Tweet When I got married, I registered for a mirror for my bathroom. It’s a round one you hang on the wall and one side is a magnifying mirror (see picture to right). In other words, one side of the mirror shows all my flaws. Clearly.  I can easily spend a very long time in front of the mirror. Poking, plucking, prodding.  And I mean, come on, adult acne is the worst.  The crazy thing is when I step away from the tiny, magnifying mirror, those flaws I saw oh so clearly just disappear. They fade away and the zit I was convinced was the size of Texas is barely noticeable.…

Tweet I used to have an awesome morning routine. I would get up early, go to the gym, and have a decent amount of time to spend in Bible study before work. Then.. I had to move unexpectedly, winter happened, and I was planning a wedding.  Needless to say, when your car doors are frozen shut and it’s -10 at 5am, heading to the gym is not really an option.  Beyond that, quite frankly, I got lazy and gave up completely.   Six months later, I have yet to be able to get back into a routine. It is really hard to go back to 5am wake-up calls when 6:30am…

Tweet This morning, in a last-minute effort, I was searching through my cabinets for something to take to the food drive happening at work. I had actually put “canned food” on my grocery list this week and completely forgot while at TWO different grocery stores. I pulled out four items and two of them had expiration dates in 2012.  So organic mac and cheese and a pasta side made the cut (we haven’t quite figured out the whole grocery shopping thing so our shelves are pretty bare). While I imagine it is not uncommon to find things in one’s pantry or fridge with expired dates (I mean, who knew boxed…

Tweet As I was planning for married life, one of my goals was to tackle cooking.  After 9 months or so of sharing a kitchen and cabinets and counter space, I was looking forward to having my own space to cook. Not to mention, we registered for all these cool gadgets so I figured I should probably learn how to use them.  The thing is, I hate to cook.  I have zero confidence when it comes to my skills in the kitchen and my mother-in-law is an EXCELLENT cook.  I had big shoes to fill.  Nevertheless, determination to be healthier and putting ourselves on a strict Dave Ramsey budget meant…