February 2, 2019
If you follow my blog or read my book “She’s Losing It!” then you know that every year for my birthday I do something outside of my comfort zone to...
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December 30, 2018
As one year comes to a close and another year stretches out before us with unseen possibilities, challenge yourself to live your dreams. This doesn’t necessarily mean to quit your...
November 9, 2018November 19, 2018
In honor of Veterans’ Day, thanks to all the soldiers of American Grit who helped inspire people to become stronger. #ShowYourGrit ……… To say it was surreal watching myself last...
November 7, 2018November 5, 2018
There is a saying that you either have just gotten out of an emergency, are in the middle of an emergency, or are about to enter into an emergency. That’s...
November 5, 2018
Yesterday was my favorite weekend ever: Daylight Savings. This is the one day per year when we get an extra hour of sleep*. It’s also the start of that...
September 30, 2018November 19, 2018
We’ve survived September! The kids are back to school and there is a frenzy of activity, but I personally like the structure and the more energized pace that the fall...
August 31, 2018November 5, 2018
This month did not go as expected. My idea was to start training for a November bodybuilding competition and get my kids ready to transition back to public school from...
August 3, 2018November 5, 2018
Are you a person who takes her time to accomplish tasks, methodically going step-by-step until it’s done, or do you like me, wait until the very last minute and...
August 2, 2018November 19, 2018
I’m a big believer in setting goals and then holding myself accountable to finish them. I used to go a little overboard with this, writing lists of things to do...
June 13, 2018November 5, 2018
We just returned from a 17-day backpack trip through Europe as the final leg of our homeschool road trip. For those of you right now saying, “Wait – what!?!” allow...
May 1, 2018November 5, 2018
Mother’s Day is Sunday, May 13, or as I like to call it, “The one day of the year I get to drink warm coffee.” There are many tomes about...
April 14, 2018November 19, 2018
What is grit? To me it means forcing yourself to keep going even when everyone around you expects you to fail. Tee Hanible embodies this quality. In fact, I met...
January 30, 2018November 5, 2018
“Adulting” is a term my millennial friends use when they define doing all the things responsible grown people do as mundane tasks that they don’t necessarily feel like doing; things...
January 22, 2018November 5, 2018
Today’s #ShesLosingIt #SLIMethod fitness challenge is to post your favorite family fitness picture. Here’s mine. There’s a story behind it. Honestly, I didn’t want to go. I had been given...
November 9, 2017November 5, 2018
If you are self-employed (like me) or otherwise don’t have access to health insurance through your job, you can sign up for it through the Affordable Care Act (aka –...
September 22, 2017November 5, 2018
Ya’ll know I’m a little non-conformist. I seem pretty normal/traditional but it doesn’t take long before you realize I’m a little quirky. Like my sport of choice, as a woman,...
