I have great news for all you girls who love to run. You can feel good AND look good while you run. SkirtSports is the company responsible for bringing femininity to the sport of running through the creation of the original fitness skirt in 2005. I’m not sure where I’ve been hiding because I didn’t [...]
Earlier in the summer my seven year old, Megan, asked if one day she could join me on a run. I hadn’t given much thought before about letting her accompany me on an early morning run (which I selfishly guard as “me time”) but ever since completing the Detroit Free Press Half Marathon with my [...]
When running found me six years ago I was a stressed-out new wife, full-time teacher and part-time graduate student. I was tired – dog tired. Mentally drained, emotionally weak (it is hard to have much self-esteem when you are second guessing yourself because you’re new at the job and running on 4-5 hours of sleep [...]
Update: I’m entering this picture (above) in Write From Karen‘s Summer Time! photo contest. P.S. I thought this was a great picture until I looked closer and noticed that Paul is pinching Megan. So much for the sweetness.
If I hadn’t packed my CrockPot this week then I would be tempted to make this CrockPot Chocolate Mousse recipe from Stephanie, otherwise known as the CrockPot Lady. Stephanie’s blog is called A Year of CrockPotting and she has determined to make and post one CrockPot recipe for every day of 2008. I don’t remember [...]
It’s true that Adam was working and I was house hunting but we did manage to fit in a lot of fun things too. The Beach. We went to the beach on several occasions. It is one of our favorite things to do as a family. The last time Megan and Paul were at the [...]