One of those fun round-up posts for you! Here’s what I’ve been up to lately. First of all – per the title of this post, Bed, Bath and Beyond is a dangerous place. I haven’t been in the store for years, but I recently swung in for some blog supplies and… OMG. So many [...]
July 2015
5:39 AM – Henry wakes me up. I tell him to go back to bed. He does, and I get out of bed. 6:00 AM – I pump, have breakfast, and say hello to Henry when he re-emerges from his bedroom at 6:05 AM. I wake up Kristien and pass off Henry because I [...]
As you read this, I am off on a jet plane to Chicago. I haven’t been to Chicago (except through the airport) for five years, and I’m excited to go back! Do you remember the Healthy Living Summit? It was a fun blog conference, and the year we held it in Chicago was my favorite [...]
I saw this on Julie’s blog and thought it looked fun. So here’s a little A to Z blog survey! A – Age: 31. B – Biggest Fear: I think the idea of skiing is pretty terrifying. Not my idea of a good time. C – Current Time: 9:16 AM. D – Drink You Had [...]
While I think conventional cleaners definitely have their time and place, I try to buy – or make – natural cleaners for use in our home, especially when I know that the kids or the animals will be coming into contact with the surface. One of my favorite websites is the Environmental Working Group, which [...]
Last Week’s Workouts Monday – Swim 1000 yards Tuesday – Spin class + 1 mile run Wednesday – 6.0 mile long run Thursday – Rest / Ab workout (see below) Friday – 2000 meter swim (see below) Saturday – 4 mile RACE! Sunday – 1 hour bike ride outside GRAND TOTALS: 2915 meters of [...]
I hope my fellow Americans had a wonderful Fourth of July, and everyone emerged from the holiday with a belly packed with watermelon and a driveway full of scorch marks from fireworks! We sure had a grand day. Things started off super early with the American Four Miler. This race has been moved – [...]
5:10 AM – My first alarm goes off. 5:18 AM – My second alarm goes off and I get out of bed. 5:20 AM – I pump a bottle, eat a pre-run snack (banana with nut butter), and drink a coffee. I get dressed and leave for my long run. 5:45 AM – [...]
First things first – I am running an awesome giveaway on Instagram for two pairs of CSX Champion compression sleeves. These sleeves are BRAND NEW – so new that you can’t even purchase them on the site yet! I love-love-love the CSX Champion compression socks (seriously, they blow other socks out of the water). But [...]
This past weekend, we had the Husband’s high school friends and their children visit us for four days of fun. They have an almost one year old girl and a 9 year old boy, so the dynamic between our kiddos was super fun. Claire had a little friend to play with, and Henry had a [...]