It was birthday time last night. We invited six guests over for an epic circus/rainbow/candy party complete with carnival games and hour long scavenger hunt. The scavenger hunt had about two miles of miles factored in, so we even got to move a little! The food was no problem for me, even though cake, cookie … [Read more…]
I wake up around 5:00 and obsessively read stuff online until it’s my actual get up time of about 6:00. Really, though, that is just finally when I feel like its ok to wake up my darling dear husband with snuggle time so I ignore that time and wait until 7:00 after two little kids … [Read more…]
I decided to retire this sweater tunic thingy. Last year I bought it at Ross for 3.99. At the time, it seemed like an autumnal addition to my closet as well as a quick Velma outfit were I ever needed to be a part of an ensemble Scooby Doo cast at the last minute. I … [Read more…]
I’ve taken a couple of runs lately where I’ve just decided to do a 5K. Initially, the three miles was daunting. 1/4 of a mile was daunting, for goodness sake, and I have the 5K up on this pedestal of, like, super hard difficulty level. I think I have a block in my head because … [Read more…]
We rolled out of bed at 6:15 this morning, bent on hitting the road by 7:00 so we could make our race. It started at 8:00, after a huuuuge line to pick up our race packets yielded a gigantic orange shirt for me. Nice. They ran out of my size. Oh well 🙂 I met … [Read more…]
The title kind of sums this article up. Expect to be wowed by my writing and blown away by my thinking because you’re in for a doozy… Ha ha! Quite the opposite. I went into an autumnal coma, if you will, filled with hot cocoa nights by the fire, good books and lots of down … [Read more…]
I went running with this awesome fella yesterday. I started out wearing a grey pair of capris and orange shirt when I was in my bedroom. Then I thought it might be cold… So I changed into my bright yellow sweatshirt. I also changed my mind about the pants, so I changed into my new … [Read more…]
I was headed back to my classroom after work this afternoon when I spied a friend/coworker of mine waiting to chat with me. I won’t go into the vast details, but she told me about her struggle with her body, about her body goals and about how she read my blog and a few others … [Read more…]