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...
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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,...
June 15, 2017November 5, 2018
My daughter recently turned ten and rather than sulk about it, I thought I’d share some mommy tips I’ve gleaned over the (gulp!) decade. Last week I wrote tips from...
June 9, 2017November 5, 2018
My daughter turns ten tomorrow. 10. Double digits. That just seems inaccurate, because I clearly remember being pregnant with her barely a minute ago. I suppose I could write something...
June 7, 2017November 5, 2018
One of the coolest abilities that superheroes have is that they can fly. If you’re a mere mortal and parachuting out of a plane isn’t your thing, iFly Austin is the...
May 22, 2017November 5, 2018
Last week my husband surprised me with a second honeymoon trip to St. Croix, which is one of the US Virgin Islands in the Caribbean. It was absolutely gorgeous! Our anniversary also...
May 17, 2017November 5, 2018
When I first started my blog I really had no idea what to write. A blogger named Janice who I followed on her website Fitness Cheerleader hosted a blogger challenge where...
