Monthly Archives: August 2006

Week 1 progress

t’s not really a full week yet, but I thought I’d do these at the end of the week instead of the beginning. This has been a tough week all around. My dog, Woody, is having some pretty major issues, but we’re praying that things settle down. He’s such a great dog, and I want him to be around a long time still!

With the stress of dealing with Woody, I wasn’t great on my 3 hour plan, but I wasn’t horrible, either. I’m down 2 lbs, which is a good, healthy start, even if 2 lbs to me is like throwing a deck chair off the QE II… But 2 lbs is 2 lbs, and enough weeks of that will put me where I should be. Continue reading

Our first cooking class!

Earlier this year, a local kitchen store contacted me about the possibility of doing a cooking class on barbecue. There are a couple of stores in the group, called Cook’s Wares, in Cincinnati and Dayton, Ohio. Of course, always looking for ways to promote barbecue and outdoor cooking, I said I’d love to do it.

Well, it’s official now! Their course catalog came out for the fall, and we’re in it! Continue reading

Quick, easy, healthy

And if you’re turning your nose up at this now, do yourself a favor… Try it. Stretch yourself and do something new. By pushing yourself a bit here and there, being willing to try something you don’t like to find something you didn’t know you liked, you’ll begin to turn every day meals into meals that compare to any you get when you eat out. Continue reading