Diet Food and Weight Watchers Update

Like any other chronic dieter (who doesn’t like to cook), I often find myself at the freezer case of the grocery store looking at frozen diet meals.

They always look so delicious. Ha! Well, the photos on the boxes look delicious.

Usually, what I pull out of the microwave looks nothing like the photo and tastes like hot slop.

But I finally lucked out with Healthy Choice’s Asian Potstickers.

Box photo:




Real life rendition:




While it might not be an exact match, it’s pretty tasty. I round out the meal with a side of sugar snap peas and an orange. Good eating!

WEIGHT WATCHERS UPDATE (as a Lifetimer I weigh in monthly): Down 1.8 pounds. Doesn’t sound like much, but I’m just glad the scale is moving in the right direction.

Anybody Still Make (or Keep) New Year's Resolutions?

My New Year's resolution in pictures (and a few words)...


Get back on track at Weight Watchers and actually LOOK like someone who has earned Lifetime status.


Learn French <- my resolution for over 20 years, but I'm really gonna try hard to do it this year.


Improve my writing process. I can write a book, but how I get from the blank page to the end isn't pretty.


It's already over a week into the new year. How are your resolutions coming along?

Happy New Year!

Wishing you all the best of everything in 2012!

Happy Thankgiving!

How do you get out of Thanksgiving cooking and have your hubby absolutely love you for it?

Live holiday football!



We're spending the afternoon at the Detroit Lions vs. Green Bay Packers game, where stadium hot dogs are on the menu!

Happy Thanksgiving, y'all!

The Writing Life in Pictures

This week, I turned in the first book on my Kimani Press contract.

I wanted to fill y'all in on the past few months, but find writers blogging about writing to be a snoozy topic.

"Staring at the black page is sooooo hard."

"Where's my muse?"

"This chair makes my butt hurt."

"Blah, blah, blah, zzzz, zzzz..."

So I thought I'd sum up the last few months of my life in (snoozy) pictures.

My office:

Kitchen:

Bedroom:

Starbucks:

Library:

And everyone needs an office buddy:


Now I'm off to look at something besides my laptop!