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I had an amateur magic set when I was little.  In it were all the usual gags- the wand, the scarf, the latex thumb- and after learning new tricks, I would lace up my black cape (the one with gold stars and … Continue reading →

Step One:  Brew and drink some fresh coffee. Step 2: Play the Pandora radio station that alternates between 90’s country & edgy techno.  Three: Word and reword the same sentence 5 times. Step 3 ½: Tap your toes. 3 ¾: … Continue reading →

Having executed a good variety of sprints, high knees, and exaggerated long strides between mailboxes and telephone poles the last few miles or so would consist of nothing in particular.  She would allow her mind to shut down completely, sitting back to … Continue reading →

We’re going green on LifesLemons this Mother’s Day.  It’s a cop out really- from buying an overpriced greeting card- but together, we can pretend to be environmentally conscious by going with the term “green” instead of “cheap.”  You in?  I digress.  You … Continue reading →

When I joined the Methodist Wellness Center the winter after graduating high school I selected a membership that only allowed for usage of their lap pool.  Buying a blanket membership that granted passage to the machines and equipment would have been a waste.  I … Continue reading →

The aroma of coffee filled my nostrils as a squirt of grapefruit speckled my cheek.  Dad was sitting beside me at the kitchen table, using his special, bent, burnt orange handled, grapefruit knife to cut sections of fruit free from … Continue reading →

I like making lists.  Visual persons, such as myself, just love to write everything down that they’d like to accomplish for the day, or buy at the grocery store, or better understand from their medical nutrition therapy books.  Then, we stare at the list … Continue reading →

Happy Birthday LifesLemons…I baked you a cake! Okay, let’s be real.  Obviously it’s not pineapple-upside down, (although I know that’s your favorite) it’s chocolate and vanilla and eleven layers tall! Wanna be real again?   I didn’t exactly “bake” your cake either.  Hence … Continue reading →

My program coordinator and I had a candid discussion about the unique passions, priorities, and obligations that I’ve had as an undergrad, as well as how they’re able to influence the probability that I’ll get matched to a Dietetic Internship this … Continue reading →

We’re subjected to pictures and examples of meals with virtuous nourishment or “clean” eats on a daily basis.  Online, on television, in magazines it’s insane.  “Clean,” as it applies to consuming food, can be described as taking in minimally processed, … Continue reading →

“Huh?!  Another salad post, how can she possibly go on and on about salads?  She’s a psychotic veggie loving freak I tell you!  I visit LifesLemons to escape boredom, not promote it.  I come to see pictures of cats and … Continue reading →

Good news!  I made plans for us on Saturday.  ”Saturday” as in, March 23.  ”Us” as in, you and me.  We’ll be running a 5k.  It’s official.  I took off work and you’ll take off…whatever it is that you do … Continue reading →

Wouldn’t it be a crime to be ISU’s Food, Nutrition & Dietetics Club Public Relations Rep. and not use LifesLemons as a platform to promote a public service that me and the peeps are up to nowadays?  Wouldn’t it be a crying shame … Continue reading →

Preferences, availability, lifestyle, health concerns, beliefs, and personal goals all impact an individual’s food choices.  So the theme of this year’s National Nutrition Month is, “Eat Right, Your Way, Every Day.”  Pretty deep huh?  The Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics challenged … Continue reading →

Should I justify to you why I splurged on the overpriced pickled peppers and a few good olives from the grocer’s antipasti bar?  Rest assured that these delicacies were put to good use and not relished alone.  For they accompanied … Continue reading →

Many of us may attest to going through cooking phases, ”Who wants one more cherry pie before I clean the maker for good and put it away for another year?”  After reading yesterday’s post about resisting the urge to invest in cabinet-space suckers (a technical term) … Continue reading →

We had a cherry pie maker when I was little.  But…don’t quote me on that since I’m not exactly sure that, “cherry pie maker” was the correct name for the device.  In fact, I know that it wasn’t; it was actually … Continue reading →

I’m breaking from this to ponder this… “If you could only eat foods that started with one letter for the rest of your life what is the letter but I guess more importantly…what are the foods?” I’m going with the letter … Continue reading →

Last night at the Rec. the sign read something like, “Could our Millionth Visitor come today? Could it be YOU?  Win a free iPad.”  As a matter of fact, I was feelin’ lucky!  As I approached the check-in station I … Continue reading →

I’ve been a bit of a wild child lately.  I’ve been staying up past ten.  When this happens my better judgement goes out the window and I start doing things that “Normal Molly” would not do.  Like dying my jeans … Continue reading →

