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Happy Monday!  How was your weekend?  Mine was GREAT.  Seriously, it was an awesome weekend.  Saturday was particularly memorable! I started things off with dropping Claire’s crib.  Sure, there are those typical milestones like crawling, walking, talking… But I consider the crib drop a big one, too!  I almost shed a tear while I unscrewed [...]

Wahoo! Friday Dance! How was your week?  Mine was busy – but fun. My schedule looked like this: play, work, run, sleep and repeat.    Oh, and eating great food! (That’s tofu, potatoes, and spinach with some sort of wonderful curry sauce that Husband whipped up.) Not so bad of a schedule, huh? My big [...]

Have you had mammoth (AKA bulletproof) coffee yet?  OMG.  You must.  Okay – I know this is going to sound weird.  But you have to trust me – it’s a combination of butter, coconut oil, and coffee, and it’s truly one of the most delicious ways I’ve ever had coffee.  It’s rich without being sweet, [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

Claire received a hand-me-down dolly with a realistic face (you know, the kind that opens and closes her eyes when you lay her down), and Claire thinks it’s the weirdest thing ever.  She’s not sure if it’s real or not and will reach out to touch it before shrinking back at the last minute.  Hah! [...]