Last week I had the opportunity to tour one of FritoLay‘s factories. I toured the Beloit, WI plan, which opened in 1973.  Beloit produces Lays, Ruffles, Cheetos, Fritos, Doritos, and Tostitos: 600 million bags per year!  The plant operates 362 days per year and uses 500,00 potatoes per day.  About 85% of those potatoes come [...]

For me, healthy living is about appreciating the simple things in life.  Some days are too busy and I get caught up in everything I have/need/want to do. But I appreciate keeping it simple.  So that’s exactly what I did today! I slept late.  Then I stayed in bed some more.  Snoozing, “meditating,” talking on [...]

When you hit the gym for a workout or a group fitness class, you spend most of your workout watching yourself in the mirror.  Gotta make sure you’re performing each exercise properly!  It makes sense that since you’ll be staring at yourself in the exercise mirrors for at least an hour,  you’ll want to look [...]

Research and Development? Nope, Ray and David.  As in Ray Lamontagne and David Gray. Breakfast was Oats in a Jar.  Lunch was the same wrap as yesterday.  Dinner was a bowl of cereal.  I don’t have photos for you.  I didn’t exercise today.  Sorry to disappoint! But I do have photos from the concert! The [...]

It’s been a crazy summer.  While it’s been tons of fun, I’m SO glad that things are calming down and I get can back to “normal.” And “normal” apparently includes trying to prevent Miles from peeing on my flowers.  I’m doing a good job, huh? I need to tend to my tiny Marigolds that are [...]

Thank you Jared! I can now blog directly from my phone. Finally! Not the latest technology… But I’ve never been one to stay on top of tech trends.

I’m SO glad I decided to attend the Healthy Living Summit.  I learned a lot of new things.  Ate a lot of delicious food!  Met some great new friends and reconnected with old ones.  Explored Chicago.  Toured the FritoLay Factory.  Tweeted.  Talked about healthy living and blogging! Since you can find HLS recaps on 200+ [...]

I’m NOT a morning runner.  I’m not a morning anything.  I despise waking up early.  I could curl up under my covers for hours after the sun begins to shine.  Maybe I’m lazy.  Maybe I just need lots of beauty sleep?!? But when Leslie set her alarm so she could go running at 6:30 am [...]

Using a random integer generator, the winner of the Oikos Organic Chocolate Indulgenve giveaway is… #13.  Kim “Watched the healthy planet video. I learned that we are all connected in some way. So from start to finish Stonyfield is trying to decrease chemicals, fuel consumption, and enviromental contamination so that the planet will stay safe [...]

The land of Oprah Winfrey, Barack Obama, and the deep dish pizza… Becky and I left Providence, RI on Thursday afternoon to head to the Windy City and spend the weekend at the Healthy Living Summit.  Our flight was delayed, but it didn’t put a damper on our vacation.  We entertained ourselves, talking, grabbing lunch, [...]