Let’s talk about salads for a second.   More specifically, let’s talk about the Most Valuable Part of our salads.  But before we do, let’s make a promise.  I promise to tell you my favorite part of a salad, and if you’ve got … Continue reading →

Hi. What’s up? Cool.  Me? Not much, I’m only in the process of writing the single most important document of my existence.  My personal statement.  We’ve been told that when it comes to bagging an internship, it is this essay … Continue reading →

I’m sure that we can all remember the first few foods that we were able to make without the aid of others.  I’m talking about the ones that require a tad more effort than simply pealing a banana or punching … Continue reading →

Look.  Do you notice anything different?  No, that’s not a head-shot of me.  Look above.  I added a page.  It’s called, “The Right Column Archive.”  It’s comprised of images that have been to the right of my posts at some point in history. … Continue reading →

On the fifth step of a metal ladder rested the end of a long wooden pole. Approximately seven feet away another fifth step of a different ladder supported the opposite end of the aforementioned pole.  From this pole hung hangers which … Continue reading →

There are several things that you can do at a coffee shop.  For example, you can order coffee.  You can order scones.  You can order chai tea.  You can pine for their beautiful shiny travel mugs.  You can use their … Continue reading →

“What I Ate Wednesdays” (or “WIAW” as they’re earnestly referred to in the blogging community) are quite popular amongst my fellow “healthy living” bloggers.  The devotees post pictures of their food intake on their little corner of the internet for all of the world … Continue reading →

It seems like everywhere you turn nowadays there’s a newfangled salted caramel confection; example, Starbucks’ Salted Caramel Cake Pops.  Or coffee creamer; example, International Delight’s Salted Caramel Mocha.  Or concoction; example, Cold Stones’ Salted Caramel Crunch.  Salted caramel this, salted caramel … Continue reading →

“Mountain Lodge” smells rich and serious.   It smells like cologne and a good clean neck.  It reminds me of madrigal dinners, makes me want to spell “color” with a “u” and hum, ”Carol of the Bells.”  I feel like shuffling down a long dimly lit … Continue reading →

The summer and fall of 2011 was a rough time for my Mom’s side of the family. Grandma suffered a stroke in the right hemisphere of her brain and initially lost the ability to use her left appendages and see … Continue reading →

My pantry is chock-full of ingredients.  Bulgar.  Quinoa.  Couscous.  (I have a thing for whole grains.)  Every time I open the door a sack of wheat berries, an impulse buy, stares at me blankly from the second shelf as if to say, … Continue reading →

Nearly all facets of my personality, both the good and bad, can be traced back to one parent or the other.  Judging by the fact that I’ve been called more, “Little Alan” and less, “Joy Jr.”  throughout my years, it may … Continue reading →

Monday is like no other day for me. Why?  Because I can do the things that I please whenever I please to do them.  On Mondays if I wanted to dress uplikeasultan inmyonionheadhat, I could. Monday is the only day of the … Continue reading →

As I sit in the corner of Starbucks, rattling away on my keyboard, tapping my feet with startling vigor and making myself laugh out loud every so often, I have no awareness of time or space.  I didn’t notice when … Continue reading →

A couple of weeks ago I stopped at a playground water fountain during a long run.  A gnarled concrete block which had been extracted from the ground (from anchoring a swing set) caught my eye.  I made my way over … Continue reading →

Today I canned for the very first time.  To the people that I’ve encountered in the past week, this is old news.  I’ve brought it up in nearly every conversation, “How’s school goin’ Moll?” ”Good.  Hey, did you know that I’m … Continue reading →

Happy Birthday Mason.  I can’t believe that you’re eighteen years old.  I was four years old when Mom and Dad shared the news that I would soon be a big sister.  When they asked me if I’d rather have a … Continue reading →

Remember that one time?  I told you that I wrote an article for my Professional Practice?  Here it is.  Hopefully my Lemons readers will like it.  It’s nothing too brilliant but it will tide you over until this Thursday.  Which, … Continue reading →

Oh LifeLemons I’ve missed you so!  Let me count the ways….or we can just share a rainy day lunch and catch up. For the past 8 weeks I’ve been spending my time at the Community Cancer Center to fulfill a … Continue reading →

At an early age I can remember my Mom staying up ‘till an ungodly hour (quarter-after ten seems “ungodly” when you’re eight) on hot summer nights canning our gardens’ vegetables.  I can still picture her auburn hair tossed up recklessly … Continue reading →