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Six Weeks’ Worth of Awesome
January 7 marked the beginning of a six-week challenge at my CrossFit gym. For a $20 buy-in, gym members could challenge themselves in the areas important for overall health–nutrition, rest/hydration, and exercise. I decided to toss my $20 into the hat knowing full well that I had just donated $20 to the winner, but that…
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Dipping Our Toes In The Pool
Today, Lily the Lab had an adventure at a local facility that provides dogs with pool time & training to eventually learn to dock dive if the dog chooses. The trainer reminded us that anything Lily did today was good, and I agreed with her. Of course, in my mind I imagined Lily would…
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Mother’s Day Approaches
We have a local florist that has been a part of my relationship with a very special person for over twenty years. My first mother-in-law [I refuse to call her “ex” because that makes it sound like she is no longer in my life] fell in love with Oberer’s, as did I, when I was…
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Last WOD of the Year
Never let it be said that my trainer isn’t creative. The last workout of 2015 contained lots of things we have done throughout the year (over 30 to be exact) and each task had to be repeated 15 times. I think she must be clairvoyant and knew that I would be sucking down a rather…
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Hibernation is Overrated
Thank goodness the sun is shining today and the temperature made it into the 60’s. After last winter’s absolutely offensive cold complete with tons of snow, frigid ice and wind chill records, I really couldn’t take much more from this year’s version of winter. Could we please just move along to spring and call it…
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Finally a Fun Saturday!
My friend, Amy, always knows how to have fun. She throws the best parties [the food is always amazing] and we always have a great time. She invited me to join her this morning at a new business not far from my house. This particular Pinot’s Palette is the first franchise in Ohio. After visiting…
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Whole 30 — Day 06
Day 6 means the Whole 30 is 1/5 done. Can I do this five more times? I’d be lying if I said that today weren’t the first day in recorded history that I drove past Sonic with my window down and actually smelled the waffle cones/sugary sweetness of something forbidden. I should say, though, that…
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A Community Gem–SICSA works for animals
In the Dayton area, we are blessed by some truly amazing groups of people doing fantastic work. The Society for the Improvement of Conditions for Stray Animals (SICSA) stands as one of my faves. You already know I’m a dog person. Truthfully, I’m an animal person. I love cats, their dander doesn’t care for me–so…