Brent was out of town this week with Thing 1  sleeping on the ground (He he!) at Boy Scout Camp. So it was just Thing 2 and I for most of the week.  Not unlike our road trip in April. Tuesday night, instead of going to taekwondo I decided we should take the night off [...]

Saturday morning, my family and I sat around the breakfast table.  Rather than attack our “to-do” list that is the length of all of our arms combined (I’ll explain later why it is so long.) we ended up procrastinating enjoying each other’s company and making a family “bucket list”. 10 Things: Our Family Bucket List [...]

Thank you for all the advice and thoughts in dealing with Halloween candy.  I’ve been thinking a lot about what you said all week and decided, since Halloween the “sugar season” kickoff, I’d like to delve into the issue more. I have a younger sister.  She is my best friend.  We have the same biological [...]

As a kid, Halloween was one of the most fun nights of the year.  I would sprint through the neighborhoods as if I was being chased by a stranger trying to get to as many houses as possible until the last porch light was turned off.  In a way, I was being chased except my [...]

My love, I’ll never understand how I got so lucky. You know there are no photos or words that could ever adequately express my love and appreciation but I’ll do my best. THANK YOU….. …for going through life with me …for the thousands of kisses you’ve given us. …for the willingness to play …for taking [...]

A Fluffy Flashback. I really can’t think of anything much fluffier than cupcakes. and This post has been patiently waiting amount the other 123 “drafts” in purgatory. A few months ago I took a mini-road trip to visit a cupcake truck even though I don’t eat refined sugar myself. (Don’t worry I asked what they [...]

Today was an awesome day. We had a peaceful morning schooling. I got dressed by noon. My husband shaved. (nothing like kissing a smooth face) I also got in a few kettlebell swings. I’ve been wearing cut off tube socks “gloves” on my hands the last few days. (I ripped a callous off on Monday. [...]

Ten years ago today a brand new chapter of my life was opened. I gave birth to my son via an emergency c-section. I was a senior in college and struggling with a severe mental illness but with his birth I God birthed a new me. While life has not been perfect since (it never [...]

Girl Hero Jen is a bad azz. She is a wife, proud mother of three girls, 2 time Ironman finisher (2.4 mi swim, 112bike, 26.2 mi run),  3 time New York City Marathon finisher and an Inline Skate Marathon finisher.  In 2009, she competed in her first Xterra off road triathlon and her first adventure [...]

Like a lot of you, Friday night I watched Jamie Oliver’s Food Revolution.   (If you didn’t see it you can watch it online at ABC.)  I very much like his philosophy. It’s simple and doable for everyone.  He also gets points for not being pretentious. I’ll spare you my rambling thoughts about the FDA guidelines [...]