Hey everyone!

I figured it was time for me to jump in here and just tell you what’s been up lately.

I’ve been busy with the usual stuff: kids, home, writing, photography.  This summer has been a cooker here in Illinois. I’ve spent time in the pool every chance I’ve gotten, which honestly hasn’t been often. But on those super humid days, it’s been refreshing. Hubby and I are working hard to get some bills paid off and get enough money together for next  years low-carb cruise. I refuse to say we definitely aren’t going until we miss the ship.

I apologize for my lack of presence here at the blog. With my paid writing and my photography, I pretty much work full time now. Add in the kids and home life and there isn’t much time left. My full time work doesn’t bring in full time pay though, so I’m gonna have to rework things where I work smarter, not harder, ya know?

I have a huge amount of reviews to get through. I just received a large box from CarbSmart to work my way though. And I’ve also gotten some protein bars, pizzas and pork rinds from some individual companies to review.  As always there are a stack of books on my desk to tell you about as well. So I’m going to get started on these as soon as possible. I’d dearly love to get back into talking about other things as well. The reviews are great and I love doing them, but I also love to talk about the science, studies and general day-to-day issues concerning low-carb living.

So anyhow, I’m still around and I promise I’m not just doing reviews. I’ve just had little time for anything else lately.  And we start homeschooling in a couple of weeks, so things will be all out of whack once that gets going.

My weight has bounced up a bit lately. I’m stressed and I really struggle during these times. I’m working on dealing with this kind of thing better. I have to – I’m under too much stress, way too often, not to!  So I appreciate any prayers for us during all this craziness. The economy has hit our family pretty hard and we are just hanging in there until things get better. Sadly, I’m sure many of you are in the same boat.

Have a great day and I’ll try to get back here soon with something meaningful!

Jimmy Moore contacted me a few months back about being on his podcast show. I agreed, but honestly worried that I had nothing interesting to offer his listeners. Jimmy convinced me that just telling my story and what my blog is about would be great. So that’s what I did. I hope you find this interview interesting and entertaining… and more importantly I hope you are inspired in some way to continue on the fight for good health. And if you are just starting your low-carb journey, I want to remind you to believe in yourself and that you are worth the effort!

So here is my interview. Would love to hear your feedback.

Just a quick update. Things have been hectic here and “life stuff” is preventing me from having blogging time. Or reading time. Or searching time… you get the picture. While I wish I could say things have slowed down and I’m ready to get back to posting here, that isn’t the case. It may be a bit longer before I can get back to a regular posting schedule again. That being said, I’m still trying to a least post one thing a week.

I hope you all have a great week! And with any luck I’ll be back soon with a review. I have some LC chocolate here just screaming for attention.