Happy and Healthy, The Heather Way

Happy and Healthy, The Heather Way: Tip Tuesday....What are your kids really eating at... : I'm going to start out this blog post by just being real. I am the kid this post is about, well I was. True confession time, when I was ...

I'm going to start out this blog post by just being real. I am the kid this post is about, well I was. True confession time, when I was 10 years old my Mom was going through my dresser drawers. It wasn't the first time she would find something shocking and it certainly wouldn't be the last much to her dismay. I was a very obedient child at least I thought I was, but every now and then just like every other child I went rogue. Having a dresser drawer full of weeks old uneaten peanut butter and jelly sandwiches s defiantly on the rebel side. Boy was my Mom mad! So now you're wondering why was my dresser drawer full of uneaten peanut butter and jelly sandwiches wrapped in cellophane and still neatly packed in their brown paper sacks? I didn't want to eat them, duh! Hindsight is of course 20/20 vision and even as an adult I cannot stand a plain old sandwich. I would rather starve. But in the seventies and early eighties a sack lunch full of ham and cheese or peanut bu...

We are a week into 2016, how are you doing on those New Year's resolutions? I myself am not a resolution kind of gal. I learned at a young age that resolutions are fleeting. I am more of a goal kind of person. At the end of the year, I spend some time reflecting on the good and bad that came from the year. I also always set goals based on that reflection for the upcoming year. This year was no different for me. Looking at my list I had accomplished many of the goals on my list and fell very, very short on others. One of those was to breakup the monotony of my workouts with the thought process that I would enjoy exercise even more, and maybe even learn or practice new skills. My intentions were geniune and there was even movement on taking action last year. I spent some money on Groupons for new activities and events but life and other responsibilities often got in the way. I found myself in the same workout rut due to obligation of just getting that workout in. So, once again ...

You know what makes me happy? Well, a lot of things make me happy but there's one thing that can take that happy place away from me very quickly and I'm pretty sure I'm not alone on this one. It causes rifts in marriages, heartache, sleepless nights, and worry lines. So, what is this happiness thief that happens to be on my mind right now? MONEY The holidays were beautiful! Amazing decorations, foods fit for a King that are only eaten once a year, traveling to friends and family near far, and lots and lots of gifts. It was all so much fun and will leave you with memories that will last a lifetime but now on January 2 you find the only thing in your wallet is cobwebs. That is the happiness thief I am talking about. I live within my means and only use cash. I learned a long time ago the pitfalls of having credit card debt and once I got out of that I vowed never to go down that rabbit hole again. I also save as much as I can because I also went through the dark tunn...