Truth be told, Matt and I aren’t exactly the most adventurous of people–our day-to-day lives rarely hold too much variation, and more nights than not, we’re usually more content to just sit at home and watch another movie rather than go out and experience the world. But apparently last week, the end-of-summer slump had weighed …
My feet may be killing me and my voice may be a little worse for wear, but I have officially survived my third 1st day of school as a teacher. (And I only had to tell off one and a half kids in the process, which is a vast improvement over last year, when I …
It’s happening, folks–summer is coming to its official end, a point that is proved by the fact that I’ve been at the school all week fulfilling contract hours and getting my room ready and trying not to freak out about my next batch of victims, who will officially be starting school next Tuesday. On …
Eating Lately: Since my clean eating challenge ended, I’ve been trying to figure out what to do going forward. I felt so good while on the strict diet that I knew I needed to try and sustain as many of those changes as possible, but the no-processed-foods-of-any-kind has probably been the hardest rule to …
Well, I made it through—even if there were several close calls involving hidden amounts of sugar, processed-food temptations (like cold cereal), and my brain rebelling against the idea of so many banana peppers in one week. Just for a refresher, here were the rules: For seven days, I challenged myself to avoid processed sugar in …
One thing I love about late summer is the abundance of fresh produce everywhere, whether you have your own garden or not. One key variable to saving money on food is to buy it in season (or to accept free vegetables whenever they happen to come your way). And, as I’m assuming is the case …
I feel bad for anyone who had to help us move back in June–not only did we have a piano that needed to be moved up a flight of stairs, but we had at least 25-30 boxes of books that had to be hefted up to the new apartment as well. Additionally, some of those …
Welcome, Life of Bon readers! Supposedly, according to all the “blog tips” out there, I’m supposed to have some kind of introduction to myself whenever a new crop of readers comes through. Considering that I’m awkward enough for introductions in real life, I figured I’d spread the love and do an awkward introduction here on …
