by Alison Moore Smith | Aug 19, 2018 | Body
Guys. I do not get excited about food very often. (Unless it's a Costco triple chocolate muffin—which is so calorically dense that I can have one about once a decade.) But this stuff is the real deal. I'm in love. Skinnygirl salad dressings are the best thing I've...
by Alison Moore Smith | Aug 16, 2018 | Body
Yesterday my daughter made me a smoothie sooooo yummy that it deserves to be shared. It's like eating ice cream or a milk shake without all the diet-busting stuff. This is about 200 calories and is a great pre-workout boost to get you going at the gym. Ingredients 1 C...
by Alison Moore Smith | Jul 25, 2018 | Body
This diet-saving hot cocoa made it onto Instagram today. I concocted this out of various other recipes about five years ago and have never tired of it. As I'm trying to be diligent about calories, this drink has given me the chocolatey sweetness that reduces my...
by Alison Moore Smith | Nov 17, 2014 | Curriculum, Homeschool Startup
As the implications of Common Core are felt more and more by students/parents/families, I am asked more often than ever, “How do I start homeschooling?” One of the single most common questions I have encountered is, “What is the best curriculum for...
by Alison Moore Smith | Oct 10, 2014 | Government, Philosophy
It Is Not the Standards Most people trying to combat Common Core seem to be focused on proving that the standards are bad, wrong, harmful, stupid, and otherwise nefarious. I think this is the wrong approach. “Common Core standards” are not some...