by Alison Moore Smith | Jul 17, 2009 | Design Your Own House, for Home
A couple of weeks ago, entirely out of the blue, we got a phone call from a family who lives exactly .3 miles from our empty lot. (Our current rental is 6.3 miles away and our old house was 17.9.) They are moving to New York for one year and wanted to know if we would...
by Alison Moore Smith | Jul 17, 2009 | for Body, Losing Weight After Pregnancy
We've been as close to perfect as we could be on the workouts. Yes, we're going on the easy side of all the number, but we haven't missed a single portion and we always do the optional day, too. But I'm not so diligent about the food. I'm not following it “to...
by Alison Moore Smith | Jul 16, 2009 | for Body, Losing Weight After Pregnancy
“Live the Life is not a diet!” We heard that a few times at Girls Night Out. But if you ask me, it's just semantics. What is a diet, after all? It's just the foods people eat. If it's about what you eat, it's about a diet. So, what are they talking about?...
by Alison Moore Smith | Jul 15, 2009 | for Body, Losing Weight After Pregnancy
Sometimes being a mom is an exercise in insanity. Got up, drank my smoothie, did my strength training. So far, so good. Samson had scouts and Monica has a service project—in another city. Piled them, along with Caleb (and his accouterments), an apple, a protein bar,...
by Alison Moore Smith | Jul 14, 2009 | Design Your Own House, for Home
Our new dream house did not come in at a dream cost. And so, as I told you last month, we decided to redesign the house. That's no big deal. We've done it so many times already. And we did it endlessly on the first custom home, too. It's the time factor that's killing...
