Why I’ll Never Lose Weight In The Fall

Autumn is my favorite season of all. I’d like to pretend it’s the cool weather, the changing leaves, or activities like hayrides and sorgum mazes. But it’s not. It’s totally the food. I know fall is around the corner because all of my favorite Pumpkin flavored items are popping up around my favorite food locations. Panera Bread has their Pumpkin muffins... Read More

Almost.

If someone has a small container of fresh fruit for lunch, is that healthy? Good. What if they also have a turkey/swiss wrap (sans condiments). Still healthy? Good. But – they might have splurged a little on some organic chips. Could that still be considered healthy? Great! Well…What if, at the last minute, they grabbed a giant-ass cinnamon roll? And by “giant-ass”... Read More

Proudly Addicted To Smoothies

I participated in a function with the 3aday.org awhile back and since received the very AMAZINGLY COOL AND AWESOME opportunity to write an article for their website. Seriously. Someone asked me to write for them. You have no idea how honored I was. Especially because they wanted me to write about food. Seriously? Like I don’t do that every day anyway. Here is my article. I... Read More

Grocery Shopping While Pregnant

Man. I have got to go grocery shopping today. I didn’t make a big trip like I usually do on the weekend because they were waxing the floors when I got there and something about that smell gave me a sudden headache that caused me to leave the store before even getting a third of our weekly food supplies taken care of. I’ve been trying to come up with a good list of items... Read More

She IS Actually My Child! She (Hearts) Food!

I’ve only mentioned NikkiZ’s eating habits here and there – but let me just insist that the term Picky Eater didn’t quite cut it. It wasn’t that she only liked a few foods. It was just she didn’t seem to like food in general. We couldn’t even get her to try anything new. No matter how fun or unhealthy. She’ll eat Vanilla ice cream,... Read More

Hi. I’m Kim.

This is my blog that I've been writing on since January, 2004. I call myself Zoot as it's a derivative of an old childhood nickname. I used to write about my struggles to have children, but eventually I succeeded and now, I write a lot about those kids. I don't use my kid's exact names simply because if someone Googles their very unique names in the future, I don't want them stumbling upon my entries about boobsweat. I mean, would you hire someone whose Mom writes openly about such topics? NO. YOU WOULD NOT.

I love taking pictures and carry my camera (almost) everywhere I go. This means you'll see a lot of photos on this site. I also periodically post recipes I like as I've been slowly (but surely) learning to cook and I like to share my discoveries. Finally? I'm an annoying pop culture fanatic so I'll periodically ramble about Hunger Games or the latest Parks and Recreation.

I hope you like it here. If not? Please don't tell me. I cry easily.
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