Author: Sarra Cannon

I know I’m insane, but I can’t help it. I love American Idol. A new season starts tonight, and I am anxious to see how the new judge, Kara DioGuardi, works out. Having another woman on the panel is going to change the dynamic somewhat, which is something show desperately needs. I wouldn’t have minded if Randy Jackson was gone anyway. Last year, I think his only comments were, “It was aight dawg. It wasn’t my favorite, but it was aight.” and “Man, that was off the CHAIN!” I wanted to see at least a little bit more from him…

Time is a funny thing. Sometimes you can feel like you have tons of time, so you procrastinate and do the things that seem important today. However, next thing you know, time has fooled you and suddenly that thing you thought was far off is here, and you’re unprepared. Does this ever happen to you? It happens to me all the time. I put things off for later in the week thinking that I have plenty of time to get it done. Then, the weekend rolls around and I wonder where in the hell the time went. So why am…

Everytime something bad or disappointing happens in your life, do you take time to think about what went wrong? Or do you automatically blame it on someone or something else? Do you ever actually take personally responsibility? Or do you shield yourself by believing that nothing is your fault? Sometimes, we aren’t the ones to blame. If someone else caused a car accident and you got hurt, you have every right to blame them. However, the fact that you have to deal with your injuries and move forward is now your responsibility. Of course, it still feels good to look…

This morning I made breakfast in the blender. I took a recipe I got out of the week 1 Weight Watchers book and sort of modified it to taste better. Okay, so that basically means I added some calories, but if I’m going to drink it, it has to at least taste good. Here’s how I made them (and believe me, if you try these, you’ll be very glad you did!): 4 Strawberries1 bananaA cup of Fiber One Strawberry Yogurt (which has I think 5 g of Fiber)1/4 cup skim milkIce1 Tablespoon Sugar I took the stems off the strawberry…

Last night, I finished reading the book “Uglies” by Scott Westerfield. If you haven’t heard of it, the book is technically teen fiction. It’s about a future world where everyone gets an operation on their sixteenth birthday that makes them beautiful. Super-model beautiful. Sounds great, right? Well, it’s not that simple. I don’t want to give away the book, but let’s just say that there are some kids that don’t want to change into a beautiful copy. Some people think that it’s our differences that make us beautiful. From baby to age 12, you are called a “Littlie”. When you…

Monday. Holidays over. New Year. Back to work. It’s so tough to get back into the swing of things after the holidays. That break is just so nice! It’s also so busy that by the time you finally get to sit down and say “Ahhh”, it’s over and back to work. Of course, this time, we are aimed with New Year’s Resolutions and the determination to do something better with our lives this year. I know I have set some goals of my own, even though I don’t think I would call them New Year’s Resolutions. Why not? Simply because…