Day by Dana

My Garden This Week: 6/13/13

Dana — Thu, 13 Jun 2013 15:41:37 +0000

Ok, firing up ye old blogging again. (to be said as in a-gain, just for kicks). I really debated having a garden this year at all – I wasn’t sure I wanted to be bothered with the “sowin’ and the reapin’” of it all – we have plans to be out of town a few [...]

Facebook and me are like peanut butter and pickles.

Dana — Tue, 21 May 2013 17:13:34 +0000

Ugh. Facebook, I hate love hate love… you annoy me. I just deactivated my account. I have been thinking about doing it for quite some time now. Why you ask? Well, because I have zero self-control and in fact, I am a high level procrastinater, so something had to give. And, it is just Facebook. [...]

One Step

Dana — Tue, 05 Mar 2013 03:24:08 +0000

Today was the first time in over a month that I went to the gym. It really wasn’t any one thing that made me stop going, but a culmination of things. I was burned out for starters. Next to that, I had been dealing with medical hiccups. And, ok let’s be real here – I [...]

What an experience!

Dana — Fri, 01 Mar 2013 16:59:16 +0000

Oh man, what an experience! These past four months have been life changing and memory making to the nth degree. My journey to lose weight and get in shape is far from over. Near as I can figure, I have about 40-50 pounds more to lose, and countless hours in the gym to log… but, I’m [...]

Getting back on the horse

Dana — Tue, 26 Feb 2013 02:55:34 +0000

Many of you know I’ve been participating in the 7 & 4 News “Scaling Back” program that followed three women (me included) in their quest for a healthier lifestyle. That program is coming to an end this week. If you haven’t kept up with the updates (and why the heck not?) you can check out [...]

Hungarian Butter Cookies

Dana — Tue, 18 Dec 2012 01:05:16 +0000

“Tea Sutemeny” I’m going to let you in on a little secret. These are the very best cookies, evah. I mean, ever ever ever ever. And, you can’t eat just one. Nope. You have to eat like 9 of them. And, don’t get suckered into a silly “jam cookie”. You have to make these, they [...]

Eating from the Freezer: Week 3

Dana — Mon, 17 Dec 2012 03:06:17 +0000

Sunday nights are my time to get the week in order. I sit down with my sharpie and some paper and I map out the week – what things get accomplished each day for the house, my work and blogging, when appointments are, and naturally my weekly meal plan. For this coming week I ended [...]

Crockpot Potluck Creamy Sausage Dip

Dana — Fri, 14 Dec 2012 17:27:49 +0000

Today my husband has his work Christmas get together that I have known about for probably two weeks. And, as I do, today was when I finally started trying to figure out what to send with him. As you know, we are trying to eat from the freezer in order to reduce our grocery bill, [...]

Canning: Apple Scrap Jelly

Dana — Thu, 13 Dec 2012 02:28:54 +0000

There is great joy that comes from using as much of a product as you can. This is why I love Apple Scrap Jelly! It starts with a bajillion pounds of apples that are peeled and cored. The apples are then processed into sauce, or pie filling, or whatever else you can think of, then [...]

Strawberry Shortcake – Cracker Barrel Style

Dana — Tue, 11 Dec 2012 00:29:21 +0000

If you have every been to Cracker Barrel and had their Strawberry Shortcake, then you will know how utterly divine it is. I wanted to duplicate the recipe, but the only thing I found online was some yokel that basically put strawberries on pound cake. Which is good, but so not the same as Cracker [...]