This year, I am trying to have a more balanced life. After the stress of the last couple years, it has been great to just enjoy life. Things are going well. I have been going to the gym three or…
Category: Health
Welcome to the New Year! I hope everyone had safe and happy New Years celebrations. Bülent and I have been so busy lately that we welcomed the New Year from bed, where we had been snuggling and watching movies. It…
Fergie says it all. December is usually a busy month for most people. It is the holidays, between parties and other things the month seems to fly by. In addition December is exam month for my students, so there is…
So in June Bülent and I watched the documentary Forks over Knives which promotes unprocessed foods and veganism. It advocates a plant based diet with no refined oils and lower ingestion of oily foods, such as avocados and nuts. We…
The last week weeks I have been fighting colds, coughs and fatigue. While I am still having sleep issues (Friday night I did not fall asleep until 4:30 a.m., the fatigue is better. I think a lot of it was…
Feeling so drained. I have been working on the Cooking Page revision project, and if you have noticed, there are some shifts and changes in my blog. Comments and suggestions are appreciated. While I am not done yet, the structure…
Now that it is summer I have been craving some light salads. I have also been away from Turkey long enough I have been craving Turkish food. I was talking about this dish with my friend the other day and…
I am heading back to the States, a little sooner than anticipated, and am taking care of business. As you do when you live in Turkey, and return to the U.S. for extended periods of time…you take care of the…
The LASIK has been done! Now I can see! All the time! Well at least now I can. The first night was a little bit rough. The doctor said I would have some, “discomfort” “Discomfort” my ASS. It felt like…
Traditionally after the wedding the bride and groom exchange gifts. Or so I was told. So for my gift, my new beloved husband told me he would finance my LASIK surgery. YAY! My eyes are horribly myopic, around –3.75 plus…