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Apr 13 2015

We’re not in Kansas anymore

by Marilyn McKenna

There are days when I feel like my house has been whipped around in a Kansas-style twister and crash-landed in a strange, far-away place. In fact, from time to time I feel like the one whose feet are sticking out from under the house. Fortunately those times are few and far between, but I’m smack […]

Filed Under: Close to Home, Healthy Families Tagged With: Close to Home, Moving

Feb 9 2015

What’s pink and blue and beige all over?

by Marilyn McKenna

I can’t tell you how much I wish I had a clever punch line for that. Truth is, what’s pink and blue and beige all over is my kids’ bathrooms. You see, we’re building a house  – not far, just a few miles from our current one – but we’ve lived in our current neighborhood […]

Filed Under: Close to Home Tagged With: Beige, Blue, Close to Home, Pink

Jan 13 2015

Fresh, organic produce delivered to your front door

by Marilyn McKenna

My dear friend Paige Green Dunn recently introduced me to the greatest invention since sliced Ezekel bread: home delivery of fresh, local, organic produce. She was telling me about it over lunch the other day, but then I discovered that she’d written about it on her own blog, “Mom Around Town.”  The process couldn’t be […]

Filed Under: Close to Home, Healthy Families, Weight Loss Tagged With: Close to Home, Home Delivery, Local Produce Delivery, Organic Produce, Organic Produce Delivery

Dec 29 2014

WTF?!? (Where’s the food?!?)

by Marilyn McKenna

“Where’s the food?!?” is a common question heard at my house on Sunday mornings. The reason they’re digging through the fridge and pantry in desperation is that, other than staples, I pretty much buy exactly enough food for one week. I shop on Sunday afternoons (during football season, it’s before or after the Seahawks game), […]

Filed Under: Close to Home, Weight Loss Tagged With: Close to Home, Where's the Food

Dec 22 2014

Play nice with sugar and spice

by Marilyn McKenna

I texted my daughters “Wanna make truffles this year?” “YESSSSSSS!!!!” they enthusiastically responded. Making homemade truffles was a Christmas tradition in our house throughout their childhood, but since my weight loss 7+ years ago I haven’t made truffles or any of the other McKenna family favorite holiday treats that I did for so many years. […]

Filed Under: Close to Home, Comfort Food Makeover, Healthy Families, Recipes, Weight Loss Tagged With: Christmas Cookies, Close to Home, Holiday Baking, Sugar Addiction

Dec 1 2014

Let’s deck the halls! (but first, go help dad clean out the garage)

by Marilyn McKenna

Feliz Navi-dog from Stella! The days after Thanksgiving are a time of excitement as we begin the transition into Christmas or Hanukah mode (some of us faster than others). I’m not a shopper, so my idea of Black Friday is staring at the inside of my eyelids, leaving the lines and crowds to someone else. […]

Filed Under: Close to Home, Comfort Food Makeover, Healthy Families, Recipes Tagged With: Close to Home, Deck the Halls, White Turkey Chili Recipe

Nov 17 2014

10 kitchen gadgets you need for Thanksgiving (and 3 that you DON’T)

by Marilyn McKenna

Even those of us who don’t spend much time in the kitchen the rest of the year are dying to gather up our favorite tools to make the most-anticipated meal of the year: Thanksgiving dinner. Not hosting? Take a healthy side dish to share, or maybe bring one of these Thanksgiving-essential cooking tools for your […]

Filed Under: Close to Home, Healthy Families Tagged With: Close to Home, Cooking, Kitchen Gadgets, Thanksgiving

Nov 10 2014

Care packages from home

by Marilyn McKenna

I was having lunch with a friend the other day who told me that her high school senior had just made her college decision. It’s a nerve-wracking process every time, but this was my friend’s first time through; she was both nervous and elated. Her biggest fear was that her daughter had chosen a school […]

Filed Under: Close to Home, Healthy Families Tagged With: Care Package, Close to Home

Nov 24 2013

Knock, Knock: It’s Your Mother-in-Law

by Marilyn McKenna

It’s not fair to pick on mothers-in-law, but since I’m not one yet I’ll use them here to illustrate my point. Having out-of-town family and friends stay with you in the days before and after a big holiday can be helpful if they pitch in and offer constructive help in a non-judgmental way. Unfortunately, that’s […]

Filed Under: Close to Home, Healthy Families Tagged With: Close to Home, Entertaining, House Guests, Thanksgiving

Sep 10 2013

Unhealthy Food Does Not Cross My Threshold

by Marilyn McKenna

Understand that my “food rules” are not absolute.  I mean, don’t think that I’m just making this up as I go along, or that I prescribe this stuff but don’t abide by it, because I do!  But there are times when an occasional Easter basket or bag of Halloween candy does indeed cross my threshold. […]

Filed Under: Close to Home, Healthy Families, Weight Loss Tagged With: Close to Home

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