A couple years ago when I got my first Instant Pot Duo 8 Qt, I had no idea how it would revolutionize my cooking. I had never used a pressure cooker before (and to be honest I was kind of scared of pressure cooking after some explosion stories I’ve heard), but I was intrigued by […]

If you have had a chance to read Lifestyle Redesigned, you have started to get familiar with applying Lean thinking to the processes you do every day. Now I am going to let you in on a little secret that I didn’t cover in the book. Lean thinking encourages quick changeovers between tasks. This usually […]

I have heard from many people that meal planning is a challenge for them. We all have to eat! But whether or not we take the time to plan it out ahead of time is a different story. I am going to use the “me” from 4 years ago as an example. Don’t get me […]

When my husband and I first got married, we decided we’d make it a point to keep a current address list and send Christmas cards every year, whenever possible. Because of the nature of my husband’s job, which required us to move every couple years, our family and friends were dispersed all over the country […]