Being a parent, I think a lot about confidence and kids. I was especially wary when Thing 1 entered middle school back in September. Those were some awkward years…for me anyway. Thing 1 had minimal trepidation. Her biggest concern was that the gym teacher she got was tough and they had to run a mile [Read More]
Currently
Happy Friday! Currently I’m: Feeling excited for Easter. Reading the stacks of magazines I seemed to have subscribed to. Longing for some spring-like weather. Laughing at the image in my head of my MIL getting her brisket and the rest of Passover Seder through airport security. Crying when I think of Sandyhook. Still. Looking forward [Read More]
Why is Dressing Up Like Brain Surgery?
Before I get into weekend brain surgery, I mean festivities, here’s how the week panned out workout-wise: Monday: Spin class, upper body weights Tuesday: 6 mile run 2x1200m, 4x800m, lower body weights Wednesday: Yoga Thursday: Run 7 miles, 4@tempo pace, corework. This sucked. Legs were dead. Not sure why. Friday: Run 2 miles, total body [Read More]
Running Blogger’s Guide to the Perfect Snow Day
We’ve been getting a ‘snow event’ pretty much weekly here lately so I’ve become somewhat of an expert on all things snow day. Here are some tips to make the most of when those flurries fly: Race to store at first mention of a snowstorm and stock up on essentials: Batteries, candles, protein powder, wine, [Read More]
Vacation Tidbits
I am back from vacation! We spent 7 nights aboard the stunning Ruby Princess: She is enormous in a magnificent way. Despite having over 3,000 passengers aboard, it never seemed crowded and we never waited in line for anything. We ate ourselves silly. But in my defense, I did partake of the fitness center [Read More]
Cookie Throwdown: The Victor
It’s time for a fuel break from the giveaway madness here at MHS. All giveaways and no yakking make me a dull blogger. If you missed the giveaways, no worries, still time to enter here and here. Plus more to come. Since there are no bakers or cooks in my family lineage, few, if any, family [Read More]
What Not to Wear?
The other day as I was getting ready to head to the YMCA for my long pool run, the Caveman said “I need to go with you the next time you go bathing suit shopping. That is a grandma suit.” What? Me? In a grandma suit?? When I purchased it, oh back in early June, [Read More]
Getting Organized
Fall has a unique way of making me want to clean/organize/declutter/fashion useless things from pine cones. Ok I WANT to do the latter but glue guns and I don’t mix so there’s no pine cone thing. I cleaned out the fridge yesterday. I even REMOVED the shelves and scrubbed them. There was a reaping in [Read More]
Are You A Squeaky Wheel?
Typically I’m pretty even keeled. At least I think I am. Running has a lot to do with that. I don’t go off unless there’s a really good reason. The time the school bus driver blew past our stop and took Thing 2, then a kindergartner on a 90-minute tour of suburbia was one of [Read More]
Lifestyle Ambush: Not in a Good Way
Last weekend the Caveman, kids and I headed to 6 Flags Great America for a blazing hot day of theme park fun. We were there for a corporate event. We spent the day riding. Alot. I think we sweated even more. Thing 1 is a total daredevil so Caveman and I traded off riding the [Read More]
