Greetings, The 2016 Summer Olympics is here. To celebrate, I decided to share my take of Brazil’s national dish, Feijoada. Authentically, this dish is a black bean dish cooked with pork odds and ends. In my version, I decided to slow cook this dish. Serves 4 1 cup black beans, rinsed and picked over ½ […]
Z is for Zip Through a Weekly Meal Plan
Greetings: The fastest way to zip through a weekly meal plan is to have one already done for you. Unfortunately, for the single working person, most meal plans have too much food and it also cost too much money because most meal plans are designed for a family of four. Most single working persons are […]
Y is for Younger Self
Greetings: Have you ever thought about writing a letter to your younger self? I have. If so, what would you tell yourself? How far back when you go, would you go to when you’re a teenager or would you go to when you were as a child? Would you tell yourself not to get […]
X is for X
Greetings: X means the Roman numeral 10. In 10 years, do you know what you are going to do in life? Have you thought about it? Have you planned it out? I’m sure you have some ideas or notions of what you like to achieve from today to 10 years from now. One of […]
W is for Weekly Review
Greetings: I have begun to do weekly reviews. I have been doing weekly reviews for a while now and I have noticed that I’m getting a little bit more done than usual but I have not perfected it yet. Basically, the weekly review is when you write down everything that needs to be done […]
V is for Vida
Greetings: Vida means life in Spanish. Sometimes I feel that my life is passing away, sometimes I feel like like is overbearing. I know that is not that sometimes I just feel that way. When I do feel that way or when I feel happy and things are going great, I will write in […]
U is for Unfinished Projects
Greetings: I believe that everyone has a plethora of unfinished projects in the back of their mind, well at least in the back of my mind. I believe that everyone starts a project with the best intentions of finishing it, but somewhere along the way the project becomes boring or you become frustrated. When I […]
T is for Television
Dear Television: You know we cannot go on like this anymore. I am not getting anything done. I know you said you were not going to come between me and my chores, my writing, my sewing, and my sleeping but you are. I come home and there you are taunting and whispering to me “Turn […]
S is for Sunset
Greetings: Yesterday the sunset for one of my favorite recording artist, Prince. Now I was never hardcore Prince fan because some of his music was too far out there. I was a fan nonetheless. I have some of his albums besides “Purple Rain”. Prince was able to combine R&B, rock, jazz, soul, and funk into […]
R is for Rewards
Greetings: A few days ago, I broke the strap of my work bag, so I needed a new bag for work. Today I went to the store to find a new work bag which I did find. So I decided to look around the store and I saw a beautiful comforter for my bed. […]