health

Get Moving with Claritin – Workout Log, Coconut Power Oatmeal Recipe, and Pedometer Giveaway

GIVEAWAY HAS ENDED. THANKS FOR ENTERING. As part of Children’s Claritin Mom Crew, I am able to bring you tips and recipes to make your life easier.  Check out www.Claritin.com for more helpful tips and advice related to your family’s allergies.  Has exercise been part of your New Year’s resolution?  I have just the workout…
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Book Review: Saving Each Other by Victoria Jackson and Ali Guthy

SAVING EACH OTHER A Mystery Illness A Search for a Cure A Mother Daughter Love Story By Victoria Jackson and Ali Guthy Published:  October 16, 2012 **** On the surface, Victoria Jackson is the American Dream personified: from a troubled childhood and unfinished high school education she overcame immeasurable odds to create a cosmetics empire…
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Book Review: Smart Chefs Stay Slim by Allison Adato

SMART CHEFS STAY SLIM Lessons in Eating and Living from America’s Best Chefs By: Allison Adato Forward by Art Smith Published:  December 31, 2012 **** Chefs are around delicious, tempting food all day. So how do they manage to look good while eating so well? When People magazine editor Allison Adato found covering the restaurant…
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Product Review: Swanson Health Products and Energy Bites Recipe

During this, my 39th year, I have been trying to eat healthier and find new food items that will help me with that process.  I was contacted by SWANSON HEALTH PRODUCTS to try their products and was delighted since their products fit exactly what I am trying to do. SWANSON HEALTH PRODUCTS has a HUGE variety…
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Product Review: Magid Gloves

I was sent some disposable gloves from MAGID GLOVE AND SAFETY to review.  I have never really thought about how handy having disposable gloves are around the house. I was sent the EconoWear Blue Powdered Nitrile Disposable Gloves to try out.  Find them HERE. I have been using them to clean, work with meat, and…
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Losing It

A week ago I started Weight Watchers.  My cousin is doing the online version and I decided to join in.  10 years ago, after having our second child, I started Weight Watchers and lost 40 pounds in about 4 months.  I had a 2 year old and a 1 year old so I am sure…
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Cystex Review and Giveaway

If you’ve ever been struck with a urinary tract infection (UTI), you know how disruptive and miserable they can be. But did you know how prevalent they are, particularly among women? Urinary tract infections (UTIs) account for more than 8.3 million doctor visits each year, making it the second most common type of infection in…
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Not the Way to Start My Week

Monday morning my alarm went off and I got up and went to the bathroom.  Nothing unusual so far…….then….. I started having pressure and pain in my lower abdomen.  I felt like I had to go to the bathroom constantly.  The first thought that went to my mind was a UTI.  I didn’t want to…
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Validated

After struggling for a few months with pain and stiffness in my hand I went to the Dr.  I had blood work and x-rays and nothing seemed to be wrong, yet the pain and stiffness continued especially in my middle and ring fingers on my right hand.  Since I am right-handed, the pain I had was nearly…
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Stacie's bookshelf: read-in-2023

The Lazy Genius Kitchen: Have What You Need, Use What You Have, and Enjoy It Like Never Before
Your Table Is Ready: Tales of a New York City Maître D'
The Royal Governess: A Novel of Queen Elizabeth II's Childhood
Food Fight
Spare
Foster
This Time Tomorrow
To Bless the Space Between Us: A Book of Blessings
Kiss Me in the Coral Lounge: Intimate Confessions from a Happy Marriage
Save What's Left
Remarkably Bright Creatures
The Galveston Diet: The Doctor-Developed, Patient-Proven Plan to Burn Fat and Tame Your Hormonal Symptoms
Golden Hills
The Girl with the Louding Voice
The Favor
Small Things Like These
This Is How I Lied
Five Days at Memorial: Life and Death in a Storm-Ravaged Hospital
Audrey L and Audrey W: Best Friends-ish: Book 1
Audrey L and Audrey W: True Creative Talents: Book 2
Chasing Giants: In Search of the World's Largest Freshwater Fish
The Puzzler: One Man's Quest to Solve the Most Baffling Puzzles Ever, from Crosswords to Jigsaws to the Meaning of Life
In Conclusion, Don't Worry About It
It Is Well With My Soul: My Story
Have I Told You This Already?: Stories I Don’t Want to Forget to Remember
Book Lovers
A Girl Called Samson
Finn and the Feline Frenemy
The Levee
The Golden Spoon
Only the Beautiful
Live Wire: Long-Winded Short Stories
The Sisters Sweet
Fish in a Tree
This Tender Land
Intermittent Fasting Transformation: The 45-Day Program for Women to Lose Stubborn Weight, Improve Hormonal Health, and Slow Aging
The Mostly True Story of Tanner and Louise
Tiny Beautiful Things: Advice from Dear Sugar
Ben Y and the Ghost in the Machine
The Great Gilly Hopkins
BenBee and the Teacher Griefer
We Should Not Be Friends: The Story of a Friendship
Blue Highways: A Journey into America
Beyond the Point
The Family
Hamnet
The Bookstore Sisters
And Finally: Matters of Life and Death
The Cactus
Black Cake
Ban This Book
Passing
I'm Glad My Mom Died
These Precious Days: Essays
Evidence of the Affair
The Night Travelers
Out of the Corner
The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo
One Day in December

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