Please join me in welcoming Lisa Lightner, who is guest posting today at Looking Good (for a mom). If you watch TV or spend any amount of time online, you’ve no doubt heard the words “Extreme Couponing.” It’s a newer cable TV program and it shows shoppers getting huge amounts of product, all for free using coupons. As a self-professed supercouponer, you might think that naturally, I’d enjoy the show. I don’t. In fact, I’ve grown to actually loathe the show and the term ‘extreme couponer’ over the past few months. I won’t even use it to describe myself... Read More
Fitness doesn’t have to be all about drudgery in the gym. My husband is an avid hiker, and this past weekend we left the kids with their grandparents and spent the day hiking a portion of the Appalachian Trail. We celebrated our 11th wedding anniversary earlier this month, and it was a fun way for us to spend time together... Read More
In my last post, I explained how to identify some of the multitudes of bad information and products available to those seeking kettlebell workouts. So now, I’m here to offer you some options that will help you get proper training and equipment. FYI, some of these links are affiliate links. I have to support this website somehow! However, I do not link to any products that I do not personally support or think are helpful... Read More
Since most of my friends think of me as “that girl who works out with those kettle ball things,” I often get questions from people intrigued by the kettlebell phenomenon, asking me for my opinion on a product they saw in an infomercial, on a shopping network, or in their local store... Read More
A few weeks ago, we received two large bunches of rhubarb in our C.S.A. share. I had seen rhubarb in the store (where it’s very expensive!), but never knew how to prepare it... Read More
It’s pea season! The peas are ready to be picked, which means our C.S.A. sent us home with snap peas, snow peas, and even something called pea tendrils!.. Read More
In researching eating healthier, there’s lots of advice to consider: eat organic, eat whole foods, eat low-carb. It can certainly get confusing! With all of that conflicting information out there, it can be hard to know what to do. But the best advice I’ve heard is to eat local. Food is most nutritious when it’s just picked, and getting it local assures you of getting the freshest possible food. While farmer’s markets provide good access to local farm produce, an even better way to get fresh local food each week is to join a C.S.A... Read More
We’ve finally found a good use for those tiny little “mini kettlebells” sold in some of the local stores. Turns out my 7 year-old is a budding kettlebell enthusiast! Here she is this past weekend, taking some basic instruction from my RKC instructor on how to deadlift and swing. (She’s asked for her own 10lb kettlebell so she can train like mommy.).. Read More
This year, we were looking into joining a C.S.A. (community supported agriculture). We started off on the wait list for one of the local farms, but I was excited to receive an email two weeks ago offering us a share of this summer’s fruits and veggies! (Not familiar with C.S.A.s? Look for a post about them later this week.) So, instead of finding a new food at the grocery store, this week, I took our new food out of our weekly share of food from the farm. In this case, I decided to find out how to use the lovely bunch of fresh kale in my basket... Read More
