyms, trying unsuccessfully to make it 30 minutes from home to a pre-paid workout boot camp, I have settled on Jillian Michaels 30 Day Shred workout DVD. The reasons I picked this: 1. This is a 20-minute … Continue reading
New Year, New You
Ok, I know exercise and diet as a New Year’s resolution is not a new idea, but it is mighty important to moms and dads everywhere. For the first time in my life wanting to get in shape is not all vain. To heck with fitting into a size 6 (although that would be nice, … Continue reading
