It was a busy Halloween weekend. Single parenting made it even moreso. Two sleepovers (one here) a teenager party (not here thank heavens) pumpkin carving, trick or treat and a morning-after Halloween pancake breakfast kept me hopping. The mom taxi worked overtime. This was all compounded by ghastly Halloween weather: Cold, raw and rainy. The [Read More]
3 Halloween Things
Trigger happy and it feels good: I officially registered for the Flying Pig Skyline Chili 3-way last night. That’s a 5k, 10k and half marathon over Flying Pig weekend next May. Thing 1 is in for the kids’ marathon. Thing 2 is in for the Flying Piglets race. Should be piggish fun! What races are [Read More]
Halloween Party Treats
Some of the things I love most about fall, in addition to cool running weather, are the holidays and the traditions that often go along with them. One of ours is a Halloween party. Thanksgiving and Christmas both rotate around the family but Halloween has been ours since before the kids were born and we [Read More]
Halloween Weekend Rewind and Other Scary Stuff
Google Images By the time you read this I’ll probably be off on my broom, nine batches of Rice Krispie Treats in tow, headed to various school Halloween parades, parties and the like.Trick or treating is after school today, which is a good thing as we had high winds and a major downpour yesterday. Workout-wise [Read More]
Tuesday Tidbits
We’re in for a couple days of cold rain starting tomorrow. It took major restraint on my part to be smart with the dicey hip and not run two days in a row. I ended up doing plyo intervals on the mill instead. The cardio intervals were spent walking incline mostly. Ok, I ran some….but [Read More]
Seven Signs You’re Ready for Fall
One point for each: 1. You have pumpkins! Check. But just this one so far. More to come! 2. You’ve baked, eaten or drank something pumpkin. Fail. Check. Fail. No fall baking yet, although I bought a pumpkin pie (and had my way with it) and I dream about a nice pumpkin spice latte or something equally [Read More]
