My energy is returning, the second trimester is nearly upon us here! I almost feel like I’m starting to recognize myself again, larger waist circumference notwithstanding. I’ve spent every spare moment of the last two days catching up on some long overdue housework. I forgot how good my stairs look without a nest of dust bunnies … Read more
A Grilled Cheese and Pickle sandwich. Real butter, sesame Ezekiel bread, Swiss cheese and a sliced Claussen dill pickle. Soooo good. And yes, that pickle totally counts as my vegetable. Most vegetables are completely unappealing to me right now. I expect that these odd food aversions I’m having will pass in the coming weeks, but … Read more
So I hurt my wrist. I know. It’s always something, right? Left pointer finger. Left knee. Left wrist. What’s left? I’m not even sure how I did it. I think it’s keyboard/ergonomics related, so I’ve changed some things up on my desk, but the pain went from “niggly” to “bad” to “awful” in a matter … Read more
I’m trying to make peace with the fact that early morning outdoor exercise is soon to be a relegated to the weekends. For the first time since early spring I busted out the pink hat (you know, the hat I knit myself) and gloves for a morning walk/run today. More walking than running this morning, … Read more
We survived! Literally, anyway. Our day started in the car where we enjoyed breakfast in the form of pumpkin oats and lunch in the form of hummus, veggies, pita chips and my favorite portable protein; hard boiled eggs. Five hours later, we finally made it to Zombie Land in time for our 4 o’clock wave … Read more
I ran today. I made it 3.25 miles without a hint of knee pain. And the final .9 miles home weren’t much to complain about either. And this is good news! I have a race on Saturday. It’s a 5K, (3.1 miles) so now I’m sure I’ve got that distance covered. But there’s bad news … Read more
So it’s the first week in October, and that means this is marathon week over here. I’ve had a couple of training trial and errors through the month of September, and there’s a couple things I’ve learned over these past 4 weeks. This little ditty is for you long distance runners out there who might … Read more
My kids love frozen blueberries. Both of them. Even the little one. They snack on them straight from the freezer and then force me to look at their blue stained lips for about three hours until the color wears off, or until I can’t take it anymore and pin them to the ground for a … Read more
OK baby girl, enough with the bike riding birthday breakfast bonanzas – you’ve got a marathon you’re supposed to be training for. Oh shoot, you’re right! Well, it’s Saturday, so I guess that means we’re running long today, eh? A few weeks ago I made my own version of Brendan Brazier’s Direct Fuel Bites for … Read more
Now that Maxine can ride her bike, Homeschool Phys Ed class is officially in session. Is this really Phys Ed? Or is this just a morning run in disguise? Whatever you want to call it, a bunch of lessons were learned on our group outing this morning – lessons for both young and old. A … Read more
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