Ah, another workout debate! (For more debates, check out: Do you acknowledge strangers when exercising outdoors?, When on a run, do you do a little jig at red lights or come to a complete stop?, Do you secretly race others at the gym?, No Men Allowed: What do you think about women’s races?, and Do [...]
September 2012
As you guys probably know, the Democratic National Convention is right here in Charlotte. And last night will, unfortunately, go down as one of the greatest missed opportunities of my entire life. How often can you say that (hopefully not very often!)? I really wanted to see Obama speak tonight, but didn’t realize until a [...]
I keep a list of potential blog topics by my desk, and I’ve had “write a post about getting motivated for evening exercise†on the list for weeks. I still want to write a more thorough post on this topic, but really, my method is pretty easy: Pump up the workout all day long. [...]
A few days ago, I asked for advice on pacing. Should I run by a GPS watch that reveals my exact pace per mile – which can screw with my head a bit – or not? There was some awesome feedback to my question, and I wanted to share the advice with you. Here we [...]
Leftovers for breakfast. A beautiful thing. Zucchini Quiche Cornbread tastes even better after a night in the fridge. With plenty of peaches. I’m trying to tear through an entire box before they go – I think I’m the only one in the house who really likes peaches. I’ll accept responsibility for saving all the peaches. [...]
If you recall, immediately after we moved into our new house, the air conditioning system blew. Suffice it to say that replacing an AC is extremely expensive. Three cheers for homeownership, right? Fixing the AC ate away our fun ‘decorate the house’ money we had diligently been saving for months. Some rooms of our house [...]
So, we moved to our current neighborhood in March, I gave birth in June, and I started running again in July, so I’m just now beginning to explore the surrounding areas to find… (dum dum dum!) THE PERFECT ROUTE. It is a trying process. Can we talk about running routes? People are so funny about [...]
Last night, we randomly decided to paint a wall in our office with chalkboard paint (literally, paint that turns into a chalkboard when it dries). It ended up only being an hour-long project, and it was kind of fun because how often do you say, “We should totally do this,†and actually end up standing [...]
Can you believe it’s already the end of summer, back to school season, and time for cooler weather? I can’t – time is flying! Here are the best of the best from HTP in August. Thanks – as always – for reading! Gets-Me-Through-Those-Sleepless-Baby-Nights: Lake Norman YMCA Sprint Triathlon Race Recap. I came, I tri-ed, [...]
Happy Labor Day! A day off from work, a day to shop, and the symbolic end of summer. Summer is my favorite season, but I must admit that I’m looking forward to fall. Until then… PEACHES. Lots and lots of peaches. We have a rough baby night last night, so I treated both the [...]
That is the question. I used to time all my runs using the very nifty Garmin 305 – it’s basically a GPS device that tells you how far you’ve gone and how fast. When I got pregnant, I stopped using the Garmin because I didn’t want to know my mile splits, and then when I [...]
Alright, so my version of a party now ends by 11 PM – but here’s an advantage of ‘grown-up parties:’ cleaning consists of rearranging the furniture and tossing empty cups and plates into the trash… not steaming the rug or scrubbing out the bathtub (that’s where you keep the keg, silly). Grown-up attributes aside, we [...]
Another brain dump kind of post… I generally consider the lawn to be the Husband’s domain but have been trying to help out more recently. We have a regular mower and a push mower and have switched to mostly using the push mower because it cuts so much closer. Holy hell. Doing a hilly [...]