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Not a Morning Person
If only the day started at 10 a.m., then I would be a morning person. I used to be a morning person. I worked in early a.m. radio as a part-time gig and I would go in super early, do the morning drive time and then head to class. Sure, it was a drag to…
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I Love a Good Dinner
Today was a super busy day at work including a last-minute voluntold luncheon attendance. Luncheons are awesome, but when you’re trying to be compliant to a pretty healthy eating path, they can be torture. I successfully managed to avoid shoving a slice of pecan pie into my face…pretty much only because there was a steady…
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Cold Stay Home Day
I always loved how my kids’ teachers in preschool would differentiate the weekend or holidays as “stay home days.” Today was a stay home day which was a blessing because it was so frigid outside and because my youngest was feeling under the weather. Tomorrow, the oldest already has a two-hour delay. I’m sure the…
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Taking On The Challenge
January has passed the halfway point. Our household is in full, new year swing. We’ve been organizing some things, restarting some activities that were on winter hiatus, and my husband and I started the Advocare 24-Day All-In Challenge last week. He started on the 11th with the rest of the nation and I started the…
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After Christmas Workout
I try to chronicle each day’s workout because I like to keep track of what I do, how hard it is, and whether I’m becoming stronger [i.e. does it feel “easier” the next time]. Today’s workout was one for the books because it involved a few things I don’t typically care to do many reps…
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Christmas In Review
We spent Christmas Day at home. Very little engagement of technology and we did not even call anyone. We certainly needed a day like that given that we are rarely, if ever, all in the same room for any extended period of time. We exchanged gifts and I absolutely loved the one my 12-year-old made…
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Christmas Eve Shenanigans
Christmas Eve is usually culminates in some sort of meltdown on my part. Today, crisis averted because my husband made the trip to the zoo of a grocery store, my girls wrapped presents [oldest wrapped the youngest’s and vice versa], and I had help doing things that normally would have taken hours and hours. I’m…
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17 Years of Motherhood
Seventeen years ago, I officially became a mom. I’d be lying if I said I didn’t consider myself a mom from the moment I saw two lines on the pregnancy test, but it becomes official when the baby can be held by other people. I have always loved this photo. Even though they say babies…
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Turkey Trot Recap
The 37th Annual Turkey Trot is in the books. I not only survived, but I met my goals–I ran the whole time and I didn’t die. Surprisingly enough, I also managed to run the same pace I did at the first 5k of the year that I ran in October. Also, I somehow clocked 5.07…
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Five Miles?! Am I crazy?
The answer to that second question must be decidedly — “YES!” I joined a group wellness class at work in late August. It loosely followed the Couch to 5k paradigm with which I was familiar, but in a group setting. I am always last–no big whoop. I don’t run for other people. Most of the…