In typical Chicago fashion, we were all over the place this week. Before I get to the loving/not loving goodness, here’s how my workout week went. Not too shabby if I do say so myself: Monday: Rest Tuesday: Trail run 6 miles Wednesday: Swim 500yds, Bike 18 miles, Run 2 miles Thursday: Strength Friday: Trail run 9 [Read More]
Coffee with some Prana Love
Happy Friday party people! Did this week wear on and on or was it just me? Because it’s the first weekend in March, I’m going to make this a hybrid Friday Five/Coffee Date post and I’m doing it in the Loving/Not Loving format. Because that’s how I’m rolling! Let’s get started, shall we? For the [Read More]
Loving/Not Loving: Almost Spring Edition
Loving: The longer days and daylight in the evening. Not loving: How dark it is in the morning again. Loving: Early morning spectators. Not Loving: Early morning spectators who eat my tulips. Loving: My RunLites. Not loving: I have too many magazine subscriptions. I can’t possibly read them all and yet that doesn’t stop me. [Read More]
Loving/Not Loving and a Giveaway
Loving: Watching the action in our duck nest. Not Loving: Thing 1 was awakened last night by loud quacking. I checked the nest to find four eggs broken and strewn outside the nest. My heart broke. What marauding predator could’ve done this? Makes me wanna set up a night watch. Now there are 8. Loving: [Read More]
Loving/Not Loving
Time for the February edition of Loving/Not Loving. Feel free to join in and tag me. Here goes: Loving: The lengthening daylight. Come on spring! Not Loving: Never ending single digit and below zero temps. Enough already. Loving: I lost weight on Diet-to-Go. Seriously the meals are so good. Not Loving: I don’t have any more DTG [Read More]
Friday 5: Loving/Not Loving
Because I probably tell you too much about me already, I’m going to follow Michelle’s lead and make this week’s Friday Five linkup about loves and non-loves. 1. Loving: Our local Mariano’s now sells Sprinkles cupcakes. Not Loving: I bought a gluten-free red velvet the other day and I swear it tasted like sawdust. 2. [Read More]
Loving/Not Loving
Loving: That I live in an area filled with wildlife. Not Loving: In the past week I’ve had snakes in my garage, wasps in the eaves and not one but two frogs leap and hit me when I’m out running. I mean seriously, what’s next? Wait, don’t answer that. Loving: I finally got a new dishwasher. Not [Read More]
Loving/Not Loving and a Winner
Loving: That last week’s single parenting stint is over. I loved the quality time with Thing 2 but not getting out to run or bike or to the gym kind of sucked. Not Loving: Keeping these kiddos off the ‘puter. Especially when the weather’s crummy. Loving: New tights I bought with the Dick’s GC I [Read More]
Loving/Not Loving
Not Loving that I bought a whole cargo shipload of toilet paper that was of such inferior quality (read thin, shreddy, just not up to snuff) even the family complained about it. Loving that we finally FINALLY used it up! Not Loving that I got a mystery stain on the white tank I wore to [Read More]