Posted by Kristen McLane on July 30th, 2008 in Clothing, Fitness, Giveaways
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 [...]
Posted by Kristen McLane on July 28th, 2008 in Books and Resources for Children, Books/Reviews, Fitness, Giveaways
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 [...]
Posted by Kristen McLane on July 28th, 2008 in Books and Resources for Children, Fitness
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 [...]
Posted by Kristen McLane on July 26th, 2008 in Family, Photos
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.
Posted by Kristen McLane on July 26th, 2008 in Food and Drink
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 [...]
Posted by Kristen McLane on July 25th, 2008 in Family, Travel
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 [...]
Posted by Kristen McLane on July 24th, 2008 in Daily Life, Family, Kids
It all started this morning at the park. The kids begged Adam to play fetch. With sticks. Because they were pretending to be dogs. Adam played along except that he did not allow Megan and Paul to retrieve the sticks with their mouths (they wanted to).
When we got home from the [...]
Posted by Kristen McLane on July 24th, 2008 in Product Reviews
After all that talk about desserts it only seems appropriate to move forward to the subject of brushing my teeth. Thanks to Mom Central I had a brand new Preserve Toothbrush waiting in the mail for me when I got home from San Diego. What makes this toothbrush special is that it is [...]
Posted by Kristen McLane on July 24th, 2008 in Daily Life, Food and Drink, Travel
As if the children weren’t already convinced that San Diego is going to be a great place to live, Adam sealed the deal on Sunday night. We spent the afternoon soaking up the sun at Coronado Beach and afterwards Adam suggested eating dinner at Extraordinary Desserts. There is real food on the menu. [...]
Posted by Kristen McLane on July 23rd, 2008 in Daily Life, Group Writing/Photo Projects
This painting was hanging on the wall of our hotel room in San Diego. The girl in the picture watched over me while I slept. It’s not hard to guess why she was given the nickname “creepy girl.” Something about her just isn’t right.