Life In Pleasantville
Food, Travel, Life
Believe me. There is no one who dreads back to school as much as I do. My kids think they are the ones with all the stress and worry over going back, but under my cool and calm exterior my inner child is panicking about a forgotten text book, a poorly practiced Clarinet piece, and …
For a long time I held the narrow opinion of where good wine should come from; namely the liquor store. I’ve spent years turning my nose up at “homemade” versions and mostly because I had my share of lousy wines stolen from a friend’s basement in my late teens. I can’t be the only one …
After buying our first fixer upper house in 2009, transforming it on a zero-budget, and then recently tackling a large-scale addition and renovation in 2014/15, we have tackled do-it-yourself projects big and small. You can catch most of them over at my blog, THE SWEETEST DIGS. There is nothing I love more than rescuing a piece …
Stay calm. Breathe in, aaaand breathe out. You’ve likely been hearing through the media that the stock markets are falling. We are in crisis, recession, dark clouds etc., etc. According to the media, it’s the end of the world as we know it. Not so fast! Remember that this has happened before, most recently in …
If I were sugar, now would be the time to take cover and either start looking for a new job or find a safe way to retire. Maybe partnering with newer, better versions of sweetness would be worth investigation because, everywhere I would look, the future would be grim. I would see that my days were numbered …
It’s the most wonderful time of the year for parents of school-aged children! But is it really? With the happiness of sending kids back to school comes the concern about the cost of it all. Each year the cost of clothing and school supplies goes up as schools put more and more of the cost back …
Are you a thrift store junkie? I am. In a big way. I have major “stop the car!” moments whenever hubby and I are driving in a new town and we pass by the local thrift shop. I just can’t help myself. You never know what kind of treasures might be lurking in there for …
*Editor’s Note: When we first shared this story back in April the response was astounding. It would seem that we want our fitness inspiration not to come from rock hard bodies with zero body fat but rather from people we can relate to. The journey hasn’t been easy for Cherie-Lynn since April and still, she …
