Chat with Ruthie Tips for Raising Healthy Active Kids If you follow my blog, then you probably know that I spent a lot of my younger years overweight and that I struggled with weight issues well into my late 20’s. (My Weight Loss Story part A and part B) As I became a …
Chat with Ruthie 1st Day of School Lunch Last week I shared this 1st Day of School Lunch over at the 36th avenue.com !! Desiree has an amazing blog and you’ll definitely want to follow what’s she’s doing… it’s always SO extraordinary!! AND listen to this super exciting news… What’s Cooking with Ruthie …
Chat with Ruthie 18 things I wish I knew at 18 My oldest daughter is headed off to college next week and I’m slightly freaking out… First, I can’t believe she’s that old AND next I can’t believe I’M that old either!! I honestly don’t know where the time went- it seems like yesterday …
Chat with Ruthie tips for Back to School I can hardly wrap my mind around the fact that summer’s winding down and all of our kiddos will be Back to School in just a couple of weeks!! Crazy. Summers are hard to have come to an end… I remember when my kids were little …
This week for my Chat with Ruthie post I wanted to share some ideas on how to Eat Well Dining Out Sometimes it can be a little tricky when we go out to dinner with restaurants offering such a large variety of menu items… how does one choose??? In this day and age …
Chat with Ruthie 25 Healthy Snack Ideas I recently shared my Weight Loss Story and in my story, I talked about eating 6 small meals a day (instead of 3 large) to keep your metabolism revved and burning steady! What is your metabolism? I found this helpful information on Mayo Clinic.com “Metabolism …
Chat with Ruthie… my hand on my heart Last weekend we were able to go bright and early one morning to pick up my son, Jake, from Scout Camp. We drove a couple of hours down to where the camp was held in the mountains. The camp held a closing ceremony for …
Chat with Ruthie… My Weight Loss Story (part B) To start out this post, I’d just like to say that I’ve been very touched by all the kind comments that were left on Chat with Ruthie… My Weight Loss Story, Part A and all the people that have reached out to me through email …
Chat with Ruthie… My Weight Loss Story Let me just begin by saying that I’m writing this post because several people have asked me to share this part of my life. The NEXT thing is, I feel very vulnerable sharing all this. Even though I really don’t want to write about it, I am–in …
Chat with Ruthie… Dad’s Where to even begin? I guess at the beginning… I am a lucky enough girl to be given two dad’s to love and raise me! I talked a little about my family in my “Mom’s” post… I was 3 years old when my mom remarried my step-dad, I’ve always …
Chat with Ruthie… Graduation Party! As most of you know… my oldest daughter graduated High School! YES, I survived AND now I’m officially “one old momma” 😉 After the big, long, I’m SO glad I don’t have to go very often, event was over… we had a party! Madi is a LOVER of all …
Chat with Ruthie… Summer Chore Charts Another summer is upon us and you maybe excited OR just a little afraid wondering how to keep things a little less than a circus at home with all the kiddos under foot!! I’ve been there… My answer to this yearly dilemma…. Summer Chore Charts!! YEP, even the …
I’ve been thinking a lot about the Seasons of life lately and I’ve decided they go way too fast! The next I’ve realized is we hardly recognize that one is shifting into the next, until it’s already shifted. I love my ‘To Everything There Is A Season’ sign that I bought many years ago. I …
Chat with Ruthie… the FuD feud is a little culinary contest at Orson Gygi’s in Salt Lake City that I went to last Saturday! I thought it’d be fun to tell you all about it as we chat this week! The judges were from a variety of backgrounds… some were chefs at area restaurants and …
My niece and nephews can seriously Bust some Moves!! This is a You Tube contest for their local radio station and if they get the most views… THEN they win a trillion tickets to the movies!! (ok… not that many but a lot!) So, be sport and watch their quick little flick 🙂 …
Chat with Ruthie Mothers’ Day is just a few days away… lets chat a little bit about Mom‘s We’ve all got someone that mothers us, right? So, whether their our biological-mom, adopted-mom, step-mom, grand-mom, auntie-mom, friend-mom, you get the idea… we all mother and get mothered by lots of different people all of our …
I had an interesting experience last weekend, my daughter Kate and I ended up watching a Lab puppy that wasn’t thriving with his liter. As we tried to keep this little guy fed and warm… we had to work together to try and be all this little puppy needed, I learned a lot through this …
Last weekend I went to what turned out to be a totally awesome event! Being new to the blogging world… I had no idea what a fabulous time an event like Snap! would be! There were classes on all different kinds of blogging stuff which was totally awesome! I got to meet and talk a …
What’s Cooking with Ruthie Facebook and Twitter… are all dolled up and ready to go! If you want to get behind the scene information and Sneak Peeks at upcoming posts then Facebook is where you wanna be… I’m tweeting away on Twitter too! ( still trying to get the hang of that little place, …
I’ve never posted WITHOUT a recipe before BUT I did give a recipe for this beautiful benefit cookbook: ( The benefit tonight was really cool!! Make sure and get a one of these cookbook’s online…) You might have seen the Fish family on the news lately but here’s their story: https://www.fishesformarrowwishes.blogspot.com/ The cookbook …